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Book Review: The War In Nicaragua, Joerg Stenzel
Book Review: The War In Nicaragua, Joerg Stenzel
Parameters Bookshelf – Online Book Reviews
Review essay by Colonel Joerg Stenzel, instructor, Department of Military Strategy, Planning, and Operations, US Army War College
Colonel Joerg Stenzel (German Army), an instructor at the US Army War College, lends his expertise in strategy to this review of "the most famous and successful" filibuster featured in William Walker's 1860 work, The War in Nicaragua. As Stenzel notes, the book is Walker's "personal description of his own war in Nicaragua" that it is "arguably biased" and written "in the third person in a style that differs greatly from his earlier editorials." Stenzel provides an overview of Walker's life …
Amjambo Africa! (August 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (August 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In this Issue
Amjambo Arts ......................2/3
Moonglade .............................4/5
Education .............................6-10
Free Community College
In 7 languages
Immigration fraud .................12
In 7 languages
Market Basket ...................14/15
Tips & Info ..............................16
All about the Workforce ........18
Community Happenings .20/21
Girls & women in Africa........22
Central America news ...........24
Health&Wellness. ..............26-27
In 7 languages
Service organization columns 32
Financial literacy ....................33
New Voices feature ...........34/35
Nonprofit updates .............36/37
1783 - New Map Of North America With West India Islands, Divided According To The Preliminary Articles Of Peace, Signed At Versailles, 20, Jan. 1783, Wherein Are Particularly Distinguished The United States, And The Several Provinces, Governments & Ca Which Compose The British Dominions, Laid Down According To The Latest Surveys, And Corrected From The Original Materials Of Goverr. Pownall, Membr. Of Parlimnt.
Pre-1824 Maps
The map was originally published in 1755 and subsequently updated numerous times as more land was explored and land ownership changed. It includes text at the top right corner setting forth the fishing rights of the United States. The lower left corner contains an insert is entitled: “A Passage By Land to California.” An upper left corner insert is entitled: “A Particular map of Baffin and Hudson’s Bay.” Extensive comments by Pownall regarding the lands and territories between the Apalachean (sic) Mountains and the Mississippi River regarding indigenous tribes, sites suitable for factories, alliances and temperaments of tribes and the …
The Cold War's Last Battlefield: Reagan, The Soviets And Central America, Edward A. Lynch
The Cold War's Last Battlefield: Reagan, The Soviets And Central America, Edward A. Lynch
Books by Hollins Faculty and Staff
"Central America was the final place where U.S. and Soviet proxy forces faced off against one another in armed conflict. In The Cold War's Last Battlefield, Edward A. Lynch blends his own first-hand experiences as a member of the Reagan Central America policy team with interviews of policy makers and exhaustive study of primary source materials, including once-secret government documents, in order to recount these largely forgotten events and how they fit within Reagan's broader foreign policy goals. Lynch's compelling narrative reveals a president who was willing to risk both influence and image to aggressively confront Soviet expansion in …
Ancient Art Of Middle America, Bowdoin College. Museum Of Art, Roger Howell Jr.
Ancient Art Of Middle America, Bowdoin College. Museum Of Art, Roger Howell Jr.
Museum of Art Exhibition Catalogues
Catalog of an exhibition.
Essay by Roger Howell; note by Richard V. West.
The Evening Item, July 25, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright
The Evening Item, July 25, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright
The Evening Item
The Evening Item was a daily newspaper published by the Wright Brothers' Company, Item Publishing Co. This paper, published from April 1890 through July 1890, focused on world and local events. The front page of this issue features stories about a Dr. Henry Meyer being tried in Chicago for committing insurance fraud, a selection of news about the United States and the World including a blurb about war in El Salvador, and more. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.