Clio S Battles

Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253016874

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Clio's Battles by Jeremy Black Pdf

A survey of the variety of readings we have of the past and of how those readings are used in the present day to validate, discredit, unite, or divide. To write history is to consider how to explicate the past, to weigh the myriad possible approaches to the past, and to come to terms with how the past can be and has been used. In this book, prize-winning historian Jeremy Black considers both popular and academic approaches to the past. His focus is on the interaction between the presentation of the past and current circumstances, on how history is used to validate one view of the present or to discredit another, and on readings of the past that unite and those that divide. Black opens with an account that underscores the differences and developments in traditions of writing history from the ancient world to the present. Subsequent chapters take up more recent decades, notably the post–Cold War period, discussing how different perspectives can fuel discussions of the past by individuals interested in shaping public opinion or public perceptions of the past. Black then turns to the possible future uses of the then past as a way to gain perspective on how we use the past today. Clio’s Battles is an ambitious account of the engagement with the past across world history and of the clash over the content and interpretation of history and its implications for the present and future. “Remarkable both for its geographical scope and historical scale, and for its command of scholarship on a breathtaking range of subjects. I can’t imagine another historian who could attempt such an ambitious work or pull it off with such aplomb.” —William Gibson, Oxford Brookes University “Refreshing . . . Black eschews “Eurocentricism” and includes considerable material on other areas of the world that one does not usually find in such a work. Typical of Black’s writing, there is much to learn in the numerous small asides throughout the text. Taken together these form an impressive whole.” —Spencer C. Tucker, VMI

Author : Timothy J. Lovelace
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135886004

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The Artistry and Tradition of Tennyson's Battle Poetry by Timothy J. Lovelace Pdf

Many readers are aware of Alfred Tennyson's treatment of legendary battles in such poems as Boadicea, The Revenge, Battle of Brunanburh, and Achilles over the Trench. Yet among Tennyson's most neglected works are his first battle poems, pieces that reflect the poet's immersion in the literature of the heroic age. J. Timothy Lovelace argues that Tennyson's war poems reflect image patterns of the Illiad and Aeneid , and reinvigorate the heroic ethos that informs these and other ancient texts. Highlighting the heroic aspects of Maud and the Idylls of the King , this book shows that Tennyson's early grounding in the Homeric tradition greatly influenced his later, celebrated work on martial subjects.

Author : Julian K. Larke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Generals
ISBN : WISC:89077181485

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The Life, Campaigns and Battles of General Ulysses S. Grant by Julian K. Larke Pdf

Author : American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Aberdeen-Angus cattle
ISBN : UGA:32108026149123

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The American Aberdeen-Angus Herd-book by American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association Pdf

Author : John Eric Vining
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781426979644

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The Trans-Appalachian Wars, 1790-1818 by John Eric Vining Pdf

Much is known about the American Revolutionary and Civil Wars. Relatively little is known about the wars to conquer the Trans-Appalachian West; the area between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. Yet, in terms of political ramifications and intrigue, military strategies and tactics, and interactions between different entities and individuals, these campaigns rank high on the scale of complexity and interest. Just as other wars highlighted great generals; Washington, Lee, and Grant, and memorable battles; Spotsylvania, The Bulge, and The Persian Gulf Flank Run, the Trans-Appalachian Wars had impressive features as well. These wars encompassed the five action phases: The Indian (or Woodland) Wars, 1790-1795, The War of 1812 in the Old Northwest, 1811-1813, The Creek War, 1813-1814, The War of 1812 in the Old Southwest, 1814-1815, and The Stabilization of the Gulf Coast, 1811-1818. They brought to the fore three great generals; Mad Anthony Wayne, William Henry Harrison, and Andrew Jackson, who fought and won five great battles: The Battle of Fallen Timbers, August 20, 1794; The Battle of Tippecanoe, November 7, 1811; The Battle of the Thames, October 8, 1813; The Battle of Horseshoe Bend, March 27, 1814; and The Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Michigan
ISBN : UOM:39015008145842

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Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory for ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paul Chrystal
Publisher : Fonthill Media
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-17
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Wars and Battles of Ancient Greece by Paul Chrystal Pdf

From Thermopylae to Marathon, discover the most important battles of the ancient Greek wars, which helped set the course of European history for centuries Examines the events leading up to each conflict and the social and political fallout Appraises military geniuses such as Sparta and AthensBeautifully illustrated with many rare and unpublished paintings, imagery and contemporary photographs One of the most popular areas of ancient history is war in the Greek world. The number of books, articles, webpages and blogs on every conceivable aspect of war in ancient Greece is endless and continues to grow. So why add to the pile? Wars and Battles of Ancient Greece is not just another arid account of conflict with endless, often exaggerated, casualty figures and repetitive tactics. It is different from other books in the field because it has context as its focus: each of the battles covered is, where sources permit, placed in its historical, political and social context: why was the battle fought, how was it fought, what was the outcome and what happened next? No war or battle has ever been fought in isolation – there is always a prelude, a ‘casus belli’ – an act or event that provokes or is used to justify war – and a series of consequences. These are revealed wherever possible for each of the wars and battles in this gripping book. In order to reinforce our focus on context, Wars and Battles of Ancient Greece includes chapters covering warfare in civilisations and cultures before Greece, the Greek war machine and Greek women and conflict. It is a detailed survey of conflict in ancient Greece from the Mycenaean Age to the end of the Peloponnesian War, based on primary sources – mainly Herodotus, Thucydides and other historians, but also poets, dramatists and inscriptional evidence.

