In one exclusive collection, the essential songs of a decade. Thirty four great hits from the Fifties, all transcribed note-for-note for guitar with full lyrics.
Harry Truman was born on May 8, 1884. He served with distinction during World War I as a commander of an artillery battery, and ultimately attained the rank of major. In 1922 with the support of political boss Tom Pendergast, Truman was elected as a county judge. He lost reelection, but then won again as presiding judge in 1926 and 1930. In 1934 Truman was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he supported President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal policies and entry into World War II. When Vice President Henry Wallace alienated Democratic Party leaders, Truman was nominated for vice president. On April 12, 1945, eighty-two days into Truman's vice presidency, Roosevelt died in Warm Spring, Georgia. At the age of sixty-one, Truman was sworn in as the thirty-third president of the United States. Key events during the Truman presidency include victory in World War II with the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan, the start of the cold war with the Soviet Union and its eastern European satellites, the Marshall Plan, the Berlin airlift, the Pair Deal, price-control legislation, and the McCarthy hearings. In March 1952 Truman announced that he would not seek reelection. Harry S. Truman died on December 26, 1972.
Presenting a study of the Roswell incident, this book views that after an exhaustive investigation, no alien craft or bodies were found at Roswell. It shows that the US government has no physical evidence of aliens, how critical weather data refute claims of Roswell believers, and why the case rises and falls on the testimony of just one witness.
Certain moments in history, especially periods of cultural turmoil and political change, appear to be conducive to the writing of Menippean satire. This text offers an integral study of Menippean satires written in Ireland in the three decades following the declaration of the Irish Free State in 1922. It discusses works by Darrell Figgis, Eimar ......
Painter and art educator Eric Atkinson taught on the Basic Course at Leeds College of Art in the 1950s and 60s. David Lewis was one of his students. This volume contains a spirited exchange of letters between them, and an insight into the creative processes at the heart of art education.
A comprehensive examination of the American pursuit of the liberation of Eastern Europe from the end of World War II to the failure of the Hungarian revolution. It explores how American visions of freedom led to intervention worldwide and the legacy of the Cold War.
As World War II came to an end in 1945, few countries had less in common - in terms of geopolitical power - than Ireland and the United States. In this narrative history, Troy D. Davis examines the diplomatic relationship between the two nations during the seven years immediately following the war. He assesses the effect of that relationship on ......
The Story of American Air Force Fighter Pilots in the Korean War
Drawing on the extensive documentary resources of the Air Force History and Museums Program, and on memoirs and interviews, this is an account of the performance of US Air Force fighter pilots in the Korean War. It examines their motivations and methods, and the effect on their personal lives.
The Struggle Between King Sa'ud and Crown Prince Faysal, 1953-1962
In the middle of this century, a decisive debate took place within the royal family of Saudi Arabia, involving King Saud and Crown Prince Faysal. When the dust had settled, the kingdom had been remade into a modern state, even as the grip of the royal family tightened. Saudi stability still rests upon the foundations laid in that crucial decade. ......
