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Angels in the Sky: How a Band of Volunteer Airmen Saved the New State of Israel

Angels in the Sky: How a Band of Volunteer Airmen Saved the New State of Israel

Robert Gandt

W. W. Norton Company
2017
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In 1948, only three years after the Holocaust, the newly founded nation of Israel came under siege from a coalition of Arab states. The invaders vowed to annihilate the tiny country and its 600,000 settlers. A second Holocaust was in the making.Outnumbered sixty to one, the Israelis had no allies, no regular army, no air force, no superpower to intercede on their behalf. The United States, Great Britain, and most of Europe enforced a strict embargo on the shipment of arms to the embattled country. In the first few days, the Arab armies overran Israel. The Egyptian air force owned the sky, making continuous air attacks on Israeli cities and army positions. Israel's extinction seemed certain.And then came help. From the United States, Canada, Britain, France, South Africa arrived a band of volunteer airmen. Most were World War II veterans--young, idealistic, swaggering, noble, eccentric, courageous beyond measure. Many were Jews, a third were not. Most of them knowingly violated their nations' embargoes on the shipment of arms and aircraft to Israel. They smuggled in Messerschmitt fighters from Czechoslovakia, painting over swastikas with Israeli stars. Defying their own countries' strict laws, the airmen risked everything--their lives, careers, citizenship--to fight for Israel.They were a small group, fewer than 150. In the crucible of war they became brothers in a righteous cause. They flew, fought, died, and, against all odds, helped save a new nation. The saga of the volunteer airmen in Israel's war of independence stands as one of the most stirring--and untold--war stories of the past century.
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Angels in the Sky

Angels in the Sky

Robert Gandt

WW Norton Co
2018
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In 1948, when the newly founded nation of Israel came under siege from a coalition of Arab states, a band of volunteer airmen from the United States, Canada, Britain, France, and South Africa arrived to help. They were a small group, fewer than 150. Many were World War II veterans; most of them knowingly violated their nations' embargoes on the shipment of arms and aircraft to Israel. The airmen risked everything--their careers, citizenship, and lives--to fight for Israel. The saga of the volunteer airmen in Israel's war of independence stands as one of the most stirring--and little-known--war stories of the past century.
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The Twilight Warriors

The Twilight Warriors

Robert Gandt

Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
2011
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In April 1945, the end of World War II finally appeared to be nearing. For a group of young pilots trained in the twilight of the war, the greatest worry was that it would end before they had a chance to face the enemy; but what they did not know is that they would be key players in the bloodiest and most difficult of naval battles, not only of World War II but in all of American history.In The Twilight Warriors, Robert Gandt, a former naval officer and aviator, international airline pilot, screenwriter, and a military and aviation historian, relives the drama of the world's last great naval campaign. From the cockpit of a Corsair fighter we gaze down at the Japanese task force racing to destroy the American amphibious force at Okinawa. Through the eyes of the men on the destroyers assigned to picket ship duty, we experience the terror as wave after wave of kamikazes crash into their ships. Standing on the deck of the legendary superbattleship Yamato, we watch Japan's last hope for victory die in a tableau of gunfire and explosions.The fate of the Americans at Okinawa is intertwined with the lives of the honour-bound Japanese airmen who swarm like killer bees toward the U.S. ships, known as'young gods'. The kamikazes are dispatched on their deadly one-way missions by a classic samurai warrior who vows that he will follow them to a warrior's grave.The ferocity of the Okinawa fighting stuns the world. Before it ends, the long battle will cost more American lives, ships, and aircraft than any naval engagement in U.S. history. More than simply the account of a historic battle, The Twilight Warriors brings to life the human side of an epic conflict. It is the story of young Americans at war in the air and on the sea, and of their enigmatic, fanatically courageous enemy.
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China Clipper

China Clipper

Robert Gandt

Naval Institute Press
2010
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The China Clipper was the first of three Martin M-130 four engine flying boats and shattered aviation records on its maiden six-day flight from California to the Orient in 1935; the flying boat became an instant celebrity. This lively history by Robert Gandt traces the development of the great flying boats as both a triumph of technology and a stirring human drama. He examines the political, military, and economic forces that drove its development and explains the aeronautical advances that made the aircraft possible. To fully document the story he includes interviews with flying boat pioneers and a dynamic collection of photographs, charts, and cutaway illustrations. The China Clipper remained in service until January 8, 1945, when it was destroyed in a crash in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Sixteen passengers and nine crew members were killed. About the Author Robert Gandt is a former naval officer, international airline captain, and air show performer. A resident of Port Orange, FL., he is the author of thirteen books, including Bogeys and Bandits.
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China Clipper

China Clipper

Robert Gandt

Naval Institute Press
2023
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When the China Clipper shattered aviation records on its maiden six-day flight from California to the Orient in 1935, the flying boat became an instant celebrity. This lively history by Robert Gandt traces the development of the great flying boats as both a triumph of technology and a stirring human drama. He examines the political, military, and economic forces that drove its development and explains the aeronautical advances that made the aircraft possible. To fully document the story he includes interviews with flying boat pioneers and a dynamic collection of photographs, charts, and cutaway illustrations.
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Intrepid: The Epic Story of America's Most Legendary Warship

