Only show
results for:

Topics related to "This is Jabir: policeman by day, terrorist by night As US post-war"

Civil War Civil War
Civil War in U.S. history, conflict (1861-65) between the Northern states (the Union) and the Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederacy . It is generally known in the South as the War between the States and is also called the War of the Rebellion (the official Union... Read more
George C. Marshall George C. Marshall
MARSHALL, GEORGE C. 1880-1959 A RMY GENERAL, CHIEF OF STAFF, US. SECRETARYOF STATE(1947-1949), U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE(1950-1951) Important General and Statesman Gen. George C. Marshall's bureaucratic career soared as America evolved from a largely isolated economic... Read more
Thule (Greenland) Thule (Greenland)
Thule or Qaanaaq , town (1995 pop. 627), N Greenland, on the north side of Inglefield Gulf. The name of Thule was originally attached to the main settlement for the Thule Eskimos, founded in 1910 by the arctic explorer Knud Rasmussen as a trading post on the south side of Wolstenholme Fjord... Read more
battle of Buena Vista battle of Buena Vista
battle of Buena Vista military engagement in the Mexican War, fought Feb. 22-23, 1847. The battle site was just S of Saltillo, Coahuila, in Mexico. Gen. Zachary Taylor , disobeying orders from the U.S. government, had advanced here. Gen. Santa Anna, having gathered a Mexican army, made a long... Read more
Looking Glass Looking Glass
Looking Glass Looking Glass is the nickname for the Airborne Command Post, which was implemented by the U.S. Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War to ensure that operations would continue in the event that the primary strategic command centers were rendered... Read more
John Clifford Pemberton John Clifford Pemberton
John Clifford Pemberton 1814-81, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. Philadelphia. He served in the Seminole and Mexican wars and at various frontier posts. He resigned from the U.S. army in Apr., 1861, and in June became a Confederate brigadier general. Pemberton was made a... Read more
Port Security Port Security
Port Security Security of national ports has always been a concern for any great power, but between the War of 1812 and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Americans tended to take such security for granted. Other than a thwarted German attempt to form an alliance... Read more
War on Terrorism 2001- War on Terrorism 2001-
WAR ON TERRORISM Terrorist acts and the threat of terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act and codified at 18 U.S.C. section 2339B, makes it a... Read more
Walter Lippmann Walter Lippmann
Walter Lippmann 1889-1974, American essayist and editor, b. New York City. He was associate editor of the New Republic in its early days (1914-17), but at the outbreak of World War I he left to become Assistant Secretary of War, later helping to prepare data for the peace conference. From 1921 to... Read more
Declaration of war Declaration of war
... Read more

Sorry, no results were found on Encyclopedia.com

No reference documents or articles match the search term This is Jabir: policeman by day, terrorist by night As US post-war


Suggestions:

  • Check the spelling of your search term
  • Try using fewer keywords
  • Try using more general keywords