Progressive Management: 3249 books

On the early morning of 26 December 1943, Marines poised off the coast of Japanese-held New Britain could barely make out the mile-high bulk of Mount Talawe against a sky growing light with the approach of dawn. Flame billowed from the guns of American and Australian cruisers and destroyers, shattering...

The historic battles of the Marines at Peleliu are recounted in this U.S. Marines history book. Here is an excerpt: The Peleliu operation was to be conducted by two divisions, one Marine and one Army. In the Pacific area since mid-1942, the 1st Marine Division was a veteran, combat-tested organization...

Shortly after the United States entered World War II, the Allies agreed that the European Theater would have priority in the war over the Pacific Theater. The Marine Corps' war was in the Pacific and all war plans regarding the employment of Marines reflected that. Nevertheless, because the Marine...

The AEC: Almost a year after World War II ended, Congress established the United States Atomic Energy Commission to foster and control the peacetime development of atomic science and technology. Reflecting America's postwar optimism, Congress declared that atomic energy should be employed not only...

Two important documents from the U.S. Defense Department provide a good overview of current military nanotechnology: Nanotechnology for Future Force Armaments, and Defense Nanotechnology Research and Development Program. Nanotechnology research remains a major national initiative, and DoD remains...

This ebook provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of wind energy, with information on design, development, and financing, small wind power consumer guide for homeowners and businesses, federal government incentives for development, plans and programs, siting and environmental issues, and much...

This ebook provides an abridged reproduction of a government document, Wind Energy Multiyear Program Plan, Wind Energy Programs for Large Wind, Systems Integration, Distributed Wind, Research and Development. Contents include program history, market overview and federal role of the program, program vision, distributed wind technologies, systems integration, technology, more.

For sixty years, the FBI has sought the public's assistance in a special way through one of our most effective and longest running publicity programs— the "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list. In 1949, reporter James Donovan asked the FBI to identify the "toughest guys" we were investigating...

Two federal documents, The Technology Roadmap for Plant and Crop-based Renewable Resources, and Industrial Biotechnology, Development and Adoption by the U.S. Chemical and Biofuel Industries, provide a unique and comprehensive status report on biofuel processes and industrial biotechnology around...

This study from 1979 examines the full range of effects that nuclear war would have on civilians: direct effects from blast and radiation; and indirect effects from economic, social, and political disruption. Particular attention is devoted to the ways in which the impact of a nuclear war would extend...

In the Preface, the author writes: I initially proposed my research to look at START II levels and beyond, focusing on the question, "How low can we go?" As I witnessed President George Bush's unilateral initiatives and the Washington Summit agreement, I realized that nuclear weapons...

This comprehensive history of the role of tactical nuclear weapons in Europe, and their continued presence on the continent, provides a fascinating overview of one of the Cold War's most important facets. The preface states: the history of the Cold War is a nuclear history, centered around...

The Nuclear Posture Review, released in April 2010, reflects policy changes implemented by the Obama Administration on force structure and use policy. Contents of the NPR report include: The Changed and Changing Nuclear Security Environment; Preventing Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Terrorism;...

This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. While the United States adopted several national policies regulating nuclear weapons during the late 1940s and 1950s, it would take until 1961 for the United States to have a cohesive operational...