John Sherwood: 13 books
Fast Movers
Jet Pilots and the Vietnam Experience
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2001
The war in the skies above Vietnam still stands as the longest our nation has ever fought. For fourteen years American pilots dropped bombs on the Southeast Asian countryside -- eventually more than eight million tons of them. In doing so, they lost over 8,588 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters....
by Mrs. John Sherwood
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
"There is no country where there are so many people asking what is "proper to do," or, indeed, where there are so many genuinely anxious to do the proper thing, as in the vast conglomerate which we call the United States of America. The newness of our country is perpetually renewed by the sudden making...
by John Sherwood
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2017
For years they were best friends. For decades they chose to remain estranged. Now Bryan Jeffries has contacted Matt DiGrande to get reacquainted. The idea excites Matt, but it also sends up showers of red flags. They agreed to keep the past in the past, so what could Jeffries possibly want? And why...
Officers in Flight Suits
The Story of American Air Force Fighter Pilots in the Korean War
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1998
The United States Air Force fought as a truly independent service for the first time during the Korean War. Ruling the skies in many celebrated aerial battles, even against the advanced Soviet MiG-15, American fighter pilots reigned supreme. Yet they also destroyed virtually every major town and city...
Black Sailor, White Navy
Racial Unrest in the Fleet during the Vietnam War Era
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
It is hard to determine what dominated more newspaper headlines in America during the 1960s and early ‘70s: the Vietnam War or America’s turbulent racial climate. Oddly, however, these two pivotal moments are rarely examined in tandem.
John Darrell Sherwood has mined the archives of the U.S. Navy...
Greek and Roman Technology: A Sourcebook
Annotated Translations of Greek and Latin Texts and Documents
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2003
In this volume the authors translate and annotate key passages from ancient authors to provide a history and an analysis of the origins and development of technology. Among the topics covered are:
* energy
* basic mechanical devices
* agriculture
* food processing and diet
* mining and metallurgy
*...
Mass Communication and American Social Thought
Key Texts, 1919-1968
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2004
This anthology of hard-to-find primary documents provides a solid overview of the foundations of American media studies. Focusing on mass communication and society and how this research fits into larger patterns of social thought, this valuable collection features key texts covering the media studies...
by Alfred P. Gibbs, R. Edward Harlow, Harold M. Harper
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 1952
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 1952
An important answer book for everyone, from seeker to long-time believer, systematically covering the fundamentals of Bible doctrine and Christian living.
by Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Nixon's Trident: Naval Power in Southeast Asia, 1968-1972
Naval Power in Southeast Asia, 1968-1972
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
This commemoration booklet focuses on naval air power during the final years of the Vietnam War. For much of this period, Navy aircraft sought to hamper the flow of supplies down the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos—a huge investment in air power resources that ultimately proved fruitless. After North...
Women and Men in Ministry
A Complementary Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2001
The role of women in the church is a debate that has raged within the church for much of the twentieth century. On one side are those who say there is no difference between men and women. On the other side are those who severely limit women who want to offer ministry to the church. Judith TenElshof...
Market Analysis
Assessing Your Business Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Planning is a critical process when starting a new business or introducing a new product. Market Analysis shows readers how to execute a feasibility study for more effective planning. A step-by-step approach leads the reader through the feasibility analysis process and describes what needs to be done...
From the Pleistocene to the Holocene
Human Organization and Cultural Transformations in Prehistoric North America
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
The end of the Pleistocene era brought dramatic environmental changes to small bands of humans living in North America: changes that affected subsistence, mobility, demography, technology, and social relations. The transition they made from Paleoindian (Pleistocene) to Archaic (Early Holocene) societies...