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 Early American Indian Tribes 
 Early American Indian Tribes Author: M. Patterson Teacher Created Materials Early America 2008 ISBN: 0743987446 Format: PDF Size: 10 MB Language: English Pages: 24 The American Indian culture consisted of specific customs and traditions that regulated everything from who would lead the tribes to who would marry within the tribes. They kept precise, detailed accounts of their tribal histories because they foresaw the importance of passing down their histories.
Sino-Japanese Naval War 1894-1895
 Author: Piotr Olender Sino-Japanese Naval War 1894-1895 (Maritime Series 3105) Mushroom Model Publications Maritime Series 3105 ISBN: 8363678309 2014 Format: EPUB Pages: 180 Size: 10 Mb Language: English The First Sino–Japanese War (1 August 1894 – 17 April 1895) was fought between Qing Dynasty China and Meiji Japan, primarily over control of Korea. After more than six months of continuous successes by the Japanese army and naval forces, as well as the loss of the Chinese port of Weihai, the Qing leadership sued for peace in February 1895.
The British Way in Warfare: Power and the International System, 1856-1956
 Author: Keith Neilson The British Way in Warfare: Power and the International System, 1856-1956 Ashgate ISBN: 0754665933 2010 Format: PDF Size: 4,3 МБ Language: English Pages: 358 Adopting twin methodologies, this collection firstly addresses the broad question of Britain's relationship with other great powers and how these influenced the strategies used in warfare, before then testing these with specific case studies.
Time Frame AD 1600-1700 - Powers of the Crown
 Author: Collective Time Frame AD 1600-1700 - Powers of the Crown Time-Life Books 1990 Format: PDF Pages: 184 Language: English Size: 23.8 MB Table of Contents - Tokugawa Japan - China's Manchu overlords - The great shah of Persia - Civil war in England - The rise of the Dutch Republic - Newcomers to the New World.
The American Indian Wars 1860-1890
 Author: Philip Katcher The American Indian Wars 1860-1890 (Men-at-Arms 63) Osprey Publishing Ltd 1977 Format: Pdf Size: 13 Mb Language: English
Native American History for Kids: With 21 Activities
 Native American History for Kids: With 21 Activities Author: Karen Bush Gibson Chicago Review Press For Kids series 2010 ISBN: 1569762805 Pages: 146 Language: English Format: PDF 300 dpi Size: 100 MB As the first Americans, hundreds of indigenous bands and nations already lived in North America when European explorers first set out to conquer an inhabited land. This book captures the early history of these complex societies and their 500-year struggle to survive against all odds from war, displacement, broken treaties, and boarding schools. Not only a history of tribal nations, Native American History for Kids also includes profiles of famous Native Americans and their many contributions, from early leaders to superstar athlete Jim Thorpe, dancer Maria Tallchief, astronaut John Herrington, author Sherman Alexie, actor Wes Studi, and more.
The Slave Trade: The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade: 1440-1870
 Author: Hugh Thomas The Slave Trade: The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade: 1440-1870 Simon & Schuster ISBN: 0684835657 1997 Format: EPUB Size: 40,8 МБ Language: English Pages: 912 After many years of research, award-winning historian Hugh Thomas portrays, in a balanced account, the complete history of the slave trade. Beginning with the first Portuguese slaving expeditions, he describes and analyzes the rise of one of the largest and most elaborate maritime and commercial ventures in all of history. Between 1492 and 1870, approximately eleven million black slaves were carried from Africa to the Americas to work on plantations, in mines, or as servants in houses. The Slave Trade is alive with villains and heroes and illuminated by eyewitness accounts. Hugh Thomas's achievement is not only to present a compelling history of the time but to answer as well such controversial questions as who the traders were, the extent of the profits, and why so many African rulers and peoples willingly collaborated. Thomas also movingly describes such accounts as are available from the slaves themselves.
