1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990002020190403321

Autore

Butler, Edward A.

Titolo

A biology of the British Hemiptera Heteroptera. / Edward A. Butler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : H.F. & G. Witherby, 1923

Descrizione fisica

682 p. ; 25 cm

Disciplina

595.754

Locazione

DAGEN

Collocazione

61 IV E.7/31

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910796194203321

Autore

Rahier Gilles

Titolo

L'opération "Tempête du dêsert" : 1991, quand Saddam Hussein envahit le Koweit / / par Gilles Rahier ; avec la collaboration de Mathieu Roger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : 50Minutos.es, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

2-8062-5422-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (38 p.)

Collana

Grandes batailles ; ; Numéro 15

Disciplina

956.70442

Soggetti

Persian Gulf War, 1991

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Sommario/riassunto

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur l'opération « Tempête du désert » en moins d'une heure !En août 1990, le Koweït est envahi par l'Irak. La deuxième guerre du Golfe vient tout juste de commencer.



Redoutant que la situation ne devienne plus explosive encore, les Nations unies lancent le 17 janvier l'opération « Tempête du désert » afin de bouter l'armée irakienne hors du territoire. En quelques jours seulement, près de 90 000 tonnes de bombes sont larguées par la coalition, faisant de nombreuses victimes. Pourtant, l'issue est encore lointaine. Ce livre vous permettra d'en savoir p

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910813401603321

Autore

Addington Larry H.

Titolo

America's war in Vietnam : a short narrative history / / Larry H. Addington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : , : Indiana University Press, , 2000

©2000

ISBN

0-253-00321-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Disciplina

959.7043373

Soggetti

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; SOME ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TEXT; 1 The Geography of Vietnam and Its History to World War Two; 2 The Career of Ho Chi Minh to 1939; 3 World War Two and America's Collaboration with Ho; 4 America and the Indochina War, 1946-1954; 5 Eisenhower and the Road to America's War in Vietnam, 1954-1960; 6 Kennedy's War: Counter-Insurgency and the Fall of Diem, 1961-1963; 7 Johnson's War, I: To the Brink, 1964; 8 Johnson's War, II: The Year of the Plunge, 1965; 9 Johnson's War, III: Moving toward Defeat, 1966-1967

10 Johnson's War, IV: The Turning Year, 196811 Nixon's War, I: The Strategy of Withdrawal, 1969-1970; 12 Nixon's War, II: The Final Round, 1971-1972; 13 The Paris Peace Accords and the Fall of Indochina, 1973-1975; 14 Aftermath and Summing Up; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;



Sommario/riassunto

""This book has been long needed: a concise, complete and dispassionate survey of the Vietnam War.... Best of all, the no-nonsense approach answers questions as soon as they arise in the reader's mind."" -Kliatt""If there is such a thing as an objective account [of the Vietnam War], this is it.... If you want to read one book about Vietnam, read this one."" -New York Review of Books A short, narrative history of the origins, course, and outcome of America's military involvement in Vietnam by an experienced guide to the causes and conduct of war, Larry H. Addington. He begins with a history of