War Classics

Author : Sun Tzu,Lao-Tzu,Confucius,Mencius
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781626868205

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The Art of War & Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy by Sun Tzu,Lao-Tzu,Confucius,Mencius Pdf

The words of the ancient Chinese sages are as timeless as they are wise. The words of ancient Chinese philosophers have influenced other thinkers across the world for more than 2,000 years, and continue to shape our ideas today. The Art of War & Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy includes translations of Sun Tzu's Art of War, Lao-Tzu's Tao Te Ching, the teachings of the master sage Confucius, and the writings of Mencius. From insights on warfare and diplomacy to advice on how to deal with one's neighbors and colleagues, this collection of classical Eastern philosophy will provide readers with countless nuggets of wisdom. IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award Winner 2017!

Author : John Alexander Logan,Civil War Classics
Publisher : Diversion Books
Page : 815 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781626816947

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The Great Conspiracy (Civil War Classics) by John Alexander Logan,Civil War Classics Pdf

To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the end of the Civil War, Diversion Books is publishing seminal works of the era: stories told by the men and women who led, who fought, and who lived in an America that had come apart at the seams. The events leading up to the Civil War reveal a country divided by more than just a belief in, or revulsion of, slavery. It reveals a country still forming, even as it fissures and breaks apart. It reveals an industrial north and an agricultural south evolving into enemies even as they mutually benefit one another. It reveals politicians playing to their bases, riling up young men especially to take up arms against their fellow countrymen. This astonishing historical work chronicles all this and more, exploring the fractious ideologies and the most important figures who led the country into its bloodiest conflict.

Author : G.F.R. Henderson,Civil War Classics
Publisher : Diversion Books
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781626816961

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Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War (Civil War Classics) by G.F.R. Henderson,Civil War Classics Pdf

To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the end of the Civil War, Diversion Books is publishing seminal works of the era: stories told by the men and women who led, who fought, and who lived in an America that had come apart at the seams. Thomas Jonathan Jackson earned his famous moniker during the Battle of Manassas, when an entire brigade was commanded to rally behind Jackson, whose own company was fighting like a stone wall. One of the finest generals of the Confederacy, Stonewall Jackson played a vital role in the Civil War, and an even more important role in the mythology of the South. This biography of Jackson, written by renowned military historian G.F.R. Henderson, strives to capture not only the man, but the legend that surrounds him to this day.

Author : Basil Wilson Duke,Civil War Classics
Publisher : Diversion Books
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781626816855

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Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War (Civil War Classics) by Basil Wilson Duke,Civil War Classics Pdf

To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the end of the Civil War, Diversion Books is publishing seminal works of the era: stories told by the men and women who led, who fought, and who lived in an America that had come apart at the seams. For those who did not die on the battlefield, but who were instead taken prisoner, the Civil War presented an even more intense version of hell. Prison conditions were abysmal, and the prisoners frequently died of starvation and disease. These accounts of prison escapes show what desperate men will do, fleeing unequivocal peril to land behind enemy lines, struggling to get back to their own side and live to fight another day. Searing and difficult, this account puts readers into the minds of men at the precipice, willing to risk death for freedom.

Author : Stephen F. Kaufman
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781462906260

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Art of War by Stephen F. Kaufman Pdf

Sun Tzu's The Art of War is still one of the world's most influential treatises on strategic thought. Applicable everywhere from the boardroom to the bedroom, from the playing field to the battlefield, its wisdom has never been more highly regarded. Now available in its complete form, including the Chinese characters and English text, this essential examination of the art of strategic thinking features extensive commentary and an insightful historical introduction written by Lionel Giles, its original translator. This new edition includes an all-new introduction by the scholar of ancient Chinese literature, John Minford.

Author : SUN TZU
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 178226969X

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The Art of War and Other Military Classics from Ancient China (8 Book Box Set) by SUN TZU Pdf

Author : Ann-Marie Einhaus,Barbara Korte
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141916491

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The Penguin Book of First World War Stories by Ann-Marie Einhaus,Barbara Korte Pdf

An anthology of Great War short stories by British writers, both famous and lesser-known authors, men and women, during the war and after its end. These stories are able to illustrate the impact of the Great War on British society and culture and the many modes in which short fiction contributed to the war's literature. The selection covers different periods: the war years themselves, the famous boom years of the late 1920s to the more recent past in which the First World War has received new cultural interest.

