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 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."
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.
The Second Schlesvig War 1864: Prelude, Events and Conseque
 Author: Inge Adriansen; Jens Ole Christensen The Second Schlesvig War 1864: Prelude, Events and Conseque Sonderborg Slot and Tojhusmuseet [ISBN: 8787375273 2013 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 48 Size: 3 Mb Language: English The Second Schlesvig War 1864: Prelude, Events and Conseque
Osprey Elite 89 - American Civil War Commanders
 Author: Philip Katcher, Richard Hook Osprey Elite 89 - American Civil War Commanders (3) Union Leaders in the West Osprey Publishing 2003 ISBN: 1841763217 Format: PDF Size: 22,2 МБ Language: English Pages: 68 Osrpey's examination of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). When the War Between the States broke out in 1861, the US Army had only four line generals – and three of those were over 70 years of age and veterans of the Napoleonic period. About one in three of America's professional officers chose to serve the Confederacy, and the government's urgent need to find commanders for its vastly expanded army put stars on the shoulders of men of very varied backgrounds and talents. The trials of war would soon separate the born leaders from the over-promoted and the political opportunists. This second volume devoted to Union generals examines the careers and personalities of 25 commanders whose service was mainly, or at first, in the Western theater of war.
The View from Istanbul: Ottoman Lebanon and the Druze Emirate
 Author: Abdul Rahim Abu Husayn The View from Istanbul: Ottoman Lebanon and the Druze Emirate I. B. Tauris ISBN: 1860648568 2002 Format: PDF Size: 10,0 МБ Language: English Pages: 288 The history of Ottoman Lebanon in the 16th and 17th centuries has, until now, received only the most limited attention. What work has been done has been based upon limited local and European literature. As the first work to make detailed studies and extensive use of Ottoman chancery documents, The View From Istanbul serves to fill many gaps in the historical record. How did the Ottomans run their empire? How did they view Lebanon? What were their prime concerns in the region? Each section is prefaced by a short introduction that places the documents in historical context and analyzes their content and scope.
18th Century Shipbuilding
 18th Century Shipbuilding Author: Blaise Ollivier, David H. Roberts Jean Boudriot Publications ISBN: 0948864117 1992 Pages: 287 Format: PDF Size: 65.5МБ
A History of Eastern Europe 1740-1918: Empires, Nations and Modernisation
 Author: Ian D. Armour A History of Eastern Europe 1740-1918: Empires, Nations and Modernisation, 2d edition Bloomsbury Academic 2013 Format: PDF Size: 1.9 Mb Language: English A History of Eastern Europe 1740-1918: Empires, Nations and Modernisation provides a comprehensive, authoritative account of the region during a troubled period that finished with the First World War. Ian Armour focuses on the three major themes that have defined Eastern Europe in the modern period - empire, nationhood and modernisation - whilst chronologically tracing the emergence of Eastern Europe as a distinct concept and place. Detailed coverage is given to the Habsburg, Ottoman, German and Russian Empires that struggled for dominance during this time. In this exciting new edition, Ian Armour incorporates findings from new research into the nature and origins of nationalism and the attempts of supranational states to generate dynastic loyalties as well as concepts of empire. Armour's insightful guide to early Eastern Europe considers the important figures and governments, analyses the significant events and discusses the socio-economic and cultural developments that are crucial to a rounded understanding of the region in that era. Features of this new edition include: - A fully updated and enlarged bibliography and notes - Eight useful maps - Updated content throughout the text A History of Eastern Europe 1740-1918 is the ideal textbook for students studying Eastern European history.
The Indians of California
 The Indians of California (The American Indians) Time-Life Books Author:Time-Life Books 1999 Pages: 192 Language:English Format:pdf Size:33,5 Mb Gr 9 Up--In three chapters, stories of the vastly diverse peoples of the area now known as California and their interactions with Europeans and gold-diggers are told in admirable detail, often through first-person accounts. Rarely seen, superb archival photographs are abundant throughout, and there are full-color photo essays on the land, types of houses, the White Deerskin Dance of the Hupa people, basketry, mission artwork, the blending of Christian and native religions, the Cupeno struggle for their homeland, and the tragic story of Ishi. An outstanding overview of a complex region, supported by an up-to-date bibliography and thorough index.
