Author: Richard A. Brisbin Jr.
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Keywords: strike, coal, pittston, resistance, law
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2002-08-07
List price: $49.00
ISBN-10: 0801869013
ISBN-13: 9780801869013

The miners’ strike against Pittston Coal in 1989–1990, which spread throughout southwestern Virginia, southern West Virginia, and eastern Kentucky, was one of the most important strikes in the history of American labor, and, as Richard Brisbin observes, "one of the longest and largest incidents of civil disorder and civil disobedience in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century." The company aggressively sought to break the strike, and workers and their families used a variety of tactics—lawful and unlawful—to resist Pittston’s efforts as the situation qu

Author: Rick Llinares
Publisher: Zenith Press
Keywords: strike, warfare, center, air, naval, top, gun
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2006-09-15
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0760325251
ISBN-13: 9780760325254

In Strike, veteran aviation photographer and author Rick Llinares takes us beyond Top Gun, into the new era of integrated Carrier Air Wing strike training at the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center in Nevada. Llinares puts readers into the cockpit with the nation’s top pilots as they undergo air-to-ground, air-to-air, search-and-rescue, and intelligence training in the military’s most advanced aircraft. This book is the first profile of the U.S. military’s latest pilot training facility and procedures, including unprecedented access to the latest in warfare techniques and technology. 

Author: Committee on Conventional Prompt Global Strike Cap
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: issues, strike, global, prompt, conventional
Number of Pages: 238
Published: 2008-12-08
List price: $51.00
ISBN-10: 0309114594
ISBN-13: 9780309114592

Conventional prompt global strike (CPGS) is a military option under consideration by the U.S. Department of Defense. This book, the final report from the National Research Council’s Committee on Conventional Prompt Global Strike Capability, analyzes proposed CPGS systems and evaluates the potential role CPGS could play in U.S. defense."U.S. Conventional Prompt Global Strike" provides near-, mid-, and long-term recommendations for possible CPGS development, addressing the following questions: does the United States need CPGS capabilities; what are the alternative CPGS systems, and how ef

Author: Committee on C4ISR for Future Naval Strike Groups
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: groups, strike, naval, future, c4isr
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2006-05-02
List price: $61.75
ISBN-10: 0309096006
ISBN-13: 9780309096003

The Navy has put forth a new construct for its strike forces that enables more effective forward deterrence and rapid response. A key aspect of this construct is the need for flexible, adaptive command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems. To assist development of this capability, the Navy asked the NRC to examine C4ISR for carrier, expeditionary, and strike and missile defense strike groups, and for expeditionary strike forces. This report provides an assessment of C4ISR capabilities for each type of strike group; recommendations

Author:
Publisher: International Labour Office
Keywords: strike, right, concerning, principles, ilo
Number of Pages: 64
Published:
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9221116271
ISBN-13: 9789221116271

Author: Strike
Publisher: Panda Ink
Keywords: synthesis, total
Number of Pages: 291
Published: 1998-08-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 096582912X
ISBN-13: 9780965829120

The most comprehensive and detailed book on the underground production of ecstasy and amphetamines ever published. Step-by-step synthesis recipes with extensive detail are given for more recipes than any other book in existance. Plus, this book represents the first collaboration of the underground. Naughty chemists from around the world have contributed their favorite recipes and comments to provide the reader with massive insight and options.

Author: Mary Vorse
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Keywords: strike
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 1991-08-01
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 0252062175
ISBN-13: 9780252062179