Author : Pete Katz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9780711268012

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The Art of War by Pete Katz Pdf

The Art of War is a beautifully illustrated retelling of one of Chinese literature's most celebrated and influential books.

Author : Victor Caston,Silke-Maria Weineck
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0472052985

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Our Ancient Wars by Victor Caston,Silke-Maria Weineck Pdf

Many famous texts from classical antiquity—by historians like Thucydides, tragedians like Sophocles and Euripides, the comic poet Aristophanes, the philosopher Plato, and, above all, Homer—present powerful and profound accounts of wartime experience, both on and off the battlefield. These texts also provide useful ways of thinking about the complexities and consequences of wars throughout history, and the concept of war broadly construed, providing vital new perspectives on conflict in our own era. Our Ancient Wars features essays by top scholars from across academic disciplines—classicists and historians, philosophers and political theorists, literary scholars, some with firsthand experience of war and some without—engaging with classical texts to understand how differently they were read in other times and places. Contributors articulate difficult but necessary questions about contemporary conceptions of war and conflict. Contributors include Victor Caston, Page duBois, Susanne Gödde, Peter Meineck, Sara Monoson, David Potter, Kurt Raaflaub, Arlene Saxonhouse, Seth Schein, Nancy Sherman, Hans van Wees, Silke-Maria Weineck, and Paul Woodruff.

Author : Gary Freitas
Publisher : Robert Reed Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : War films
ISBN : 1931741387

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War Movies by Gary Freitas Pdf

Can you name the 25 best combat movies of all time, the ten best WWII movies, the five best military legal dramas, fact-based military scandals, or prisoner-of-war movies? War Movies: The Belle & Blade Guide to Classic War Videos attempts to do this and much more. Written with the goal of identifying the best war movies ever produced, these reviews promise to stir discussion and provoke debate.

Author : Alistair Horne
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781447233435

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A Savage War of Peace by Alistair Horne Pdf

Thoroughly sharp and honest treatment of a brutal conflict.The Algerian War (1954-1962) was a savage colonial war, killing an estimated one million Muslim Algerians and expelling the same number of European settlers from their homes. It was to cause the fall of six French prime minsters and the collapse of the Fourth Repbulic. It came close to bringing down de Gaulle and - twice - to plunging France into civil war.The story told here contains heroism and tragedy, and poses issues of enduring relevance beyond the confines of either geography or time. Horne writes with the extreme intelligence and perspicacity that are his trademarks.

Author : C. V. Wedgwood
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781681371238

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The Thirty Years War by C. V. Wedgwood Pdf

Europe in 1618 was riven between Protestants and Catholics, Bourbon and Hapsburg--as well as empires, kingdoms, and countless principalities. After angry Protestants tossed three representatives of the Holy Roman Empire out the window of the royal castle in Prague, world war spread from Bohemia with relentless abandon, drawing powers from Spain to Sweden into a nightmarish world of famine, disease, and seemingly unstoppable destruction.

Author : graf Leo Tolstoy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1913
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89057317406

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War and peace by graf Leo Tolstoy Pdf

Author : Smedley Butler
Publisher : Jovian Press
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781537820798

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War is a Racket by Smedley Butler Pdf

War Is a Racket is a speech and a 1935 short book, by Smedley D. Butler, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient. Based on his career military experience, Butler frankly discusses how business interests commercially benefit (including war profiteering) from warfare. He had been appointed commanding officer of the Gendarmerie during the United States occupation of Haiti, which lasted from 1915 to 1934.

Author : Marguerite Johnson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350021242

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Antipodean Antiquities by Marguerite Johnson Pdf

Leading and emerging, early career scholars in Classical Reception Studies come together in this volume to explore the under-represented area of the Australasian Classical Tradition. They interrogate the interactions between Mediterranean Antiquity and the antipodean worlds of New Zealand and Australia through the lenses of literature, film, theatre and fine art. Of interest to scholars across the globe who research the influence of antiquity on modern literature, film, theatre and fine art, this volume fills a decisive gap in the literature by bringing antipodean research into the spotlight. Following a contextual introduction to the field, the six parts of the volume explore the latest research on subjects that range from the Lord of the Rings and Xena: Warrior Princess franchises to important artists such as Sidney Nolan and local authors whose work offers opportunities for cross-cultural and interdisciplinary analysis with well-known Western authors and artists.