The USS Tecumseh in Mobile Bay : The Sinking of a Civil War Ironclad. by Smithweck, David

Table of Contents: “…Tecumseh Joins the Gulf Blockading Squadron -- 3. Torpedoes -- 4. The Forts -- 5. Personal Observations: The Fog of War -- 6. …”
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Home front : North Carolina during World War II / Julian M. Pleasants. by Pleasants, Julian M.

Table of Contents: “…Prelude to war : the years 1931-1941 -- A call to duty : the Selective Service act of 1940 -- A call to arms : military preparedness -- Arsenal of democracy : the economic impact of the war -- Torpedo junction : submarine warfare off the North Carolina coast -- "Make do with less" : rationing, war bonds, and victory gardens -- Education and the University of North Carolina Pre-Flight School -- Prisoners of war in the Old North State -- The double V : racism during World War II -- "This is my war, too" : women at war -- Tar Heel heroes.…”
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Tirpitz and the Imperial German Navy / Patrick J. Kelly. by Kelly, Patrick J., 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Tirpitz's early life -- The aspirant, 1865-1870 -- The young officer, 1870-1877 : a taste of war -- The creation of the german torpedo arm, 1877-1889 -- Interim, 1889-1891 -- Oberkommando der Marine, 1892-1895 -- On the verge of power, 1895-1897 -- Tirpitz ascendant, 1897-1898 -- The second navy law, 1899-1900 -- The "quiet" years, 1900-1906 -- Sow the wind, 1906-1908 -- The whirlwind rises, 1908-1911 -- Denouement, 1911-1914 -- Tirpitz at war, August 1914-March 1916 -- Uncommon recessional, 1916-1930 -- Conclusion.…”
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Long night of the tankers : Hitler's war against Caribbean oil / David J. Bercuson and Holger H. Herwig. by Bercuson, David Jay, Herwig, Holger H.

Table of Contents: “…War Comes to St. Lucia -- 7. Torpedo Junction -- 8. Hunting Off the Orinoco -- 9. …”
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The great melding : war, the Dixiecrat rebellion, and the southern model for America's new conservatism / Glenn Feldman. by Feldman, Glenn

Table of Contents: “…"We must not holler till we are clean out of the woods" -- Social Darwinism, free-market fundamentalism, and "The status quo society" -- "We must wake up the Roosevelt worshippers to what the New Deal is doing to torpedo White supremacy" -- Gathering clouds -- Grits and circuses -- The laws of God and Alabama -- Feeding the monster: volume I -- The inexorableness of cultural continuities -- An oasis of liberalism? …”
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Batman. by Riddle, Nelson

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgment/Main title -- Batmobile to airport -- A good job -- Roger Wilco -- Just ring/Yo ho, sir/Let's find out -- Tricky buoy -- Torpedoes -- Holy Polaris -- Kitka -- Shades of smolensic -- Jet umbrellas -- Filthy criminals/Chamber 17 -- Credulous creatures/Fine finkish friends -- Dehydrated/Stand clear -- Flee for your life -- False feathers/Swallow this pill -- My very paradies -- The grotto/A stitch in time -- Emergency operation -- Small craft -- Attack/Take it in tow -- Vials -- End title -- Bonus bat tracks: Dark eyes -- Plaisir d'amour / Giovanni Martini -- Again / Lionel Newman -- Batman theme / Neal Hefti.…”

Timewatch. producer, Annie Dodds ; director, Thomas G. Roberts.

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The Navy in the Civil War. Daniel Ammen. by Ammen, Daniel, 1820-1898

Table of Contents: “…""; ""south atlantic coast""; ""charleston harbor""; ""confederate ironclad atlanta""; ""torpedo boats constructed at charleston, s.c., ""; ""coasts and sounds of north carolina""; ""roanoke island""; ""route to newbern""; ""naval attack on fort fisher""; ""plan of fort fisher""; ""appendix""; ""index""…”
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Tirpitz : the life and death of Germany's last super battleship / Niklas Zetterling & Michael Tamelander. by Zetterling, Niklas

Table of Contents: “…-- Operation Titleâ€?The Human Torpedos -- Wunderland -- PQ18â€?The Battling Convoy -- Shetlands-Larsen and the Fishing Boat -- “Have you any use for peats?…”
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Weapons of Mississippi / Kevin Dougherty. by Dougherty, Kevin

Table of Contents: “…Atlatls, bows and arrows, and striking weapons : weapons of the Mississippi Indians -- Guns, steel, and forts : weapons of the Europeans in Mississippi -- Militias, outlaws, and Kentucky rifles : weapons of territorial Mississippi -- Dueling and slavery : weapons of antebellum Mississippi -- Mississippi rifles : weapons of Mississippians in Mexico -- Ironclads and torpedoes : weapons on the water in Civil War Mississippi -- Siege guns and sabers : weapons on the land in Civil War Mississippi -- Rifles, bows, and guns : weapons of Mississippi hunters and private citizens -- Training camps and military mobilization : weapons of Mississippi during the two world wars -- Firebombs and ropes : weapons of terror in Mississippi -- Ships, aircraft, and artillery : weapons of Mississippi's post World War II military-industrial complex -- Nuclear testing : weapons of the atomic age in Mississippi.…”
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The essential John Ford / directed by John Ford.

