Author: Lloyd C. Gardner
Publisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1595589430
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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With Obama's election to the presidency in 2008, many believed the United States had entered a new era: Obama came into office with high expectations that he would end the war in Iraq and initiate a new foreign policy that would reestablish American values and the United States' leadership role in the world. In this shattering new assessment, historian Lloyd C. Gardner argues that, despite cosmetic changes, Obama has simply built on the expanding power base of presidential power that reaches back across decades and through multiple administrations. The new president ended the “enhanced interrogation” policy of the Bush administration but did not abandon the concept of preemption. Obama withdrew from Iraq but has institutionalized drone warfare—including the White House's central role in selecting targets. What has come into view, Gardner argues, is the new face of American presidential power: high–tech, secretive, global, and lethal. Killing Machine skillfully narrates the drawdown in Iraq, the counterinsurgency warfare in Afghanistan, the rise of the use of drones, and targeted assassinations from al-Awlaki to Bin Laden—drawing from the words of key players in these actions as well as their major public critics. With unparalleled historical perspective, Gardner's book is the new touchstone for understanding not only the Obama administration but the American presidency itself.

Author: Jack Vance
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0575109661
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 101

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Kirth Gersen, having brought arch-villain Malagate the Woe to justice, sets his sights on Kokor Hekkus, another of the Demon Princes. The name Kokor Hekkus, which means "killing machine" in the language of the planet Thamber, does not refer to Hekkus's own predilection for homicide, but to his fondness for horrific and murderous devices, including the giant robotic executioner that first gained him his nickname. As a boy, Kirth Gersen survived a raid on his home planet masterminded by five interstellar crime lords known as the Demon Princes. This five-novel sequence recounts his carefully-planned and implacable revenge. In this, the second volume, his target is Kokor Hekkus, better known as the Killing Machine. All Jack Vance titles in the SFGateway use the author's preferred texts, as restored for the Vance Integral Edition (VIE), an extensive project masterminded by an international online community of Vance's admirers. In general, we also use the VIE titles, and have adopted the arrangement of short story collections to eliminate overlaps.

Author: Gene Mustain
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101665882
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 496

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"The inside story of a single Brooklyn gang that killed more Americans than the Iraqi army."—Mike McAlary, columnist, New York Post They were the DeMeo gang—the most deadly hit men in organized crime. Their Mafia higher-ups came to know, use, and ultimately fear them as the Murder Machine. They killed for profit and for pleasure, following cold-blooded plans and wild whims, from the mean streets of New York to the Florida Gold Coast, and from coast to coast. Now complete with personal revelations of one of the key players, this is the savage story that leaves no corpse unturned in its terrifying telling. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS

Author: Lloyd Gardner
Publisher: New Press, The
ISBN: 159558918X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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With Obama’s election to the presidency in 2008, many believed the United States had entered a new era: Obama came into office with high expectations that he would end the war in Iraq and initiate a new foreign policy that would reestablish American values and the United States’ leadership role in the world. In this shattering new assessment, historian Lloyd C. Gardner argues that, despite cosmetic changes, Obama has simply built on the expanding power base of presidential power that reaches back across decades and through multiple administrations. The new president ended the “enhanced interrogation” policy of the Bush administration but did not abandon the concept of preemption. Obama withdrew from Iraq but has institutionalized drone warfare—including the White House’s central role in selecting targets. What has come into view, Gardner argues, is the new face of American presidential power: high–tech, secretive, global, and lethal. Killing Machine skillfully narrates the drawdown in Iraq, the counterinsurgency warfare in Afghanistan, the rise of the use of drones, and targeted assassinations from al-Awlaki to Bin Laden—drawing from the words of key players in these actions as well as their major public critics. With unparalleled historical perspective, Gardner’s book is the new touchstone for understanding not only the Obama administration but the American presidency itself.

