An Odyssey In War And Peace

Author : Lt. Gen J.F.R. Jacob
Publisher : Roli Books Private Limited
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9788174369338

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An Odyssey In War And Peace by Lt. Gen J.F.R. Jacob Pdf

Jews who have made India their home have flourished without adverse discrimination. Of this, the Baghdadi Sephardic community is very small in number but has produced one of India's greatest contemporary soldiers, Lt Gen. Jack Jacob. This is his fascinating story. As a small boy, Jacob, who was from a business family, was sent to a residential public school in Darjeeling along with his two brothers. When the Second World War broke out, Jacob without informing his family joined the army in 1941 to fight against the Nazis! After Independence, Gen. Jacob became a gunnery instructor for some time and subsequently was trained in an advanced Artillery and Missile course at Fort Sill in the US. A quick learner, he commanded infantry and artillery brigades, headed the artillery school, and finally the Eastern Army. Rubbing shoulders with some of the stalwarts who strode the Indian political and military arena in those times, Gen. Jacob sometimes fell foul of his bosses and twice came close to resigning. But he stuck on and the pinnacle of his career came in 1971, when he planned and oversaw operations leading to the fall of Dacca and obtained an unconditional public surrender, the only one in history, of Gen. Niazi and his army of 93,000. Written lucidly, this autobiography comes to life as a historical document recapitulating some of the most important events of the 1960s to the 90s - from the defeat of the Naxalites in West Bengal, to the problems of Nagaland and Sikkim and the politics of Goa and Punjab. This is not only the story of the life of one great soldier, but provides glimpses of some of the most influential and colourful personalities who wrote the history of those tumultuous times.

Author : Jack F. R. Jacob
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : India
ISBN : 817436840X

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An Odyssey in War and Peace by Jack F. R. Jacob Pdf

Autobiography of a retired army officer from West Bengal, India.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:2017351500

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An Odyssey in War and Peace by Anonim Pdf

Author : J. F. R. Jacob,Jacob F. R. Jacob
Publisher : Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015041608350

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Surrender at Dacca by J. F. R. Jacob,Jacob F. R. Jacob Pdf

The Book Provides Fresh Insights Into The 1971 War. The Nearly 100 Pages Of Appendices, Which Make For One Third Of The Book, Are A Goldmine Of Classified Information. But The Great Virtue Of The Book Is The Personality And Capability Profile Of Military Commanders Who Fought The War.

Author : Paul Krause
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-08
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781725297395

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The Odyssey of Love by Paul Krause Pdf

Tolle Lege, take up and read! These words from St. Augustine perfectly describe the human condition. Reading is the universal pilgrimage of the soul. In reading we journey to find ourselves and to save ourselves. The ultimate journey is reading the Great Books. In the Great Books we find the struggle of the human soul, its aspirations, desires, and failures. Through reading, we find faces and souls familiar to us even if they lived a thousand years ago. The unread life is not worth living, and in reading we may well discover what life is truly about and prepare ourselves for the pilgrimage of life.

Author : Nigel Hamilton
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781785904851

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War and Peace by Nigel Hamilton Pdf

In the much-anticipated conclusion to his masterful trilogy chronicling the wartime career of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, renowned military and political biographer Nigel Hamilton aligns triumph with tragedy to show how FDR was the architect of a victorious peace that he would not live to witness. Providing the definitive account of the events in Normandy on 6 June 1944, Hamilton also reveals the fraught nature of the relationship between the greatest wartime leaders of the Allied forces. Using hitherto unpublished documents and interviews to counter the famous narrative of World War II strategy given by Winston Churchill in his memoirs, Hamilton highlights the true significance of FDR's leadership. Seventy-five years after the D-Day landings, we finally see, close up and in dramatic detail, who was responsible for rescuing – and insisting upon – the great American-led invasion of France in June 1944, and exactly why that invasion was orchestrated by Eisenhower. War and Peace is the rousing final installment in one of the most important historical biographies of the twenty-first century, which demonstrates how FDR's failing health only spurred him on in his efforts to build a US-backed post-war world order. In this stirring account of the life of one of the most celebrated political leaders of our time, Hamilton hails the President as the sole person capable of anticipating the requirements of peace in order to bring an end to the war.