In the Hour of Victory
 Author: Sam Willis In the Hour of Victory Atlantic Books 2014 ISBN: 0857895737 Format: EPUB Size: 21,4 МБ Language: English Pages: 416 Between 1794 and 1815 the Royal Navy repeatedly crushed her enemies at sea in a period of military dominance that equals any in history. When Napoleon eventually died in exile, the Lords of the Admiralty ordered that the original dispatches from seven major fleet battles - The Glorious First of June (1794), St Vincent (1797), Camperdown (1797), The Nile (1798), Copenhagen (1801), Trafalgar (1805) and San Domingo (1806) - should be gathered together and presented to the Nation. These letters, written by Britain's admirals, captains, surgeons and boatswains and sent back home in the midst of conflict, were bound in an immense volume, to be admired as a jewel of British history.
Frederick the Great - The Magnificent Enigma
 Author: Robert B. Asprey Frederick the Great - The Magnificent Enigma Ticknor & Fields 1986 Format: PDF Pages: 752 Language: English Size: 84.3 MB Frederick the Great was not a particularly nice human being. He was a misanthrope and a misogynist, a cynic and a manipulator. He transcended his times neither as soldier, nor as statesman, nor as reformer. Nevertheless, by establishing Prussia as a great power, by presenting that power in military terms, and by establishing the state as a matrix with its ruler at the center, Frederick left an enduring legacy. Robert Asprey's biography reveals the taproots of the modern era.
Indian Fights New Facts on Seven Encounters
 Indian Fights: New Facts on Seven Encounters Author: J. W. Vaughn University of Oklahoma Press 2002 ISBN-13: 978-0806135113 Pages: 283 Language: English Format: PDF Size: 16 MB In Indian Fights, J. W. Vaughn gives detailed accounts of the battles, careful descriptions of the battlefields, and interesting asides on the U.S. Army officers and soldiers serving in the West during and after the Civil War. Using a metal detector, Vaughn uncovered cartridge cases, bullets, and other debris marking battle situations, allowing him to reconstruct many little-known battles in detail. He analyzed a number of engagements that occurred around Cheyenne Fork, Wyoming, a popular camping place on the old Bozeman Trail, comparing his findings with the mass of conflicting testimonies, government records, newspaper accounts, and other sources covering the battles. New light is shed on the Fetterman disaster, partly absolving Brevet Lieutenant Colonel William H. Fetterman of the blame many historians have placed on him for disobeying orders. Vaughn also discusses a mostly forgotten engagement near Fort C. F. Smith, battles near Fort Laramie, the Rosebud campaign, and the aftermath of the defeat of General George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
The Seafarers - The Atlantic Crossing
 Author: Collective The Seafarers - The Atlantic Crossing Time-Life Books 1981 Format: PDF Pages: 182 Language: English Size: 32.2 MB The editors of Time-Life Books have produced another exciting series: The Seafarers. The Atlantic Crossing is brought to you in extraordinary detail through vivid photography and engaging, informative text. The story of immigration from the Old World to America, starting in the early 1700's through the beginning of the 1900's. Filled with great full color and black and white pictures and maps.
British Military Uniforms From Contemporary Pictures Henry VII to the Present Day
 Author: W. Y. Carman British Military Uniforms From Contemporary Pictures Henry VII to the Present Day Leonard Hill Limited 1957 Format: PDF Pages: 330 Language: English Size: 42.8 MB The many different uniforms, worn so proudly on that unique occasion, were a symbol of the greatness of the long military history of our country. Few of the many, who witnessed that historic spectacle on television, can have failed to have been moved by what they saw. And indeed, there were some who were prompted to wish for a little more colour in our present day military uniforms.