The Trail of Tears: removal in the south
 Author: John P. Bowes. The Trail of Tears: removal in the south. Chelsea House 2007 Format: Pdf Size: 25 Mb Language: English
Realm of the Iroquois
 Realm of the Iroquois Author:Editors of :Time-Life Books Cahners Business Information, Inc THE AMERICAM INDIANS 1993 Language:English Format:pdf Size:26 mb Pages:184 Gr 8 Up-A history of the Five Nations, from the foundation of the confederacy in the early 16th century up through the mid-1800s. The bulk of the book focuses on the key role of the Iroquois in the struggle between the French and the English for control of North America before the American Revolution. The authors describe relations between the Seneca and the French, between the Mohawk and the Dutch and then the English, and between the various Iroquois nations and the American colonists and the British. They do an admirable job of explaining complex political interactions without trivializing or confusing the issues. The text is abundantly illustrated with full-color photographs and maps, and photo essays of Iroquois culture and history are interspersed throughout the book. The False Face Society, the role of the longhouse, the importance of wampum, the legacy of lacrosse, and Mohawk ironworkers are covered. Iroquois history and activities since the Civil War are briefly touched on in a few concluding pages. The up-to-date bibliography and index, as well as the illustrations, make this a useful library addition.-Lisa Mitten, University of Pittsburgh, PA
Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire
 Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire Author: Gabor Agoston, Bruce Masters Facts on File 2008 Pages: 650 Language: English Format: pdf Size: 14.4 Mb Once stretching from Vienna in the north to Iraq and Yemen in the south, the Ottoman Empire has played an integral role in the history of Eurasia and the Middle East. The dynamics and complexity of the present-day Middle East and Balkans cannot be understood without an examination of the history of the Ottoman Empire that ruled these regions for centuries."Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire" provides a thorough overview of the history and civilization of the Ottomans, with approximately 450 A-to-Z entries focusing on major events, personalities, institutions, and terms. With signed articles by experts in the field, this comprehensive one-volume resource also includes essential information regarding imperialism and the emerging Balkan, Arab, and Turkish nationalism; the demise of the empire; and Ottoman legacy in the Balkans and the Middle East. Further readings, approximately 80 black-and-white photographs and maps, cross-references, a chronology, glossary, bibliography, and an index complement the text and give readers an in-depth understanding of the broad and fascinating history of the Ottoman Empire.
Railways at War
 Author: John Westwood Railways at War Howell North Books 1980 ISBN: 0831071389 Format: PDF Size: 31,3 МБ Language: English Pages: 224 Superb British history of the use of railroads in war, beginning with the Prussian General Staff in 1830 which carried out the first study of their practical military use. The author explains that it took a surprisingly long time for the Great Powers to utilize railways and that it was their decisive impact during the American Civil War that showed how important they could be. By World War I, railroads were an integral part of warfare and had, the book argues, almost as profound an effect on warfare as the introduction of gunpowder. The ability to mobilize and support millions of troops was the hallmark of the "total war" that rail transport made possible. Packed with vivid and provocative vignettes and illustrated throughout with black and white photos, this book is essential reading for every railway enthusiast and student of military history. 224 pages with index.
Peiresc's Mediterranean World
 Author: Peter N. Miller Peiresc's Mediterranean World Harvard University Press 2015 Format: PDF Size: 14.3 Mb Language: English Antiquarian, lawyer, and cat lover Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc (1580–1637) was a “prince” of the Republic of Letters and the most gifted French intellectual in the generation between Montaigne and Descartes. From Peiresc’s study in Aix-en-Provence, his insatiable curiosity poured forth in thousands of letters that traveled the Mediterranean, seeking knowledge of matters mundane and exotic—travel times and insurance premiums, rare manuscripts and objects from the Orient. Mining the remarkable 70,000-page archive of this Provençal humanist and polymath, Peter N. Miller recovers a lost Mediterranean world of the early seventeenth century that was dominated by the sea: the ceaseless activity of merchants, customs officials, and ships’ captains at the center of Europe’s sprawling maritime networks. Peiresc’s Mediterranean World reconstructs the web of connections that linked the bustling port city of Marseille to destinations throughout the Western Mediterranean, North Africa, the Levant, and beyond. As Miller also makes clear, Peiresc’s mastery of practical details and his collaboration with local traders and fixers as well as scholars shed new light on the structure of knowledge-making in the age of Bacon, Galileo, and Rubens. Miller shows that Peiresc’s pursuit of Oriental studies, for example, depended crucially on his abilities as a man of action. Exploring the historian’s craft today against the backdrop of Peiresc’s diverse research activities, Peiresc’s Mediterranean World suggests new possibilities for scholarship on the past, but also for the relationship between the writing of history and its readers.
