Dollar GNPs of the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe
Dollar GNPs of the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe

Author: Paul Marer

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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Centrally planned economies (CPEs) account for about a third of the world's population and about a fourth of its output. In view of their importance in the world economy, they need to be included in international comparitive studies. Their inclusion, however, presents problems for several reasons. First, CPEs report net material product, not gross national product (GNP). Also, their prices are set and exchange rates are set administratively, so that conversion to dollars is problematic. Finally, they compute growth rates using methods that in most cases are strongly upward biased. This report tries to identify and evaluate alternative methods for computing the levels and growth rates of the GNPs of centrally planned economies and to undertake illustrative benchmark year computations.

The Night Stalkers
The Night Stalkers

Author: Michael J. Durant

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2006-12-28

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1440625166

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From the New York Times bestselling authors of In the Company of Heroes comes a thrilling account of military aviation for history buffs and “for those who love vivid tales of battlefield heroics” (Publishers Weekly). In the world of covert warfare, Special Operations pilots are notoriously close-lipped about what they do. They don’t talk about their missions to anyone outside their small community. But now, Michael J. Durant and Steven Hartov shed fascinating light on the mysterious elite commandos known as SOAR (Special Operations Aviation Regiment) and take readers into a shadowy world of combat they have only imagined.

Lockheed
Lockheed

Author: Gil Cefaratt

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9781563118470

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Low Level Hell
Low Level Hell

Author: Hugh L. Mills, Jr.

Publisher: Presidio Press

Published: 2009-01-16

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0307537927

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The aeroscouts of the 1st Infantry Division had three words emblazoned on their unit patch: Low Level Hell. It was then and continues today as the perfect concise definition of what these intrepid aviators experienced as they ranged the skies of Vietnam from the Cambodian border to the Iron Triangle. The Outcasts, as they were known, flew low and slow, aerial eyes of the division in search of the enemy. Too often for longevity’s sake they found the Viet Cong and the fight was on. These young pilots (19-22 years old) “invented” the book as they went along. Praise for Low Level Hell “An absolutely splendid and engrossing book. The most compelling part is the accounts of his many air-to-ground engagements. There were moments when I literally held my breath.”—Dr. Charles H. Cureton, Chief Historian, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine (TRADOC) Command “Low Level Hell is the best ‘bird’s eye view’ of the helicopter war in Vietnam in print today. No volume better describes the feelings from the cockpit. Mills has captured the realities of a select group of aviators who shot craps with death on every mission.”—R.S. Maxham, Director, U.S. Army Aviation Museum

The Asylum of Howard Hughes
The Asylum of Howard Hughes

Author: Jack Garrett Real

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781413408768

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Howard Hughes, once the wealthiest man in the world. Handsome. Daring. Reclusive. Movie producer. Aviation pioneer. Then one fateful day his plane crashed and his world was one of pain. He found relief in drugs and came to rely on them more and more. He became reclusive and inaccessible. He surrounded himself with people to help him create an asylum against the outside world. But they turned it into an asylum of another kind. Hughes turned to the one man he knew he could trust to help him preserve his privacy and retain his freedom. That man became Howard's most trusted confidant and friend, Jack Real. Real tried valiantly to save Hughes from himself and his guards. It was an impossible job but one that Jack G. Real gave his all to accomplish. This is his Story.

McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920
McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920

Author: René J. Francillon

Publisher: Brassey's

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 640

ISBN-13:

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This volume includes the complete history of McDonnell and McDonnell Douglas after the two companies merged in 1967. In addition, it details the products of Hughes aviation.