From RAINBOW to GUSTO : stealth and the design of the Lockheed Blackbird / / Paul A. Suhler ; Ned Allen, editor-in-chief

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781404403321
• Autore: Suhler Paul A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Reston, Va., : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2009
• ISBN: 1-60086-731-6; 1-60086-730-8
• Descrizione fisica: xvi, 284 p. : ill
• Collana: Library of flight
• Altri autori (Persone): AllenNed
• Disciplina: 623.74/67
• Soggetti: SR-71 Blackbird (Jet reconnaissance plane)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: "In 1956, the shock of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the horrors of the war that followed were still fresh in the minds of America's leaders. When the Soviet Union exploded its own atomic bomb in August 1949, the sense of vulnerability increased, with the realization that the next surprise attack could destroy American cities and kill millions of people. Deterring an attack required knowing Soviet capabilities and intentions. To gather that information, the U-2 spyplane had begun photographing large sections of the Soviet Union, flying at altitudes far above the reach of their air defenses. But while the U-2 could go where it wanted, the Soviets could track it from border to border. It was only a matter of time before their interceptors or missiles would be able to knock it out of the sky. The only hope was to make the U.S. aircraft invisible to their air defense radars. And if it couldn't be made invisible, then a new aircraft would be needed. This is where the story of stealth and the Blackbird begins."--Publisher's description

History and silence : purge and rehabilitation of memory in late antiquity / / Charles W. Hedrick, Jr

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780324503321
• Autore: Hedrick Charles W. <1956->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Austin : , : University of Texas Press, , 2000
• ISBN: 0-292-77937-2; 0-292-79915-2
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxvi, 338 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 937
• Soggetti: Inscriptions, Latin - Italy - Rome; Palimpsests - Italy - Rome; Memory - Social aspects - Italy - Rome - History; Monuments - Conservation and restoration - Italy - Rome - History; Elite (Social sciences) - Italy - Rome - Historiography; Forum of Trajan (Rome, Italy); Rome Politics and government 284-476 Historiography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-320) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 A PALIMPSEST -- CHAPTER 2 CURSUS AND CAREER -- CHAPTER 3 UNSPEAKABLE PAGANISM? -- CHAPTER 4 REMEMBERING TO FORGET The Damnatio Memoriae -- CHAPTER 5 SILENCE, TRUTH, AND DEATH The Commemorative Function of History -- CHAPTER 6 REHABILITATING THE TEXT Proofreading and the Past -- CHAPTER 7 SILENCE AND AUTHORITY Politics and Rehabilitation -- APPENDIX Concerning the Text of CIL 6.1783 -- NOTES -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- SECONDARY WORKS CITED -- GENERAL INDEX -- INDEX LOCORUM
• Sommario/riassunto: The ruling elite in ancient Rome sought to eradicate even the memory of their deceased opponents through a process now known as damnatio memoriae. These formal and traditional practices included removing the person's name and image from public monuments and inscriptions, making it illegal to speak of him, and forbidding funeral observances and mourning. Paradoxically, however, while these ; practices dishonored the person's memory, they did not destroy it. Indeed, a later turn of events could restore the offender not only to public favor but also to re-inclusion in the public record. This book examines the process of purge and rehabilitation of memory in the person of Virius Nicomachus Flavianus(?-394). Charles Hedrick describes how Flavian was condemned for participating in the rebellion against the Christian emperor Theodosius the Great—and then restored to the public record a generation later as members of the newly Christianized senatorial class sought to reconcile their pagan past and Christian present. By selectively remembering and forgetting the actions of Flavian, Hedrick asserts, the Roman elite honored their ancestors while participating in profound social, cultural, and religious change.