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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The United States had two agencies that decoded intercepted communications: one in the army and one in the navy. This arrangement may have made the maximum number of bureaucrats happy, but it sometimes led to counterproductive results. #2 The Government Code Cypher School was created in 1919 to decode messages between the German government and its agents. It was headed by Denniston, who had never run anything before. He disliked anything to do with bureaucracy and administration, but he was needed to decode the messages. #3 In the early 1920s, the German military began to build up its army beyond the limit set by the Treaty of Versailles. It built secret flying clubs and sent its officers and crews abroad for training. #4 Hitler had promised the German military that he would purge the SA, his enforcers, in exchange for their support. In June 1934, the officers began executing SA leaders and others deemed suspect. Hitler claimed that 74 people had been killed, but unofficial estimates were much higher.
A New York Times Notable Book and aSan Jose Mercury News Top 20 Nonfiction Book of 2003In 1606, approximately 105 British colonists sailed to America, seeking gold and a trade route to the Pacific. Instead, they found disease, hunger, and hostile natives. Ill prepared for such hardship, the men responded with incompetence and infighting; only the leadership of Captain John Smith averted doom for the first permanent English settlement in the New World.The Jamestown colony is one of the great survival stories of American history, and this book brings it fully to life for the first time. Drawing on extensive original documents, David A. Price paints intimate portraits of the major figures from the formidable monarch Chief Powhatan, to the resourceful but unpopular leader John Smith, to the spirited Pocahontas, who twice saved Smith’s life. He also gives a rare balanced view of relations between the settlers and the natives and debunks popular myths about the colony. This is a superb work of history, reminding us of the horrors and heroism that marked the dawning of our nation.
Harrison "Buzz" Price was a true Disney Legend. Known as Walt Disney's "Numbers Guy," Buzz created the magic formulas for where to build both Disneyland and Walt Disney World. David Price, his son, and many who worked with Buzz over many decades pay homage to the legend through colorful stories and personal thoughts about the man they loved.
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Born in Connecticut in 1832, Belden went to California in 1853. He served on the Nevada County Court from 1857 to 1861, in the State Senate from 1865 to 1868, and on the District and Superior Courts of Santa Clara County from 1871 until just before his death in 1888.