Embattled Capital

Author : Robert M. Dunkerly,Doug Crenshaw
Publisher : Savas Beatie
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781611214925

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Embattled Capital by Robert M. Dunkerly,Doug Crenshaw Pdf

A guide to the former Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, with “a good deal of historical information, much of it neglected in histories of the war” (The NYMAS Review). “On To Richmond!” cried editors for the New York Tribune in the spring of 1861. Thereafter, that call became the rallying cry for the North’s eastern armies as they marched, maneuvered, and fought their way toward the capital of the Confederacy. Just 100 miles from Washington, DC, Richmond served as a symbol of the rebellion itself. It was home to the Confederate Congress, cabinet, president, and military leadership. And it housed not only the Confederate government but also some of the Confederacy’s most important industry and infrastructure. The city was filled with prisons, hospitals, factories, training camps, and government offices. Through four years of war, armies battled at its doorsteps—and even penetrated its defenses. Civilians felt the impact of war in many ways: food shortages, rising inflation, a bread riot, industrial accidents, and eventually, military occupation. To this day, the war’s legacy remains deeply written into the city and its history. This book tells the story of the Confederate capital before, during, and after the Civil War, and serves as a guidebook including a comprehensive list of places to visit: the battlefields around the city, museums, historic sites, monuments, cemeteries, historical preservation groups, and more.

Author : Stephen I. Rockenbach
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813939193

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War upon Our Border by Stephen I. Rockenbach Pdf

War upon Our Border examines the experiences of two Ohio River Valley communities during the turmoil and social upheaval of the American Civil War. Although on opposite sides of the border between slavery and freedom, Corydon, Indiana, and Frankfort, Kentucky, shared a legacy of white settlement and a distinct western identity, which fostered unity and emphasized cooperation during the first year of the war. But subsequent guerrilla raids, military occupation, economic hardship, political turmoil, and racial tension ultimately divided citizens living on either side of the river border. Once a conduit for all kinds of relationships, the Ohio River became a barrier dividing North and South by the end of the conflict. Centered on the experience of local politicians, civic leaders, laborers, soldiers, and civilians, this combined social and military history addresses major interpretative debates, including how citizens chose allegiances, what role slavery played in soldier and civilian motivation, and the nature of life on the home front. Examining manuscripts, newspapers, and government documents, War upon Our Border employs a microhistorical approach to link the experiences of common people with the sweeping national events of the Civil War era. The resulting study reveals the lingering effect of the war’s memory and how the effort to construct a new regional dynamic continues to shape popular conceptions of the period.

Author : Godfrey Mwakikagile
Publisher : New Africa Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Militocracy vs. Democracy in West Africa 1960s – 1990s by Godfrey Mwakikagile Pdf

This is a historical narrative and analysis of the unconstitutional changes of government in most West African countries where military rule became institutionalised more than in any other part of the continent from the sixties to the nineties. There is no specific reason why the region has suffered from usurpation of power by soldiers more than any other part of the continent, besides the desire by soldiers to rule, recently demonstrated by coups in Mali in 2020 and 2021, Guinea in 2021, and Burkina Faso in 2022. Governments in West Africa are no more unstable or weaker than their counterparts in other parts of the continent. Overthrowing governments became a continental phenomenon when military rulers went on to legitimise their their seizure of power through rigged elections by turning themselves into civilian rulers. They “civilianised” themselves, not only to claim that they were no longer military rulers but were democratically elected leaders; a manipulation of power that triggered counter-coups by their opponents to end their rule, resulting in many deaths in many countries where this violent change took place. Military rule in Africa started soon after independence in the sixties. The most ambitious goals in the postcolonial era were consolidation of the state and nation building with varying degrees of success in different parts of the continent. Military rulers proved to be no better than their civilian counterparts they had replaced. In most cases, they were even worse and used coercive power of the state to perpetuate themselves in office just as their civilian counterparts did. The result was consolidation of the state as an instrument of oppression, the most oppressive apparatus being the executive branch itself, invested with all the powers, which evolved into the imperial presidency, a phenomenon that persists in some African countries legitimised through rigged elections enabling leaders to remain in office under the guise of democracy “in the name of the people.”

Author : Gordon Goulden
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781412028592

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The Hog Hotel by Gordon Goulden Pdf

In the midst of a midlife crisis and with the unlikely companionship of a Brahman priest reincarnated as an arthritic Siamese cat, Karl joins two wandering souls for a journey. Their travels start in St. Louis, Missouri, continue throughout Eastern Europe and eventually end in the year 3432 with the most outrageous art piece the worlds would ever see. The Hog Hotel becomes the crux of their journey. As business venture turns to international hot spot, true loves are revealed and old enemies creatively transfigured---All with the help of a striking Russian Countess and the unforgettable Siamese cat.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Genealogy
ISBN : WISC:89096304597

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Lincolnshire Notes & Queries by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Lincolnshire (England)
ISBN : UCAL:$B753381

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Lincolnshire Notes and Queries by Anonim Pdf

Author : Filipe Ribeiro De Meneses
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134554096

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Franco and the Spanish Civil War by Filipe Ribeiro De Meneses Pdf

Franco and the Spanish Civil War is a wide-ranging and insightful analysis of the origins, course, and consequences of the conflict and of Franco's role within it. It offers a broad view of the war through a survey of the social and cultural dimensions, as well as the military and political ones. In particular, it traces Franco's meteoric rise to power, his conduct in the war, and his long subsequent rule. This authoritative introduction illuminates the many different interpretations of the conflict by examining a variety of perspectives. Franco and the Spanish Civil War places the war in its national and global contexts, exploring both nationalist and republican points of view, and giving attention to foreign participation in the conflict.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Africa
ISBN : IND:30000090159827

