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Free Download Mark Henry, Mike Chappell, "The US Army in World War II (2): The Mediterranean"
English | 2001 | pages: 48 | ISBN: 184176423X, 1841760854 | PDF | 8,7 mb
This book combines Men-at-Arms 342: ‘The US Army in World War II (I) The Pacific’, Men-at-Arms 347: ‘The US Army in World War II (2) The Mediterranean’ and Men-at-Arms 350: ‘The US Army in World War II (3) North-West Europe’. When World War II broke out in September 1939 the US Army – starved of resources since 1919 – numbered just 174,000 men. By VJ-Day, 2 September 1945, a total of 8.3 million had served in an army which had risen to a stable strength of 91 divisions. This title explores the campaigns fought by the US Army in the Pacific, the Mediterranean and North West Europe. It covers the variety of uniforms worn, the equipment and weapons used and the organisation of the different units. Particularly interesting units such as mountain, Japanese-American and African-American troops, are also studied.

Free Download Chuck Mawhinney, "Sniper: A History of the US Marksman"
English | 2011 | pages: 312 | ISBN: 1841769797, 1846034957, ASIN: B01DPPWK9A | PDF | 69,9 mb
Following the success of Out of Nowhere: A History of the Military Sniper, sniper expert Martin Pegler gives us an in-depth study of the emergence of American rifleman, sharpshooter and sniper, examining the evolution of the rifle in America from the earliest firearms of the 15th century to the highly accurate sniping rifles of the 21st century. Pegler analyses the technological development of the rifle, sighting systems and ammunition and uses contemporary accounts to describe how the use of the rifle during the Revolutionary War, Civil War and the conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries have impacted on US military history. This detailed account concludes with a study of the American sniper in modern warfare, including Afghanistan and the ongoing conflict in Iraq, providing an overview of the march of weapons technology, as well as an unusual insight into the lives and the motives of the men who used them.

Free Download Joshua E.S. Phillips, "None of Us Were Like This Before: American Soldiers and Torture"
English | 2012 | pages: 256 | ISBN: 1844678849, 1844675998 | EPUB | 0,4 mb
How the damaging legacy of torture affects not just detainees but also US forces.

Free Download Chris Taylor, "Defending Space: US Anti-Satellite Warfare and Space Weaponry"
English | 2006 | pages: 66 | ISBN: 1846030390 | PDF | 15,5 mb
The United States has been developing space for many years, and satellites provide the US military with an unparalleled advantage over adversaries. Constellations of both military and civilian satellites provide protection and support for military operations, deliver ballistic missile early warning, supply reliable, secure and jam-proof communications, gather audio-visual amd electronic intelligence, predict weather patterns, guide navigation, target weapons, and perform a host of other missions. These systems are critical to America’s status as a world power, and potential threats to them are carefully assessed by US military planners. In January 2001, a commission led by Donald Rumsfeld warned of the growing threat to US space assets from so-called "rogue states," who (with varying degrees of difficulty) might build and deploy "space mines", launch ballistic anti-satellite weapons, deliberately increase orbital debris or detonate high-altitude nuclear explosions. The defensive options currently available to the US include improving satellite defenses (making them more robust and maneuverable, and improving threat detection) and the controversial placing of weapons in space (in "sentinel satellites") to protect military and civilian hardware. Since the 1950s research and development has been applied to space weaponry with mixed results, and not only by the USA. This book explains the origin and development of systems used to defend the United States from past, present and future threats, and to support military operations.

Free Download The Future of Us: The Science of What We’ll Eat, Where We’ll Live, and Who We’ll Be (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BW249NQ8 | 2023 | 9 hours and 47 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 284 MB
Author: Jay Ingram
Narrator: Tim H. Dixon

Free Download US Navy Protected Cruisers 1883-1918
by Herder, Brian Lane;Wright, Paul;, Paul Wright
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1472857038 | 48 pages | True EPUB | 11.03 MB
Explores the history of the US Navy’s 11 new steel warships, built during the late 19th century to advance American naval supremacy.

Free Download Let Us Create Patterns In Substance Designer!
Published 9/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280×720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 1.86 GB | Duration: 3h 40m
The essential source to really learn how to handle the atomic, transforms and adjustments nodes in Substance Designer!

Free Download Your Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup’s Quest to End Privacy as We Know It (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BWSL6BFL | 2023 | 10 hours and 6 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 292 MB
Author: Kashmir Hill
Narrator: Kashmir Hill
The story of a small AI company that gave facial recognition to law enforcement, billionaires, and businesses, threatening to end privacy as we know it. New York Times tech reporter Kashmir Hill was skeptical when she got a tip about a mysterious app called Clearview AI that claimed it could, with 99 percent accuracy, identify anyone based on just one snapshot of their face. The app could supposedly scan a face and, in just seconds, surface every detail of a person’s online life: their name, social media profiles, friends and family members, home address, and photos that they might not have even known existed. If it was everything it claimed to be, it would be the ultimate surveillance tool, and it would open the door to everything from stalking to totalitarian state control.

Free Download American Legacy: Epic Dramas of US Politics: Four BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramas (Audiobook)
English | June 15, 2023 | ASIN: B0BSXLDT45 | MP3@128 kbps | 9h 7m | 499.28 MB
Author: Mike Walker
Narrator: William Hootkins, Nathan Osgood, Alex Lanipekun, Colin Stinton, Bob Sherman, full cast, Lorelei King
Four gripping historical dramas centred around key figures who shaped America in the 20th century

Free Download Alexandra Petri’s US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up) (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0C9VPZX81 | 2023 | 6 hours and 56 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 382 MB
Author: Alexandra Petri
Narrator: Alexandra Petri
A witty, absurdist satire of the last 500 years, Alexandra Petri’s US History is the fake textbook you never knew you needed! Alexandra Petri’s US History contains a lost (invented!) history of America. (A history for people disappointed that the only president whose weird sex letters we have is Warren G. Harding.) Petri’s "historical fan fiction" draws on real events and completely absurd fabrications to create a laugh-out-loud, irreverent takedown of our nation’s complicated past. On Petri’s deranged timeline, John and Abigail Adams try sexting, the March sisters from Little Women are sixty feet tall, and Susan Sontag goes to summer camp. Nearly eighty short, hilarious pieces span centuries of American history and culture. Nikola Tesla’s friends stage an intervention when he falls in love with a pigeon. The characters from Sesame Street invade Normandy. And Mark Twain-who famously said reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated-offers a detailed account of his undeath, in which he becomes a zombie.