Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=3295&N=3+4359+4294966744 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712684 Traces the legal, political, and moral campaign for equality that led to Harry Trumans 1948 desegregation of the U.S. military, documenting the contributions of black troops since the Revolutionary War and their efforts to counter racism on the fields and on military bases. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713173 This fascinating book from former Justice Sandra Day OConnor sheds light on the centuries of change and upheaval that transformed the Supreme Court from its uncertain beginnings into the remarkable institution that thrives and endures today. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694677 Traces the history of emancipation and its impact on the Civil War, discussing how Lincoln and the Republicans fought primarily for freeing slaves throughout the war, not just as a secondary objective in an effort to restore the country. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711482 From the first woman to sit on the United States Supreme Court comes this fascinating book about the history and evolution of the highest court in the land. Out of Order sheds light on the centuries of change and upheaval that transformed the Supreme Court from its uncertain beginnings into the remarkable institution that thrives and endures today. Justice OConnor weaves together stories and lessons from the history of the Court, charting turning points and pivotal moments that have helped define our nations progress, and provides a rare glimpse into the Supreme Courts inner workings: how cases are chosen for hearing; the personal relationships that exist among the Justices; and the customs and traditions, both public and private, that bind one generation of jurists to the next.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682821 General Stanley McChrystal, the commanding officer of all U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, frankly explores the major episodes and controversies of his eventful career. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705102 Explaining the unique psychology behind the SEALs legendary training program, a high-level SEAL officer reveals the modern techniques that transform a chosen few into lethal warriors and details how the SEALs creative operations became front-and-center in Americas War on Terror. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694786 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743324 In Nov. 1942 a U.S. cargo plane crashed into the Greenland ice cap, the B-17 sent on the search-and-rescue mission got caught in a storm and also crashed, miraculously all nine men aboard survived. A second rescue operation was launched, but the plane, the Grumman Duck, flew into a storm and vanished. The survivors of the B-17 spent 148 days fighting to stay alive while waiting for rescue by famed explorer Bernt Balchen. Then in 2012 the U.S. Coast Guard and North South Polar mount an expedition to solve the mystery of the vanished plane and recover the remains of the lost planes crew. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687159 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683042 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1609160 In the summer of 1862, after a year of protracted fighting, Abraham Lincoln decided on a radical change of strategy, one that abandoned hope for a compromise peace and committed the nation to all-out war. The centerpiece of that new strategy was the Emancipation Proclamation: an unprecedented use of federal power that would revolutionize Southern society. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731788 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1602530 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1645910 Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate navies were crucial to the outcome of the Civil War. In War on the Waters, James M. McPherson has crafted an enlightening, at times harrowing, and ultimately thrilling account of the wars naval campaigns and their military leaders. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667955 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674344 Five Lieutenants tells the story of five young Harvard men who took up the call to arms in the spring of 1917 and met differing fates in the maelstrom of battle on the Western Front in 1918. Delving deep into the motivations, horrific experiences, and ultimate fates of this Harvard-educated quintet--and by extension, of the brilliant young officer class that left its collegiate and postcollegiate pursuits to enlist in the army and lead Americas rough-and-ready doughboys--Five Lieutenants presents a unique, timeless, and fascinating account of citizen soldiers at war and of the price these extraordinary men paid while earnestly giving all they had in an effort to end the war to end all wars. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629529 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1663764 A trusted member of Hitlers inner circle, Artur Axmann, the head of the Hitler Youth, witnessed the Fhrer commit suicide in Berlin--but he would not let the Reich die with its leader. Evading capture, and with access to remnants of the regimes wealth, Axmann had enough followers to reestablish the Nazi party in the very heart of Allied-occupied Germany--and position himself to become dictator of the Fourth Reich. U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps Officer Jack Hunter was the perfect undercover operative. Fluent in German, he posed as a black marketeer to root out Nazi sympathizers and saboteurs after the war, and along with other CIC agents uncovered the extent of Axmanns conspiracy. This is the previously untold true story of the Nazi threat that continued in the wake of World War II and the espionage that defeated it--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646969 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1566293 De Kay explores Roosevelts formative years as Woodrow Wilsons Assistant Secretary of the Navy. From his arrival in Washington as a somewhat shallow, inexperienced political neophyte, we watch him transform into a visionary politician, wise in the ways of power, and eager to take his place on the world stage. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703726 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694454 On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal and a quake in global politics. But theres a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped. And a midlevel agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them. Armed with foreign film visas, Mendez and an unlikely team of CIA agents and Hollywood insiders traveled to Tehran under the guise of scouting locations for a fake film called Argo. While pretending to find the perfect scenery and backdrops, the team succeeded in contacting the escapees and smuggling them out of Iran without a single shot being fired. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1672365 Recently declassified evidence and never-before-translated documents tell the real story of the day that FDR memorably declared would live in infamy, exploring how Joseph Stalin and the KGB used a vast network of double agents and communist sympathizers--most notably Harry Dexter White--to lead Japan into war against the United States, proposing Soviet involvement behind the bombing of Pearl Harbor. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1566287 In a sensational tale of combat and an unlikely friendship in the flak-filled skies above Germany, Frater chronicles the life of U.S. Captain Werner Goering, an exceptional American pilot who was also thought to be the nephew of Herman Goering, leading member of the Nazi party and Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1628997 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687651 Chronicles the American involvement in Operation Market-Garden in 1944, one of World War IIs most ambitious, but crucial invasions against Nazi Germany. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1571959 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668086 In 1776 the United States government started out on a shoestring and quickly went bankrupt fighting its War of Independence against Britain. At the wars end, the national government owed tremendous sums to foreign creditors and its own citizens. But lacking the power to tax, it had no means to repay them. The Founders and Finance is the first book to tell the story of how foreign-born financial specialists--immigrants--solved the fiscal crisis and set the United States on a path to long-term economic success. Pulitzer Prize--winning author Thomas K. McCraw analyzes the skills and worldliness of Alexander Hamilton (from the Danish Virgin Islands), Albert Gallatin (from the Republic of Geneva), and other immigrant founders who guided the nation to prosperity. Their expertise with liquid capital far exceeded that of native-born plantation owners Washington, Jefferson, and Madison, who well understood the management of land and slaves but had only a vague knowledge of financial instruments--currencies, stocks, and bonds. The very rootlessness of Americas immigrant leaders gave them a better understanding of money, credit, and banks, and the way each could be made to serve the public good. The remarkable financial innovations designed by Hamilton, Gallatin, and other immigrants enabled the United States to control its debts, to pay for the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, and--barely--to fight the War of 1812, which preserved the nations hard-won independence from Britain. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1518827 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1678511 In this book the author, a historian punctures the myth that 1776 was the watershed year of the American Revolution. He suggests that the great events and confrontations of 1775 such as Congresss belligerent economic ultimatums to Britain, New Englands rage militaire, the exodus of British troops and expulsion of royal governors up and down the seaboard, and the new provincial congresses and hundreds of local committees that quickly reconstituted local authority in Patriot hands, achieved a sweeping Patriot control of territory and local government that Britain was never able to overcome. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1594830 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1522470 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1579048 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615668 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1672115 The true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War. The battlefield odyssey of a maverick U.S. Army officer and his infantry unit as they fought for over five hundred days to liberate Europe; from the invasion of Italy to the gates of Dachau. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674957 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679618 A former marine and World War II veteran describes what it was like to train under and fight alongside Congressional Medal of Honor winner John Basilone during the battle of Iwo Jima. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1511864 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685759 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682661 The Iron Brigade is one of the most celebrated military organizations of the American Civil War. Composed originally of the 2nd, 6th, and 7th Wisconsin, 19th Indiana, and Battery B of the 4th U.S. Artillery, the brigade first attracted attention as the only all-Western organization serving in the Eastern Theater. Although primarily known and studied because of its remarkable stand on the first bloody day at Gettysburg, its stellar service during the earliest days of the war and from the Wilderness to Appomattox has been routinely slighted. Herdegen has finally rectified this historical anomaly. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1665149 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715967 An American icon: Pioneer. Congressman. Martyr of the Alamo. King of the Wild Frontier. As with all great legends, Davy Crocketts has been retold many times, repeatedly reinvented by historians and popular storytellers. In fact, one could argue that there are three distinct Crocketts: the real David, before he became famous; the celebrity politician whose backwoods image Crockett himself created, then lost control of; and the mythic Davy we know today. Bob Thompson follows Crocketts footsteps from his birthplace in East Tennessee, to Washington, where he served three terms in Congress, and on to the Alamo, seeking out those who know, love, and are still willing to fight over his life and legacy. More than just a bold new biography of one of the great American heroes, Thompsons rich mix of scholarship, reportage, humor, and exploration of modern Crockett landscapes brings Davy Crocketts impact on the American imagination vividly to life.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1678497 In this lavishly illustrated volume, Larry McMurtry, the greatest chronicler of the American West, tackles for the first time one of the paramount figures of Western and American history--George Armstrong Custer. McMurtry also argues that Custers last stand at the Little Bighorn should be seen as a monumental event in our nations history. Like all great battles, its true meaning can be found in its impact on our politics and policy, and the epic defeat clearly signaled the end of the Indian Wars--and brought to a close the great narrative of western expansion. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684859 The story of five young Harvard men who took up the call to arms in the spring of 1917 and met differing fates in the maelstrom of battle on the western front in 1918. Delving deep into the motivations, horrific experiences, and ultimate fates of the Harvard-educated quintet, Five lieutenants presents a unique, timeless, and fascinating account of citizen soldiers at was and of the price these extraordinary men paid while earnestly giving all they had in an effort to end the war to end all wars. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1577672 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1557461 Based on extensive interviews with surviving members of the squadron, here is the history of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first group of African-American pilots in the history of the U.S. military. The Red Tails escorted B-17s and B-24s on long bombing runs over Central Europe during World War II. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1645909 Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate navies were crucial to the outcome of the Civil War. In War on the Waters, James M. McPherson has crafted an enlightening, at times harrowing, and ultimately thrilling account of the wars naval campaigns and their military leaders. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629315 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1522467 The dramatic story of the struggle between FDR and Chief Justice Hughes that decided the fate of the New Deal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679999 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681479 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1576349 A retelling of the key month, July 1944, that won the war in the Pacific and ignited a whole new struggle on the home front. Among the great World War II conflicts, the three-week battle for Saipan is often forgotten--yet historian Donald Miller calls it as important to victory over Japan as the Normandy invasion was to victory over Germany. On the night of the battles end, the Port Chicago Naval Ammunition Depot, just outside San Francisco, exploded with a force nearly that of an atomic bomb. The men who died in the blast were predominantly black sailors, toiling in obscurity loading munitions ships. Yet instead of honoring the sacrifice these men made, the Navy blamed them for the accident, and when the men refused to handle ammunition again, launched the largest mutiny trial in US naval history. By weaving together these two battle narratives for the first time, author Campbell paints a new picture of the month that won the war and changed America.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687049 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705387 In the spring of 1966, the war was still popular and the draftees of Charlie Company saw their service as a rite of passage. But by December 1967, when the company rotated home, only 30 men were not casualties--and they were among the first vets of the war to be spit on and harassed by war protestors as they arrived back the U.S. In this book, the author examines the experiences of a company from the only division in the Vietnam era to train and deploy together in similar fashion to WWIIs famous 101st Airborne Division. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657378 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1549884 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696364 An unconventional assessment of the American Revolution examines the events, politics, economic factors, and military preparations of 1775 that ignited the war and established patriot control over American governance and key territories. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674792 An overview of the bombing campaign against Tokyo in World War II as well as a detailed account of a specific bombing mission from a Pacific island airfield on Tinian to Tokyo and back, told in the veterans words, including pilots and other aircrew, groundcrew, and escort fighters that accompanied the B-29 bombers on their perilous mission--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667945 Describes the ranger training and direct-action missions undertaken by the young warriors deployed in Afghanistan to fight the Taliban as part of the 75th Ranger Regiment. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1536520 A peerless biographer returns with a new life of Dwight D. Eisenhower that is as full, rich, and revealing as anything ever written about Americas thirty-fourth president. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1604861 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1559142 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687511 Documents the stories of five young Harvard students who met different fates while serving in World War I, drawing on uncensored letters and memoirs to illuminate the impact of the conflict on the educated class of soldiers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1669165 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1656538 From one of our most acclaimed new biographers--the first full life of the leader of Lincolns Team of Rivals--William Henry Seward, one of the most important Americans of the nineteenth century. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1536743 Documents the daring March 1970 campaign by the Blackhorse Regiment to rescue an infantry unit that was surrounded and outnumbered by Northern Vietnamese forces, and describes the thirty-year effort to formally commend their bravery. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1585446 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667903 The true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War: the battlefield odyssey of a maverick U.S. Army officer and his infantry unit as they fought for over five hundred days to liberate Europe - from the invasion of Italy to the gates of Dachau. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682393 The right man in the right place at the right time can mean the difference between victory and defeat. This is the dramatic story of sixty-eight soldiers in the US Armys Second Ranger Battalion, Company D, Dog Company, who made that difference in World War II. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1656409 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667928 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715266 Describes the experiences of the U.S. Armys 2nd Ranger Battalion, Company D, also called Dog Company, during World War II as they fought the Germans on Pointe du Hoc, in the Hurtgen Forest, and at the Battle of the Bulge. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629335 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1672088 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713817 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694449 On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal and a quake in global politics. But theres a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped. And a midlevel agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them. Armed with foreign film visas, Mendez and an unlikely team of CIA agents and Hollywood insiders traveled to Tehran under the guise of scouting locations for a fake film called Argo. While pretending to find the perfect scenery and backdrops, the team succeeded in contacting the escapees and smuggling them out of Iran without a single shot being fired. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1616413 A narrative report on the FBIs covert involvement with future President Ronald Reagan, radical Mario Savio and liberal university president Clark Kerr to suppress the 1960s student movement at Berkeley reveals J. Edgar Hoovers campaign of planted news stories, illegal break-ins and other acts designed to undermine the Democratic party. - Publishers description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1622119 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682695 An illustrated history of the famous American fighter squadron, Greg Pappy Boyingtons Black Sheep. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1584685 Recounts Project AZORIAN, the clandestine Cold War efforts of the CIA, under the guise of an undersea mining operation, to recover the sunken Soviet ballistic-missile submarine K-129 from the depths of the Pacific Ocean. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1474307 DeRose tells the never-before-told story of the 1789 congressional election in Virginias 5th district and of the two men who fought it: James Madison and James Monroe. They were friends and political allies for most of their lives, but their paths diverged when they found themselves at odds with each other in the battle over the Constitution. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1270455 A stunning account of Julia Childs early life as an OSS agent in the Far East. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1361281 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1429982 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1585448 A mothers autobiography and letters found by a daughter reveal a semi-secret life of deceit, sacrifice, and hope. Orphaned Grace Catto of Ohio is beaten by her stepmother; it turns out she was adopted (real name Edith Farley). Later, while married to Bill Balogh, a metal worker, she attends some Communist Party meetings in Ohio. At the request of the FBI she rejoins (1949) to become an informant, jeopardizing her husbands union career. She achieved a high position and provided evidence leading to the conviction of other party members (1955). http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1317566 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1427505 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1511858 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1275034 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1383209 The volatile last decades of the 19th century are captured through the career of reform Speaker of the House Thomas Reed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1425409 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1422847 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1257656 Chronicles the iconic chefs lesser-known contributions as a member of the OSS during World War II and her efforts at the side of her husband to support an agent accused of being a spy, drawing on recently declassified documents to reveal how their wartime experiences shaped their characters, relationships and ambitions. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1272918 A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the American Revolution explains why it remains the most significant event in our history. In a series of elegant and illuminating essays, Wood explores the ideological origins of the revolution--from ancient Rome to the European Enlightenment--and the founders attempts to forge an American democracy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1277080 The Founding Fathers lived in a groundbreaking time in U.S. history. The care and feeding of the new nation was their responsibility. This guide lets you see inside the minds of these great thinkers and the budding nation they helped get up and running. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1429996 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1431766 Over the years, the United States Army has been a vital presence at home and abroad, and many Americans have helped to sustain it through selfless service and dedication. Giangreco recounts the venerable history of this incredible fighting force, from the founding of the Continental Army through the Civil War and the recent conflicts in the Middle East and Afghanistan. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1274986 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1393347 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1364535 This work is a narrative account of the mysterious Jordanian who penetrated both the inner circle of al-Qaeda and the highest reaches of the CIA, with a devastating impact on the war on terror. In December 2009, a group of the CIAs top terrorist hunters gathered at a secret base in Khost, Afghanistan, to greet a rising superspy: Humam Khalil al-Balawi, a Jordanian double agent who infiltrated the upper ranks of al-Qaeda. For months, he had sent shocking revelations from inside the terrorist network and now promised to help the CIA assassinate Osama bin Ladens top deputy. Instead, as he stepped from his car, he detonated a thirty-pound bomb strapped to his chest, instantly killing seven CIA operatives, the agencys worst loss of life in decades. In this book the author, a reporter, takes us deep inside the CIAs secret war against al-Qaeda, a war that pits robotic planes and laser guided missiles against a cunning enemy intent on unleashing carnage in American cities. Flitting precariously between the two sides was Balawi, a young man with extraordinary gifts who managed to win the confidence of hardened terrorists as well as veteran spymasters. With his breathtaking accounts from inside al-Qaedas lair, Balawi appeared poised to become Americas greatest double agent in half a century, but he was not at all what he seemed. Combining the powerful momentum of Black Hawk Down with the institutional insight of Jane Mayers The Dark Side, the author takes the readers on a harrowing journey from the slums of Amman to the inner chambers of the White House in an untold true story of miscalculation, deception, and revenge.