Fighting Retreat

Author : Walter Reid
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1805260502
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting Retreat written by Walter Reid and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-01-04 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winston Churchill was closely connected with India from 1896, when he landed in Bombay with his regiment, until 1947, when independence was finally achieved. No other British statesman had such a long association with the sub-continent--or interfered in its politics so consistently and harmfully. Churchill strove to sabotage any moves towards independence, crippling the Government of India Act over five years of dogged opposition to its passage in the 1930s. As Prime Minister during the Second World War, Churchill frustrated the freedom struggle from behind the scenes, delaying independence by a decade. To this day he is 'the' imperialist villain for Indians, held personally responsible for the Bengal Famine. This book reveals Churchill at his worst: cruel, obstructive and selfish. The same man was outstandingly liberal at the Colonial Office, risking his career with his generosity to the Boers and the Irish, and later speeding up independence in the Middle East. Why was he so strangely hostile towards India?

Author : Roger Ingpen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fighting Retreat to Paris written by Roger Ingpen and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eric J. Wittenberg
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 193271443X
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Continuous Fight written by Eric J. Wittenberg and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The titanic three-day battle of Gettysburg left 50,000 casualties in its wake, a battered Southern army far from its base of supplies, and a rich historiographic legacy. Thousands of books and articles cover nearly every aspect of the battle, but not a single volume focuses on the military aspects of the monumentally important movements of the armies to and across the Potomac River. One Continuous Fight: The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, July 4-14, 1863 is the first detailed military history of Lee's retreat and the Union effort to catch and destroy the wounded Army of Northern Virginia. Against steep odds and encumbered with thousands of casualties, Confederate commander Robert E. Lee's post-battle task was to successfully withdraw his army across the Potomac River. Union commander George G. Meade's equally difficult assignment was to intercept the effort and destroy his enemy. The responsibility for defending the exposed Southern columns belonged to cavalry chieftain James Ewell Brown (Jeb) Stuart. If Stuart fumbled his famous ride north to Gettysburg, his generalship during the retreat more than redeemed his flagging reputation. The ten days of retreat triggered nearly two dozen skirmishes and major engagements, including fighting at Granite Hill, Monterey Pass, Hagerstown, Williamsport, Funkstown, Boonsboro, and Falling Waters. President Abraham Lincoln was thankful for the early July battlefield victory, but disappointed that General Meade was unable to surround and crush the Confederates before they found safety on the far side of the Potomac. Exactly what Meade did to try to intercept the fleeing Confederates, and how the Southerners managed to defend their army and ponderous 17-mile long wagon train of wounded until crossing into western Virginia on the early morning of July 14, is the subject of this study One Continuous Fight draws upon a massive array of documents, letters, diaries, newspaper accounts, and published primary and secondary sources. These long-ignored foundational sources allow the authors, each widely known for their expertise in Civil War cavalry operations, to describe carefully each engagement. The result is a rich and comprehensive study loaded with incisive tactical commentary, new perspectives on the strategic role of the Southern and Northern cavalry, and fresh insights on every engagement, large and small, fought during the retreat. The retreat from Gettysburg was so punctuated with fighting that a soldier felt compelled to describe it as "One Continuous Fight." Until now, few students fully realized the accuracy of that description. Complimented with 18 original maps, dozens of photos, and a complete driving tour with GPS coordinates of the entire retreat, One Continuous Fight is an essential book for every student of the American Civil War in general, and for the student of Gettysburg in particular. About the Authors: Eric J. Wittenberg has written widely on Civil War cavalry operations. His books include Glory Enough for All (2002), The Union Cavalry Comes of Age (2003), and The Battle of Monroe's Crossroads and the Civil War's Final Campaign (2005). He lives in Columbus, Ohio. J. David Petruzzi is the author of several magazine articles on Eastern Theater cavalry operations, conducts tours of cavalry sites of the Gettysburg Campaign, and is the author of the popular "Buford's Boys" website at www.bufordsboys.com. Petruzzi lives in Brockway, Pennsylvania. A long time student of the Gettysburg Campaign, Michael Nugent is a retired US Army Armored Cavalry Officer and the descendant of a Civil War Cavalry soldier. He has previously written for several military publications. Nugent lives in Wells, Maine.

Author : David Nicolle
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 : 9780275988500
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fornovo 1495 written by David Nicolle and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles VIII led Europe's most potent army to victory against one Italian province after another. The Italian states rallied though, and at Fornovo they fought the French juggernaught to a standstill. Here began the bloody Italian Wars.

