Sentences with phrase «military history at»

Park historian John Martini will give a talk about military history at one of the Marin Headlands» most hidden secrets — Battery Townsley.

John Keegan was for many years senior lecturer in military history at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and has been a fellow at Princeton University and a professor of history at Vassar College.

, now a professor of military history at Ohio State University, served 26 years in the Army with two tours in Iraq, to include duty as Petraeus» executive officer in 2007.

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Perhaps the Allies didn't have the resources to both liberate prisoner's behind enemy lines and at the same time run the largest military campaign ever in the history of the world.

Any student of the Græco - Roman world at the beginning of our era who tries to penetrate beneath the surface of the political, economic and military history of the period and discern what was going on in the minds of men, becomes aware of a widespread expectation of a turn for the better in human affairs, even the dawn of a golden age, after the violent convulsions which had disturbed society for a century or more.

In February 1792, British Prime Minister Pitt justified the reduction of military expenditures and held out hope for more reductions to come by declaring: «Unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country when from the situation of Europe we might more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace than at the present moment.

History's first Latin American pope knows well the history of the time, since he was a young Jesuit superior next door during Argentina's «Dirty War,» during which thousands of suspected leftists were killed, imprisoned or disappeared at the hands of the militaryHistory's first Latin American pope knows well the history of the time, since he was a young Jesuit superior next door during Argentina's «Dirty War,» during which thousands of suspected leftists were killed, imprisoned or disappeared at the hands of the militaryhistory of the time, since he was a young Jesuit superior next door during Argentina's «Dirty War,» during which thousands of suspected leftists were killed, imprisoned or disappeared at the hands of the military junta.

History's first Latin American pope was in charge of the Argentine Jesuits during the «Dirty War,» when thousands of suspected leftists were killed or «disappeared» at the hands of Argentina's military junta.

This will go into the history books as the Comey / Cohen attack... they will study it at military schools as a complete abuse of military power.

Also at 6 p.m., state Sen. Leroy Comrie hosts the second annual Military Black History Month Celebration, American Legion Post 483 Rosedale, 240 - 08 135th Ave., Queens.

Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC has had his latest «hero of the month» article published in Britain at War, the country's best - selling military history monthly magazine.

As my colleague Zeeshan Aleem writes, although the Obama administration gave Israel a bigger military aid package than any US president in history, and has vetoed past UN condemnations of settlements, Obama had a «tense and at times outright hostile relationship with the right - wing Netanyahu.»

At the core of the book is the death of the commanding officer, Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, but it isn't just a regimental history, and Harnden puts into perspective the tactical and operational decisions, and how the military effort frequently was disconnected from the wider political context.

David I've read your comments on Jarvis past military history as being irrelevant, but this whole article is daft, the in, y thing in Jarvis favour, is it's unlikely Osborne will be the next Tory leader and May or Boris Johnsons age, means that labour can look at the 2025 election without worrying that Jarvis would be 55 ′ and stills sensible age for leader.

Osinbajo, who delivered the president's oration at the funeral service, described Adebayo as an officer and a gentleman indeed, saying his military trajectory was in a way a lesson in Nigeria's history.

The gunman who killed 26 people at a small - town Texas church had a history of domestic violence that spanned years before the attack, and was able buy weapons because the Air Force did not submit his criminal history to the FBI as required by military rules.

Simone Askew marched into history yesterday as the first black woman to lead the Long Gray Line at the U.S. Military Academy.

At the American Museum of Natural History on March 15, retired Air Force Gen. Lester Lyles talked about how the military came to understand during the first Iraq war the importance of spacefaring capability for everything involved in conducting its operations.

Yet in one of the most remarkable upsets in military history, a force of fewer than 7,000 English soldiers — most of them lightly armed archers — repulsed 20,000 to 30,000 heavily armored French men - at - arms near the village of Agincourt, killing thousands.

Each participant had active suicide ideation and / or a lifetime history of attempted suicide and had actively sought help at a military medical clinic in Fort Carson, Colorado, in 2013 and between January 2015 and February 2016.

Brandon Southall, SEA Inc. and University of California Santa Cruz, will be presenting «Marine Mammal Responses to Simulated Military Sonar: Southern California Behavioral Response Study» on Tuesday, March 12 at noon (4 pm GMT) at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.

The first victim on record was Albert Gitchell, a cook at Camp Funston, part of the Fort Riley military base, says Kenneth C. Davis, historian and author of the forthcoming book «More Deadly Than War: The Hidden History of the Spanish Flu and the First World War» on the pandemic.

Experts on foreign affairs, cybersecurity, military intelligence, diplomatic history and related topics will gather this week at Indiana University Bloomington to discuss the classified documents released by Edward Snowden and their implications for national security.

To start, the movie would have been better served if it had taken place after the military government left power when Carlos could have provided answers to long lingering mysteries with history at a safe distance.