Between Poland and the Ukraine: The dilemma of Adam Kysil, 1600–1653
 Author: Sysyn Frank E. Between Poland and the Ukraine: The dilemma of Adam Kysil, 1600–1653 Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute 1985 Format: djvu Size: 6.55 MB Language: English
Charles Ashe Windham: A Norfolk Soldier (1810-1870)
 Author: H.O.Mansfield Charles Ashe Windham: A Norfolk Soldier (1810-1870) Terence Dalton Limited 1973 Format: PDF Pages: 239 Size: 123 Mb Language: English This is a combination of diary and letters expanded with historical narrative. Almost all the text deals with the Crimean War, in which Windham served as on the staff in the 4th Division. He played a leading role in the attack on the Redan in 1855. Of persons mentioned, the important historical figures are identified in an appendice, but the minor ones appear not to have been researched at all. About one-third of the text is Windham's own writing, with rest as background and explanation. Windham's opinions were that too many of the British commanders were inept and ineffective, with the price being paid by the soldiers in the ranks.
Wellington at Waterloo
 Author: Jac Weller Wellington at Waterloo Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1967 Format: PDF Pages: 328 Language: English Size: 31.6 MB What actually took place on the battlefield at Waterloo on 18 June 1815? Wellington's victory over Napoleon is famous, but the reasons for It are not so well known. Mr. Weller, an expert on military tactics and weaponry, describes the battle itself in vivid detail and explains its importance in history. He stresses the military principles that have remained constant, in spite of enormous technological changes.
Histoire des Navires: Des Origines au XIX siecle
 Histoire des Navires: Des Origines au XIX siecle Author: G. Trogneux L'Ancre De Marine 2001 ISBN: 2-84141-169-9 Pages: 241 Language: French Format: PDF Size: 18 MB
First Blood - Fort Sumter to Bull Run
 Author: William C. Davis First Blood - Fort Sumter to Bull Run (The Civil War Series) Time Life Books 1983 Format: PDF Pages: 184 Language: English Size: 31.2 MB This book follows the Civil War, from the April surrender of Fort Sumter to the skirmishes and other events which led to the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861. This volume looks at the opening moves by both sides in the Eastern Theater, when the North and the South both thought the war would be a short one. Units were organized from scratch and both sides had to move untried troops to where the first battles would be fought... Well-written and well-illustrated this is an excellent book on the events leading to the first large-scale battle of the Civil War. Includes sidebars on early enlistments in the North, imaginative renderings of the Manassas battle, photos of soldiers taken before the first shedding of fled, weapons, and Ellsworth, the North's first martyr.
Kyoto - An Urban History of Japans Premodern Capital
 Kyoto - An Urban History of Japans Premodern Capital Author: Matthew Stavros University of Hawai‘i Press 2014 ISBN: 0824838793 Format: pdf Pages: 258 Size: 3 mb Language: English Kyoto: An Urban History of Japan's Premodern Capital explores Kyoto’s urban landscape across eight centuries, beginning with the city's foundation in 794 and concluding at the dawn of the early modern era in about 1600. Richly illustrated with original maps and diagrams, this panoramic examination of space and architecture narrates a history of Japan’s premodern capital in a way useful to students and scholars of institutional history, material culture, art history, religion, and urban planning. Japan specialists are introduced to new ways of thinking about old historical problems while readers interested more broadly in the architecture and urban planning of East Asia will benefit from a novel approach that synthesizes textual, pictorial, and archeological sources.
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