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Author : Eric Mawson
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781641383301
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Author : Kate Quinn,Vicky Alvear,Simon Turney,Russell Whitfield,Stephanie Thornton,Libbie Hawker,David Alexander Blixt
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780063310650
A SONG OF WAR Troy: city of gold, gatekeeper of the east, haven of the god-born and the lucky, a city destined to last a thousand years. But the Fates have other plans—the Fates, and a woman named Helen. In the shadow of Troy's gates, all must be reborn in the greatest war of the ancient world: slaves and queens, heroes and cowards, seers and kings . . . and these are their stories. A young princess and an embittered prince join forces to prevent a fatal elopement. A tormented seeress challenges the gods themselves to save her city from the impending disaster. A tragedy-haunted king battles private demons and envious rivals as the siege grinds on. A doomed hero launches a desperate plan to bring the war to a close. A grizzled archer and a desperate Amazon risk their lives to avenge their dead. A trickster conceives the greatest trick of all. A goddess' son battles to save the spirit of Troy even as the walls are breached in fire and blood. Seven authors bring to life the epic tale of the Trojan War: its heroes, its villains, its survivors, its dead. Who will lie forgotten in the embers, and who will rise to shape the bloody dawn of a new age?
Author : Duane P. Schultz
Publisher : Westholme Pub Llc
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 1594161453
Depicts the battle of Fredericksburg through the experiences of the people involved in it, including the pressure placed on Union general Ambrose Burnside and Confederate soldiers' reactions to Union soldiers dying in front of them.
Author : George Cary Eggleston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : United States
ISBN : CORNELL:31924021999374
Author : Vasily Grossman
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781784871963
The great Russian 20th-century novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stalingrad. Life and Fate is an epic tale of a country told through the fate of a single family, the Shaposhnikovs. As the battle of Stalingrad looms, Grossman's characters must work out their destinies in a world torn by ideological tyranny and war. Completed in 1960 and then confiscated by the KGB, this sweeping panorama of Soviet Society remained unpublished until it was smuggled into the West in 1980, where it was hailed as a masterpiece. 'A literary genius. His Life and Fate is rated by many as the finest Russian novel of the 20th Century' Mail on Sunday VINTAGE CLASSICS RUSSIAN SERIES - sumptuous editions of the greatest books to come out of Russia during the most tumultuous period in its history.
Author : Alexander Gillespie
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781847318626
This unique new work of reference traces the origins of the modern laws of warfare from the earliest times to the present day. Relying on written records from as far back as 2400 BCE, and using sources ranging from the Bible to Security Council Resolutions, the author pieces together the history of a subject which is almost as old as civilisation itself. The author shows that as long as humanity has been waging wars it has also been trying to find ways of legitimising different forms of combatants and ascribing rules to them, protecting civilians who are either inadvertently or intentionally caught up between them, and controlling the use of particular classes of weapons that may be used in times of conflict. Thus it is that this work is divided into three substantial parts: Volume 1 on the laws affecting combatants and captives; Volume 2 on civilians; and Volume 3 on the law of arms control. This second book on civilians examines four different topics. The first topic deals with the targetting of civilians in times of war. This discussion is one which has been largely governed by the developments of technologies which have allowed projectiles to be discharged over ever greater areas, and attempts to prevent their indiscriminate utilisation have struggled to keep pace. The second topic concerns the destruction of the natural environment, with particular regard to the utilisation of starvation as a method of warfare, and unlike the first topic, this one has rarely changed over thousands of years, although contemporary practices are beginning to represent a clear break from tradition. The third topic is concerned with the long-standing problems of civilians under the occupation of opposing military forces, where the practices of genocide, collective punishments and/or reprisals, and rape have occurred. The final topic in this volume is about the theft or destruction of the property of the enemy, in terms of either pillage or the intentional devastation of the cultural property of the opposition. As a work of reference this set of three books is unrivalled, and will be of immense benefit to scholars and practitioners researching and advising on the laws of warfare. It also tells a story which throws fascinating new light on the history of international law and on the history of warfare itself.