Author : Leo Tolstoy
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-27
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781524881993

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War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Pdf

Revisit the timeless classic in this graphic retelling of Tolstoy’s celebrated 1869 novel. In this beautifully rendered graphic adaptation, both fans and newcomers alike will be immersed in the world of War and Peace, one of the most celebrated novels of all time, about the misadventures of about the misadventures of Pierre Bezúkhov, Natásha and Ilyá Rostóv, and company during the Napoleonic era of Russia. With richly detailed settings re-creating the villas and ballrooms of the 19th century, character design based on the real-life inspirations for the figures in the book, and visual depictions of elements from the original text, War and Peace: The Graphic Novel brings Tolstoy's masterpiece to life as never before. Including forewords from Russian literature experts from the Leo Tolstoy library, this graphic adaptation distills the major plotlines and characters of the sprawling epic for readers to experience this classic novel in a whole new way.

Author : Shlomo Ben-Ami
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195325423

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Scars of War, Wounds of Peace by Shlomo Ben-Ami Pdf

An insightful and thorough account of the Arab-Israeli conflict ranges from the birth of Israel to the present day, told from firsthand knowledge of the major characters and events, written by a former high-ranking Israeli official.

Author : Hugo Grotius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1814
Category : International law
ISBN : HARVARD:HW2HGU

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The Rights of War and Peace by Hugo Grotius Pdf

Author : Rye Barcott
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781408828236

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It Happened on the Way to War by Rye Barcott Pdf

This is a book about two forms of service that may appear contradictory: war-fighting and peacemaking, military service and social entrepreneurship. In 2001, Marine officer-in-training Rye Barcott cofounded a nongovernmental organization with two Kenyans in the Kibera slum of Nairobi. Their organization-Carolina for Kibera-grew to become a model of a global movement called participatory development, and Barcott continued volunteering with CFK while leading Marines in dangerous places. It Happened on the Way to War is a true story of heartbreak, courage, and the impact that small groups of committed citizens can make in the world.

Author : Wesley Adamczyk
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226341507

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When God Looked the Other Way by Wesley Adamczyk Pdf

Often overlooked in accounts of World War II is the Soviet Union's quiet yet brutal campaign against Polish citizens, a campaign that included, we now know, war crimes for which the Soviet and Russian governments only recently admitted culpability. Standing in the shadow of the Holocaust, this episode of European history is often overlooked. Wesley Adamczyk's gripping memoir, When God Looked the Other Way, now gives voice to the hundreds of thousands of victims of Soviet barbarism. Adamczyk was a young Polish boy when he was deported with his mother and siblings from their comfortable home in Luck to Soviet Siberia in May of 1940. His father, a Polish Army officer, was taken prisoner by the Red Army and eventually became one of the victims of the Katyn massacre, in which tens of thousands of Polish officers were slain at the hands of the Soviet secret police. The family's separation and deportation in 1940 marked the beginning of a ten-year odyssey in which the family endured fierce living conditions, meager food rations, chronic displacement, and rampant disease, first in the Soviet Union and then in Iran, where Adamczyk's mother succumbed to exhaustion after mounting a harrowing escape from the Soviets. Wandering from country to country and living in refugee camps and the homes of strangers, Adamczyk struggled to survive and maintain his dignity amid the horrors of war. When God Looked the Other Way is a memoir of a boyhood lived in unspeakable circumstances, a book that not only illuminates one of the darkest periods of European history but also traces the loss of innocence and the fight against despair that took root in one young boy. It is also a book that offers a stark picture of the unforgiving nature of Communism and its champions. Unflinching and poignant, When God Looked the Other Way will stand as a testament to the trials of a family during wartime and an intimate chronicle of episodes yet to receive their historical due. “Adamczyk recounts the story of his own wartime childhood with exemplary precision and immense emotional sensitivity, presenting the ordeal of one family with the clarity and insight of a skilled novelist. . . . I have read many descriptions of the Siberian odyssey and of other forgotten wartime episodes. But none of them is more informative, more moving, or more beautifully written than When God Looked the Other Way.”—From the Foreword by Norman Davies, author of Europe: A History and Rising ’44: TheBattleforWarsaw “A finely wrought memoir of loss and survival.”—Publishers Weekly “Adamczyk’s unpretentious prose is well-suited to capture that truly awful reality.” —Andrew Wachtel, Chicago Tribune Books “Mr. Adamczyk writes heartfelt, straightforward prose. . . . This book sheds light on more than one forgotten episode of history.”—Gordon Haber, New York Sun “One of the most remarkable World War II sagas I have ever read. It is history with a human face.”—Andrew Beichman, Washington Times

