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She was a Jewish girl growing up in World War I-torn Poland. At age seven, she and her family immigrated to America with dreams of a brighter future. But Frances Slanger could not lay her past to rest, and she vowed to help make the world a better place -- by joining the military and becoming a nurse. Frances, one of the 350,000 American women in uniform during World War II, was among the first nurses to arrive at Normandy beach in June 1944. She and the other nurses of the 45th Field Hospital would soon experience the hardships of combat from a storm-whipped tent amid the anguish of wounded men and the thud of artillery shells. Months later, a letter that Frances wrote to the Stars and Stripes newspaper won her heartfelt praise from war-weary GIs touched by her tribute to them. But she never got to read the scores of soldiers' letters that poured in. She was killed by German troops the very next day. American Nightingale is the unforgettable, first-ever full-length account of the woman whose brave life stands as a testament to the American spirit. more...

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America has been seen by the rest of the world as fulfilling the gleaming promise of modernity and, paradoxically, as the nightmarish fate threatening to undermine global diversity. Rather than emphasising American hegemony and Australian cultural vulnerability, this collection of essays explores the negotiation of influence and power involved in Americanisation abroad. more...

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The astonishing true story of THE HUNT FOR THE ANTHRAX KILLER, the man who held America hostage by preying on our worst fears. Updated with New Material Features photos and transcripts of the original anthrax letters National bestselling true-crime author Robert Graysmith lends his investigative insight to the definitive case study of America's invisible terrorist. Based in part on information from the FBI's Amerithrax task force, as well as the author's independent research, and with official photos and transcripts of the anthrax letters, this is the most comprehensive work to date about the plague of terror that arose in the wake of 9/11/01--and the relentless scientific manhunt to stop it. more...

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This report provides an assessment of the US Army's ability to insert mechanized forces in enemy-controlled terrain. The authors examined the performance of the national AAN advanced airframes under a variety of conditions. more...

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Undertaken at the request of the Veterans Health Administration, this is a quantitative analysis of the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) system, which allocates the congressionally appropriated medical care budget to the Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs). more...

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