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National Security Information Resources, Bert Chapman Mar 2005

National Security Information Resources, Bert Chapman

Libraries Research Publications

This 2005 Indiana Library Federation annual conference presentation describes how to search for and use various national security information resources. It covers U.S. executive branch agencies, U.S. military sources, congressional committees, congressional support agencies, and the British military. It also includes examples of online catalog searches to facilitate searching.


A Story For All Americans: Vietnam, Victims, And Veterans, Frank L. Grzyb, John F. Kerry Jun 2000

A Story For All Americans: Vietnam, Victims, And Veterans, Frank L. Grzyb, John F. Kerry

Purdue University Press Books

Story for All Americans: Vietnam, Victims, and Veterans (formerly titled, Touched by the Dragon) details wartime accounts of average servicemen and women-some heroic, some frightening, some amusing, some nearly unbelievable. The work is a historical compendium of fascinating and compelling stories woven together in a theme format. What makes this book truly unique, however, is its absence of literary pretentiousness. Relating oral accounts, the veterans speak in a no-nonsense, matter-of-fact way. As seen through the eyes of the veterans, the stories include first-person experiences of infantry soldiers, a flight officer, a medic, a nurse, a combat engineer, an intelligence soldier, …