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Our Forgotten Volunteers

Author : Bojan Pajic

Publisher : Australian Scholarly Publishing

Page : 1046 pages

File Size : 45,25 MB

Release : 2019-03-24

Category : History

ISBN : 1925801446

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Australian and New Zealand volunteers were already in Serbia, treating wounded Serbian soldiers and fighting a typhus epidemic, before the ANZACs landed at Gallipoli in 1915. The Gallipoli Campaign sealed Serbia’s fate, however, as Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria moved to secure a land supply corridor to Turkey through Serbia. Australians and New Zealanders accompanied the Serbian Army on a deadly retreat over wintry mountains to the Adriatic coast. When the fighting shifted to the Salonika or ‘Macedonian’ Front, many served there with the British Army, the Royal Flying Corps, two AIF units and six Royal Australian Navy destroyers in the Adriatic and Aegean Seas. Some died in action, others from disease. Several hundred doctors, nurses and orderlies treated the wounded and sick in an Australian-led volunteer hospital and in British and New Zealand Army hospitals. The author Miles Franklin was a medical orderly supporting the Serbian Army; her little-known memoir is quoted extensively in this book. Fifteen hundred Australians and New Zealanders served on this little known yet crucial battlefront. Now for the first time we have an engaging and comprehensive account of what they experienced and achieved in the Great War.



The Volunteer Soldier of America

Author : John Alexander Logan

Publisher : Forgotten Books

Page : 756 pages

File Size : 13,36 MB

Release : 2015-06-25

Category : History

ISBN : 9781330372609

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Excerpt from The Volunteer Soldier of America About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.



Forgotten Americans

Author : Isabel Sawhill

Publisher : Yale University Press

Page : 268 pages

File Size : 19,52 MB

Release : 2018-09-25

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0300241062

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A sobering account of a disenfranchised American working class and important policy solutions to the nation’s economic inequalities One of the country’s leading scholars on economics and social policy, Isabel Sawhill addresses the enormous divisions in American society—economic, cultural, and political—and what might be done to bridge them. Widening inequality and the loss of jobs to trade and technology has left a significant portion of the American workforce disenfranchised and skeptical of governments and corporations alike. And yet both have a role to play in improving the country for all. Sawhill argues for a policy agenda based on mainstream values, such as family, education, and work. While many have lost faith in government programs designed to help them, there are still trusted institutions on both the local and federal level that can deliver better job opportunities and higher wages to those who have been left behind. At the same time, the private sector needs to reexamine how it trains and rewards employees. This book provides a clear-headed and middle-way path to a better-functioning society in which personal responsibility is honored and inclusive capitalism and more broadly shared growth are once more the norm.



Life With the Forty-Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers (Classic Reprint)

Author : Henry T. Johns

Publisher :

Page : 446 pages

File Size : 30,17 MB

Release : 2015-07-13

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9781331340997

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Excerpt from Life With the Forty-Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers The "Forty-ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers" sprang from Berkshire. This, their record, is written for Berkshire readers. If it shall, in after years, enable my comrades to recall the events and some of the emotions of our soldier-life; if it shall tend to unite us in sympathy; if it shall present to our friends a fuller view of our deeds and experiences, and bring out more vividly the merits of our "fallen brave," I shall be satisfied. Writing it has been to me a "labor of love." I have written fully and earnestly of the principles underlying this struggle; otherwise, I have confined my pen to our regimental life as it came within my observation and experience. It would be sad to believe those principles were no part of that life. My chief regret is, that fuller data did not enable me to do justice to all our dead. The engraving of Colonel Bartlett, one of the best evidences of the skill of the leading engraver of New York, A. W. Ritchie, needs this remark: On applying for a photograph, from which to obtain an engraving, the Colonel sent me several, taken in different styles, by different artists, at different times. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.



Our Nation's Forgotten Workers

Author : Mitchell H. Rubinstein

Publisher :

Page : 38 pages

File Size : 29,6 MB

Release : 2013

Category :

ISBN :

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Public policy strongly supports voluntarism as it fuels interests that are critically important to society and the health of this country, particularly in these days of ever-increasing budget cuts. It has also created many unique legal dilemmas. Unfortunately, however, the volunteer experience for the individual may not always work out. This article addresses the consequences of a failed voluntary service relationship. For instance, can a volunteer who is sexually harassed maintain a cause of action for sex discrimination under Title VII? Is a volunteer an employee with other rights? What is the definition of an employee anyway? There is still great variation in this country with respect to which employment test should be utilized to determine whether or not someone is an independent contractor or an employee. Additionally, courts have reached conflicting decisions with respect to whether other workers, such as graduate students, are employees. Therefore, it should not be surprising that there is also great variation in the case law distinguishing between volunteers and employees. As discussed in this article, a two-step analysis should be utilized to distinguish between volunteers and employees. In general, to be an employee, the individual must (1) be hired which involves an examination of whether the individual receives some form of remuneration, and (2) have his or her work controlled by the employer. Though there is virtually no scholarly work that analyzes the rights of volunteers in employment, the question of whether volunteers should be treated as employees is becoming an increasingly important legal issue as there are a number of recent decisions addressing this issue.See, e.g., Hallissey v. America Online, Inc., No. 99-CIV-3785, 2006 U.S. Dist. Lexis 12964 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 10, 2006) (refusing to grant summary judgment because community leaders who serviced internet message boards and chat rooms in return for free internet access, a compact disc case, expanded web space, anti-virus software, and employee discounts could be employees under the FLSA); Lowery v. Klemm, 845 N.E.2d 1124 (Mass. 2006) (denying a state claim for sexual harassment as the plaintiff was a volunteer and not an employee).



