Plant-Cast Precast and Prestressed Concrete: A Design Guide

Science & Math

Phillips, William R.

Sheppard, David A.

Technology

McGraw=Hill

In Vietnam, 1968, the enemy was planning the kind of overwhelming attack that broke the French at Dien Bien Phu. But while U.S. Marines dug in at Khe Sanh, and recon missions probed the Laotian border, the enemy proved elusive-until it struck full force on an isolated Green Beret outpost. In the early darkness of February 7th, two dozen U.S. Special Forces soldiers and their indigenous fighters were overrun, attacked by waves of ground troops, mortars, flame-throwers, and a weapon they had not prepared for: North Vietnamese tanks. The battle of Lang Vei had begun. In this gripping, keenly told account, author William R. Phillips chronicles a desperate struggle for survival as the Green Berets held out against unrelenting fire from point blank range. Then, as the badly wounded Americans fought their way out of one death trap, they found themselves in another, still besieged with little hope for rescue-until a super secret, quick-reaction strike force launched one of the most daring missions of the war...

Night of the Silver Stars: The Battle of Lang Vei

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Plant Cast Precast and Prestressed Concrete a Design Guide

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At last, the public sector has a framework for fiscal and management reform: the Chief Financial Officers Act, the Government Performance and Results Act, the Government Management Reform Act, the Chief Information Officers Act, and the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act. What is the reaction to the new mandates? Congressional leaders are taking accounting and performance measurement seriously. Chief financial officers, once found only in industry, now help lead the way to fiscally sound, cost effective public service. Federal financial managers, no longer content to be "money police," form partnerships with program managers and financial auditors to enhance service to citizens. 
Federal financial management is changing: new concepts, new solutions, new tools, and new roles for CFOs and their organizations. Public Dollars, Common Sense shows big picture changes, plus details on the personal and professional skills critical to success. Topics include new laws and guidelines, financial management systems, asset management, accounting practices, annual financial report preparation and auditing, strategic planning, performance measurement, managerial cost accounting, internal controls, and many others.

Public Dollars Common Sense New Roles for Financial Managers

Brown, Bonnie L.

Kinghorn, C. Morgan

West, Andy C.

Coopers & Lybrand

During the night of 6-7 February 1968, two dozen U.S. Army Green Berets and several hundred indigenous troops held off a numerically superior force of North Vietnamese tanks and infantry in one of the finest, most exciting examples of collective bravery, endurance, and the will to survive any war has produced. Here for the first time is the full account of that violent, deadly stand by Special Forces team A-101 at the tiny compound of Lang Vei. Nineteen Silver Stars, a Distinguished Service Cross, and a Medal of Honor were awarded, yet until now the battle has languished in the war's shadows. Making use of extensive interviews with survivors, recently uncovered oral histories, and official records, author William Phillips presents astounding tales of individual and team courage against overwhelming odds. He vividly recounts the story of eight Green Berets who held out all night against tank, grenade, and flamethrower attacks. He details the embattled camp's controversial and much-delayed relief and extraction--not by the U.S. Marines from Khe Sanh nine miles away but by super-secret MACV-SOG commandos and an air campaign of unprecedented proportions.
 Phillips focuses on four Green Berets, including his first cousin, missing in action since the battle, to deliver a poignant, unforgettable portrait of some of America's finest soldiers leading their cherished Bru and Hre montagnard charges in the battle of their lives. A Vietnam combat veteran himself, Phillips weighs and analyzes the conflicting stories of snarled communications, faulty weapons, countermanded orders, and service rivalries to flush out the truth of Lang Vei. His balanced, highly readable account serves as a testament to those special warriors of whom so much was asked during the Vietnam War.

Night of the Silver Stars: The Battle of Lang Vei (Naval Institute Special Warfare Series)

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