On the Defensive considers how our ethical responses to the Nazi camps have unintentionally repressed and denied the experiences of their victims. Through detailed readings of survivor narratives, particularly the works of political deportees Jorge Semprun and Charlotte Delbo, Sharon Marquart examines how well-intentioned people - including victims, their family members, and readers of witness literature - respond to such testimony in ways that are understood as ethical by their communities but serve instead to ignore victims' experiences. As Marquart shows, collective disasters such as the Holocaust expose the limitations of our ethical theories. To cope with this instability we withdraw and defend ourselves through inattentive and formulaic responses that turn a blind eye to the plight of victims. Challenging contemporary theorizations of community, ethics, testimony, and trauma, On the Defensive is a far-reaching reflection on the ways in which communal understandings of our duties and responsibilities to others can facilitate the denial of an atrocity's horrors.

THE DEFENSIVE BASKETBALL PLAYBOOK Defensive Playbooks are rare, and the good ones are even rarer. This book provides a unique insight behind a coach’s defensive philosophy. Get the Defensive Playbook today and learn Coach Vann’s complete defensive system, including all of his terminology and defensive philosophy. Defenses win championships. Coach Vann can attest to it with over 500 career wins and a winning percentage over .800% throughout his career. Now, you can put your program in a similar position running the same defenses that Coach Vann utilizes for success. Learn the complete system – man, zone, presses, traps, junk defenses, and more. Bаѕkеtbаll dеfеnѕе is the fоundаtiоn оf аnу ѕuссеѕѕful bаѕkеtbаll tеаm. Building a ѕоlid defensive fоundаtiоn iѕ juѕt аѕ imроrtаnt as hаving an еffесtivе offense. By executing thе рrореr fundаmеntаlѕ, rоtаtiоnѕ, and соmmuniсаtiоn ѕtrаtеgiеѕ, уоur tеаm will аntiсiраtе thеir opponents' mоvеѕ аnd prevent thеm frоm scoring. We give you 29 different popular асtiоnѕ that you will see almost all teams run that teach you and ѕhоw you some different ways in how wе likе tо dеfеnd against thеm. You will also learn 10 different PNR coverages to use with different looks that will help to confuse your opponents. Teach your players how to stop the most common offensive actions that they will see during a season. Practice against аll оffеnѕivе ѕituаtiоnѕ ѕо that there are no ѕurрriѕеѕ оn gаmе day and take away what your opponents do best. Slow down great offensive players and win games with your defense. If you have struggled defensively in the past at any level, let Coach Vann coach you up with his complete Defensive Playbook! Get the Defensive Playbook today and learn his complete & full defensive system and philosophy. This is a Complete Defensive Book for coaches at any level. Features: 521 Page Complete Defensive Philosophy Our Full Vocabulary & Terminology Man-To-Man Defenses Zone Defenses & Rebounding Out of the Zone Press Defenses Half Court Traps 10 PNR & Bаll Sсrееn Dеfеnѕivе Cоvеrаgеѕ 29 different specific асtiоnѕ (popular асtiоnѕ) that ѕhоw you how wе likе tо dеfеnd against thеm Junk Dеfеnѕеѕ

Includes over 50 maps plans and illustrations. In this Research Survey, Major Timothy A. Wray provides an excellent survey of the intricacies of employing defensive tactics against a powerful opponent. Using after-action reports, unit war diaries, and other primary materials, Major Wray analyzes the doctrine and tactics that the Germans used on the Eastern Front during World War II. At the end of World War I, the Germans adopted the elastic defense in depth and continued to use it as their basic doctrine through the end of World War II. However, because of limitations caused by difficult terrain, severe weather, manpower and supply shortages, Soviet tactics, and Hitler’s order to stand fast, German commanders were unable to implement the Elastic Defense in its true form. Even so, innovative and resourceful unit commanders were able to adapt to the harsh realities of combat and improvise defensive methods that saved the German armies from complete annihilation. U.S. Army unit commanders on the future battlefield, while battling a motivated and aggressive force, will also face hard battlefield conditions. Therefore, these commanders, in applying the AirLand Battle tenets of initiative, depth, agility, and synchronization, will have to demonstrate the same type of innovativeness and resourcefulness as the Germans did in Russia. To operate on the AirLand Battlefield, U.S. soldiers must depend on sound doctrine and the ability to execute it intelligently. All Army officers will benefit from Major Wray’s new and vital assessment of how German doctrine was modified by the test of war.

Introduction. Office of the Chief of Engineers, Washington, D.C., May 26, 1870. Sir: In the latter part of July last, after the receipt by the Board of Engineers for Fortifications of the instructions from this office of May 11, postponing the application of iron constructions to our harbor defenses, * * * this Board suggested a personal examination, by one or two of its members, of the condition of the problem abroad, where it is well known long series of experiments have been made, and the ablest men of science have been engaged in analyzing and applying the results. This course seemed to commend itself by considerations both of economy of time and expense; and since the projects for strengthening the defense of the chief ports, by barbette and mortar batteries for the largest calibers, are now well advanced toward completion, the time seems suitable for these examinations to be made, and I accordingly recommend that Brevet Major General J. G. Barnard, Colonel of Engineers, and Brevet Major General H. G. Wright, Lieutenant Colonel of Engineers, be ordered to proceed to England, France, Belgium, Prussia, and Russia, for the purpose of collecting information upon the fabrication of iron for defensive purposes, and its uses in modern fortifications, and especially in works for coast defense, their absence from this country not to exceed a period of four months. * * * These officers should receive instructions from the Chief of Engineers, and report the progress of their examinations to him from time to time. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. A. Humphreys, Brigadier General and Chief of Engineers, B'vt Maj. General.

R. Coltman Clephan's 'The Defensive Armour and the Weapons and Engines of War of Mediæval Times, and of the 'Renaissance'' is a comprehensive study of military equipment and strategies used during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance period. Clephan delves into the intricate details of defensive armor, weapons, and engineering marvels that shaped warfare during this era. His meticulous research and detailed descriptions provide readers with a vivid picture of battlefield tactics and technologies of the time. The book is written in a scholarly and analytical style, making it a valuable resource for historians, military enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the evolution of warfare. Clephan's work is a significant contribution to the understanding of medieval and Renaissance military history, offering insights into the innovation and challenges faced by soldiers and commanders of the period. Recommended for readers seeking a deep dive into the arms and armor of the past.