Author : Victoria Saker Woeste
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780804783736

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Henry Ford's War on Jews and the Legal Battle Against Hate Speech by Victoria Saker Woeste Pdf

Henry Ford is remembered in American lore as the ultimate entrepreneur—the man who invented assembly-line manufacturing and made automobiles affordable. Largely forgotten is his side career as a publisher of antisemitic propaganda. This is the story of Ford's ownership of the Dearborn Independent, his involvement in the defamatory articles it ran, and the two Jewish lawyers, Aaron Sapiro and Louis Marshall, who each tried to stop Ford's war. In 1927, the case of Sapiro v. Ford transfixed the nation. In order to end the embarrassing litigation, Ford apologized for the one thing he would never have lost on in court: the offense of hate speech. Using never-before-discovered evidence from archives and private family collections, this study reveals the depth of Ford's involvement in every aspect of this case and explains why Jewish civil rights lawyers and religious leaders were deeply divided over how to handle Ford.

Author : Harold M. Tanner
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253007346

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The Battle for Manchuria and the Fate of China by Harold M. Tanner Pdf

“A well-organized and excellently researched work” (H-War) on one of the crucial battles of China’s civil war. In the spring of 1946, Communists and Nationalist Chinese were battled for control of Manchuria and supremacy in the civil war. The Nationalist attack on Siping ended with a Communist withdrawal, but further pursuit was halted by a ceasefire brokered by the American general, George Marshall. Within three years, Mao Zedong’s troops had captured Manchuria and would soon drive Chiang Kai-shek’s forces off the mainland. Did Marshall, as Chiang later claimed, save the Communists and determine China’s fate? Putting the battle into the context of the military and political struggles fought, Harold M. Tanner casts light on all sides of this historic confrontation and shows how the outcome has been, and continues to be, interpreted to suit the needs of competing visions of China’s past and future. “A genuine addition to our knowledge about this battle and the Chinese civil war in general.” —Mark Wilkinson, Virginia Military Institute

Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781598844306

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Battles that Changed History by Spencer C. Tucker Pdf

This encyclopedic collection of more than 200 of the most decisive and important battles throughout world history gets a fresh interpretation by a noted military historian. The mythic and doomed stand of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae; the siege of Carthage in 149-146 BCE, which ended with Rome destroying the city and enslaving the entire remaining Carthaginian population; the Battle of Hastings in 1066, arguably the most important battle ever on English soil; the Battle of Trenton that saved the American Revolutionary cause and established the military reputation of General Washington; the firebombing of Tokyo on the night of March 9-10, 1945, that destroyed one quarter of the city. All of these conflicts—and hundreds more—played a crucial role in defining the direction of history and the evolution of human society. This text provides high school-level readers with detailed descriptions of the battlefield actions that have played the greatest parts in shaping military history and human existence. Special attention is paid to the greater historical context and significance of each battle, especially in relation to other events.

Author : John Dillery
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472052271

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Clio's Other Sons by John Dillery Pdf

A discussion of the first written histories of Babylon and Egypt

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555100973

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Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : Michael S. Neiberg
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253003546

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The Second Battle of the Marne by Michael S. Neiberg Pdf

The First Battle of the Marne produced the so-called Miracle of the Marne, when French and British forces stopped the initial German drive on Paris in 1914. Hundreds of thousands of casualties later, with opposing forces still dug into trench lines, the Germans tried again to push their way to Paris and to victory. The Second Battle of the Marne (July 15 to August 9, 1918) marks the point at which the Allied armies stopped the massive German Ludendorff Offensives and turned to offensive operations themselves. The Germans never again came as close to Paris nor resumed the offensive. The battle was one of the first large multinational battles fought by the Allies since the assumption of supreme command by French general Ferdinand Foch. It marks the only time the French, American, and British forces fought together in one battle. A superb account of the bloody events of those fateful days, this book sheds new light on a critically important 20th-century battle.

Author : Jeffrey A. Bell
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780748636105

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Deleuze and History by Jeffrey A. Bell Pdf

This book aims to open up Deleuze's relevance to those working in history, the history of ideas, science studies, evolutionary psychology, history of philosophy and interdisciplinary projects inflected by historical problems.

Author : Mike Bunn,Clay Williams
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625843814

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Battle for the Southern Frontier by Mike Bunn,Clay Williams Pdf

This comprehensive book is the first to chronicle both wars and document the sites on which they were fought. It sheds light on how the wars led to the forced removal of Native Americans from the region, secured the Gulf South against European powers, facilitated increased migration into the area, furthered the development of slave-based agriculture and launched the career of Andrew Jackson.