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 Trireme Olympias: The Final Report 
 Trireme Olympias: The Final Report Author: Boris Rankov Oxbow Books 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1842174340 Pages: 257 Language: English Format: PDF (True) Size: 26 MB This volume represents the final publication of the Olympias project, which saw the building of a full-scale reconstruction of a 170-oared Athenian trireme of the 4th century BC and its operation in five series of sea-trials in the Aegean Sea. The first three sea-trials in 1987, 1988 and 1990 have already been published in separate volumes (the last two by Oxbow) and this completes the series with reports of the 1992 and 1994 trials. The 1992 report by Paul Lipke of Trireme Trust USA, which collaborated with the Trireme Trust in the operation of the ship, offers an alternative view of the project as a whole from that presented in previous reports. The rest of the volume is devoted to some twenty-six papers presenting more recent research on the trireme, some of them originally presented at a conference held in Oxford and Henley in 1998. One group of papers by Timothy Shaw and John Coates presents the argument for making relatively small adjustments to the hull and oar-system of Olympias , which would enable the crew to generate far more power and so match the performance under oar which is implied by the ancient sources. The papers, therefore show the detailed thinking behind the modifications proposed in the second edition of The Athenian Trireme (2000). Another set of papers offers further critiques of the project, some positive and some sceptical and hostile. A third group investigates aspects of operation and performance under both oar and sail, including slipping and launching, the ancient evidence for speed under oar and physiological aspects of the ship's "human engine". A fourth group looks at aspects of construction and maintenance and a final set of papers presents some of the latest research inspired by the project, including an investigation of the effects of ramming, a reconsideration of the evidence for the dimensions of the ancient trireme and the modelling of battle manoeuvres based on the data produced by the trials of Olympias.
Glock Armorers Manual
 Glock Armorers Manual Author: GLOCK GLOCK Inc. 2012 ASIN: B006RWTDQ2 Format: pdf Pages: 73 Size: 7 Mb Language: English, English This manual provides basic service and backup information for certified GLOCK 17 - GLOCK 36 armorers, and is not intended for use otherwise.
The Military Sale. Medals, Orders, Decorations and Militaria
 The Military Sale. Medals, Orders, Decorations and Militaria Author: Collective Baldwin's 03 2014 Pages: 167 Language: English Format: PDF Size: 19 MB
Russia in the Microphone Age: A History of Soviet Radio, 1919-1970
 Author: Stephen Lovell Russia in the Microphone Age: A History of Soviet Radio, 1919-1970 (Oxford Studies in Modern European History) Oxford University Press 2015 Format: PDF Size: 4.3 Mb Language: English The story of radio begins alongside that of the Soviet state: Russia's first long-range transmission of the human voice occurred in 1919, during the civil war. Sound broadcasting was a medium of exceptional promise for this revolutionary regime. It could bring the Bolsheviks' message to the furthest corners of their enormous country. It had unprecedented impact: the voice of Moscow could now be wired into the very workplaces and living spaces of a population that was still only weakly literate. The liveness and immediacy of broadcasting also created vivid new ways of communicating 'Sovietness' - whether through May Day parades and elections, the exploits of aviators and explorers, or show trials and public criticism. Yet, in the USSR as elsewhere, broadcasting was a medium in flux: technology, the broadcasting profession, and the listening audience were never static. Soviet radio was quickly earmarked as the mouthpiece of Soviet power, yet its history is also full of unintended consequences. The supreme irony of Soviet 'radiofication' was that its greatest triumph - the expansion of the wireless-listening public in the Cold War era - made possible its greatest failure, by turning a part of the Soviet audience into devotees of Western broadcasting. Based on substantial original research in Moscow, St Petersburg, and Nizhnii Novgorod, Russia in the Microphone Age is the first full history of Soviet radio in English. In addition to the institutional and technological dimensions of the subject, it explores the development of programme content and broadcasting genres. It also goes in search of the mysterious figure of the Soviet listener. The result is a pioneering treatment of broadcasting as an integral part of Soviet culture from its early days in the 1920s until the dawn of the television age.
