Author: Philip Taubman Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 0684856999 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 472
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During the most dangerous years of the Cold War, a handful of Americans secretly built machines that revolutionized spying and warfare while protecting the United States from a surprise nuclear attack. This is their story, told in full for the first time. of photos.
Author: Nick Spencer Publisher: ISBN: 9781846538353 Category : Betrayal Languages : en Pages : 0
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2017's most startling and unexpected comic book event! Captain America, Sentinel of Liberty, has been living a lie! The world's greatest hero is secretly a true believer in the cause of Hydra, brought up since childhood to pursue their mission of progress through authority and unity through adversity! Using the trust and respect he is accorded by the great powers of the Marvel Universe, Steve Rogers has worked his way into a position where he can make Hydra's ideals a reality -and change the landscape of the world dramatically! Now, all the dominos of Steve's plan have been laid out - and it will take only the slightest push to set them into action!
Author: Peter Schweizer Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0062943340 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 340
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#1 New York Times Bestseller! Peter Schweizer has been fighting corruption—and winning—for years. In Throw Them All Out, he exposed insider trading by members of Congress, leading to the passage of the STOCK Act. In Extortion, he uncovered how politicians use mafia-like tactics to enrich themselves. And in Clinton Cash, he revealed the Clintons’ massive money machine and sparked an FBI investigation. Now he explains how a new corruption has taken hold, involving larger sums of money than ever before. Stuffing tens of thousands of dollars into a freezer has morphed into multibillion-dollar equity deals done in the dark corners of the world. An American bank opening in China would be prohibited by US law from hiring a slew of family members of top Chinese politicians. However, a Chinese bank opening in America can hire anyone it wants. It can even invite the friends and families of American politicians to invest in can’t-lose deals. President Donald Trump’s children have made front pages across the world for their dicey transactions. However, the media has barely looked into questionable deals made by those close to Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John Kerry, Mitch McConnell, and lesser-known politicians who have been in the game longer. In many parts of the world, the children of powerful political figures go into business and profit handsomely, not necessarily because they are good at it, but because people want to curry favor with their influential parents. This is a relatively new phenomenon in the United States. But for relatives of some prominent political families, we may already be talking about hundreds of millions of dollars. Deeply researched and packed with shocking revelations, Secret Empires identifies public servants who cannot be trusted and provides a path toward a more accountable government.
Author: Steve Englehart Publisher: Marvel Comics Group ISBN: 9780785118367 Category : America, Captain (Fictitious character) Languages : en Pages : 0
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Captain America must go up against a conspiracy that is out to frame him and then replace him in the minds of the American people. The corruption and cover-ups make Captain reaccess his role in the Avengers and consider whether Captain America should cease to exist.
Author: Derek Landy Publisher: Marvel Entertainment ISBN: 1302500287 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 195
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A crucial companion volume that expands on the events in Secret Empire! A new world order has arrived, but it's not one that everybody agrees with. Not by a long shot! But what can be done about it? Prepare for the reign, the resistance...and the revolution! Starring some of the greatest heroes of the Marvel Universe - including Black Widow, the Champions and the Uncanny Avengers! COLLECTING: SECRET EMPIRE: UNITED #1, SECRET EMPIRE: UNDERGROUND #1, SECRET EMPIRE: UPRISING #1, UNCANNY AVENGERS #24-25.
Author: Publisher: Marvel ISBN: 9781302907174 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 0
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Everything changes for Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson on the road to SECRET EMPIRE! Steve sacrifices all to defeat the Iron Nail and Arnim Zola, and is Captain America no more! Falcon takes over as a high-flying Sentinel of Liberty, until a Standoff in the town of Pleasant Hill draws in three men who have wielded the shield - Steve, Sam and Bucky Barnes! A world-changing power leaves Steve rejuvenated - so much so that he dons the red-white-and-blue once more! But with Sam still on the job, is the world ready for two Captain Americas? Then again, is the world the same as it was? Prepare for the secret history of Steve Rogers - and Hail Hydra! RICK REMENDER, NICK SPENCER (W) NIC KLEIN, STUART IMMONEN, CARLOS PACHECO, DANIEL ACUÑA, ANGEL UNZUETA, PAUL RENAUD, JESÚS SAIZ (A) COLLECTING: Captain America (2012) 21, 25; Captain America: Sam Wilson 7 (A story), 8; Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha, Omega; Captain America: Steve Rogers 1-2
Author: Paul S. Hirsch Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 0226829464 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 346
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Winner of the Popular Culture Association's Ray and Pat Browne Award for Best Book in Popular or American Culture In the 1940s and ’50s, comic books were some of the most popular—and most unfiltered—entertainment in the United States. Publishers sold hundreds of millions of copies a year of violent, racist, and luridly sexual comics to Americans of all ages until a 1954 Senate investigation led to a censorship code that nearly destroyed the industry. But this was far from the first time the US government actively involved itself with comics—it was simply the most dramatic manifestation of a long, strange relationship between high-level policy makers and a medium that even artists and writers often dismissed as a creative sewer. In Pulp Empire, Paul S. Hirsch uncovers the gripping untold story of how the US government both attacked and appropriated comic books to help wage World War II and the Cold War, promote official—and clandestine—foreign policy and deflect global critiques of American racism. As Hirsch details, during World War II—and the concurrent golden age of comic books—government agencies worked directly with comic book publishers to stoke hatred for the Axis powers while simultaneously attempting to dispel racial tensions at home. Later, as the Cold War defense industry ballooned—and as comic book sales reached historic heights—the government again turned to the medium, this time trying to win hearts and minds in the decolonizing world through cartoon propaganda. Hirsch’s groundbreaking research weaves together a wealth of previously classified material, including secret wartime records, official legislative documents, and caches of personal papers. His book explores the uneasy contradiction of how comics were both vital expressions of American freedom and unsettling glimpses into the national id—scourged and repressed on the one hand and deployed as official propaganda on the other. Pulp Empire is a riveting illumination of underexplored chapters in the histories of comic books, foreign policy, and race.
Author: Publisher: Marvel ISBN: 9781302907587 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 0
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The Marvel Universe is shaken by the discovery that the liberty's most dedicated defender, Steve Rogers, Captain America, is actually the leader of Hydra! As Steve seeks to bring peace to the planet - by any means necessary - the world's heroes are faced with two choices: stand and fight or fall in line. COLLECTING: SECRET EMPIRE: BRAVE NEW WORLD 1-5
Author: David C. Keehn Publisher: LSU Press ISBN: 0807150053 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 329
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In 1860, during their first attempt to create the Golden Circle, several thousand Knights assembled in southern Texas to "colonize" the northern Mexico. Due to insufficient resources and organizational shortfalls, however, that filibuster failed. Later, the Knights shifted their focus and began pushing for disunion, spearheading prosecession rallies, and intimidating Unionists in the South. They appointed regional military commanders from the ranks of the South's major political and military figures, including men such as Elkanah Greer of Texas, Paul J. Semmes of Georgia, Robert C. Tyler of Maryland, and Virginius D. Groner of Virginia. Followers also established allies with the South's rabidly prosecession "fire-eaters," which included individuals such as Barnwell Rhett, Louis Wigfall, Henry Wise, and William Yancy.
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