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Start your reading journey today on DL4ALL.org and unlock a world of imagination, knowledge, and inspiration!  Coral Sea and Midway: The History of the World War II Battles that Turned the Tide in the Pacific Theater by Charles River Editors English | November 1, 2016 | ISBN: 1539857816 | 118 pages | EPUB | 2.80 Mb *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the battles by some of the generals and participants *Includes a bibliography for further reading The growing buzz of aircraft engines disturbed the Japanese military construction personnel hauling equipment ashore on the beige coral sand of Tulagi island at 8:20 AM on May 4th, 1942. Offshore, the large IJN (Imperial Japanese Navy) minelayer Okinoshima, flagship of Admiral Shima Kiyohide, lay at anchor, along with two destroyers, Kikuzuki and Yutsuki, and transport ships. Six Japanese Mitsubishi F1M2 floatplanes also rested on the gentle, deep blue swell, marking Tulagi's future as an IJN floatplane base. The men on the beach, at inland construction sites, or aboard the Japanese ships, looked up towards the huge white cumulus clouds sailing on the ocean wind. Taken completely by surprise, the Japanese stood and stared as 13 sturdy-looking dive bombers dropped through the cumulus layer at 6,000 feet, plunging towards the IJN ships. As they streaked lower, the white star on a black disc insignia of American aircraft grew visible on the underside of each wing. This was the beginning of the Battle of the Coral Sea, one that even those fighting it could not know would make history. While the battle is not as well known as other battles across the Pacific, it set a precedent by pitting enemy aircraft carriers against each other, a battle in which the rival navies themselves never sighted each other or fired a gun at each other. Instead, the fighting was done with the carriers' aircraft, something that would become more common over time and would result in decisive actions at places like Midway just months later. Furthermore, while it was in a sense a tactical victory for the Japanese, it would end up helping blunt their aggressive push east in the Pacific, making it a crucial strategic victory for the Allies. Although not as well-remembered as D-Day or even the attack at Pearl Harbor that preceded it, the Battle of Midway was one of the most unique and important battles fought during World War II. In fact, the turning point in the Pacific theater took place between June 4-7, 1942 as a Japanese fleet moved a sizable fleet intending to occupy Midway Island and draw the American navy near. Instead, American aircraft flying from three aircraft carriers that had been away from Pearl Harbor in December 1941 got a bearing on the Japanese fleet and sunk four Japanese aircraft carriers, permanently crippling Japan's navy. The Battle of Midway was one of the first major naval battles in history where the enemy fleets never actually saw or came into contact with each other. By the time the Battle of Midway was over, the defeat was so devastating that it was actually kept secret from all but the highest echelons of the Japanese government. Along with the loss of hundreds of aircraft and over 3,000 men killed, the four Japanese aircraft carriers lost, when compared to America's one lost carrier, was critical considering America's huge shipbuilding superiority. However, the Battle of Midway could also have easily turned out differently. Japan began the battle with more carriers, more and better aircraft, and more experienced crews than the Americans, and if the battle of the Coral Sea was any indication, the two sides had irrefutable proof of the dominance of the aircraft carrier in the Pacific. The implications of earlier clashes were now starkly underlined, and the fighting was now clearly about timing. The carrier fleets were incredibly powerful and crucially important, yet at the same time they were hugely vulnerable weapons systems. The protagonists at Midway were putting into practice a newly emerging naval doctrine, one which ultimately meted out a terrible punishment to the side that miscalculated. Carrier versus carrier combat had come of age.  Amya Agarwal, "Contesting Masculinities and Women's Agency in Kashmir " English | ISBN: 1786612399 | 2022 | 176 pages | PDF | 7 MB What is the significance of gender and masculinities in understanding conflict?  