War Plan

The award-winning author of The Battle of Bretton Woods reveals the gripping history behind the Marshall Plan—told with verve, insight, and resonance for today.

In the wake of World War II, with Britain’s empire collapsing and Stalin's on the rise, US officials under new secretary of state George C. Marshall set out to reconstruct western Europe as a bulwark against communist authoritarianism. Their massive, costly, and ambitious undertaking would confront Europeans and Americans alike with a vision at odds with their history and self-conceptions. In the process, they would drive the creation of NATO, the European Union, and a Western identity that continues to shape world events.

Focusing on the critical years 1947 to 1949, Benn Steil’s thrilling account brings to life the seminal episodes marking the collapse of postwar US-Soviet relations—the Prague coup, the Berlin blockade, and the division of Germany. In each case, we see and understand like never before Stalin’s determination to crush the Marshall Plan and undermine American power in Europe.

Given current echoes of the Cold War, as Putin’s Russia rattles the world order, the tenuous balance of power and uncertain order of the late 1940s is as relevant as ever. The Marshall Plan provides critical context into understanding today’s international landscape. Bringing to bear fascinating new material from American, Russian, German, and other European archives, Steil’s account will forever change how we see the Marshall Plan and the birth of the Cold War. A polished and masterly work of historical narrative, this is an instant classic of Cold War literature.

On a hot summer afternoon in 1928, the leaders of the world assembled in Paris to outlaw war. Within the year, the treaty signed that day, known as the Peace Pact, had been ratified by nearly every state in the world. War, for the first time in history, had become illegal the world over. But the promise of that summer day was fleeting. Within a decade of its signing, each state that had gathered in Paris to renounce war was at war. And in the century that followed, the Peace Pact was dismissed as an act of folly and an unmistakable failure.

The feud between YaYa and Leah has ruined the lives of everyone around them. In The Prada Plan 4, the animosity is alive, and the resentments run deeper than ever. Indie has watched YaYa's past destroy the woman he once knew, and his patience has run thin. After being left at the altar, he is heartbroken and confused. His quests to save YaYa from herself have failed, and he finally decides it's time to let the love of his life go. Her thirst for blood is unquenchable, and like a black hole she sucks the life out of everything around her.

Auf Schritt und Tritt gejagt, müssen sich Startum Eisenwolf und seine Freunde durch die Vorhut der nördlichen Horden und die Masse der PKler kämpfen, um ihren Freund zu erreichen, während sich die Pläne des Chaos-Sturm-Gildenführers der Verwirklichung nähern.

Just six weeks apart in the spring of 1981, Pope John Paul II and President ­Ronald Reagan took bullets from would-be assassins. Few realized at the time how close both men came to dying. Surviving these near-death experiences created a singular bond between the pope and the president that ­historians have failed to appreciate. When John Paul II and Reagan met only a year later, they confided to each other a shared conviction: that God had spared their lives for a ­reason. That reason? To defeat Communism. In private, Reagan had a name for this: “The DP” - the Divine Plan.

The Pursuit is Plan Z is the unlikely origin story of the intelligence coup that led to the largest naval battle in history, in World War II's Pacific Theater, resulting in the most crushing defeat the U.S. Navy has ever inflicted on an enemy force.

If you happened to have an illegal telescope, or proxied your galaxynet address well enough to pirate your way to satellite images of Mars, you might glimpse a damaged but operational Mars Orbiter 1 alive with "rebels". You could also see clusters of superheated propellant burning beyond Earth space, as the EFF (Earth First Faction) sends armed planetary shuttles on an attack route to relieve the rebels of their existence. If so, you’d be witnessing Mars Wars.

A survey of Chinese naval operational history, Li's book focuses on the major battles and important engagements of Chinese naval operations from 1949-2009. His findings elucidate the origin of and changes of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) by examining its adaptation, modernization, and setbacks in the past sixty years.

The Devils Will Get No Rest is a “vivid and engaging” (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize­­–winning author) character-driven account of the Casablanca Conference of January 1943, an Anglo-American clash over military strategy that produced a winning plan when World War II could have gone either way. Churchill called it the most important Allied conclave of the war. Until now, it has never been explored in a full-length book.

An der Spitze des Weltraum-Aufklärungsteams, das von der Erde entsandt wurde, steht Captain Taylor Ray, um in den unendlichen Weiten der Galaxie nach Anzeichen der Hedalt zu suchen, jener längst besiegten außerirdischen Feinde der Menschheit. Niemand erwartet wirklich, dass sie etwas Bedeutendes entdecken, denn das ist bislang noch niemandem gelungen. Nach Jahrzehnten der Jagd nach den Überresten der Hedalt über Lichtjahre hinweg, sind nur noch verlassene Geister-Stützpunkte übrig – längst vergessene Außenposten einer seit langem untergegangenen Zivilisation.

In "Battle Plan" you will learn practical strategies that can be implemented immediately. This book provides a road map to making a lasting impact on our culture through real-life tips and Biblical guidance. Gain the confidence to stand up for what is right, engage in your community, and make a difference. Discover the power of prayer, voting, contacting your representative, and seven other strategies to make a long term positive change in our society.

Are you concerned about the direction of America? Americans overwhelmingly agree the nation is headed in the wrong direction, but that is where the agreements end. This book avoids tribalistic rhetoric as much as possible and offers real, practical solutions at a time when we need them most. If you are concerned about the nation and you recognize how divided our people have become, this book may bring you hope. Hit the "Buy Now" button and begin the conversation that searches for peace in a world overcome by conflict.

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