Flight to Puska
Flight to Puska

Author: Jack D. Waggoner

Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing

Published: 2018-10-18

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1457565528

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In 1919 a New Zealand scientist, Ernest Rutherford, split the first atom and theorized that vast amounts of energy could be produced from what he called nuclear fission. During 1935 the premier of Russia, Joseph Stalin, chanced by the information in a mining journal and filed it away as “very interesting.” In June of 1937 Hitler was rattling his sabers and Stalin was convinced that Russia might well be on Hitler’s hit list. He needed a foolproof deterrent and remembered the Rutherford report. He immediately put his staff and all foreign embassies on the hunt for anything relating to nuclear fission and while there was not much information on the subject available, what there was convinced the premier that if he could be first to control nuclear fission he very well might become premier of Europe and maybe even the world. His efforts to build a nuclear bomb became his singular guiding obsession, and he did whatever it took to make the project viable. From kidnapping hundreds of miners to spying on the Americans’ Manhattan project, he left no stone unturned in his diabolical quest.

Mysteries of Ontario
Mysteries of Ontario

Author: John Robert Colombo

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 1999-05-01

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1459725085

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Mysteries of Ontario brings together, for the first time, some five hundred accounts of strange events and eerie experiences, each keyed to one of 250 places in the province. It turns out that, far from being a humdrum part of the planet in which to live and work, Ontario is a province that is alive with ghosts and spirits, mysterious disappearances, and peculiar happenings enough to make your hair stand on end, turn your blood cold, and send shivers up and down your spine! John Robert Colombo has been collecting materials for this book since 1967. Even so, more than two years were devoted to researching, writing, copy-editing, and photo editing Mysteries of Ontario. The reader is invited to peruse the great historical mysteries that have moved Canadians in the past from LaSalle's missing Griffon to the peculiar disappearance of Ambrose Small, from the spiritualistic legacy of the Fox Sisters of Consecon to the appearance in the 1990s of "ghost walks," "haunted hayrides," and "boo barns." This is a book that unites folklore and scholarship, the supernatural and the speculative, culture and mysticism, the occult and the peculiar, the psychical and the cultural, the human and the non-human.

Taiwan's Security and Air Power
Taiwan's Security and Air Power

Author: Martin Edmonds

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-10-23

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 113435052X

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Recent concern about mainland China's intentions towards Taiwan, and more general concern about the risk of instability in the region, has led to growing interest in Taiwan's military strategy. This book brings together a range of experts from the West and from Taiwan itself who examine the key issues connected with Taiwan's air power, which is a k

Modernising the People’s Liberation Army
Modernising the People’s Liberation Army

Author: James Char

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-06-03

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1040035035

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This volume examines the progress made by the Chinese military (the People’s Liberation Army, PLA) as it strives to meet its commander-in-chief’s directive to transform itself into a more capable fighting force. The book tracks the reforms undertaken by the PLA in meeting its commander-in-chief’s grand objectives set at the 2015 Central Military Commission Reform Work Meeting: for China’s armed forces to transform themselves into a more professional and modern military. Focusing on those changes since late 2016 at corps level and below, the first and second sections of the volume document the subsequent force structure and operational changes to the PLA’s four conventional services, and two newly established PLA branches: the Strategic Support Force and Joint Logistic Support Force. To that end, the contributors examine the reforms promulgated by the Chinese high command and measure them against observable developments in the PLA’s power-projection capabilities. In view of how the instrumentalization of military power is writ large in Beijing’s strategic calculus and in regional hotspot issues, the final part of the book also provides pathbreaking insights into two critical but not so well-understood phenomena: the now regular PLA aerial activities in the Taiwan Strait and the PLA Navy’s submarine operations in the South China Sea. This book will be of much interest to students of East Asian security, Chinese politics, and military and strategic studies in general.

