Disaster In Damp Sand

Author : Curt Anders
Publisher : Emmis Books
ISBN 13 : 9781578600168
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disaster in Damp Sand written by Curt Anders and published by Emmis Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign of 1864, the Disaster in Damp Sand, was the Confederacy's last decisive victory in the Civil War.

Author : Stephen A. Dupree
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585446414
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Planting the Union Flag in Texas written by Stephen A. Dupree and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-29 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appointed by President Lincoln to command the Gulf Department in November 1862, Nathaniel Prentice Banks was given three assignments, one of which was to occupy some point in Texas. He was told that when he united his army with Grant’s, he would assume command of both. Banks, then, had the opportunity to become the leading general in the West—perhaps the most important general in the war. But he squandered what successes he had, never rendezvoused with Grant’s army, and ultimately orchestrated some of the greatest military blunders of the war. “Banks’s faults as a general,” writes author Stephen A. Dupree, “were legion.” The originality of Planting the Union Flag in Texas lies not just in the author’s description of the battles and campaigns Banks led, nor in his recognition of the character traits that underlay Banks’s decisions. Rather, it lies in how Dupree synthesizes his studies of Banks’s various actions during his tour of duty in and near Texas to help the reader understand them as a unified campaign. He skillfully weaves together Banks’s various attempts to gain Union control of Texas with his other activities and shines the light of Banks’s character on the resulting events to help explain both their potential and their shortcomings. In the end, readers will have a holistic understanding of Banks’s “appalling” failure to win Texas and may even be led to ask how the post–Civil War era might have been different had he been successful. This fine study will appeal to Civil War buffs and fans of military and Texas history.

Author : Joseph F. Gustin
Publisher : The Fairmont Press, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0881735582
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disaster & Recovery Planning written by Joseph F. Gustin and published by The Fairmont Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ralph Wooster
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1625110359
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lone Star Blue and Gray written by Ralph Wooster and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bitter disputes over secession to the ways in which the conflict would be remembered, Texas and Texans were caught up in the momentous struggles of the American Civil War. Tens of thousands of Texans joined military units, and scarcely a household in the state was unaffected as mothers and wives assumed new roles in managing farms and plantations. Still others grappled with the massive social, political, and economic changes wrought by the bloodiest conflict in American history. The sixteen essays (eleven of them new) from some of the leading historians in the field in the second edition of Lone Star Blue and Gray illustrate the rich traditions and continuing vitality of Texas Civil War scholarship. Along with these articles, editors Ralph A. and Robert Wooster provide a succinct introduction to the war and Texas and recommended readings for those seeking further investigations of virtually every aspect of the war as experienced in the Lone Star State.

Author : Peter G. Tsouras
Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 1628732911
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dixie Victorious written by Peter G. Tsouras and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wondered what would have happened if the Confederates had won the Civil War? This book not only says that it could have happened, but it also goes into detail to show you just how easily it could have—you’re in for a shock! Written by military historian Peter G. Tsouras, Dixie Victorious examines a number of convincing scenarios, real battles, actions, and characters, and reveals how choices or minor incidents could have set in motion an entirely new train of events. This fascinating “what if” book will have you pondering how easily his-tory could have been swayed differently.

Author : Rajni Sekhri Sibal
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9389351944
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Are You Prepared for a Disaster? written by Rajni Sekhri Sibal and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-10 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a world which experiences dramatic loss of life due to natural disasters and hazards. This comprehensive book by Rajni Sibal, formerly the additional secretary (disaster management), Government of India, outlines methods for preparing households, businesses, and commercial establishments to address the substantial risk of disasters at home, the workplace and communities at large. Rajni Sibal addresses considerations important in planning for disaster management, from cyclones, chemical spills, floods and landslides to catastrophic events. The book not only includes the procedures used by safety experts but also focuses on areas often overlooked during the reactive and post disaster periods. Packed with information, important contact details and numbers, this book contains a extensive list of the how-to's for avoiding mistakes which turn natural and man-made catastrophes into larger disasters, and makes preparing for disaster less intimidating.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Machinery's Reference Series ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
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Download or read book Details of Machine Tool Design written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Timothy W. Kneeland
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815655118
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Declaring Disaster written by Timothy W. Kneeland and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Friday, January 28, 1977, it began to snow in Buffalo. The second largest city in New York State, located directly in line with the Great Lakes’ snowbelt, was no stranger to this kind of winter weather. With their city averaging ninety-four inches of snow per year, the citizens of Buffalo knew how to survive a snowstorm. But the blizzard that engulfed the city for the next four days was about to make history. Between the subzero wind chill and whiteout conditions, hundreds of people were trapped when the snow began to fall. Twenty- to thirty-foot-high snow drifts isolated residents in their offices and homes, and even in their cars on the highway. With a dependency on rubber-tire vehicles, which lost all traction in the heavily blanketed urban streets, they were cut off from food, fuel, and even electricity. This one unexpected snow disaster stranded tens of thousands of people, froze public utilities and transportation, and cost Buffalo hundreds of millions of dollars in economic losses and property damages. The destruction wrought by this snowstorm, like the destruction brought on by other natural disasters, was from a combination of weather-related hazards and the public policies meant to mitigate them. Buffalo’s 1977 blizzard, the first snowstorm to be declared a disaster in US history, came after a century of automobility, suburbanization, and snow removal guidelines like the bare-pavement policy. Kneeland offers a compelling examination of whether the 1977 storm was an anomaly or the inevitable outcome of years of city planning. From the local to the state and federal levels, Kneeland discusses governmental response and disaster relief, showing how this regional event had national implications for environmental policy and how its effects have resounded through the complexities of disaster politics long after the snow fell.

Author : Erik Oberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Machinery's Encyclopedia written by Erik Oberg and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: