Germany Ascendant

Author : Prit Buttar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472813553
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Germany Ascendant written by Prit Buttar and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed and absorbing narrative of the campaigns fought on the 'forgotten' Eastern Front of the Great War, vividly illustrating that these campaigns were no less costly, tragic and important than the catastrophes of the Somme, Verdun and Passchendaele. The massive offensives on the Eastern Front during 1915 are too often overshadowed by the events in Western Europe, but the scale and ferocity of the clashes between Imperial Germany, Habsburg Austria-Hungary and Tsarist Russia were greater than anything seen on the Western Front and ultimately as important to the final outcome of the war. With the Russians hamstrung by weak supply lines and the Austro-Hungarian leadership committed to a strategy of offensive drives despite diminishing manpower and adverse terrain, the fighting in early 1915 was a costly and futile exercise. By the summer, the Central Powers, increasingly dominated by Germany, had begun to gain the advantage, but even the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive of 1915 – which ultimately resulted in the retreat of Russian forces from Poland – failed to bring the conflict to a conclusion. Now with the work of internationally renowned Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar, this fascinating story is finally being told. From the bitter fighting in the Carpathian Mountains, to the sweeping advances through Serbia and the almost medieval battle for the fortress of Przemysl, this is a staggeringly ambitious history of some of the most important moments of the First World War.

Author : Prit Buttar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472813545
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Germany Ascendant written by Prit Buttar and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed and absorbing narrative of the campaigns fought on the 'forgotten' Eastern Front of the Great War, vividly illustrating that these campaigns were no less costly, tragic and important than the catastrophes of the Somme, Verdun and Passchendaele. The massive offensives on the Eastern Front during 1915 are too often overshadowed by the events in Western Europe, but the scale and ferocity of the clashes between Imperial Germany, Habsburg Austria-Hungary and Tsarist Russia were greater than anything seen on the Western Front and ultimately as important to the final outcome of the war. With the Russians hamstrung by weak supply lines and the Austro-Hungarian leadership committed to a strategy of offensive drives despite diminishing manpower and adverse terrain, the fighting in early 1915 was a costly and futile exercise. By the summer, the Central Powers, increasingly dominated by Germany, had begun to gain the advantage, but even the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive of 1915 – which ultimately resulted in the retreat of Russian forces from Poland – failed to bring the conflict to a conclusion. Now with the work of internationally renowned Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar, this fascinating story is finally being told. From the bitter fighting in the Carpathian Mountains, to the sweeping advances through Serbia and the almost medieval battle for the fortress of Przemysl, this is a staggeringly ambitious history of some of the most important moments of the First World War.

Author : James Holland
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 055216920X
Total Pages : 866 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War in the West - A New History written by James Holland and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready for the truth about World War Two? The Second World War is the most cataclysmic and violent sequence of events in recent times. But for the past seven decades, our understanding of it has relied upon conventional wisdom, propaganda and an interpretation skewed by the information available. James Holland has spent over twelve years conducting new research, interviewing survivors, visiting battlefields and archives that have never before been so accessible and challenging too-long-held assumptions about the war that shaped our world. In Germany Ascendant, the first part of this ground-breaking new history, James Holland introduces the war, beginning with the lead-up to its outbreak in 1939 and taking us up to mid-1941 as the Nazis prepared to unleash Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Russia. To tell the real story, he weaves together the experiences of dozens of individuals, from civilians and soldiers, to sailors, pilots, leading military strategists, industrialists and heads of state, and uncovers the strategy, tactics and events that informed not only the military aspects of the war but also the economic, political, and social aspects too. The War in the West is a truly monumental history of the war on land, in the air, and at sea. In it, James Holland has created a captivating and epic narrative which redefines and enhances our understanding of one of the most significant conflicts in history.

Author : James Holland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Germany Ascendant, 1939-1941 written by James Holland and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Harold B. Segel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Body Ascendant written by Harold B. Segel and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The revival of the Olympic Games in 1896 was just one result of the unparalleled interest in physical culture that consumed Europe and America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author Harold Segel shows that this obsession with physical culture resonated widely through the modernist movement, and he traces its profound influence on the arts in the early 20th century. Illustrated.