Services of the Ninety-Sixth

Author : J. T. Woods

Publisher : Forgotten Books

Page : 262 pages

File Size : 33,44 MB

Release : 2017-11-11

Category : History

ISBN : 9780260774514

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Excerpt from Services of the Ninety-Sixth: Ohio Volunteers The Object in preparing this unpretentious volume is to place a sketch Of the History of the 96th Ohio Volunteers in permanent form, chiefly for the benefit Of the survivors of that command and the friends of those who gave their lives to their country while serving under its banner. As the events of the great war OF the rebellion become dimmed in the shadows Of receding years, increased interest will attach to them and the pages in which they are recorded become valuable, with all their omissions and imperfections; for our posterity cannot fail to refer with just pride to those who Offered their lives for the preservation Of republican liberty, as we do to those who, in the dark days Of seventy-six, won its blessings for the world, bequeathing all to our care and keeping. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.



The Volunteers' Roll of Honor

Author : Wesley Bradshaw

Publisher : Forgotten Books

Page : 68 pages

File Size : 19,42 MB

Release : 2017-12-22

Category : History

ISBN : 9780484458986

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Excerpt from The Volunteers' Roll of Honor: A Collection of the Noble and Praiseworthy Deeds Performed in the Cause of the Union by the Heroes of the Army and Navy of the United States There is but one theme which will satisfy this desire, and that is the glorious and noble deeds performed in their country's behalf, both on land and sea, by our gallant, our invincible volunteers. Thus far these deeds have been allowed to sink into forgetfulness for the lack of some one to collect (and preserve them. To have them placed upon a lasting record would be not only deeply gratifying to the volunteers themselves, but equally so to those near and dear ones at home who watch so eagerly the contests of our brave Army and Navy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.



Swedish Volunteers in the Russo-Finnish Winter War, 1939-1940

Author : Martina Sprague

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 261 pages

File Size : 25,20 MB

Release : 2014-01-10

Category : History

ISBN : 0786457538

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Sandwiched between Nazi Germany and the "Russian Bear," Sweden walked a diplomatic tightrope on if and how it should support Finland during the Russo-Finnish Winter War. Social and political forces motivated the Swedish leadership to promote neutrality and avoid official military engagement, while at the same time the Swedish Volunteer Corps comprised the largest volunteer combat force (more than 8,200 strong) in any modern war. This book discusses the political background of the 1939-1940 Winter War; setbacks the volunteers suffered due to weather and terrain; and the ever-present fear that war would come to the Scandinavian Peninsula.



The Volunteer

Author : Jack Fairweather

Publisher : HarperCollins

Page : 630 pages

File Size : 27,9 MB

Release : 2019-06-25

Category : History

ISBN : 0062561421

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COSTA BOOK AWARD WINNER: BOOK OF THE YEAR • #1 SUNDAY TIMES (UK) BESTSELLER “Superbly written and breathtakingly researched, The Volunteer smuggles us into Auschwitz and shows us—as if watching a movie—the story of a Polish agent who infiltrated the infamous camp, organized a rebellion, and then snuck back out. ... Fairweather has dug up a story of incalculable value and delivered it to us in the most compelling prose I have read in a long time.” —Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm and Tribe The incredible true story of a Polish resistance fighter’s infiltration of Auschwitz to sabotage the camp from within, and his death-defying attempt to warn the Allies about the Nazis’ plans for a “Final Solution” before it was too late. To uncover the fate of the thousands being interred at a mysterious Nazi camp on the border of the Reich, a thirty-nine-year-old Polish resistance fighter named Witold Pilecki volunteered for an audacious mission: assume a fake identity, intentionally get captured and sent to the new camp, and then report back to the underground on what had happened to his compatriots there. But gathering information was not his only task: he was to execute an attack from inside—where the Germans would least expect it. The name of the camp was Auschwitz. Over the next two and half years, Pilecki forged an underground army within Auschwitz that sabotaged facilities, assassinated Nazi informants and officers, and gathered evidence of terrifying abuse and mass murder. But as he pieced together the horrifying truth that the camp was to become the epicenter of Nazi plans to exterminate Europe’s Jews, Pilecki realized he would have to risk his men, his life, and his family to warn the West before all was lost. To do so, meant attempting the impossible—an escape from Auschwitz itself. Completely erased from the historical record by Poland’s post-war Communist government, Pilecki remains almost unknown to the world. Now, with exclusive access to previously hidden diaries, family and camp survivor accounts, and recently declassified files, Jack Fairweather offers an unflinching portrayal of survival, revenge and betrayal in mankind’s darkest hour. And in uncovering the tragic outcome of Pilecki’s mission, he reveals that its ultimate defeat originated not in Auschwitz or Berlin, but in London and Washington.