Author : Dare Wilson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781597330
General Dare Wilson saw action in France 1940 (Dunkirk), Italy and North West Europe (where he won his MC) with the Northumberland Fusiliers and later the Recce Regiment. He then served in Palestine and Korea which he rates as the most vicious war he fought in. He was picked to command 22 SAS and was responsible for basing them at Hereford. His account of the world record-breaking free fall jump free falling from 34,000 feet makes thrilling reading one member died. He went on to fight the Mau Mau in Kenya and was in the last party to leave Aden when we withdrew in 1968. Dare then learnt to fly helicopters and commanded the fledgling Army/Air Corps. We believe that this is one of the most enthralling of the many superb memoirs we have published. Certainly it is the widest in its scope and makes for thrilling reading.
Author : Kerstin von Lingen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319531410
This innovative volume examines the nexus between war crimes trials and the pursuit of collaborators in post-war Asia. Global standards of behaviour in time of war underpinned the prosecution of Japanese military personnel in Allied courts in Asia and the Pacific. Japan’s contradictory roles in the Second World War as brutal oppressor of conquered regions in Asia and as liberator of Asia from both Western colonialism and stultifying tradition set the stage for a tangled legal and political debate: just where did colonized and oppressed peoples owe their loyalties in time of war? And where did the balance of responsibility lie between individuals and nations? But global standards jostled uneasily with the pluralism of the Western colonial order in Asia, where legal rights depended on race and nationality. In the end, these limits led to profound dissatisfaction with the trials process, despite its vast scale and ambitious intentions, which has implications until today.
Author : Jaroslav Hašek
Publisher : Good Soldier Švejk
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781438916705
A picaresque series of tales about an ordinary man's successful quest to survive, and a funny but unrelentingly savage assault on the very idea of bureaucratic officialdom as a human enterprise conferring benefits on those who live under its control, and on the various justifications bureaucracies offer for their own existence.
Author : Mrs. Bury Palliser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Badges
ISBN : PRNC:32101068576931
Author : Thomas Joseph Goss
Publisher : Modern War Studies
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015060012971
As this book reveals, professional generals viewed the war as a military problem requiring battlefield solutions, while appointees (and President Lincoln) focused more emphatically on the broader political contours of the struggle. The resulting friction often eroded Northern morale and damaged the North's war effort. Goss challenges the traditional idea that success was measured only on the battlefield by demonstrating significant links between military success and the achievement of the Union's political objectives. Examining commanders like Benjamin Butler, Nathaniel Banks, John McClernand, John Fremont, and Franz Sigel, Goss shows how many filled vital functions by raising troops, boosting homefront morale, securing national support for the war--and sometimes even achieving significant success on the battlefield.
Author : Fanny Bury Palliser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IBNF:CF000523510
Author : AIDAN. CANT DODSON (SERENA.),Serena Cant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1526741989
Author : Philip Morin Freneau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1809
Category : United States
ISBN : OSU:32435031437817
Author : Jason Boyett
Publisher : Zephyros Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1623156777
Mythology is not about the past. The past is what’s behind us and that’s not where mythology really exists. The big daddy of mythology hails from ancient Greece—and whether we realize it or not, Greek mythology influences the western world of today. If you have ever seen the Atlantic Ocean, if you love the wonders of stargazing, if you’ve dreamed of being in the Olympics, or made reference to Pandora’s Box—then you have been influenced by Greek mythology. The Greeks were not a boring bunch, and their mythology was no different! Greek Mythology: Timeless Tales from the Ancients is a smart, fun, compulsively readable overview of the Greek's favorite characters and tales. These myths are filled with sex, violence, drama, lies, monsters, hubris, journeys, and just about anything else you can think of! This modern guide to favorite Greek myths includes: Overviews of legendary Greek mythology figures and their Roman counterparts Thematic, rousingly written overviews of the 50 most popular Greek myths such as “The Birth of Athena” to “Perseus and Medusa” A complete index of gods and goddesses, heroes and humans told through lively, easy-to-understand narratives Part reference and all rousing read, Greek Mythology: Timeless Tales from the Ancients brings ancient Greek mythology to life and leaves the scholarly footnotes behind. Strap on your winged sandals and get ready for a journey through the ancients.