Includes 16 photos illustrationsThe author traces the AAF's development of aerial night fighting, including technology, training, and tactical operations in the North African, European, Pacific, and Asian theaters of war. In this effort the United States never wanted for recruits in what was, from start to finish, an all-volunteer night fighting force.For combatants, a constant in warfare through the ages has been the sanctuary of night, a refuge from the terror of the day's ...

If there is any one author in the history of moral thought who has come to be associated with the idea of natural law, it is Saint Thomas Aquinas. Many things have been written about Aquinas's natural law teaching, and from many different perspectives. The aim of this book is to help see it from his own perspective. That is why the focus is metaphysical. Aquinas's whole moral doctrine is laden with metaphysics, and his natural law teaching especially so, because it is all about first princ...

If Saint Thomas Aquinas was a great theologian, it is in no small part because he was a great philosopher. And he was a great philosopher because he was a great metaphysician. In the twentieth century, metaphysics was not much in vogue, among either theologians or even philosophers; but now it is making a comeback, and once the contours of Thomas's metaphysical vision are glimpsed, it looks like anything but a museum piece. It only needs some dusting off. Many are studying Thomas now for t...

Pappus and Sonder is a multi-decade literary novel told in first-person free verse by Luke Moore, tracing the long emotional consequences of a formative teenage summer in 1970s Melbourne.At its centre are four adolescents: Luke; Coral, his closest childhood companion; Ruby, charismatic and volatile; and Josh, confident and physical. What begins as a tight-knit troupe fractures under the pressures of attraction, rivalry, and misread intention. Luke loves Coral quietly b...

In this insightful and transformative exploration of the heart, the author delves into the profound depths of human connection, guiding readers on a journey to cherish the unseen essence of one's companion. Through a tapestry of poignant reflections and spiritual wisdom, the narrative unfolds as an homage to the tender intricacies of the soul, advocating for an affection that transcends the corporeal to foster a more meaningful union. With an undercurrent of divine understanding, the book ...

February 2nd, 1994 was going to be a special day at the Apache/Tiwa Indian Reservation with the construction of two new Tribal Government buildings, until human remains were discovered at the construction site. Some of the skeletons looked like they could go back hundreds of years, bringing all construction to a halt. It was determined that this was an unmarked ancient burial ground. It was also found that one of the skeletons was considerably different from the others, aside from not bein...

As a child, Robert Howard was taught by his Granny Callie to always face his threats head-on. Some thirty years later, he emerged from the Vietnam War as America’s most decorated Green Beret.For the first time, Robert Howard’s story is being told in full. Respected military historian Stephen L. Moore takes readers into the heart of the Vietnam War's covert Special Ops jungle warfare in this immersive, suspenseful read. Through family sources, National Archives docu...

No matter what anyone tells you, we’re in a war—a culture war. Our morality is at stake, and our children are growing up in a dangerous world. We’re hearing conflicting things online and from the media; our fellow citizens are becoming lazy, relying on the service of the government and the kind hearts of the religious. The best thing we can do in these troubled times is open our minds to the truth. The real truth, not the truth spouted in fake news and reports.Whether you’re conser...

After WWI, Army airmen like Billy Mitchell, in a bid for service independence, touted land-based air power's dominance over ships. Later, airmen at the Air Corps Tactical School developed a theory of independent air power application based on strategic bombing. These airmen persuaded Congress to purchase the tools to implement strategic bombing-fleets of heavy bombers-by citing these aircraft as optimum for defending the US coasts against enemy ships.However, when the opportunity to...

Jen and Marc have been buds since the fourth grade. Now sixteen, he's a quirky genius who loves history, the outdoors and old music, and thinks twitters and tweets are for the birds. She's a trendy, vivacious soccer player who likes shopping, iTunes and the latest techno-gadgets, and keeps her nose - and her attention - firmly buried in her devices.This odd couple teams up for a Florida history project that brings them face to face with an 88-year old piece of living history who lo...

Stephen L. Elkin deftly combines the empirical and normative strands of political science to make a powerfully original statement about what cities are, can, and should be. Rejecting the idea that two goals of city politics—equality and efficiency—are opposed to one another, Elkin argues that a commercial republic could achieve both. He then takes the unusual step of addressing how the political institutions of the city can help to form the kind of citizenry such a republic needs.Th...

The town of Bracksford was caught in the middle of many conflicts during a recent war, yet the tightly-knit community always found a way to pull together and survive against great adversity. Now that peace has finally settled over the land, they struggle to rebuild while haunted by the memories of violence seen and family lost.Aislin Ballard, the innkeeper's daughter goes about her daily life helping the rebuilding effort any way she can, while struggling with deeper issues of loss...