1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910703191803321

Titolo

Food and Drug Administration's review process for products to treat rare diseases and neglected tropical diseases [[electronic resource] ] : hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, special hearing, June 23, 2010, Washington, D.C

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2011

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 58 pages) : illustrations

Collana

S. hrg. ; ; 111-841

Soggetti

Rare diseases - Treatment

Tropical medicine

Orphan drugs - United States

Drug development - Government policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Feb. 28, 2011).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780365603321

Autore

Lewis Adrian R

Titolo

Omaha Beach [[electronic resource] ] : a flawed victory / / Adrian R. Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2001

ISBN

979-88-908725-5-5

0-8078-6258-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (395 p.)

Disciplina

940.54/21421

Soggetti

Operation Neptune

World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - France - Normandy

Normandy (France) History, Military 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-367) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Battle for Omaha Beach; 2. Amphibious Doctrine: The British and American Visions; 3. Joint and Combined Amphibious Doctrine; 4. The British Vision for the Invasion of Europe; 5. The Montgomery Plan; 6. The American Vision for the Invasion of Europe; 7. Obstacle and Minefield Clearance Plan; 8. The Joint Fire Plan; 9. The 1st Infantry Division's Battle Plan; Epilogue: The Question of American Military Skill; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Lewis's assessment of the 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy traces the doctrine behind the operation, and argues that whilst the blame for the disastrous losses traditionally lay with leaders at the site, responsibility belonged to higher levels of operations and strategy planning.