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Smedley D. Butler, USMC
A Biography
Häftad, 2011
388 kr
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The practice of big business promoting war to profit materially was firmly in place by the time Major General Smedley D. Butler wrote about it in his anti-corporate pamphlets. This historical biography explores the life of Butler, a little-known American Marine who exposed an alleged fascist coup …
Shanghaiing Sailors
A Maritime History of Forced Labor, 1849-1915
Häftad, 2014
502 kr
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"Shaghaiing," or forcing a man to join the crew of a merchant ship against his will, plagued seafarers the world over between 1849 and 1915. Perpetrators were known as "crimps," and they had no respect for a man's education, social status, race, religion, or seafaring experience. The merchant ships …
Hidden History of Northeast Ohio
E-bok, 2021
221 kr
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Northeast Ohio is awash with nearly forgotten historical events. In 1780, American scout Captain Samuel Brady leaped across the Cuyahoga River where Kent now stands to evade a party of Native Americans aiming to take his scalp. During the Civil War, Confederates tried to free their compatriots from …
Americans in a Splintering Europe
Refugees, Missionaries and Journalists in World War I
Häftad, 2018
541 kr
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World War I began in August 1914--the United States did not enter the conflict until April 1917. During those nearly three years of neutrality, a small number of Americans did experience the horrors of the war zones of Europe. Some ran for their lives as refugees while others, like journalists and …
