Congress at War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Congress at War write by Fergus M. Bordewich. This book was released on 2020. Congress at War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The story of how Congress helped win the Civil War-placing a dynamic House and Senate, rather than Lincoln, at the center of the conflict.
Moralists and Modernizers
Moralists and Modernizers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Moralists and Modernizers write by Steven Mintz. This book was released on 1995-08. Moralists and Modernizers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Moralists and Modernizers tells the fascinating story of America's first age of reform, combining incisive portraits of leading reformers and movements with perceptive analyses of religion, politics, and society.
The Pentagon Wars
The Pentagon Wars - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Pentagon Wars write by James G. Burton. This book was released on 2014-02-15. The Pentagon Wars available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the late 1960s through the mid-1980s, a small band of military activists waged war against corruption in the Pentagon, challenging a system they believed squandered the public's money and trust. The book examines the movement and its proponents and describes how the system responded to the criticisms and efforts to change accepted practices and entrenched ways of thinking. The author, an air force colonel and part of the movement, worked in the pentagon for fourteen years. He presents a view of the Department of Defense that only an insider could offer. He exposes serious flaws in the military policy-making process, particularly in weapons development and procurement. The details he gives on the unrelenting push for high-tech weapons, despite their ineffectiveness and extraordinary cost-overruns, provide a strong case for the charge of ethical bankruptcy. The second half of the book deals with the author's attempts to get frontline equipment tested under combat conditions. For the first time, readers learn the nasty details of his battle with the army over line-fire testing of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle--a battle that he eventually won, leading to the personnel carrier's redesign and the saving of many lives. Never reluctant to name names and reveal details, James G. Burton presents a forceful case. And his revelations offer insights not found elsewhere into the motivations and actions of the people who wield power from within. Nor does he stop at the walls of the Pentagon. In his epilogue he tells what happened in the field during the final hours of the Gulf War that allowed Hussein's elite Republican Guard to escape. Now back in print after having inspired a feature HBO film, this explosive account of insider corruption is sure to serve policy-makers for generations to come.
Reformers and War
Reformers and War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reformers and War write by John A. Thompson. This book was released on 2003-10-30. Reformers and War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examines the confrontation between the American reform tradition in the first world war.
War Against the Idols
War Against the Idols - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook War Against the Idols write by Carlos M. N. Eire. This book was released on 1989-01-27. War Against the Idols available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the second decade of the sixteenth century medieval piety suddenly began to be attacked in some places as 'idolatry', or false religion. Wherever these ideas became accepted, churches were sacked, images smashed and burned, relics destroyed, and the Catholic Mass abolished. This study calls attention to the centrality of the idolatry issue for the Reformation. It traces the development of Protestant iconoclastic theology and practice, provides a survey and synthesis of its unfolding from Erasmus through Calvin, and lays a foundation for understanding the Reformed ideology that stood in conflict with Catholicism and Lutheranism. Professor Eire's main thesis is that the argument against 'idolatry' was central to Reformed Protestantism, both in its theological aspect and in its political ramifications, and that it reached its fullest and most enduring expression in Calvinism.
