Alternative Energy Demystified or God Willing

Alternative Energy Demystified

Author: Stan Gibilisco

The fast and easy way to get up-to-speed on alternative energy 

Because of current events, geopolitics, and natural disasters, the cost of fuel is front and center in our lives. This book provides a concise look at all forms of energy, including fossil fuels, electric, solar, biodiesel, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, and renewable fuel cells. You will get explanations, definitions, and analysis of each alternative energy source from a technological point of view.

Stan Gibilisco is one of McGraw-Hill's most prolific and popular authors. His clear, reader-friendly writing style makes his books accessible to a wide audience, and his experience as an electronics engineer, researcher, and mathematician makes him an ideal editor for reference books and tutorials. Stan has authored several titles for the McGraw-Hill Demystified library of home-schooling and self-teaching volumes, along with more than 30 other books and dozens of magazine articles. His work has been published in several languages.

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God Willing: My Wild Ride with the New Iraqi Army

Author: Capt Eric Navarro USMCR

Ten U.S. Marines are assigned to live, train, and go into battle with more than five hundred raw and undisciplined Iraqi soldiers. A member of this Adviser Support Team, Capt. Eric Navarro, recounts their tour in vivid and brutally honest detail.

Their deployment comes at a particularly important time in the war. The Battle of Fallujah is raging, and President Bush has proclaimed training the Iraqi forces is the key to winning the war. Once they stand up, we can stand down, or so the theory goes. Navarro's team, nicknamed The Drifters, faces countless roadblocks-no interpreters initially, limited supplies, little contact with other U.S. forces, and a vast cultural gulf with the Iraqis. One hackneyed and fatalistic Arabic phrase seems to sum up the mission, "Insha Allah," which translates as "God willing" or "if God wills it."

Whether riding into downtown Fallujah in an unarmored Nissan pick-up truck, living in squalor in abandoned buildings, dodging trigger-happy troops, sharing FHM magazine with Iraqi soldiers to boost morale, or getting attacked by insurgent rockets less than an hour after arriving, life is never easy and more often surreal. The Drifters' trials and tribulations help shed light on this most under-reported aspect of the war: What is wrong with the new Iraqi Army? The answer is not as pretty as the politicians would like.

Table of Contents:

Preface     vii
First Hour, First Contact, First Impressions     1
Iraqi Psychology 101     17
The Ninja Shitter     29
Interactions and Movements     41
Patrolling     59
Two Wahhabi     73
Forging Bonds     87
Plak-A-Bo, Chi, Tobacco, and Porn     99
The Main Effort     115
A Question of Leadership     133
Strategic Parents     141
New Mission: Habbaniyah     149
Unity of Command     165
The Staff and the Plan     177
The Habbaniyah Routine     189
Sarcasm, Shoot-outs, and a Wet Dream Riot     201
The Patrol Package     221
Operational Experience     237
The Results and the Outlook     249
Afterword: Home, with a Final Anecdote     259
Index     261
About the Author     271