Dikos, George:Tanker Freight Rate Modelling: A Systems Dynamic Approach
- Paperback 1987, ISBN: 9783836435574
Hardcover
USA: Challenge Publications. Paperback. 74 pages. Features include: School for Aces - this new leadership program helps upgrade the combat readiness of NATO pilots; Air Intelligence Fil… More...
USA: Challenge Publications. Paperback. 74 pages. Features include: School for Aces - this new leadership program helps upgrade the combat readiness of NATO pilots; Air Intelligence File - Contemporary happenings in the military aerospace world; Sea Harrier Goes Operational - the BAe Sea Harrier has become the first S/VTOL maritime combat; New Tanker for the Navy - a most unusual new aircraft has been added to the Navy's air fleet; Jaguars meet the Eagles - RAF Jaguars in joint operations with USAF F-15 Eagles; America's Top Guns - How California's 144th Fighter Interceptor Wing won top honors at the 1980 William Tell meet; RAF's New Helicopter - The Chinook will provide heavy duty helicopter service for the RAF; Lizard Fighting Falcon - Experimental paint scheme is tried out on the F-16; Bear Intercept! - How the USAF Phantoms intercept and track Soviet's Bears that prowl the North Atlantic shipping lanes; Canadair's Tutor - This rugged Canadian training aircraft has given years of faithful service and shows no sighs of slowing down. Light wear. Unmarked. Nice copy. . Very Good. 1981. First Edition., Challenge Publications, 1981, St Albans, Herts.: Panther Books Ltd., 1977. pict.paper, 1 illustration., 2 maps, 1 plan, 256 pages, Foreward by Len Deighton,originally published London : Bachman and Turner, 1975. Includes index. minor edge wear and creasing, a clean, copy."His mother was a spy in World War I. Ian Fleming was his boss throughout the Second World War. Unwittingly sucked into the world of Nazi espionage during an innocent sailing trip, he was seduced by a lovely but lethal German agent and met Field Marshall Göring face to face. He was the first man to cross the Sahara on a motorcycle and while travelling through the Congo, he accidentally discovered a secret German army. But Romania set the scene for the height of espionage activity - when he single handedly pirated a ship from under Nazi eyes and blew up a vital link in German tanker communications. The man is Merlin Minshall and this is his unique story." (from the back cover.). 3 rd Printing in Paper. Paperbound. Very Good. Trade Paperback, 18 Cm., Panther Books Ltd., 1977, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1969. Third Printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good. xviii, [2], 295, [3] pages. Illustrated endpaper. Introduction by Luigi Barzini. Map. Illustrations. Footnote. Appendix. Index. The author came to Princeton from the Darrow School, and became associate editor of The Daily Princetonian. During World War II, he spent three years in the Navy on torpedo boats, including at the Normandy invasion (PT-510). He was discharged with two battle stars with combat commendations. Darby began his career in 1949 as a crime reporter with The Florida Times-Union, then moved to New York. He became the publisher of American Heritage magazine and retired in 1987 as publisher of The Franklin Library. He wrote numerous magazine articles and six nonfiction books on history, two of which were selected by major book clubs. He arranged to have the archives of George Braziller Inc. donated to the Special Collections of the Princeton University Library. Derived from a Kirkus review: The gunboat Panay was the U.S. Navy's first casualty of World War II. The sinking of the Panay along with three commercial tankers occurred in 1937 on the Yangtze River. It has never been known exactly why the Japanese pilots attacked. The author presents a remarkably vivid recreation of the incident: the horrendous bombing at close range, the order to abandon ship, the journey inland for medicine and supplies, the diplomatic and political repercussions. The data is scrupulously assembled from films and news reports (there were foreign correspondents-on board), official documents, and interviews with Japanese and American participants. Perry presents the case for the several theories: Japanese interservice rivalry, an unfortunate blunder, an intentional slight to the United States. Finally, Japan apologized, paid more than two million in reparation and delayed World War II. The USS Panay incident was a Japanese attack on the American gunboat Panay while it was anchored in the Yangtze River outside Nanking (now spelled Nanjing), China on 12 December 1937. Like the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor four years later, Japan and the United States were not at war at the time. The Japanese claimed that they did not see the US flags painted on the deck of the gunboat, apologized, and paid an indemnity. Nevertheless, the attack and the subsequent Allison incident in Nanking caused U.S. opinion to turn against the Japanese. According to Lieutenant J.W. Geist, an officer aboard the Panay, "the day before we told the Japanese army in the area who we were," and three U.S. flags were plainly visible on the ship. Planes also machine-gunned small boats taking the wounded ashore, and several additional survivors were wounded. The Times correspondent Colin MacDonald, who had also been aboard the Panay, saw a Japanese army small boat machine-gun the Panay as it was sinking in spite of the American flag painted on the side of the ship. Since Japanese planes continued to circle overhead, survivors cowered knee deep in mud in a swamp. As a result of the attack, Panay sank; Storekeeper First Class Charles L. Ensminger, Standard Oil tanker captain Carl H. Carlson and Italian reporter Sandro Sandri were killed, Coxswain Edgar C. Hulsebus died later that night. 43 sailors and five civilians were wounded. The aftermath of the Panay sinking was a nervous time for the American ambassador to Japan, Joseph C. Grew. Grew, whose experience in the foreign service spanned over 30 years, "remembered the Maine," the U.S. Navy ship that blew up in Havana Harbor in 1898. The sinking of Maine had propelled the U.S. into the Spanish-American War, and Grew hoped the sinking of Panay would not be a similar catalyst for the severance of diplomatic ties and war with Japan. The Japanese government took full responsibility for sinking Panay but continued to maintain that the attack had been unintentional. Chief of Staff of Japanese naval forces in northern China, Vice Admiral Rokuzo Sugiyama, was assigned to make an apology. The formal apology reached Washington, D.C. on Christmas Eve. Although Japanese officials maintained that their pilots never saw any American flags on Panay, a US Navy court of inquiry determined that several US flags were clearly visible on the vessel during the attacks. At the meeting held at the American embassy in Tokyo on 23 December, Japanese officials maintained that one navy airplane had attacked a boat by machine gun for a short period of time and that Japanese army motor boats or launches attack the Chinese steamers escaping upstream on the opposite bank. However, the Japanese navy insisted that the attack had been unintentional. The Japanese government paid an indemnity of $2,214,007.36 to the US on 22 April 1938, officially settling the Panay incident., The Macmillan Company, 1969, VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller e.K. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. Book is new and unread but may have minor shelf wear. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry., VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller e.K<
