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These writings had been put\r\naway for safe-keeping with \"instructions for the guidance of my\r\nexecutors,\" in which I said:\n\"All the papers must be carefully revised, errors corrected if any\r\nare found, unimportant matter eliminated, and everything omitted\r\nwhich may seem, to a cool and impartial judge, to be unjust or\r\nunnecessarily harsh or severe toward the memory of any individual.\r\nI have aimed to be just, and not unkind.  If I have failed in any\r\ncase, it is my wish that my mistakes may be corrected, as far as\r\npossible.  I have not attempted to write history, but simply to\r\nmake a record of events personally known to me, and of my opinion\r\nupon such acts of others, and upon such important subjects, as have\r\ncome under my special notice.  It is my contribution to the materials\r\nfrom which the future historian must draw for his data for a truthful\r\nhistory of our time.\"\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 21417 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Schofield, John McAllister \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: May 11, 2007 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Schofield, John McAllister,1831-1906 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43217958535325,"sku":"gb-21417-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/21417.jpg?v=1671460165"},{"product_id":"high-adventure-a-narrative-of-air-fighting-in-france-gb-24570","title":"High Adventure: A Narrative of Air Fighting in France","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHigh Adventure: A Narrative of Air Fighting in France\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was on a cool, starlit evening, early in September,\r\n1916, that I first met Drew of Massachusetts,\r\nand actually began my adventures as\r\na prospective member of the Escadrille Amricaine.\r\nWe had sailed from New York by the\r\nsame boat, had made our applications for enlistment\r\nin the Foreign Legion on the same\r\nday, without being aware of each other's existence;\r\nand in Paris, while waiting for our papers,\r\nwe had gone, every evening, for dinner, to the\r\nsame large and gloomy-looking restaurant in\r\nthe neighborhood of the Seine.\nAs for the restaurant, we frequented it, not\r\nassuredly because of the quality of the food.\r\nWe might have dined better and more cheaply\r\nelsewhere. 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Almost from the outset there were conflicting\nclaims on the part of Spain, France, and England, and\nalso Holland. The struggles against hostile native tribes\nalong the Atlantic seaboard were followed by war against\nthe aggressions of the French, who would have kept the\nEnglish-speaking colonies east of the Alleghanies. That\nlong period of strife was followed by two conflicts with England,\nthe first gaining America for Americans as an independent\nnation, the second confirming it as an independent\nnationality. While the great Louisiana Purchase was a\npeaceful acquisition, Napoleons willingness to cede this\nterritory was intermingled with his military plans. California\nand the extreme Southwest came out of conflict\nwith Mexico. The Civil War preserved the integrity\nof the country which Americans had gained. Hawaii was\nadded through a revolution fortunately bloodless. 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His many additional awards include a Pulitzer Prize in journalism, a George Polk Award, and the Pritzker Military Library Literature Award. 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Flynn and Sergeant, U.S. Army (Retired) Boone Cutler. General Flynn rose to the highest levels of the intelligence community and served as the National Security Advisor to the 45th POTUS. Sergeant Boone Cutler ran the ground game as a wartime Psychological Operations Team Sergeant in the United States Army. Together, these two combat veterans put their combined experience and expertise into an illuminating fifth-generation-warfare information series called The Citizen's Guide to Fifth Generation Warfare. How to Fight Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the second session of the multipart series. The series, complete with easy-to-understand diagrams, is written for every freedom-loving country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInformation regarding foreign-born AI-driven psychological programming has largely gone unreported. The weaponized techniques of AI driven psychological programming are now exposed. 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Buy Session II of The Citizen's Guide to Fifth Generation Warfare now so you can understand the manipulation happening around you that explains why you feel the way you do. It's not too late to fight AI.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ltg (Ret ). Michael T. Flynn,Boone Cutler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boone Cutler Media Enterprise, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.00h x 6.00w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781088216231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlynn, Ltg (Ret ). Michael T.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - With more than 33 years of service in the United States military and as current chairman of America's Future, General Michael Flynn's military career culminated as the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and as the nation's highest-serving military intelligence officer. After retiring from the Army in 2014 and as a private citizen, General Flynn went on to serve in a variety of business, educational, and non-profit roles, including supporting veterans' organizations around the country, something he continues to do today. His public service included selection and service as a foreign policy advisor to several Republican U.S. presidential candidates (2016) and subsequent appointment and service as the National Security Advisor to the 45th President of the United States of America. 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