Author: Stephen Dando-Collins
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 111804021X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398

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The 14th Gemina Martia Victrix Legion was the most celebrated unit of the early Roman Empire–a force that had been wiped out under Julius Caesar, reformed, and almost wiped out again. After participating in the a.d. 43 invasion of Britain, the 14th Legion achieved its greatest glory when it put down the famous rebellion of the Britons under Boudicca. Numbering less than 10,000 men, the disciplined Roman killing machine defeated 230,000 rampaging rebels, slaughtering 80,000 with only 400 Roman losses–an accomplishment that led the emperor Nero to honor the legion with the title "Conqueror of Britain." In this gripping book, second in the author’s definitive histories of the legions of ancient Rome, Stephen Dando-Collins brings the 14th Legion to life, offering military history aficionados a unique soldier’s-eye view of their tactics, campaigns, and battles.

Author: Jack Vance
Publisher: Spatterlight Press
ISBN: 1619470403
Category : Assassins
Languages : en
Pages : 209

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Kirth Gersen is hunting down the five Demon Princes who had led the historic Mount Pleasant Massacre, destroying Gersen's parents and his entire world.

Author: Terry Persun
Publisher: WildBlue Press
ISBN: 1957288027
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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The next installment in award-winning author Terry Persun’s The ‘Ten’ Mystery Series! THE KILLING MACHINE follows the cyber detective and scientist known as Ten. He is assigned to work on a top-secret project for the government that is abruptly and mysteriously terminated. In a tragic twist of events, Ten learns that the agency he was working for is the very same government faction that ordered his wife to be killed, and is now hunting him down as well. It comes to light that six other brilliant scientists are also in the crosshairs. On a life-or-death mission to uncover the government’s deadly motives and seek revenge for the brutal murder of his beloved wife, Ten discovers that the top-secret application that he was working on has the potential to kill millions of people. THE KILLING MACHINE is the story of Ten’s fight to stop this deadly project and exact revenge on those who destroyed his life.

Author: Sally A. Allen
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483677176
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 151

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CARLTON IS A FOOTBALL SUPER JOCK. HE ALSO POSSESSES A DEEP, DARK SIDE. THIS IS THE STORY OF THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF HIS SPLIT PERSONALITY. BE PREPARED FOR MACABRE SITUATIONS. OTHER BOOKS BY: SALLY A. ALLEN: AFTER THE SPARKS FADING SPARKS SEEING SPARKS COUGAR CHOICES THE ROGUE Cover Design by Al Musitano www.personalcovers.webs.com

Author: Sigurta J. Thompson, Ph.D.
Publisher: Qi Press
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 55

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This book is a highly focused handbook on how Dr. Reich's cancer killing machine worked. This book also explains with diagrams and parts lists how to build and use Dr. Reich's cancer killing Technology to stop cancer. This book shall not delve into Dr. Reich's early and extensive work with Bion samples nor “Bion Radiation”. This is explained in Dr. Reich's book The Cancer Biopathy. Dr. James DeMeo also has scientific papers and information on Dr. Reich's Bion samples – see the Bibliography. This book, in Part-1, briefly reviews how Dr. Reich discovered the Orgone, bion radiation and the Orgone Accumulator. This book shall then explain what Dr. Reich's Orgone is and then because of his exposure to Bion radiation over many years how Dr. Reich made a fundamental mistake. This book shall then explain how Dr. Reich's Orgone Accumulator works. Lastly in Part-1, this book shall provide the information that he tried to share with the world – his Orgone Accumulator stops cancer! Part-2 of this book explains how to build and use various Orgone Accumulators of Dr. Reich's design to stop cancer! My friend and mentor started this book and then set it aside. He is an Engineer. My first degree was a Bachelor of Science in Engineering. My first masters degree was in Bio-Chemical Engineering and my second doctorate was medical pathology. I was aware of my friends early work however I was not aware of the Quantum Holographic nature of the technology that he had discovered and tested. He allowed me to pick up this project and take it to the finish line. I sincerely hope this book helps all who need it. SJT Qi Press Ver 1.1 July 2021

Author: Shaun Tennant
Publisher: Shaun Tennant
ISBN: 0991879937
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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Theo Daniels has spent his life learning the art of death. Military. CIA. Black Ops. For the last five years, he used his skills to help people, to do good in the world. Then his world was shattered. Now Daniels travels the world seeking revenge. He has become the Killing Machine. This is a collection of five short stories following Daniels' entire quest for revenge. Keywords: Spies, espionage, CIA, assassin, ninja, sword fight, swordfight, chase scene, spy thriller, action adventure, suspense, gun fight, escape, action scenes.