Kathryn Bigelow follows - up her Oscar winning military / war - based dramas «The Hurt Locker» and «Zero Dark Thirty» with a look at the 1967 Detroit riots, specifically shedding light on an incident in American history that most people don't know much about.

A lot of the more politically - minded viewers will already have opinions on the American military's methods in hunting down Osama Bin Laden and the rhetoric around Zero Dark Thirty, the first film from Kathryn Bigelow since she made history at the Academy Awards with The Hurt Locker, would imply it's a hostile one.

What can we do as educational and cultural workers, at this crucial moment in history, when corporate revenue expands as the job market shrinks, when there is such a callous disregard for human suffering and human life, when the indomitable human spirit gasps for air in an atmosphere of intellectual paralysis, social amnesia, and political quiescence, when the translucent hues of hope seem ever more ethereal, when thinking about the future seems anachronistic, when the concept of utopia has become irretrievably Disneyfied, when our social roles as citizens have become increasingly corporatized and instrumentalized in a world which hides necessity in the name of consumer desire, when media analyses of military invasions is just another infomercial for the US military industrial complex with its huge global arms industry, and when teachers and students alike wallow in absurdity, waiting for the junkyard of consumer life to vomit up yet another panacea for despair?

The Price of Freedom: Americans at War Smithsonian's site about the nation's military history.

Christina currently teaches U.S. history, world studies, and civics at Carver Military Academy.

Praga has a history stretching back to 1907 and at one time made passenger cars, trucks, aeroplanes, motorbikes, military equipment, agricultural machinery and pretty much anything else you can imagine.

These Land Rovers will showcase the key milestones in Land Rover's 65 - year history and also some 4 × 4 world first innovations such as anti-lock brakes, adjustable air suspension, Electronic Traction Control, Hill Descent Control, Terrain Response and Stop / Start technologies.To position Land Rover as the world's most versatile vehicle, the vehicles on display at the event will demonstrate Land Rover's capability, with ploughing, emergency service, military, expedition, royal and concept vehicles.

If your book is a technological thriller, a spy story, or is concerned with military history or warfare, members of your potential audience are probably at your local military base.

This explosive documentary, chronicling ugly events in U.S. military history, tells the story behind the shocking photographs depicting the abuse of Iraqi prisoners held at Abu Ghraib at the Baghdad Correctional Facility.

America has such a long history of military readiness (some would say dominance) that it's hard to conceive of a time when the country had no standing army at all and little public or political will to create one.

But more than the accurate behind - the - scenes look at one of the pivotal events in recent history, what really makes Owen's work stand out is not the detailed description of the high profile manhunt or the months of training using the latest in military technology.

If you're interested in military history and loved Band of Brothers, mark your calendar for this Sunday at 9 pm EST — it's the premiere of HBO's miniseries The Pacific, based on memoirs by two U.S. Marines: With the Old Breed by Eugene B. Sledge and Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie.

The volume also sponsored a veterans» writing competition, judged by Dr. Jenny Yang Cropp (author of the poetry collection String Theory, Assistant Professor at Southeast Missouri State University), Justin Dambach (photographer and videographer), Brandon Hobson (Pushcart Prize winner and author of Where the Dead Sit Talking), Dr. Joel P. Rhodes (Professor of History at Southeast Missouri State University), and Amanda Woods (Acting Director of the Office of Military and Veterans Services at Southeast Missouri State University).

Donald Altschiller is the history, government documents, and military affairs bibliographer at Mugar Memorial Library, Boston University.

50 Battles That Changed the World, William Weir, Permuted Press — An important look at the military conflicts that most altered the course of history.

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The military is the most well known employer now looking at credit history as part of the hiring process.

Take it Easy Military borrowers with a minimal credit history should tread carefully at the outset.

Tip: you can see the guns firing for free from the Gardens, but it is well worth paying the $ 2 to enter the ceremonial platform where you are at the same level as the guns (see video) and you get a guided tour of the guns after the salute (if guns and military history is your thing).

I had two hours to kill, so I have spent it reading the various explanatory notices, which were excellent at guiding through Malta's 7,000 years of naval and military history.

The history of WWII comes vividly to life driving tank military vehicles at DriveTanks.com on the Ox Ranch in Uvalde, then heading to Fredericksburg to spend the night at the WWII themed Hangar Hotel and spending a day exploring the amazing National Museum of the Pacific War.

For the history buffs, a visit to Fort Pickens, a pentagonal historic United States military fort, offers a look at Florida's early history.

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You'll be centrally located in Hanoi with a stay at Hanoi Brilliant Hotel and Spa, minutes from Vietnam Women's Museum and Vietnam Military History Museum.Featured amenities include complimentary wired Internet access, a business center, and express check - in.

Booker Dewitt is a self - confessed violent killer with a history of mental instability and a military background, plus some mild racial problems as hinted at several times.