Contemporary French and Francophone Futuristic Novels: The Longing to Be Written and Its Refusal English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031166272 | 352 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 2 MB This book sheds a new light on the metafictional aspects of futuristic and science fiction novels, at the crossroads of information and media studies, possible worlds theories applied to cognitive narratology, questions related to the criticism of post-humanity, and, more broadly, contemporary French and Francophone literature. It examines the fictional minds of characters and their conceptions of resistance to the anticipated worlds they inhabit, particularly in novels by Pierre Bordage, Marie Darrieussecq, Michel Houellebecq, Amin Maalouf, Jean-Christophe Rufin, Antoine Volodine, and Élisabeth Vonarburg. It also explores how corporal postures serve as a matrix for philosophical quests in novels by Amélie Nothomb, Alain Damasio, and Romain Lucazeau. More specifically, from the fictional readers' points of view, it provides a critical approach to the mythologies of writing, in the wake of the French philosophical tales by authors including Cyrano de Bergerac and Voltaire, to question the traditionally expressed formulations of the mythologies of writing, that is, of the metaphors of the book (the book of life, nature, and the world), to rethink the idea of a humanity within its limits.  Conservation Practices in Museums: For Researchers and Museum Professionals by Nobuyuki Kamba English | EPUB | 2022 | 191 Pages | ISBN : 4431569081 | 121.3 MB The author introduces conservation science and management of cultural heritages in museums. In particular, a comprehensive conservation study and practical techniques are described. Aspects such as examination and diagnosis of cultural heritage by scientific data recording of humidity, luminosity, intensity of vibration and shock, among others, are introduced. Preventive and remedial conservation with X-ray imaging and X-ray fluorescence and other risk-control methods are also explained.  Confucianism, Colonialism, and the Cold War: Chinese Cultural Education at Hong Kong S New Asia College, 1949-63 By Grace Ai Chou 2011 | 255 Pages | ISBN: 9004182470 | PDF | 1 MB By tracing the history of Hong Kong s New Asia College from its 1949 establishment through its 1963 incorporation into The Chinese University of Hong Kong, this study examines the interaction of colonial, communist, and cultural forces on the Chinese periphery.  Confucian Marxism: A Reflection on Religion and Global Justice By Weigang Chen 2013 | 362 Pages | ISBN: 9004255931 | PDF | 2 MB Weigang Chen's analysis of the legacy of "Confucian Marxism" presents a challenging framework for understanding the politics of "civilizational" diversity and the tenability of a global democratic order.  Lee II, "Confessional Lutheranism and German Theological Wissenschaft: Adolf Harleß, August Vilmar, and Johannes Christian Konrad" English | ISBN: 3110760533 | 2022 | 260 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 2 MB This book investigates the relationship between nineteenth-century German theological Wissenschaft and the emergence of confessional Lutheranism. It argues that the first generation of confessional Lutherans contributed to the discourse over the nature of theological Wissenschaft. Part I examines the intellectual context of nineteenth-century theological Wissenschaft. Chapter 2 presents Kant's and Schelling's conceptions of  Computer Vision and Image Processing: 5th International Conference, CVIP 2020, Prayagraj, India, December 4-6, 2020, Revised Selected Papers, Part III by Satish Kumar Singh English | EPUB | 2021 | 556 Pages | ISBN : 9811611025 | 139.7 MB This three-volume set (CCIS 1367-1368) constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Processing, CVIP 2020, held in Prayagraj, India, in December 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was partially held online.  Computational Intelligence: A Compendium by John Fulcher, L. C. Jain English | PDF | 2008 | 3540782923 1 | 2008 | 1181 Pages | ISBN : 3540782923 | 16.5 MB Computational Intelligence: A Compendium presents a well structured overview about this rapidly growing field with contributions of leading experts in Computational Intelligence. The main focus of the compendium is on applied methods tired-and-proven effective to realworld problems, which is especially useful for practitioners, researchers, students and also newcomers to the field. The 25 chapters are grouped into the following themes: I. Overview and Background II. Data Preprocessing and Systems Integration III. Artificial Intelligence IV. Logic and Reasoning V. Ontology VI. Agents VII. Fuzzy Systems VIII. Artificial Neural Networks IX. Evolutionary Approaches X. DNA and Immune-based Computing.  Comprehensive Practice of Exploration and Evaluation Techniques in Complex Reservoirs by Xiaodong Cheng English | EPUB | 2019 | 390 Pages | ISBN : 9811364303 | 169.8 MB This book covers exploration and evaluation practices for various types of complex reservoirs, and summarizes a series of practical and effective techniques and methods. |
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