Intrepid: The Epic Story of America's Most Legendary Warship

Bill White; Robert Gandt

Crown Publishing Group (NY)
2009
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The first official history of the legendary aircraft carrier that fought in World War II and Vietnam and continues to serve as a major air and space museum in New York CityThe USS Intrepid is a warship unlike any other. Since her launching in 1943, the 27,000-ton, Essex-class aircraft carrier has sailed into harm's way around the globe. During World War II, she fought her way across the Pacific--Kwajalein, Truk, Peleliu, Formosa, the Philippines, Okinawa--surviving kamikaze and torpedo attacks and covering herself with glory. The famous ship endured to become a Cold War attack carrier, recovery ship for America's first astronauts, and a three-tour combatant in Vietnam. In a riveting narrative based on archival research and interviews with surviving crewmen, authors Bill White and Robert Gandt take us inside the war in the Pacific. We join Intrepid's airmen at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, in October 1944, as they gaze in awe at the apparitions beneath them: five Japanese battleships, including the dreadnoughts Yamato and Musashi, plus a fleet of heavily armored cruisers and destroyers. The sky fills with multihued bursts of anti-aircraft fire. The flak, a Helldiver pilot would write in his action report, "was so thick you could get out and walk on it." Half a dozen Intrepid aircraft are blown from the sky, but they sink the Musashi. A few months later, off Okinawa, they again meet her sister ship, the mighty Yamato. In a two-hour tableau of hellfire and towering explosions, Intrepid's warplanes help send the super-battleship and 3,000 Japanese crewmen to the bottom of the sea. We're next to nineteen-year-old Alonzo Swann in Gun Tub 10 aboard Intrepid as he peers over the breech of a 20-mm anti-aircraft gun. He's heard of kamikazes, but until today he's never seen one. Swann and his fellow gunners are among the few African Americans assigned to combat duty in the U.S. Navy of 1944. Blazing away at the diving Japanese Zero, Swann realizes with a dreadful certainty where it will strike: directly into Gun Tub 10. The authors follow Intrepid's journey to Vietnam. "MiG-21 high " crackles the voice of Lt. Tony Nargi in his F-8 Crusader. It is 1968, and Intrepid is again at war. Launching from Yankee Station in the Tonkin Gulf, Nargi and his wingman have intercepted a flight of Russian-built supersonic fighters. Minutes later, after a swirling dogfight over North Vietnam, Nargi--and Intrepid--have added another downed enemy airplane to their credit. Intrepid: The Epic Story of America's Most Legendary Warship brings a renowned ship to life in a stirring tribute complete with the personal recollections of those who served aboard her, dramatic photographs, time lines, maps, and vivid descriptions of Intrepid's deadly conflicts. More than a numbers-and-dates narrative, Intrepid is the story of people--those who sailed in her, fought to keep her alive, perished in her defense--and powerfully captures the human element in this saga of American heroism.
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Mastery: A Mission Plan for Reclaiming a Life of Purpose, Fitness, and Achievement

Mastery: A Mission Plan for Reclaiming a Life of Purpose, Fitness, and Achievement

Gary A. Scott; Robert Gandt

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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Eighty million Boomers are now marching off the precipice called retirement. Close behind them are the Gen Xers, entering their own second half-century. For a huge number of seniors, the sweet dream of retirement has become an empty promise. Millions have resigned themselves to a slow, insidious erosion of their power and self esteem. MASTERY is a mission plan for reclaiming YOUR power and self esteem.MASTERY debunks the myths of age and ability and shows how-at any age-you can: -Dramatically improve your health and fitness-Learn a new language-Learn to fly, meditate, juggle, cook, play a musical instsrument -Write a book and see it published-Read 1000+words per minute and retain what you learn-Travel the world with a new zest for adventure-Run, race bikes, build new muscle-Overcome arthritis, sarcopenia, memory loss-Launch a micro business
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Naturerfahrung in der Umweltpädagogik. Die Bedeutung unmittelbarer, sinnlicher Erfahrung von Natur für umweltgerechtes Verhalten.

Naturerfahrung in der Umweltpädagogik. Die Bedeutung unmittelbarer, sinnlicher Erfahrung von Natur für umweltgerechtes Verhalten.

