How can we understand the educational disengagement of urban working-class young people? What role do schools & education policies play in these young people's difficult relationships with education? How might schools help to support & engage urban youth? This book critically engages with contemporary notions of 'at risk' youth. It explores the complexity of urban young people's relationships with education & schooling & discusses strategies for addressing these issues. Drawing on a two year study of urban 14-16 year olds educational professionals & parents the book focuses in depth on the views & experiences of ethnically diverse young Londoners who had been identified by their schools as 'at risk of dropping out of education' & as 'unlikely to progress into post-16 education'. It provides an informative & accessible overview of the key issues debates & theoretical frameworks. It is important reading for school leaders teachers & learning support assistants as well as trainee teachers & educational researchers. ...

Urdu is the national language of Pakistan one of the official languages of India & it is spoken in the neighbouring regions of Afghanistan Nepal & Bangladesh. Urdu uses a modified version of the Arabic script but it is presented here in the roman alphabet. The two-way dictionary & the practical travel-oriented phrasebook pertain to everything from technology to Islamic culture. You will find an introduction to the language useful tips for travel in Pakistan & regional cultural information to help make your stay in the Urdu-speaking world a pleasant one. ...

The 10th was the only US mountain division to be raised in World War II & still has a high profile being involved in operations from Iraq to Somalia & from Haiti to Afghanistan. It did not arrive in Europe until winter 1944/45 but then fought hard in the harsh mountainous terrain of Northern Italy. The division was special in a number of ways. Its personnel were selected for physical fitness & experience in winter sports mountaineering & hunting unlike the rest of the infantry. It was highly trained in mountain & winter warfare including the use of skis & snowshoes while its organization field clothing & some personal equipment also differed from that of the usual infantry division. The division made extensive use of pack-mules & its reconnaissance unit was horse-mounted conducting the last horse-mounted charge in US history in April 1945. Featuring full-color artwork & rare photographs this is the gripping story of the US Armys only mountain division in action during the closing months of World War II. ...

As part of the AHT series the airfields & interest in this book are concentrated in a particular area in this case Essex. It covers the American air bases used by the Martin B-29 Marauders P-47 Thunderbolts & P-51 Mustangs of the 9th USAAF Air Force during 1943-44 prior to their move south to France after the D-Day invasion on 6 June 1944. The airfields included are Andrews Field Birch Boreham Boxted Chipping Ongar Earls Colne Gosfield Great Dunmow Little Walden Matching Roydon Rivenhall Stansted Wethersfield & Wormingford. This book looks at the history & personalities associated with each base what remains today & explores the favourite local wartime haunts where aircrew & ground crew would have sought well-deserved entertainment & relaxation. Other museums & places that are relevant will also be described & general directions on how to get them included. ...

The advent of combined arms operations in World War II created the need for specialized armoured vehicles. In the case of amphibious attacks the issue arose of how best to land tanks on a beach. Although a variety of specialized landing craft were developed the Dieppe raid in 1942 encouraged the development of tanks that could be deployed from further off-shore to limit the vulnerability of the LCT craft. The deep-wading equipment that they developed was first used during Operation Husky on Sicily in July 1943 & subsequently for Operations Avalanche (Salerno September 1943) Shingle (Anzio January 1944) & Overlord (Normandy June 1944). The US-manufactured DD tanks were used during Overlord by both US & British forces & again in 1945 during the Rhine crossings. Initially developments in the Pacific Theater were separate from those in Europe. The Marines learned from the Tarawa landings in 1943 that unprepared tanks could not be safely landed even in shallow water. DD tanks were never seriously considered for the Pacific so other solutions were sought. A detailed study of specialized US amphibious tanks this is a title that will appeal to those interested in both Pacific & European Theaters modellers & collectors. ...

It was the Mediterranean theatre which saw the blooding of the US Army against the German Wehrmacht in North Africa in the winter of 1943-44 of World War II (1939-1945). After this rough education the US forces pressed on to Sicily the South of France & the Italian mainl&. Here faced by difficult terrain they & their British Commonwealth allies fought a long campaign until VE-Day. This second of a series of three MAA titles covers the uniforms worn on these fronts including US Army cold weather airborne & tankers' gear; some particularly interesting & important units including mountain Japanese-American & African-American troops; & a variety of crew-served weapons. ...