God's Parallel Planets
God's Parallel Planets

Author: Jack Waggoner

Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2019-05-09

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1644589923

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When God created heaven and earth, he also created heaven and Teren. Planet Teren is identical to Earth in every respect, including its placement in a duplicate solar system. Since creation, the two parallel planets developed along almost identical lines, and when God saw that the humans on each planet were not following his commandments, he decided to send his twin sons to intercede, one son to each planet. When both sons were confronted with crucifixion, God let it stand on Earth and every other chapter gives the reader Earth's historical highlights for the past two thousand years (including each and every documented war). On planet Teren, however, God stepped in and not only resurrected Jesus but also then installed him as the CEO of the planet. From his base in Jerusalem, the Teren Jesus set the standards for human development and without war""or for that matter, any form of sin""the people of Teren turned their attention to making life meaningful, fulfilling, pleasant, and Christian. (Every other chapter documents the development on Teren over the past two thousand years.) On Earth, millions upon millions of human brains were scattered across killing field after killing field. What might have come out of those millions upon millions of lost and destroyed brains? We may find out as we take a tantalizing glimpse into life on God's Parallel Planets.

The Rainbow Zhanlue
The Rainbow Zhanlue

Author: Jack D. Waggoner

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2011-12-06

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 1465308385

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A state visit to China during the first year in office is unprecedented for a U.S. president, but Barack Obama has made it. Moreover, the fact that President Obama spent four days and three nights of his seven-day visit to four Asian nations in Beijing and Shanghai has demonstrated the importance his administration attaches to China and to Sino-U.S. relations in its global strategy. Six other U.S. presidents (Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush Sr., Clinton, and Bush Jr.) visited China during their terms in office, but none went within the first year, and none went having accepted more than ten million dollars in campaign funds from their host. The meeting between the American President, President Hu, and Jet How Chung precipitated the violent reaction of the commander-in-chief that took place on Air Force One as it sat on the tarmac in Beijing, November 2009. This is a work of fiction, however, the facts and figures quoted are historically accurate. Most statistical data came from the Congressional Record or from accredited news sources. Some of the figures who appear, however, do so under their own names.

China’s Incomplete Military Transformation
China’s Incomplete Military Transformation

Author: Michael S. Chase

Publisher: Rand Corporation

Published: 2015-02-13

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0833088300

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This report examines many of the weaknesses in China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) human capital and organization realms, its combat capabilities across various domains, and China's defense research and industrial complex. Furthermore, the report analyzes how these weaknesses affect the PLA's performance of missions tasked by Beijing. China's military isn't ready to win wars despite spending heavily to modernize. The People's Liberation Army suffers from 'potentially serious weaknesses' that could limit its ability to conduct the operations required to fight and win future conflicts. "Although the PLA's capabilities have increased dramatically, its remaining weaknesses increase the risk of failure to successfully perform the missions the Chinese Communist Party leaders may task it to perform," the report says. It cited Taiwan contingencies, maritime claim missions, protecting sea lines of communications and some non-war military operations. The report looks at two critical shortcomings: institutional and combat capabilities. On institutional issues, the PLA faces shortcomings regarding outdated command structures, quality of personnel, professionalism and corruption. Combat weaknesses include logistical, insufficient strategic airlift capabilities, limited numbers of special-mission aircraft, and deficiencies in fleet air defense and anti-submarine warfare.

Worldwide Government Directory with Intergovernmental Organizations 2013
Worldwide Government Directory with Intergovernmental Organizations 2013

Author: CQ Press,

Publisher: CQ Press

Published: 2013-05-10

Total Pages: 1936

ISBN-13: 1452299374

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Published for more than 24 years, there is no substitute for the Worldwide Government Directory, which allows users to identify and reach 32,000 elected and appointed officials in 201 countries, plus the European Union. Extensive coverage that includes over 1,800 pages of executive, legislative and political branches; heads of state, ministers, deputies, secretaries and spokespersons as well as state agencies, diplomats and senior level defense officials. It also covers the leadership of more than 100 international organizations. World Government contact information that includes phone numbers and email. Listings include: Name, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, email and web addresses Titles Hierarchical arrangements defining state structures