Author : Marianne Elliott
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781402281129

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Zen Under Fire by Marianne Elliott Pdf

I am about to be left in charge of the office. I'm not sure I'm ready for the responsibility, so I double-check with my boss. He reassures me. "You'll be fine, Marianne. As long as no one kills Amanullah Khan, you'll be fine." By midday, Amanullah Khan is dead. Marianne Elliot is a human rights lawyer stationed with the UN in Herat when the unthinkable happens: a tribal leader is assassinated, and she must defuse the situation before it leads to widespread bloodshed. And this is just the beginning of the story in Afghanistan. Zen Under Fire lays bare the struggles of a war-torn region from a uniquely personal perspective. Honest and vivid, her story reveals the shattering effect that the high-stress environment has on Marianne and her relationships. Redefining the question of what it really means to do good in a country that is under siege from within, Zen Under Fire is an honest, moving, at times terrifying true story of a women's experience at peacekeeping in one of the most dangerous places on Earth. "This is an amazing book, kind of like if Eat, Pray, Love had happened in Afghanistan and the stakes were life and death."—Susan Piver, New York Times bestselling author of Wisdom of a Broken Heart

Author : Pedro Rosa Mendes
Publisher : Granta Books
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Angola
ISBN : 1862076480

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Bay of Tigers by Pedro Rosa Mendes Pdf

This is an extraordinary account of Pedro Rosa Mendes's journey across Africa in 1997 - 6000 miles from the west to the east coast, from Angola to Mozambique - on trains with no windows, no doors, no seats, on wrecks of trucks and buses, on boats and motorcycles.

Author : Haldi Falki
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789355211194

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Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw by Haldi Falki Pdf

Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, fondly known as Sam Bahadur, was one of the greatest war heroes and military leaders India has produced. He became a household name in India and was hailed as a legendary soldier and an inspiration to his fellow citizens for crafting India's greatest military victory in the 1971 Indo-Pak war as Chief of Staff (1969-73) of the Indian armed forces. Spanning four decades, he served the country gloriously through five wars—World War II, The Indo-Pakistani War of Partition (1947), the Sino-Indian War (1962), and the India-Pakistan wars (1965 and 1971). The first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the five-star rank of Field Marshal, Sam Bahadur continues to be the most admired war hero of our army chiefs. He will remain an example of self-sacrifice, personal bravery, and steadfast devotion to duty that began before India's independence, and will deservedly live in the annals of the military history of India forever.

Author : Nigel Hamilton
Publisher : FDR at War
Page : 613 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
ISBN : 9780544876804

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War and Peace by Nigel Hamilton Pdf

Going to See Stalin -- Stonewall Roosevelt -- Triumph in Tehran -- Who Will Command Overlord? -- In Sickness and in Health -- D-Day -- the July Plot -- Quebec -- Yalta -- Warm Springs.