Tag: Cause

The Won Cause Black and White Comradeship in the Grand Army of the Republic


Free Download Barbara A. Gannon, "The Won Cause: Black and White Comradeship in the Grand Army of the Republic "
English | ISBN: 0807834521 | 2011 | 296 pages | EPUB | 1248 KB
In the years after the Civil War, black and white Union soldiers who survived the horrific struggle joined the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)-the Union army’s largest veterans’ organization. In this thoroughly researched and groundbreaking study, Barbara Gannon chronicles black and white veterans’ efforts to create and sustain the nation’s first interracial organization.

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For the Cause The Cold War Turns Hot in Korea and Why Young Men Went to War


Free Download Alfred Wellnitz, "For the Cause: The Cold War Turns Hot in Korea and Why Young Men Went to War"
English | ISBN: 1490970320 | 2013 | 300 pages | EPUB | 1442 KB
Two young South Dakota farm boys, Pete Houser and Chris Engleson, with uncertain futures decide to join the marines as an alternative to some other mundane job. It is 1950 and they complete boot camp just as the Korean War suddenly erupts. Chris finds himself assigned to the First Provisional Marine Brigade being hurriedly put together to be deployed to Korea. Pete is assigned to a marine unit providing base security for the Sangley Point Naval Air Station in the Philippines. The story follows the lives of the two young men during the last six months of 1950 while Chris in Korea is involved in the Pusan Perimeter, Inchon and the Chosin Reservoir battles and Pete spends his time as a security guard in the Philippines. Over a short period of time Chris changes from a green farm boy into a seasoned warrior and Pete’s world expands quickly as he encounters unfamiliar moral standards and first love. The story alternates between Chris in Korea and Pete in the Philippines until the story comes to a surprising conclusion.

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Rebels with a Cause Reimagining Boys, Ourselves, and Our Culture [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0CPTCL8Z2 | 2024 | 8 hours and 16 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 241 MB
Author: Niobe Way
Narrator: Niobe Way

From NYU professor of developmental psychology Niobe Way, an in-depth exploration about what boys and young men teach us about themselves, us, and the toxic culture we have created, one in which we value money over people, toys over human connection, and academic achievement over kindness. Based on her longitudinal and mixed-method research over thirty-five years, Rebels with a Cause is a true call to action to change the culture so that we stop the vicious cycle of violence and blame. Dr. Niobe Way has spent her career researching social and emotional development and finds that boys and young men desperately want and need the same thing as everyone else: close friendships. Yet they and we grow up in a stereotyped "boy" culture, one that devalues and mocks those relationships, rather than recognizing that they’re necessary for human survival.

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Whatever Cause We Have Memoir of a Marine Forward Observer in the Vietnam War


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English | January 4th, 2024 | ISBN: 1476691681 | 263 pages | True EPUB | 10.74 MB
Dan Moore joined the Marines to serve in Vietnam and contribute to the anticipated American victory over communism. After completing officer training and artillery school, he deployed as a forward observer with an infantry company. His letters home described day-to-day events and revealed a growing skepticism about the war. During the Battle of Hue City, Moore lost his assistant forward observer, soon followed by another close friend. Fighting to maintain equilibrium, he suppressed his critical views of the war, even after returning home to oversee Marine recruit training. His memoir unpacks his letters, his recollections of the war and 50 years of introspection.

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The False Cause Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory


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English | ISBN: 0813943760 | 2020 | 272 pages | AZW3 | 948 KB
The Lost Cause ideology that emerged after the Civil War and flourished in the early twentieth century in essence sought to recast a struggle to perpetuate slavery as a heroic defense of the South. As Adam Domby reveals here, this was not only an insidious goal; it was founded on falsehoods. The False Cause focuses on North Carolina to examine the role of lies and exaggeration in the creation of the Lost Cause narrative. In the process the book shows how these lies have long obscured the past and been used to buttress white supremacy in ways that resonate to this day.

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