Author : James Holland
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802190901
Total Pages : 794 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise of Germany, 1939–1941 written by James Holland and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the early years of World War II based on extensive new research: “A genuinely fresh approach . . . exceptional” (The Wall Street Journal). James Holland, one of the leading young historians of World War II, has spent over a decade conducting new research, interviewing survivors, and exploring archives that have never before been so accessible to unearth forgotten memoirs, letters, and official records. In The Rise of Germany 1938–1941, Holland draws on this research to reconsider the strategy, tactics, and economic, political, and social aspects of the war. The Rise of Germany is a masterful book that redefines our understanding of the opening years of World War II. Beginning with the lead-up to the outbreak of war in 1939 and ending in the middle of 1941 on the eve of Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi invasion of Russia, this book is a landmark history of the war on land, in the air, and at sea. “Magnificent.” —Andrew Roberts, New York Times–bestselling author of The Storm of War

Author : Prit Buttar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782009728
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collision of Empires written by Prit Buttar and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-20 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collision of Empires is the first major historical work on the Eastern Front during World War I since the 1970s. One of the primary triggers of the outbreak of World War I was undoubtedly the myriad alliances and suspicions that existed between the Russian, German, and Austro-Hungarian empires in the early 20th century. Yet much of the actual fighting between these nations has been largely forgotten in the West. Driven by first-hand accounts and detailed archival research, Collision of Empires seeks to correct this imbalance. The first in a four-book series on the Eastern Front in World War I, Prit Buttar's dynamic retelling examines the tumultuous events of the first year of the war and reveals the chaos and destruction that reigned when three powerful empires collided. A war that was initially seen by all three powers as a welcome opportunity to address both internal and external issues would ultimately bring about the downfall of them all.

Author : James Holland
Publisher : Bantam Press
ISBN 13 : 9780593071656
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War in the West written by James Holland and published by Bantam Press. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'James Holland is the best of the new generation of WW2 historians. His epic new venture convincingly challenges many received ideas about the war and draws some exciting new conclusions. (Sebastian Faulks) Are you ready for the truth about World War Two? So much has been written about the monumental conflict that was the Second World War but never like this. Drawing on new research from around the world, acclaimed historian James Holland presents an entirely fresh look at the war that changed the world. From the horror of the Blitzkrieg and Dunkirk to the heroism of the Battle of Britain and the colossal folly that was Operation Barbarossa, Holland relates the dramatic story of the war from all sides like never before, weaving together the experiences of the people who fought, planned, plotted, or just lived through the momentous events of 1939 to 1941. By challenging the conventional wisdom at every step, he has created a genuinely thrilling and epic narrative which redefines and enhances our understanding of one of the most significant cataclysms in history.

Author : Drew Chapman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 147672590X
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ascendant written by Drew Chapman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Warfare goes digital in movie and TV writer Drew Chapman’s fast-moving debut, a high-stakes thriller that pits the online might of China against that of the United States” (Publishers Weekly) as reluctant patriot Garrett Reilly races around the globe to avert total war. Numbers don’t lie…Not according to Garrett Reilly who, just two weeks past his twenty-sixth birthday, thinks he’s probably the best bond analyst at his brokerage, maybe the best in all of lower Manhattan. Garrett’s memory for numbers is photographic. But he doesn’t just memorize numbers: he sorts them, ranks them, senses patterns. As he watches buy and sell numbers float across his computer monitor, Garrett notices what nobody else can: that US Treasury bonds are being sold off at an alarming rate. Two hundred billion dollars worth. It’s a discovery that Garrett knows will make him stinking rich. But then the US military arrives at his office and Garrett’s life is thrown into free fall. Captain Alexis Truffant explains that Garrett has stumbled on something bigger and scarier than he could have ever imagined: the first attack in a covert war of unthinkable proportions. Garrett begins to link a series of seemingly unrelated—and very dangerous—events that start in New York, but continue to Las Vegas, Oregon, and all lead back to rural China. Suddenly, Garrett is the only one left standing between an unknown enemy and the very security of our country. The only problem? Numbers don’t lie…but sometimes governments do. “The Hunt for Red October meets Hackers…Ascendant is a must-read for international thriller fans” (Booklist, starred review). “This is a wild ride through the headlines of our times” (Kirkus Reviews).

Author : Matthew P. Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857450522
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liberal Imperialism in Germany written by Matthew P. Fitzpatrick and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a work based on new archival, press, and literary sources, the author revises the picture of German imperialism as being the brainchild of a Machiavellian Bismarck or the "conservative revolutionaries" of the twentieth century. Instead, Fitzpatrick argues for the liberal origins of German imperialism, by demonstrating the links between nationalism and expansionism in a study that surveys the half century of imperialist agitation and activity leading up to the official founding of Germany's colonial empire in 1884.