The Science of the Swastika
 The Science of the Swastika Author: Bernard Mees Central European University Press 2008 Pages: 389 Language: English Format: pdf Size: 3.5 Mb This is the first theoretically informed study of the relationship between an academic discipline and what the Nazis termed their Weltanschauung. The first study of Sinnbildforschung, German ideograph or swastika studies, though more broadly it tells the tale of the development of German antiquarian studies (ancient Germanic history, archeology, anthropology, folklore, historical linguistics and philology) under the influence of radical-rightwing politics, and the contemporary construction of 'Germanicness' and its role in Nazi thought. The swastika and similar symbols were employed by the ancestors of the modern-day Germans. As these had also become emblematic symbols of the forces of German reaction, Sinnbildforschung became intrinsically connected with the National Socialist regime after 1933 and disappeared along with the Third Reich in 1945. With the Nazi seizure of power, ideographic studies became directly supported by the state. In 1935, an organization was founded within the SS to further its study, the SS-Ahnenerbe. Most infamous as the organ through which medical experiments were arranged to be performed on the inmates of concentration camps, the Ahnenerbe was founded as a historical research institution before it expanded its horizons to the physical sciences.
The Royal Australian Navy
 Author: Collective The Royal Australian Navy Australian Government Publishing Service 1992 Format: PDF Pages: 42 Language: English Size: 35 MB This publication is describing The Royal Australian Navy's Ships, Boats & Crafts, Aircrafts and Weapons in 1992.
All the Drowned Sailors
 Author: Raymond B. Lech All the Drowned Sailors Stein and Day 1982 Format: PDF Pages: 340 Language: English Size: 33.5 MB
Historical Dictionary of United States Intelligence
 Historical Dictionary of United States Intelligence (Historical Dictionaries of Intelligence and Counterintelligence) Author: Michael A. Turner The Scarecrow Press 2005 Pages: 352 Language: English Format: pdf Size: 12.3 Mb This compendium of over 500 entries on the most important and relevant personalities, programs, activities, and agencies of U.S. intelligence, beginning with the Sons of Liberty before the onset of the Revolutionary War until the most recent reorganization of the U.S. intelligence community, covers the myriad pieces of legislation that have governed the activities of U.S. intelligence. Each entry is cross-referenced for easy navigation and provides a definition as well as a brief but complete historical evaluation of the subject. This volume traces more than two centuries of history in the chronology. The introduction explains just what intelligence is and does, and shows how U.S. intelligence operations have evolved. Appendixes list Directors and Deputy Directors of Central Intelligence. The bibliography provides the most relevant and important sources for those interested in further reading.
Atlantik Wall: The German Defence of France June-September 1944
 Atlantik Wall: The German Defence of France June-September 1944 Battlefront Miniatures Author: John-Paul Brisigotti, Wayne Turner, Peter Simunovich Flames of War ISBN: 978 0992251680 2013 Language: English Pages: 241 Format: PDF Size: 62 MB Atlantik Wall is the release for the battles of Normandy and Brittany. This book updates the older Turning Tide and Earth and Steel and bring the forces within up to date with all of our current books. In Atlantik Wall, we have added even more forces to the already large Normandy compilation books. We've pulled in forces from our website, added new ones, and updated old ones. While it may seem like the same old book, I assure you there is a lot of new and exciting content for your Normandy forces. We've also taken the chance to update the existing forces and bring them into line with our newer Late War releases. So, things like Shermans' have had a points reduction to bring them into line with current books. We have also made sure that all of the forces are now compliant with the third edition of the Flames Of War rules. Things like special rules and the arsenals have been updated to make sure you get the most out of your troops and their equipment.
