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Arming the Eagle: A History of U.S. Weapons Acquisition Wilbur D. Jones, Jr. Call #: 355.8 J728a Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated Select a Rating1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars A series of essays and snapshots of various periods in the country's military history, including the story of how U.S. weapons were developed and produced, what notable managers and organizations were involved, and which weapons from those periods significantly impacted national conflicts - from the American Revolution to the Persian Gulf War.

A Concise History of the U.S. Air Force Stephen L. McFarland Call #: 358.400973 M164c 1997 Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated Select a Rating1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars A short history of the U.S. Air Force from the beginning of air power in the early part of the 20th Century through World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf War.

Erasing History: Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo U.S. Department of State Call #: 949.71 Er14 Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated Select a Rating1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars Part of a larger international effort to lay out the contours of ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, this document provides a chronology of events after March 1999. It is compiled from thousands of reported violations of human rights and humanitarian law.

Futurework: Trends and Challenges For Work in the 21st Century U.S. Department of Labor Call #: 331.1 F996 1999 Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated Select a Rating1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars As we enter the new millenium, this is a comprehensive view of the world of work, where we have been, where we are today, and what challenges and opportunities we will find in the workplace of the future.

Statistical Yearbook of the Immigration and Naturalization U.S. Department of Justice Call #: Reference 325.73 St296 1997 Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated Select a Rating1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars This edition of the Yearbook provides immigration data for 1997 along with related historical information. Major areas covered include: immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence, refugees approved and admitted, asylee cases filed and approved, non-immigrant admissions, aliens naturalized, and deported aliens located and removed.

Language of the Land: The Library of Congress Book of Literary Maps Martha Hopkins and Michael Buscher Call #: 809 H793L Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated Select a Rating1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars This book is an annotated guide to the more than two hundred literary maps in the collections of the Library of Congress. Those described deal primarily with the American and British literary traditions. The literary maps record the location and identity of geographical places and features associated with authors and their works and serve as a guide to the worlds of novelists, poets, dramatists, and other authors of imaginative literature.

New World Coming: American Security in the 21st Century U.S. Commission on National Security Call #: 355.03 N42 Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated Select a Rating1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars This Report explores the world developing between now and 2025. It identifies what we can anticipate, as well as areas that may remain uncertain or subject to dramatic change. It also tries to understand what we will look like as a nation over the next 25 years, and how we will fit into the world at large.