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At the beginning of the twentieth century, field artillery was a
small, separate, unsupported branch of the U.S. Army. By the end of
World War I, it had become the 'King of Battle,' a critical
component of American military might. Million-Dollar Barrage tracks
this transformation. Offering a detailed account of how American
artillery crews trained, changed, adapted, and fought between 1907
and 1923, Justin G. Prince tells the story of the development of
modern American field artillery - a tale stretching from the period
when field artillery became an independent organization to when it
became an equal branch of the U.S. Army. The field artillery
entered the Great War as a relatively new branch. It separated from
the Coast Artillery in 1907 and established a dedicated training
school, the School of Fire at Fort Sill, in 1911. Prince describes
the challenges this presented as issues of doctrine, technology,
weapons development, and combat training intersected with the
problems of a peacetime army with no good industrial base. His
account, which draws on a wealth of sources, ranges from debates
about U.S. artillery practices relative to those of Europe, to
discussions of the training, equipping, and performance of the
field artillery branch during the war. Prince follows the field
artillery from its plunge into combat in April 1917 as an
unprepared organization to its emergence that November as an
effective fighting force, with the Meuse-Argonne Offensive proving
the pivotal point in the branch's fortunes. Million-Dollar Barrage
provides an unprecedented analysis of the ascendance of field
artillery as a key factor in the nation's military dominance.
Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between
the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the
1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social
sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of
those important works which have since gone out of print, or are
difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total
are being brought together under the name The International
Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the
Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was
originally published in 1969 and is available individually. The
collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of
between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.
Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between
the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the
1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social
sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of
those important works which have since gone out of print, or are
difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total
are being brought together under the name The International
Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the
Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was
originally published in 1969 and is available individually. The
collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of
between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, field artillery was a
small, separate, unsupported branch of the U.S. Army. By the end of
World War I, it had become the "King of Battle," a critical
component of American military might. Million-Dollar Barrage tracks
this transformation. Offering a detailed account of how American
artillery crews trained, changed, adapted, and fought between 1907
and 1923, Justin G. Prince tells the story of the development of
modern American field artillery-a tale stretching from the period
when field artillery became an independent organization to when it
became an equal branch of the U.S. Army. The field artillery
entered the Great War as a relatively new branch. It separated from
the Coast Artillery in 1907 and established a dedicated training
school, the School of Fire at Fort Sill, in 1911. Prince describes
the challenges this presented as issues of doctrine, technology,
weapons development, and combat training intersected with the
problems of a peacetime army with no good industrial base. His
account, which draws on a wealth of sources, ranges from debates
about U.S. artillery practices relative to those of Europe, to
discussions of the training, equipping, and performance of the
field artillery branch during the war. Prince follows the field
artillery from its plunge into combat in April 1917 as an
unprepared organization to its emergence that November as an
effective fighting force, with the Meuse-Argonne Offensive proving
the pivotal point in the branch's fortunes. Million-Dollar Barrage
provides an unprecedented analysis of the ascendance of field
artillery as a key factor in the nation's military dominance.
This is a story written for mature readers. It contains strong
sexual situations and language. Genevieve can no longer stand who
she is. Boring. She wants to be like her best friend Susan and take
chances but enters a dangerous world of drug dealers, gang bangers,
deceit and serious consequences. As her life takes a turn and her
innocence is lost, her only consolation is thinking back to her
magical fling in Mexico City with a boy named Pablo. Genevieve's
life begins to spiral and she is loosing control. She wishes she
could go to her parents for help but discovers they too have
secrets and plenty of baggage of their own. Seeing she has no one
to turn to, she must find the courage to speak up and change her
path to a new destiny. OSadly, this book will touch many girls
hearts, perhaps it will help them understand that it isnOt ever too
late to take control of their life.O D Judge, 24th Annual WriterOs
Digest Self-Published Book Awards
The ghetto games continue in the deadliest games ever played; a
bloody game of revenge Revenge is the definition of Ghetto Games,
as the three young rawest West Coast kingpins, find themselves
fighting a deadly battle against the worse enemies that they could
ever want to face... Some scandalous, crooked ass cops from the
L.A.P.D. This is part three from the coldest West Coast gangsta
tale ever told; Ghetto Games." A guaranteed page turner that is
street certified and gangsta approved. The sequel continues
Kev Dog was a Pasadena Devil Lane who migrated to the streets of
Denver Colorado to capitalize off the extreme benefits of the dope
game. Jealousy turned to envy when rival gang members plotted to
jack him for his money and dope, which ended in the death of him
and his beloved fiance. Kev Dog's greatest assist that he left
behind was his twin daughters, Teyona and Keyona... who vowed to
revenge their father's death, and go against one of the coldest
kinpin's, and Crip gang leader to ever walk the ghetto streets of
Denver Colorado. His twin daughter's rage and hatred escalates into
"Double Trouble" as they establish their own version of the ghetto
art of war, which creates a vicious blood bath against the Crips
and Bloods, leaving the innocence streets of Denver filled with
body bags, twisted in a deadly ball of confusion. This book is
rated triple X for the extreme violent contents that has been
realistically conveyed through the un-censorships that reflect the
true urban struggles, and realities of the ghetto games.