Robert Gandert

Grin Publishing
2008
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Zwischenprüfungsarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Sonstiges, einseitig bedruckt, Note: 1,3, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Pädagogisches Seminar), 16 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Anmerkungen: Im Rahmen von Umweltpädagogik wird Literatur von Gerhard Becker, Alexander Bittner, Susanne Bögeholz, Dietmar Bolscho, Joseph Cornell, Hans Göpfert, Raingard Knauer und Petra Brandt, Katrin Schaar, Bertram Scholz und Gerhard Winkel untersucht. Zentrale Fragestellungen sind dabei, was unter Naturerfahrung verstanden wird und welche Bedeutung ihr von den Autoren für umweltgerechtes Verhalten zugeschrieben wird. , Abstract: 0. Einleitung 1) Thema der Arbeit Das Thema der Arbeit ist die vieldiskutierte Bedeutung der sinnlichen Erfahrung von Natur in der Umweltpädagogik und ihr Einfluss auf umweltbewusstes Handeln. Der Gedanke, Naturerfahrung pädagogisch nutzbar zu machen, um damit der sich anbahnenden ökologischen Krise zu begegnen, ist nicht neu. Seit den Veröffentlichungen des Club of Rome 19721, welche die Grenzen des Wachstums beschreiben und die ökologische Krise verdeutlichen, ist das Interesse für Umweltpädagogik und ihre Möglichkeiten, individuelles und gesellschaftliches Handeln in ökologischer Hinsicht verträglicher zu machen, erheblich angestiegen. 2 Einen kleinen Ausschnitt der Bedeutung, welche Naturerfahrung heute, 25 Jahre nach den ersten Ansätzen, für die Umweltpädagogik und deren Aufgabe, der ökologischen Krise zu begegnen, zugeschrieben werden kann, soll diese Arbeit darstellen. Gerhard Becker formuliert die gegenwärtige Situation folgendermaßen: "Die aktuelle Betonung und Begründung der sinnlichen Zuwendung zur Natur ist durchaus umstritten und bei genauerem Hinsehen auch in sich sehr vielfältig, widersprüchlich, zum Teil diffus, weil jeweils verschiedene Vorstellungen und Begriffe von Wahrnehmung, aber auch Natur zugrundegelegt werden oder weil der theorethische Hintergrund im Dunkeln bleibt." (Becker 2000, S.131) Seit den 70er Jahren erlangten unterschiedliche Formen der Orientierung zur Natur hohe Bedeutung.3 Diese Orientierungen zur Natur verwendeten oft Naturerfahrung als Ausgangspunkt ihrer praktischen Umsetzung. Mittlerweile wird, anknüpfend an die entwickelten Konzepte, Wahrnehmungsfähigkeit als notwendiger Bestandteil für die Umweltbildungs betrachtet. Entsprechend formuliert Becker weiter: "Selbstverständlich gehört zu den Zielen einer ökologisch orientierten Bildung die (...) bewußte, sinnliche Wahrnehmungsfähigkeit (...). [...] 2) Ziel der Arbeit und deren Adressaten Diese Arbeit soll die Bedeutung zeigen, die sinnliche Erfahrung der Natur in den ausgewählten Texten zur Umweltpädagogik hat und wie diese Bedeutung begründet wir.
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Inclusive Group Work

Inclusive Group Work

William Pelech; Robert Basso; Cheryl Lee; Maria Gandarilla

Oxford University Press Inc
2017
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Inclusive Group Work offers an innovative approach to working with intervention groups and task groups by redefining the concept of diversity and reframing core group work concepts. Appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate courses, this book introduces readers to the foundations of group practice with an emphasis on social justice. The book presents diversity as a relational concept that is at the heart of all group interactions. Individual identity is complex, and in order for all members to be treated equally their individuality must be accepted and respected. Using this framework, the book discusses the values and ethics of social work with groups, explores the stages of group work including planning, and presents both basic and advanced skills such as conflict resolution and the use of self. Theories are put into practice in three chapters of case studies that show in-detail how diversity can be employed as a strength in multiple settings to achieve the wide variety of goals groups pursue. Through this new approach, students and practitioners alike will learn how to harness diversity to engage and maintain participation in inclusive group processes.
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Gandhian Economics and the Rethinking of Economic Theory and Policies

Gandhian Economics and the Rethinking of Economic Theory and Policies

Roberto Burlando

Routledge
2023
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The collapse of the current system has been caused by the progressive degeneration of many of our democratic institutions and ideals and only a regeneration of them can change the course of events. But this is not an easy task and a first necessary step in this direction is a change in the approach and values that shape mainstream thinking in economics. Gandhian economics offers a more humanistic approach to economics which points to broader and higher values. Its reflections on the true aims of life and on the basic principles of proper living in family and society can act as a catalyst and contribute to the building of an alternative economics.Gandhian economics requires methodological and ethical perspectives that go well beyond the still prevelant forms of reductionism and this book stresses the links between Gandhian economics and both the systemic approach and the rebuttal of ethical individualism in favour of a combination of deontological and virtue approaches. The book also examines alternative economic and social policies informed by the classical Gandhian distinction between different functions of goods and the different role of their markets. These policy discussions focus in particular on the real (as opposed to induced) needs of people, particularly families and local communities, and on their technological and consumption choices. This book also considers the intersections between Gandhian economics and the works of Amartya Sen, Martha Nussbaum, Elinor Ostrom and others to demonstrate the contribution that Gandhian economics has made, and can continue to make, to the psychology of economics, economics of happiness and well-being, sustainability economics, and more.
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