The American War 1812-1814
 Author: Philip R.N.Katcher The American War 1812-1814 (Men-at-Arms 36) Osprey Publishing Ltd 1974 Format: Pdf Size: 13 Mb Language: English
American Badges and Insignia
 Author: Evans E. Kerrigan American Badges and Insignia The Viking Press 1967 Format: PDF Pages: 310 Language: English Size: 37.6 MB Comprehensive guide covering the period 1776-1967, with over 1100 black and white illustrations by the author make this volume not only a valuable reference work for collectors and veterans, but fascinating reading for all those interested in the diverse facets of military history.
Stalin: Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
 Author: Stephen Kotkin Stalin: Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 Penguin Press ISBN: 1594203792 2014 Format: EPUB Size: 23,2 МБ Language: English Pages: 976 I'm a big World War II buff, and in addition to all of the books I own about the battles, campaigns, weaponry, and general histories of the war, I also own many biographies and autobiographies of people, both famous and unknown, from the era. However, one thing I lacked was a good biography of Stalin. I have a few, but they were written before the Iron Curtain had fallen, and primarily used "western" rather than Soviet sources. Now, with this book "Stalin: Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928", I finally have a good one. Or should I say, one-third of a good one, as this is the first part of a three part biography. At over 900 pages, over 600 are devoted to the biography, 100 to the lengthy bibliography, and 200 to notes pages, so you won't be reading this in one sitting. For this account of Stalin, the author opens the aperture quite widely, covering Stalin's life to 1928 (while dispelling quite a few myths) and placing Stalin's life in context the situation around the world as it affected Russia, as well as his efforts to help overthrow the Russian Imperial regime and his political maneuvers within the communist party.
The Making of Frederick the Great
 Author: Edith Simon The Making of Frederick the Great Little, Brown and Company 1963 Format: PDF Pages: 338 Language: English Size: 46 MB Frederick II of Prussia, called the Great, was once a national hero by adoption in England—partly because the Colonial War was won as much on the battlefields of Frederick's third Silesian or Seven Years War (i 756-1 763) as in America, partly for the heroic spectacle of little Prussia's lone stand against a coalition of the three mightiest powers in Europe (France, Austria, Russia), and partly because of the appeal of his wry, multi-faceted personality. His fame was world-wide, and traces of his cult appeared in places as remote from context as the Algerian interior.
The Long Walk: The Forced Navajo exile
 Author: Jennifer Denetdale. The Long Walk: The Forced Navajo exile. Chelsea House 2008 Format: Pdf Size: 31 Mb Language: EnglishThe Long Walk b.rar
Montcalm's Crushing Blow
 Author: Rene Chartrand Montcalm's Crushing Blow: French and Indian Raids along New York's Oswego River 1756 Osprey Publishing Osprey Raid 46 ISBN: 1472803302 2014 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 82 Size: 4 Mb Language: English The year 1755 saw the rivalry between Britain and France in North America escalate into open warfare as both sides sought to overcome the other’s forts and trading posts. Lord Loudoun and the Marquis de Montcalm were sent out to lead their forces and Montcalm was soon tasked with capturing the formidable Anglo-American post at Oswego. Montcalm’s 3,000-strong force surrounded the forts at Oswego and soon forced the defenders to surrender – an outstanding French success. Featuring specially commissioned full colour artwork, expert analysis, and lively narrative, this engaging study casts light on a daring feat of arms at the height of the French and Indian War.
Frederick the Great - A Profile
 Author: Peter Paret Frederick the Great - A Profile Hill and Wang 1972 Format: PDF Pages: 278 Language: English Size: 41 MB To those contemporaries who knew him best and were not overawed by him, Frederick appeared as a man of almost inexplicable contradictions. His character, the British ambassador reported in a dispatch in 1776, was strongly marked by a "motley composition of barbarity and humanity." On a visit to Potsdam three years earlier, Count Guibert, the military oracle of the waning ancien regime, took note of the constant shift from flattery to menace in the king's facial expressions: "He is never the same; one never knows where one stands with him." Guibert carried away the impression of a profoundly ambiguous personality, which he found confirmed even in such details as the king's costly snuffboxes, "which contrast strangely with his general simplicity."
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