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AF Press Clips by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States Department of State. Bureau of African Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112127001

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AF Press Clips by United States Department of State. Bureau of African Affairs Pdf

Author : Geo. S. Tyack
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547140979

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The Cross in Ritual, Architecture and Art by Geo. S. Tyack Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Cross in Ritual, Architecture and Art" by Geo. S. Tyack. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Albert Nofi
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612005539

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The Blue & Gray Almanac by Albert Nofi Pdf

“Help[s] readers to examine this period in history with a more cultural perspective than other books have . . . clear, concise, and crisp . . . fascinating” (San Francisco Book Review). • During the final days of the war, some Richmond citizens would throw “Starvation Parties,” soirees at which elegantly attired guests gathered amid the finest silver and crystal tableware, though there were usually no refreshments except water. • Union Rear-Admiral Goldsborough was nicknamed “Old Guts,” not so much for his combativeness as for his heft—weighing about three hundred pounds, he was described as “a huge mass of inert matter.” • 30.6 percent of the 425 Confederate generals, but only 21.6 percent of the 583 Union generals, had been lawyers before the war. • In 1861, J.P. Morgan made a huge profit by buying five thousand condemned US Army carbines and selling them back to another arsenal—taking the army to court when they tried to refuse to pay for the faulty weapons. • Major General Loring was reputed to have so rich a vocabulary that one of the men remarked he could “curse a cannon up hill without horses.” • Many militia units had a favorite drink—the Charleston Light Dragoons’ punch took around a week to make, while the Chatham Artillery required a pound of green tea leaves be steeped overnight. • There were five living former presidents when the Civil War began, and seven veterans of the war, plus one draft dodger, went on to serve as president. These stories and many more can be found in this treasury of anecdotes, essays, trivia, and much more—including numerous illustrations—that bring this historical period to vivid life.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Genealogy
ISBN : SRLF:A0001981901

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Lincolnshire Notes and Queries by Anonim Pdf

Author : Andrew Wiest,Chris McNab
Publisher : Amber Books Ltd
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782742883

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The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War by Andrew Wiest,Chris McNab Pdf

The struggle for Vietnam in the 1960s, in which the United States attempted to bolster the South against Viet Cong guerrillas backed by the Communist regime in the north, was to shock the world and divide a nation. In the defence of a theory – that if the South fell the whole region would fall to Communism – the United States spent $145,000 million at 1974 prices, her aircraft dropped eight million tons of bombs, and her armed forces suffered 46,370 fatalities (900,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong were also killed). The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War is a timely account of the 6,000-day conflict in Southeast Asia. Illustrated throughout with both colour and black and white photographs that bring the conflict to life, the lucid, authoritative text includes eye-witness accounts of the battles and incidents of America’s undeclared war. The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War provides a graphic and compelling account of one of the most brutal conflicts of modern history.

Author : Miron Bialoszewski
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781590176979

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A Memoir of the Warsaw Uprising by Miron Bialoszewski Pdf

On August 1, 1944, Miron Białoszewski, later to gain renown as one of Poland’s most innovative poets, went out to run an errand for his mother and ran into history. With Soviet forces on the outskirts of Warsaw, the Polish capital revolted against five years of Nazi occupation, an uprising that began in a spirit of heroic optimism. Sixty-three days later it came to a tragic end. The Nazis suppressed the insurgents ruthlessly, reducing Warsaw to rubble while slaughtering some 200,000 people, mostly through mass executions. The Red Army simply looked on. Białoszewski’s blow-by-blow account of the uprising brings it alive in all its desperate urgency. Here we are in the shoes of a young man slipping back and forth under German fire, dodging sniper bullets, collapsing with exhaustion, rescuing the wounded, burying the dead. An indispensable and unforgettable act of witness, A Memoir of the Warsaw Uprising is also a major work of literature. Białoszewski writes in short, stabbing, splintered, breathless sentences attuned to “the glaring identity of ‘now.’” His pages are full of a white-knuckled poetry that resists the very destruction it records. Madeline G. Levine has extensively revised her 1977 translation, and passages that were unpublishable in Communist Poland have been restored.

Author : Paul K. Davis
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195219302

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Besieged by Paul K. Davis Pdf

From ancient times to the present, great sieges have had an enormous impact on the shaping of world history. Now, in this spectacular, fully-illustrated volume, one hundred of the world's most monumental and mind-boggling sieges are laid out in detail. Besieged covers the most important sieges from around the world throughout history--from Joshua's assault on Jericho in the fifteenth century B.C. to the Russian attack on the Chechen capital of Grozny at the end of the twentieth. Each entry provides the name and date of the siege, its exact location in terms of today's world, the number of forces engaged, when known, the names of the commanders on each side, and the overall importance of the siege in its historical context. Thoroughly examining the actions of both the attackers and the defenders, the book explores the motivations of both, and strategically surveys the technical and tactical innovations and conditions both inside besieged positions and in the besiegers' ranks. The entries detail the historical setting, the particular circumstances of the event itself, and the long-term results of the siege. These riveting accounts are enhanced by illustrations, over seventy maps, and references for further reading. A glossary and a comprehensive index complete the book. Global in scope, and with stirring accounts of familiar sieges as well as many lesser known conflicts, Besieged is essential reading for military buffs and everyone interested in how the modern world came to be. Includes the sieges of: * Jericho (1405 B.C.) * Troy (1250 B.C.) * Acre (1189--1191) * Constantinople (1453) * Tenochtitlan (1521 * La Rochelle (1627--1628) * Leningrad (1941--1944) * Malta (1940--1942) * Dien Bien Phu (1954) * Khe Sanh (1968) * Beirut (1982) * Sarajevo (1991--1995)