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Author : John Frederick Charles Fuller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Battles
ISBN : OCLC:58965294
Author : Charles Stephenson
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526785954
This WWII military study examines the critical yet overlooked Soviet offensive on Japan’s puppet state and its influence on winning the Pacific War. Did Japan surrender in 1945 because the Americans dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Or because of the crushing defeat inflicted by the Soviet Union in Manchukuo, the Japanese puppet state in north-east China? In Stalin’s War on Japan, Charles Stephenson describes the Soviet offensive from the top-level decision-making and early planning stages to its decisive outcome on the ground. He also considers to what extent Japan’s capitulation is attributable to the atomic bomb or the stunningly successful entry of the Soviet Union into the conflict. Stephenson combines a vividly detailed narrative of the invasion itself with an absorbing account of the political and diplomatic process that gave rise to the offensive—with particular focus on the Yalta conference. There, Stalin allowed the Americans to persuade him to join the war in the east; a conflict he was determined on entering anyway. Stalin’s War on Japan sheds new light on the last act of the Second World War.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781400050048
Complemented by travel advice, maps, accommodation listings, and site descriptions, a collection of essays and articles on the region of southwestern France, by noted authors, travel writers, and journalists, is organized thematically under such headings as Current Events, Food and Drink, and Museums and Monuments. Original. 15,000 first printing.
Author : Robert M. Citino
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700616244
For Frederick the Great, the prescription for warfare was simple: kurz und vives ("short and lively")-wars that relied upon swift, powerful, and decisive military operations. Robert Citino takes us on a dramatic march through Prussian and German military history to show how that primal theme played out time and time again. Citino focuses on operational warfare to demonstrate continuity in German military campaigns from the time of Elector Frederick Wilhelm and his great "sleigh-drive" against the Swedes to the age of Adolf Hitler and the blitzkrieg to the gates of Moscow. Along the way, he underscores the role played by the Prussian army in elevating a small, vulnerable state to the ranks of the European powers, describes how nineteenth-century victories over Austria and France made the German army the most respected in Europe, and reviews the lessons learned from the trenches of World War I. Through this long view, Citino reveals an essential recurrent pattern-characterized by rapid troop movements and surprise attacks, maneuvers to outflank the enemy, and a determination to annihilate the opposition-that made it possible for the Germans to fight armies often larger than their own. He highlights the aggressiveness of Prussian and German commanders-trained simply to find the enemy and keep attacking-and destroys the myth of Auftragstaktik ("flexible command"), replacing it with the independence of subordinate commanders. He also brings new interpretations to well-known operations, such as Moltke's 1866 campaign and the opening campaign in 1914, while introducing readers to less familiar but important battles like Langensalza and the Annaberg. The German way of war, as Citino shows, was fostered by the development of a widely accepted and deeply embedded military culture that supported and rewarded aggression. His book offers a fresh look at one of the most remarkable, respected, and reviled militaries of the past half millennium and marks another sterling contribution to the history of operational warfare.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030026088213
Author : Barrie Kerper
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 731 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-12
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780307739322
Each edition of this unique series marries a collection of previously published essays with detailed practical information, creating a colorful and deeply absorbing pastiche of opinions and advice. Each book is a valuable resource -- a compass of sorts -- pointing vacationers, business travelers, and readers in many directions. Going abroad with a Collected Traveler edition is like being accompanied by a group of savvy and observant friends who are intimately familiar with your destination. This edition on Paris features: Distinguished writers, such as Mavis Gallant, Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, Herbert Gold, Olivier Bernier, Richard Reeves, Patricia Wells, Catharine Reynolds, and Gerald Asher, who share seductive pieces about Parisian neighborhoods, personalities, the Luxembourg Gardens, Père-Lachaise and other monuments, restaurants and wine bars, le Plan de Paris, and le Beaujolais Nouveau. Annotated bibliographies for each section with recommendations for related readings. An A-Z "renseignements pratiques" (practical information) section covering everything from accommodations, marches aux puces (flea markets), and money to telephones, tipping, and the VAT. Whether it's your first trip or your tenth, the Collected Traveler books are indispensable, and meant to be the first volumes you turn to when planning your journeys.
Author : Colin S. Gray
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1991-06-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780671740290
From Simon & Schuster, War, Peace, and Victory is Colin S. Gray's exploration of strategy and statecraft for the next century. In War, Peace, and Victory Colin S. Gray shows how geography, technology, history and national culture shape government policy, and explains how nations pursue their strategic interests in times of peace.
Author : Kelly DeVries
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780851155715
This book departs from the conventional view of the dominance of cavalry in medieval warfare, demonstrating the importance of infantry, and the nature of infantry tactics, through a detailed examination of 19 battles fought between 1302 and 1347.
Author : John Frederick Charles Fuller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Battles
ISBN : UOM:39015005296804
Author : Barrie Kerper
Publisher : Fodor's
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781400050055
Provides a collection of travel articles on the culture, cuisine, and everyday life of the Greek city, along with bibliographies and practical tips on transportation, culinary treasures, accommodations, and sights.
Author : Neil Hanson
Publisher : Random House
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781446423226
'Continual, destruction in the foretop, the pox above board, the plague between decks, hell in the forecastle and the devil at the helm.' It is the summer of 1588, and the fate and future of England hangs in the balance. Obsessed by the dream of reclaiming England for the Catholic Church - and adding another country to his sprawling dominions - Philip II of Spain has assembled a fleet of huge, castle-crowned galleons that stretches for miles across the face of the ocean. In wait in the Netherlands lies a battle-hardened Spanish army, ferocious professionals with a taste for rape, looting and atrocity. Across the Channel the English are scraping together bands of barely trained men, many armed only with scythes, stakes or longbows. Great warning beacons stand all along the coast of England; torches and kindling lie to hand. Watchmen strain their eyes to see over the horizon. Their only hope lies in the English Navy. But Philip's Armada is doomed before it even leaves port. As soon as it engages with the English fleet, its shortcomings are clear in the face of superior tactics and firepower. Its hulls shot through with cannon fire, its men dying in thousands from wounds and disease, the mightiest fleet ever assembled is mercilessly harried into fleeing north, at the mercy of the elements. Over forty Spanish ships are wrecked on the Irish coast; survivors crawling ashore have their throats slit and their purses ransacked. The dream of subduing the Protestant English lies in tatters. A triumphant combination of historical detail and storytelling flair, THE CONFIDENT HOPE OF A MIRACLE draws on undiscovered and little known personal papers and records to tell the epic story of the Spanish Armada in all its scope. No book has ever conveyed in such vivid, living detail how kings, queens and courtiers, sea captains, deckhands and galley slaves, the highest and the lowest in the land, fared in those turbulent months as the fate of England teetered on the brink.
Author : Martin M. Winkler
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780190252915
'Arminius the Liberator' deals with the modern reception of Arminius. Martin M. Winkler examines the ideological abuse of historical myth in German nationalism and National Socialism and its various international ramifications up until today. Special emphasis is on the representation of Arminius in visual media
Author : John Frederick Charles Fuller
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Battles
ISBN : 0304358681
Written by the pioneer of British armoured warfare, this is an accessible and comprehensive guide to the battles that changed the course of history, explaining both the events themselves and their historical importance.
Author : Army Library (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : UVA:X030447795
Author : Army Library (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : United States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133463641