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The Political Career of W. Kerr Scott
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 415

The Political Career of W. Kerr Scott

The tank revolutionized the battlefield in World War II. In the years since, additional technological developments--including nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, computer assisted firing, and satellite navigation--have continued to transform the face of combat. The only complete history of U.S. armed forces from the advent of the tank in battle during World War I to the campaign to drive Iraq out of Kuwait in 1991, Camp Colt to Desert Storm traces the development of doctrine for operations at the tactical and operational levels of war and translates this fighting doctrine into the development of equipment.

Black Republicans and the Transformation of the GOP
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 328

Black Republicans and the Transformation of the GOP

In his narrative history of black Republicans in the twentieth century, Joshua Farrington reevaluates the relationship between black politicians, activists, and voters and the Republican Party, challenging the assumption that African Americans abandoned the "Party of Lincoln" after 1936.

Georgia Democrats, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Shaping of the New South
  • Language: en

Georgia Democrats, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Shaping of the New South

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012
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  • Publisher: Unknown

"Tim Boyd has significantly reassessed the nature of southern politics in post--World War II America in this magnificent work. This is a first-rate history of Georgia politics in the modern era."--Gregory Schneider, author of The Conservative Century The precipitous fall of the Democratic Party in southern politics during the latter half of the twentieth century has sparked a rich scholarly debate. Many theories have been put forward to explain the sea change that swept Democrats out of office and replaced them with a new Republican order. In this timely volume, Tim Boyd challenges one of the most prominent explanations for this shift: the "white backlash" theory. Taking the political experi...

Paths Out of Dixie
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 584

Paths Out of Dixie

The transformation of the American South--from authoritarian to democratic rule--is the most important political development since World War II. It has re-sorted voters into parties, remapped presidential elections, and helped polarize Congress. Most important, it is the final step in America's democratization. Paths Out of Dixie illuminates this sea change by analyzing the democratization experiences of Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina. Robert Mickey argues that Southern states, from the 1890s until the early 1970s, constituted pockets of authoritarian rule trapped within and sustained by a federal democracy. These enclaves--devoted to cheap agricultural labor and white supremacy--w...

Why White Liberals Fail
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 257

Why White Liberals Fail

Anthony Badger explains why liberal campaigns for race-neutral economic policies failed to win over white Southerners. When federal programs did not deliver the economic benefits that white Southerners expected, the appeal of biracial politics was supplanted by the values-based lure of conservative Republicans.

Restless
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 337

Restless

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-12-01
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  • Publisher: A&C Black

It is 1939. Eva Delectorskaya is a beautiful 28-year-old Russian émigrée living in Paris. As war breaks out she is recruited for the British Secret Service by Lucas Romer, a mysterious Englishman, and under his tutelage she learns to become the perfect spy, to mask her emotions and trust no one, including those she loves most. Since the war, Eva has carefully rebuilt her life as a typically English wife and mother. But once a spy, always a spy. Now she must complete one final assignment, and this time Eva can't do it alone: she needs her daughter's help.

Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military and Naval [etc]
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1586

Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military and Naval [etc]

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1899
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1832 Shipowners
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 716

Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1832 Shipowners

The Lloyd's Register of Shipping records the details of merchant vessels over 100 gross tonnes, which are self-propelled and sea-going, regardless of classification. Before the time, only those vessels classed by Lloyd's Register were listed. Vessels are listed alphabetically by their current name.

Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1828 Shipowners
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 632

Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1828 Shipowners

The Lloyd's Register of Ships records the details of merchant vessels over 100 gross tonnes, which are self propelled and sea-going, regardless of classification. Before the time, only those vessels classed by Lloyd's Register were listed. Vessels are listed alphabetically by their current name.