Author : Tom D. DeLay
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781595230348
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Retreat, No Surrender written by Tom D. DeLay and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A candid memoir by the former majority leader of the House of Representatives describes pivotal elements from his career, from his conversion to Christianity and contributions to the 1994 takeover to his relationships with such figures as George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Newt Gingrich.

Author : J.B. Kelly
Publisher : World Encounter Institute/New English Review Press
ISBN 13 : 9780988477834
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting the Retreat from Arabia and the Gulf written by J.B. Kelly and published by World Encounter Institute/New English Review Press. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the latter half of the twentieth century, the late J.B. Kelly was the foremost authority on the Persian Gulf. He wrote the standard work on the subject, Britain and the Persian Gulf, 1795-1880 (Clarendon Press, Oxford). Now, for the first time, his articles, essays (one previously unpublished) and book reviews for the period 1956-1970 have been collected in this volume, Fighting the Retreat, for the convenience of all readers who are interested in the history of Arabia and the Gulf, and the antecedents of today's troubles in that strategically critical part of the world. The topics cover: the history of Britain's position in the Gulf, the Buraimi Oasis Dispute, the Persian claim to Bahrain, the frontiers of Eastern Arabia, Sultanate and Imamate in Oman, the Red Sea and Palestine, the Kurds of Iraq, Kuwait, Aden, Egypt and Arabia, Arab Nationalism, the USA and the Arab World, Saudi Arabia, T.E. Lawrence, the Yemen, Islam and the European Empires, and Britain and Russia in Persia. There is an introduction and a postscript about the author, as well as an index and endorsements from other noted writers on the subject.

Author : Julian Thompson
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1611453143
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dunkirk written by Julian Thompson and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the events surrounding the Battle of Dunkirk and the rescue of British troops from the beaches of Dunkirk during World War II.

Author : Philip Haythornthwaite
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472801989
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corunna 1809 written by Philip Haythornthwaite and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The retreat to Corunna is one of the epic campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Late in 1808 Sir John Moore found himself virtually alone with his small British army deep inside Spain. The armies of his Spanish allies had been overwhelmed and he faced a victorious French force under the Emperor Napoleon. He had little option but to order a retreat to the port of Corunna. This became the most arduous of trials with armies traversing mountainous terrain over appalling roads in the depths of winter. Somehow Moore held his outnumbered, exhausted men together as they struggled to reach safety. Finally at Corunna Moore's army turned to face its tormentors.

Author : Robin Neillands
Publisher : Trafalgar Square
ISBN 13 : 9780340635216
Total Pages : 643 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Fighting Retreat written by Robin Neillands and published by Trafalgar Square. This book was released on 1997 with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-sweeping panorama of the end of British world domination, A Fighting Retreat is the stirring tale of both the long, drawn out campaigns which accompanied the transfer of power and the untold oral history of the courageous individuals who took part

Author : Robert M. Citino
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700623434
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wehrmacht Retreats written by Robert M. Citino and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout 1943, the German army, heirs to a military tradition that demanded and perfected relentless offensive operations, succumbed to the realities of its own overreach and the demands of twentieth-century industrialized warfare. In his new study, prizewinning author Robert Citino chronicles this weakening Wehrmacht, now fighting desperately on the defensive but still remarkably dangerous and lethal. Drawing on his impeccable command of German-language sources, Citino offers fresh, vivid, and detailed treatments of key campaigns during this fateful year: the Allied landings in North Africa, General von Manstein's great counterstroke in front of Kharkov, the German attack at Kasserine Pass, the titanic engagement of tanks and men at Kursk, the Soviet counteroffensives at Orel and Belgorod, and the Allied landings in Sicily and Italy. Through these events, he reveals how a military establishment historically configured for violent aggression reacted when the tables were turned; how German commanders viewed their newest enemy, the U.S. Army, after brutal fighting against the British and Soviets; and why, despite their superiority in materiel and manpower, the Allies were unable to turn 1943 into a much more decisive year. Applying the keen operational analysis for which he is so highly regarded, Citino contends that virtually every flawed German decision-to defend Tunis, to attack at Kursk and then call off the offensive, to abandon Sicily, to defend Italy high up the boot and then down much closer to the toe-had strong supporters among the army's officer corps. He looks at all of these engagements from the perspective of each combatant nation and also establishes beyond a shadow of a doubt the synergistic interplay between the fronts. Ultimately, Citino produces a grim portrait of the German officer corps, dispelling the longstanding tendency to blame every bad decision on Hitler. Filled with telling vignettes and sharp portraits and copiously documented, The Wehrmacht Retreats is a dramatic and fast-paced narrative that will engage military historians and general readers alike.