Helicopters and Other Rotorcraft Since 1907
 Author: Kenneth Munson Helicopters and Other Rotorcraft Since 1907 (Blandford Colour Series) Blandford Press 1973 ISBN: 0713706104 Format: PDF Size: 28,3 МБ Language: English Pages: 199 This unique volume covers the development of rotorcragt from the first primitive, exploratory mashines to the latest, fastest helicopters in world-wide service today, with 94 representive types illustrated for the first time by full-colour general arrangement drawings showing each in the markings of a typical operator.
Fort Pulaski and the Defense of Savannah
 Author: Herbert M. Schiller Fort Pulaski and the Defense of Savannah Eastern National Park 1997 Format: PDF Pages: 48 Language: English Size: 30 MB Fort Pulaski was part of the defense of Savannah, the most strategic point along the Georgia coast. The expanding international cotton industry made Savannah a major international port in the pre-Civil War South. Three railroads converged on the city. Shipbuilding, marine industries, and railroad shops were the primary military industries. Forts such as Pulaski had two missions—to prevent the passage of ships and to resist attack. Stopping ships required the proper number and caliber of guns. Ground defense required inaccessibility and distance from bombarding artillery. Fort Pulaski was ready for both missions. Before the Civil War, the chief engineer of the United States Army had said, "You might as well bombard the Rocky Mountains as Fort Pulaski. . . . The fort could not be reduced in a month's firing with any number of guns of manageable caliber."
Main Battle Tanks
 Author: John Nicholas Main Battle Tanks (The Army Library) Rourke Enterprises, Inc. 1989 Format: PDF Pages: 54 Language: English Size: 21.2 MB Explores the different kinds of tanks and their military uses by various countries.
Empires of Time: Calendars, Clocks and Cultures
 Empires of Time: Calendars, Clocks and Cultures Author: Anthony F. Aveni Basic Books 1989 ISBN: 0465019501 Pages: 384 Language: English Format: PDF Size: 153 MB Humanity has always felt a powerful need to impose scale and order on that most elusive and transient of elements: time. But what ends do our clocks and calenders really serve?
The U.S. Navy
 Author: C. Naden, R. Blue The U.S. Navy Millbrook Press 1993 Format: PDF Pages: 70 Language: English Size: 24.3 MB An illustrated look at the U.S. Navy encompasses its history and provides up-to-the-minute information about its modern weaponry, equipment, personnel, and organization.
Our navy at war
 Our navy at war Author: Josephus Daniels Washington, D.C. : Pictorial Bureau Pages: 450 Format: PDF Size: 26 mb Quality: Good Language: English 1922
Byzantine and Turkish Sardis
 Author: Clive Foss Byzantine and Turkish Sardis Harvard University Press ISBN: 0674089693 1976 Format: PDF Size: 31,6 МБ Language: English Pages: 240 The Arhaeological Exploration of Sardis has been carried on since 1958 as a joint effort of the Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University and Cornell University; the Corning Museum of Glass was a practicipant from 1968-1971.
Swift to Battle: No.72 Fighter Squadron RAF in Action
 Author: Tom Docherty Swift to Battle: No.72 Fighter Squadron RAF in Action Volume 1: 1937-1942 Pen and Sword Aviation ISBN: 1844158292 2009 Format: EPUB Pages: 256 Size: 6 Mb Language: English This first of three volumes traces the history of 72 Fighter Squadron, one of the premier squadrons in the Royal Air Force. The aircraft flown, operational personnel and missions flown are fully described with firsthand accounts from pilots and both air and ground crew.
Flights of Discovery
 Author: Lane E. Wallace Flights of Discovery National Aeronautics & Space Administration 1996 Format: PDF Pages: 214 Language: English Size: 85.8 MB This book chronicles the very inception of the Dryden Flight Research Center and the Flights of the Discovery with a glimpse toward the future. This book examines the aircraft, people and the center operation to give you a complete picture of the importance of this center.
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