Game died and left his three young proteges Ty, Julian, and G-Fly,
his wealth, businesses, territory and West Coast drug empire. The
game couldn't be sweeter for the three youngsters, until a Compton
drug Kingpin decides that he wanted to take over the territory that
Game left behind. But Ty, Julian, and G-Fly has no intention on
giving up their inheritance, which results in a bloody game of
death in the coldest ghetto warfare to ever hit the streets of
California. The sequel continues, in the rawest story ever told,
"Ghetto Games II" A triple platinum ghetto street novel that's
action packed, and guaranteed to keep you lost in suspense in the
scandalous ghetto streets of California.
This book is written and dedicated to all of the young hustlers,
gangsta's, and players who choose to participate in the ghetto
game. Because what you don't know can surely kill you, therefore,
it's about time to set the rules straight "For it's a lot of you
hustlers out there in the world, who's caught-up in the street
game, but got the rules missing." Your father, uncles, or big
brothers never had a chance to properly lace you in the game, so
you guys are out there getting caught-up on stupid shit that is
costing you your life. And a lot of you hustlers do have a lot of
game and knowledge about yourself, but it's the things that you
don't know or shall I say, that you never been properly exposed to
that is getting you caught-up. And it's only right that I take the
initiative to try to give you this wisdom and lace you in the Real
Rules of life, which will broaden your understanding of the street
game, and help you to better understand the consequences, pain, and
scandalous deception that do exist out there. Hopefully, this will
help you to make a logical decision on whether or not the game is
for you? My only objective here is to educate you with the real and
true facts that exist in the ghetto games. I'm not trying to
inspire you to do wrong, nor do I encourage anyone to get involved
in any type of criminal activities. I only desire to teach you the
rules to the ghetto games, so that you can determine what is right
or wrong for you And make the decisions as to the path that you
chose to take. I took mine, and it resulted in almost a lifetime in
the prison system. And many others have made the same bad decisions
and mistakes that I've made. That's why now; you have something
that we never had that will provide you with a better understanding
of the game that a lot of us who fucked our life off didn't have, a
chance not to make that same mistake as we did. We all only have
one life to live, and the choices that you make will surely
determine the outcome of your journey through life. So in
delivering this new and powerful urban message to you, it's only
right that you pass this information along to your friends,
comrades, family, brothers, and cousins Because the more people who
become aware of these very important rules, then the better the
game would be, "No telling, this book might stop a young hustler
from snitching on you, and others if he get's caught-up, or it
might even save your life." The game is deep, and the more people
who know about it, then the better off we all are. "Feel me "
G-Fly, Ty and Julian are three of the ghetto's most finest breed of
youngsters to ever play and become exposed to the game. Survival
was a constant hustle that justified the means of everyday life,
and age was no exception to the rule. Destiny meets fate through
the sinful hands of coincidence, which united these three
youngsters with the real and undisputed "Game," better known as one
of the most vicious west coast kingpins. Game introduced the three
youngsters to the dope game, and problems couldn't ask for more
trouble, as the three youngsters become the coldest west coast dons
to ever embrace the dope game. Money, sex, murder, betrayal, drugs,
and revenge only spells one thing, "Ghetto Games " This urban
street novel is action-packed from beginning to end and guaranteed,
to keep the reader captivated with excitement while lost in the
treacherous and scandalous world of the street games.
The concrete jungle of Queens New York is about to get turned up,
as Fifty a well known hustler/gangsta is finally released from
prison. Fifty's young crew is pretty much starving because the Guy
Brewer Projects where Fifty grow up at is taken over by another
scandalous hustler and his crazy crew, who's making sure that no
one else is hustling good or eating well off their new claimed
territory. But real gorillas play by a different set of rules, and
Fifty is one of the coldest beast of the field when it comes to
gangsta warfare. In one of the coldest urban tale ever told. Fifty,
a hustler with a soul of a true gangsta and a master degree in
gamology, is on a mission to get rich by any means necessary, but
his game takes a drastic turn when he has to make a choice between,
either his money, or his down ass bitch. "Which one will you
choose?" Another triple platinum gangsta thriller that's full of
action, game, violence, and suspense, and is guaranteed to keep
your thoughts twisted in bewilderment, as the profound paradox
amuses.
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