Prestons Military Heritage

Author : Keith Johnson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445684063
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Preston's Military Heritage written by Keith Johnson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The military heritage of Preston, from Roman occupation to the present day through its historic sites, personalities, monuments and memorials.

Author : Peter J. Sehlinger
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 9780916968335
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kentucky's Last Cavalier written by Peter J. Sehlinger and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2004-05-07 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As this biography shows, Preston was Kentucky's last cavalier, the beau ideal of the Old South, a dashing defender of the old aristocracy both in the political realm and on the battlefield. His is a multidimensional story of power and privilege, family connections and gender roles, public service and proslavery politics. As Kentucky state historian James C. Klotter declares in the foreword, Preston's life "reveals much about his entire generation and his world.""--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Antony Preston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sea Power written by Antony Preston and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated presentation of naval military history and evolution.

Author : David Lee Preston
Publisher : Pivotal Moments in American Hi
ISBN 13 : 0199845328
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Braddock's Defeat written by David Lee Preston and published by Pivotal Moments in American Hi. This book was released on 2015 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On July 9, 1755, British and colonial troops under the command of General Edward Braddock suffered a crushing defeat to French and Native American enemy forces in Ohio Country. Known as the Battle of the Monongahela, the loss altered the trajectory of the Seven Years' War in America, escalating the fighting and shifting the balance of power. An unprecedented rout of a modern and powerful British army by a predominantly Indian force, Monongahela shocked the colonial world--and also planted the first seeds of an independent American consciousness. The culmination of a failed attempt to capture Fort Duquesne from the French, Braddock's Defeat was a pivotal moment in American and world history. While the defeat is often blamed on blundering and arrogance on the part of General Braddock--who was wounded in battle and died the next day--David Preston's gripping new work argues that such a claim diminishes the victory that Indian and French forces won by their superior discipline and leadership. In fact, the French Canadian officer Captain Beaujeu had greater tactical skill, reconnaissance, and execution, and his Indian allies were the most effective and disciplined troops on the field. Preston also explores the long shadow cast by Braddock's Defeat over the 18th century and the American Revolution two decades later. The campaign had been an awakening to empire for many British Americans, spawning ideas of American identity and anticipating many of the political and social divisions that would erupt with the outbreak of the Revolution. Braddock's Defeat was the defining generational experience for many British and American officers, including Thomas Gage, Horatio Gates, and perhaps most significantly, George Washington. A rich battle history driven by a gripping narrative and an abundance of new evidence,Braddock's Defeat presents the fullest account yet of this defining moment in early American history.

Author : Andrew Preston
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674046323
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War Council written by Andrew Preston and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-10 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was the Vietnam War unavoidable? By examining the role of McGeorge Bundy and the National Security Council, this title demonstrates that policymakers escalated the conflict in Vietnam in the face of internal opposition, external pressures, and a continually failing strategy.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Harmon Memorial Lectures in Military History written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard A. Preston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Men in Arms written by Richard A. Preston and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kenneth O. Preston
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504063589
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Breaching the Summit written by Kenneth O. Preston and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique anthology collects personal stories and leadership lessons from six highly-ranked officers across all branches of service. In Breaching the Summit, six senior enlisted advisors to the joint chiefs of staff share their stories, experiences, and lessons learned from a lifetime of military service. In their own words, each tells how they got their start, how mentors encouraged them along the way, and how they eventually became the highest-ranking enlisted member in their respective services. Their personal stories illustrate battle-tested principles of successful leadership that are applicable in all walks of life. The authors include Ken Preston, 13th Sergeant Major of the Army (retired); Mike Barrett, 17th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps (retired); Rick West, 12th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (retired); James Roy, 16th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force (retired); Denise Jelinski-Hall, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the National Guard Bureau (retired); and Skip Bowen, 10th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard (retired). “Books on leadership are many, but none are as practical, clear, and proven as Breaching the Summit.” —Adm. Gary Roughead, US Navy (retired)

Author : Jennings C. Wise
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Military History of the Virginia Military Institute from 1839 to 1865 written by Jennings C. Wise and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Clement A. Evans
Publisher : The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781410213792
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confederate Military History written by Clement A. Evans and published by The Minerva Group, Inc.. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one volume in a library of Confederate States history, in twelve volumes, written by distinguished men of the South, and edited by Gen. Clement A. Evans of Georgia. A generation after the Civil War, the Southern protagonists wanted to tell their story, and in 1899 these twelve volumes appeared under the imprint of the Confederate Publishing Company. The first and last volumes comprise such subjects as the justification of the Southern States in seceding from the Union and the honorable conduct of the war by the Confederate States government; the history of the actions and concessions of the South in the formation of the Union and its policy in securing the territorial dominion of the United States; the civil history of the Confederate States; Confederate naval history; the morale of the armies; the South since the war, and a connected outline of events from the beginning of the struggle to its close. The other ten volumes each treat a separate State with details concerning its peculiar story, its own devotion, its heroes, and its battlefields. Volume 8 is Tennessee.