Table of Contents: “…. ; sd., b&w ; 1943) -- Torpedo squadron 8 / United States Office of Strategic Services (ca. 7 min. ; sd., col. ; 1942).…”

Rivalry and alliance politics in cold war Latin America / Christopher Darnton. by Darnton, Christopher Neil, 1980-

Table of Contents: “…Explaining rivalry and rapprochement in cold war Latin America -- Parochial interest and policy change -- Antagonism and anticommunism in Argentine-Brazilian relations -- Peron and Dutra, 1947 : damn the torpedoes -- Frondizi and Quadros, 1961 : the spirit of Uruguaiana -- Lanusse and Medici, 1972 : general to general -- Videla and Figueiredo, 1980 : the turning point -- The 1959 Cuban Revolution and Central American rivalries -- From borders to brotherhood : Nicaragua and Honduras -- Persistent conflicts : Costa Rica-Nicaragua and El Salvador-Honduras -- The 1980s debt crisis and Andean rivalries -- Persistent conflicts : Peru-Ecuador, Colombia-Venezuela, and Bolivia-Chile -- From crisis to cooperation : Argentina and Chile -- From the cold war to the global war on terrorism -- Algeria and Morocco : protracted rivalry in the Maghreb -- The organizational politics of conflict resolution.…”
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Strangling the Confederacy : coastal operations of the American Civil War / Kevin Dougherty. by Dougherty, Kevin

Table of Contents: “…Charleston: too strong from the Sea -- Mobile Bay: damn the torpedoes -- Fort Fisher: the final chapter -- The coastal war and the elements of operational design.…”
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World War II U.S. Navy vessels in private hands : the boats and ships sold and registered for commercial and recreational purposes under the American flag / Greg H. Williams. by Williams, Greg H., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…The vessels -- AMH-mine sweeper, harbor -- APC-small transport, coastal -- At-ocean tugs -- LCI(L)-landing craft, infantry, large -- LCS(L)-landing craft support, large -- LCT-landing craft, tank -- LSM-landing ship, medium -- LST-landing ship, tank -- Named craft -- PC-patrol craft -- PCE-patrol craft, escort -- PCS-patrol craft, sweeper -- PT-patrol torpedo -- SC-submarine chaser -- SC-submarine chaser, Canadian-built -- YAG-miscellaneous auxiliary -- YDG-district degaussing vessel -- YMS-auxiliary motor minesweeper -- Yo-self-propelled fuel oil barge -- YOG-self-propelled gasoline barge -- YOL-coastal tanker -- YP-yard patrol -- YW-self-propelled water barge.…”
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Coverup : behind the Iran Contra Affair / produced by Barbara Trent, Gary Meyer and David Kasper ; directed by Barbara Trent ; written by Eve Goldberg.

Weapons of choice : the development of precision guided munitions / Paul G. Gillespie. by Gillespie, Paul G., 1962-

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Britain's Unfulfilled Mandate for Palestine. by Reynold, Nick

Table of Contents: “…; Chapter Four: The Palestinian Arabs Set Out to Torpedo the Mandate; Chapter Five: Herbert Samuel-Part Two; Chapter Six: Seeking a Jewish-Arab Entente 1924-1929; Chapter Seven: The Second and Third British High Commissioners for Palestine; Chapter Eight: Whither Britain's Commitment to Zionism?…”
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Investment management : portfolio diversification, risk, and timing--fact and fiction / by Robert L. Hagin. by Hagin, Robert

Table of Contents: “…-- CHAPTER 12 Earnings Forecasts (and Torpedo Stocks) -- CHAPTER 13 Using Earnings Forecasts.…”
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1941 (Part 3), Including the Meeting of the Axis : A Newsreel History of the Third Reich—Volume 7 / MVD.

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Old Soldiers Never Die [Illustrated Edition]. by Richards DCM MM, Frank

Table of Contents: “…CRATER; CHAPTER XI -- THE BANGALORE TORPEDO AND A DECORATION CEREMONY; CHAPTER XII -- THE CORPS COMMANDER AND QUICK FIRERS; CHAPTER XIII -- THE RED DRAGON MINE AND A RAID.…”
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