Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists, and writers across era and ideologies, helping another generation of students, scholars, and citizens to understand more fully the meaning of America.This new second edition of the b...

1000 Years for Revenge is a groundbreaking investigative work that uncovers startling evidence of how the FBI missed dozens of opportunities to stop the attacks of September 11, dating back to 1989. Award-winning journalist Peter Lance explains how an elusive al Qaeda mastermind defeated the entire American security system in what the author calls "the greatest failure of intelligence since the Trojan Horse." Threading the stories of FBI agent Nancy Floyd, FDNY fire marshal Ronnie Bucca, a...

From an award-winning investigative reporter: the shocking story of the mob killer who terrorized the streets of New York City for decades . . . while working for the FBIIn Deal with the Devil, five-time Emmy Award–winning investigative reporter Peter Lance draws on three decades of once-secret FBI files and exclusive new interviews to disclose the epic saga of Colombo family capo Gregory Scarpa Sr., who spent more than thirty years as a paid Top Echelon FBI informant whil...

Tactical Casualty Care for Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders: (TCC-LEFR) This one-day (8 hour) course teaches public safety responders (police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and other first responders) the basic medical care interventions that will help save an injured responder's or victim's life until EMS personnel can safely enter a tactical scene. The approach is divided into 3 phases, depending upon the tactical situation. The course combines ...

Using an innovative question and answer format, PreHospital Medicine: Principals, Pearls and Pitfalls provides the reader with updated information about PreHospital Medicine. This book covers the gamut of topics that will be encountered in the field setting. Anyone involved in Emergency Mecical Services, in any capacity, will enjoy reading these pages.

By learning how to stop external bleeding, it is possible to help save a life, even your own. The Essentials of Bleeding Control course and book provide the necessary information and skills to respond to a bleeding emergency.

This textbook serves as a student course guide for the TCC-LEFR course and also a stand-alone textbook covering the principles of trauma care needed to save a life in the first moments following a traumatic event.This is the Portuguese version of our TCCC-LEFR text

This book is Volume 2 of annual compilations of EMS Literature Reviews written and edited by the International PreHospital Medicine Institute.

The Essentials of PreHospital Trauma Care (EPHTC) book covers the core information needed by EMS providers to care for the victims of trauma. The EPHTC book is unique in that it uses the M-A-R-C-H approach for the assessment and management of the trauma patient.The book utilizes Dynamic Editing that was created by IPHMI and allows the authors to continuously update the material as research dictates. This keeps the EPHTC book the most up-to-date prehospital trauma reference there is....

This is volume 5 of the annual compilation of EMS Literature Reviews written and edited by the International PreHospital Medicine Institute.

The terrorist threat is real. These agents can create lots of casualties and victims and every responder needs to be prepared. It is not only terrorism, many of these chemicals are on our streets and rails every day. Emerging infectious diseases are just as dangerous. This book provides healthcare responders the information needed to initiate the correct medical response and treatment actions in a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) terrorist incidents and other mass casualty events. This bo...

Oral History: An Interdisciplinary Anthology is a collection of classic articles by some of the best known proponents of oral history, demonstrating the basics of oral history, while also acting as a guidebook for how to use it in research. Added to this new edition is insight into how oral history is practiced on an international scale, making this book an indispensable resource for scholars of history and social sciences, as well as those interested in oral history on the avocational lev...