This book describes the period when the American daylight offensive faltered & nearly failed & recalls the terrible losses suffered by Liberators on the low-level attack on the Ploesti oilfields in Rumania & by the B-17s on the notorious Schweinfurt & Regensburg raids which entered 8th Air Force folklore as Black Thursday. Fascinating anecdotes eye-witness accounts & the hard-won experiences of the battle-scarred American fly-boys reveal the grim realities of air combat at four miles high above enemy occupied Europe Berlin & the Ruhr. Grown up in the war they paint a revealing picture as only they can. The Mighty Eighth was an air force of hard-fighting hard-playing fliers who suffered more casualties than the entire US Marine Corps in the Pacific Campaign. Here in their own words are stories of survival & soul-numbing loss of fly-boys who came together to fight an air war of the ferocity that had never been fought on such a vast scale before. While RAF Bomber Command was waging war at night 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortresses & B-24 Liberators bombed by day in a 24-hour round the clock campaign. This is also a partly a strategic history with a behind-the-scenes look at deployment of the bomber groups & the fighter escorts that would eventually become their salvation on the interminable deep penetration raids into the Greater Reich. ...

Using narrative accounts & new insights this book catalogues the dramatic & first-hand oral testimonies of the US Army Air Corps bomber crews of the newly created Eighth Air Force that became stationed in East Anglia in 1942. It begins with shock of the unannounced Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor & how it affected the young men who were destined to fly & fight in Europe. American troops or GIs as they were known because of their own derisive term of General Issue began arriving in war-weary Britain in the months immediately after Pearl Harbor. Bomber & fighter groups made an especial impact. The young Americans with their well-cut uniforms new accents & money created a colourful heroic chapter in the lives of the British people that is still remembered today. The Americans & the villagers & townsfolk of East Anglia shared a close attachment that only wartime can create. England between 1942-45 was a battle front. The civilians were all involved in the war effort
- as shipyard & factory workers Red Cross & Land Army farmers & firemen. Above all they were stubborn determined fighters who had already endured more than three years of war. Into these lives came the sights & sounds
- particularly the jargon
- of the Americans unprepared for the difficulties of flying in Britains & Northern Europes unpredictable & difficult weather. It is the story of the Americans first encounters with the Luftwaffe heavy Nazi air defences & the wartime strictures that Britain had already endured for three years. These are their memories.


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Topical up-to-date & essential reading for exam success Featuring information & analysis of recent events in US politics with full coverage of the 2012 presidential election this book provides you with topical source material to draw on for tasks throughout your course & for answering examination questions. Written by an experienced & acknowledged expert in the field of US politics this is the book you need if you are aiming for the highest grades at A2. Reviews the key events & devlopments of 2012 you need to know including the Presidential Election Students can analyse up-to-date examples & data to present knowledgable & persuasive arguments Written by experienced authors who know what you need to know to get those top grades The perfect update for your textbook bringing you right up to date with all the topical material you need to succeed in your exams CONTENTS: Chapter 1. The not-so-invisible 'invisible primary' Chapter 2. The 2012 primaries: mainly about Romney Chapter 3. From the primaries to the conventions Chapter 4. The conventions: more than banners & balloons? Chapter 5. The campaign: 'change' or 'more of the same'? Chapter 6. Why Obama won: analysing the vote Chapter 7. The congressional races: more divided government Chapter 8. The Supreme Court 2011-12 ...

Twenty-five US Marine Corps squadrons flew versions of the Phantom II & 11 of them used the aircraft in South-East Asia from May 1965 through to early 1973. Rather than the air-to-air missiles that were the main component in the original F-4 armament these aircraft carried an ever-expanding range of weaponry. Some toted 24 500-lb bombs & others strafed with up to three 20 mm gun pods while most flew daily sorties delivering napalm Snakeye bombs & big Zuni rockets. Many US Marines holding small outpost positions in Laos & South Vietnam against heavy Viet Cong attack owed their lives to the Phantom II pilots who repeatedly drove off the enemy. The book will examine these missions in the context of US Marine Corps close-support doctrine using the direct experience of a selection of the aircrew who flew & organised those missions. ...