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Author : Kay Barnham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Common fallacies
ISBN : OCLC:1193406776
Author : Kay Barnham
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781482442687
It has been said that history is written by the victors, but just because someone wins a war doesnt mean they can keep their facts straight! In this entertaining yet informative book, the facts about historys greatest wars and battles are separated from fiction with ease. Were elephants really good warriors? This book looks at war stories and decides if theyre solid enough to be called facts. Battle blunders highlight some of historys worst war mistakes, while fact boxes pack this book with information that will dazzle any history buff.
Author : Gillian Chan
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781443119764
The War of 1812 comes to life through the eyes of a young Canadian boy. It's 1812. War has begun, and thirteen-year-old Alexander (Sandy) MacKay is jealous when his older brother Angus goes off with their father to fight the Americans attacking the Niagara region. Too young to know the darker side of battle, he resents being left to shoulder the work on his family's farm. Itching to get in on the action, he sneaks away from home and heads to Lundy's Lane to join up with the local militia. But battle is imminent, and now there's not much his father can do except try to shield him from the worst of the fighting. Sandy's idealized notions of what battle will be like are shattered when the man standing before him is killed by a musket ball and Sandy's own brother is severely wounded. At the battle of Lundy's Lane, the united Canadian/British forces turn the tide against the American troops, but Sandy comes to know how chilling war can be. Just in time for the bicentennial of the War of 1812, A Call to Battle is a sobering look at the realities of war. Author Gillian Chan skillfully depicts the transformation of an impetuous young boy, full of boyish enthusiasm, into a more realistic young man who emerges on the other side of war.
Author : Malcolm Wanklyn
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844154548
In this stimulating and original investigation of the decisive battles of the English Civil War, Malcolm Wanklyn reassesses what actually happened on the battlefield and as a result sheds new light on the causes of the eventual defeat of Charles I. Taking each major battle in turn - Edgehill, Newbury I, Cheriton, Marston Moor, Newbury II, Naseby, and Preston - he looks critically at contemporary accounts and at historians' narratives, explores the surviving battlegrounds and retells the story of each battle from a new perspective. His lucid, closely argued analysis questions traditional assumptions about each battle and the course of the war itself.
Author : Anita Ganeri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0752548808
This book chronicles with timelines and illustrations the battles, wars and revolutions that have helped to shape our modern world.
Author : Paddy Griffith
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0714644684
This collection of writings covers the war on the Western Front. Whereas, traditionally, attention has been given to strategic or political matters, these essays highlight tactical issues.
Author : Frederic Krome
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781136683145
The period between World War I and World War II was one of intense change. Everything was modernizing, including our technology for making war—witness machine guns, trench warfare, biological agents, and ultimately The Final Solution. This modernization and eye toward the future was reflected in many facets of pop culture, including fashion, home-wear design, and the popular literature of the time. In sci-fi, a specific genre emerged—that of the ‘future war.’ Fred Krome has collected many of these future war stories together for the first time in Fighting the Future War. Bolstered by a comprehensive introduction, and introduced with historical information about both the authors of the stories and the historical time period, these stories provide a view into the field of pulp science fiction writing, the issues that informed the time period between the world wars, and the way people envisioned the wars of tomorrow. Revealing anxieties about society, technology, race and politics, the genre of the future war story is important material for students of history and literature.
Author : Robin Cross
Publisher : Isis Large Print Books
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0753154625
In World War II, mighty political and technical forces were harnessed but, at the end of the day, victory was secured and defeat suffered by the soldiers on the ground. Gathered here are their own stories in their own words - eyewitness accounts of the experience of battle. The reality of war with its strange combination of tedium, tension and terror is vividly evoked from sniping duels in the ruins of Stalingrad to the bitter battles fought for specks in the Pacific Ocean.
Author : Ringnalda, Donald
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1617030988
Author : Sam Childers
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781418573492
A gun-toting preacher, a rebel army led by a madman, and entire villages slaughtered just because they were in the way. In Another Man's War, follow Sam Childer's remarkable transformation from violent thug to a man of faith, and his ongoing battle to save children in one of the world's most lawless areas. “Another Man’s War is about true terrorism . . . against more than 200,000 children in northern Uganda and Southern Sudan. Sam Childers—a fighter and a preacher (some call him a mercenary)—tirelessly leads a small militia into the jungle, daring to fight against a vicious army outnumbering him one thousand to one. One man can make a huge difference. Sam Childers certainly does.” ?Peter Fonda, actor/filmmaker, best known as star of Easy Rider “The Reverend Sam Childers has been a very close friend to the government of South Sudan for many years and is a trusted friend.” ?President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan “The Reverend Sam Childers is a long time devoted friend to our government and his courageous work is supported by us.” ?President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda “Sam Childers is one of those rare men [who is] willing to do literally whatever it takes to promote the message of Jesus Christ and save children from the tyranny of evil men.” ?John Rich, lead singer and songwriter, Big & Rich
Author : Anonim
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : History
ISBN : 0241641489
From the fury of the Punic Wars to the onslaught of Operation Desert Storm, relive the most famous battles in history in this gripping guide. This military history book takes you on a journey through the battlefields of history, from the ancient world to the American Civil War, World War II, Vietnam, the Cold War, and beyond. Maps, paintings, and photographs reveal the stories behind more than 90 of the most important battles ever to take place, and show how fateful decisions led to glorious victories and crushing defeats. From medieval battles and great naval confrontations to the era of high-tech air battles, key campaigns are illustrated and analysed in detail - the weapons, the soldiers, and the military strategy. Famous military leaders are profiled, including Alexander the Great, Napoleon, and Rommel, and crucial arms, armour, and equipment are explained. Whether at Marathon, Agincourt, Gettysburg, or Stalingrad, Battles that Changed History takes you into the thick of combat, and shows how kingdoms and empires have been won and lost on the battlefield.
Author : James Birchett Ransom
Publisher : War College Series
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1298485061
This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric. It also includes riveting first person accounts of historic battles and wars.Some of the books in this Series are reproductions of historical works preserved by some of the leading libraries in the world. As with any reproduction of a historical artifact, some of these books contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. We believe these books are essential to this collection and the study of war, and have therefore brought them back into print, despite these imperfections.We hope you enjoy the unmatched breadth and depth of this collection, from the historical to the just-published works.
Author : Martin J. Dougherty
Publisher : Parragon Pubishing India
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Battles
ISBN : 1445424363
This book provides an accessible, highly illustrated introduction to 30 of history's most famous battles, including Marathon, Hastings, Waterloo and D Day. It features more than 250 colour and black and white photographs and artworks illustrating the uniforms, tactics and military technology of the era. Includes full colour tactical maps of battles from a bird's eye view. Also available: Great Battles of World War II, Fighter, Weapons of World War II.
Author : Lisa M. Mundey
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476688893
During two decades of fighting in Afghanistan, U.S. service members confronted numerous challenges in their mission to secure the country from the threat of al-Qaeda and the Taliban and assist in rebuilding efforts. Because the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan occurred simultaneously, much of the American public conflated them or failed to notice the Afghanistan War; and most of the war's archival material remains classified and closed to civilian researchers. Drawing on interviews and letters home, this book relates the Afghanistan War through the experiences of American troops, with firsthand accounts of both combat and humanitarian operations, the environment, living conditions and interactions with the locals.
Author : Jay Allan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Twenty-third century
ISBN : 0615737501
The Third Frontier War is raging, and all across human-occupied space worlds are burning. Massive battlefleets struggle for dominance and kilometer-long war ships exchange thermonuclear barrages. Battered in the early years of the war, the Western Alliance is resurgent. The brilliant Admiral Augustus Garret leads the Alliance fleet from victory to victory, taking the war to the very heart of the enemy empires. And on the ground, Colonel Erik Cain, hero of the Marine Corps, leads his crack troops again into combat, seeking the final battle. In the background, the secretive intelligence agencies of the despotic Superpowers plot and scheme, using their own soldiers as pawns in the great game for control of space. But the final battle will be fought in the reddish sands of a backwater world, and the prize will be the staggering secret that has lain hidden in a remote cave for untold centuries. All the Powers struggle for the ultimate victory, but at what cost? The Cost of Victory is the second book in the Crimson Worlds series and the sequel to Marines. The Crimson Worlds Series: Marines (Crimson Worlds I) - Available Now! Tombstone (A Crimson Worlds Prequel) - Available Now! A Little Rebellion (Crimson Worlds III) - December 2012 The First Imperium (Crimson Worlds IV) - March 2013
