Riding The Retreat

Author : Richard Holmes
Publisher : Random House (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riding the Retreat written by Richard Holmes and published by Random House (UK). This book was released on 1995 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the author's journey into the past when, in 1993, he set off with four friends to follow the route taken by the British Expeditionary Force on its retreat from the German offensive at Mons during World War I.

Author : Leo van Bergen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317175689
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Before My Helpless Sight written by Leo van Bergen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the numerous vicious conflicts that scarred the twentieth century, the horrors of the Western Front continue to exercise a particularly strong hold on the modern imagination. The unprecedented scale and mechanization of the war changed forever the way suffering and dying were perceived and challenged notions of what the nations could reasonably expect of their military. Examining experiences of the Western Front, this book looks at the life of a soldier from the moment he marched into battle until he was buried. In five chapters - Battle, Body, Mind, Aid, Death - it describes and analyzes the physical and mental hardship of the men who fought on a front that stretched from the Belgian coast to the Swiss border. Beginning with a broad description of the war it then analyzes the medical aid the Tommies, Bonhommes and Frontschweine received - or all too often did not receive - revealing how this aid was often given for military and political rather than humanitarian reasons (getting the men back to the front or munitions factory and trying to spare the state as many war-pensions as possible). It concludes with a chapter on the many ways death presented itself on or around the battlefield, and sets out in detail the problems that arise when more people are killed than can possibly be buried properly. In contrast to most books in the field this study does not focus on one single issue - such as venereal disease, plastic surgery, shell-shock or the military medical service - but takes a broad view on wounds and illnesses across both sides of the conflict. Drawing on British, French, German, Belgian and Dutch sources it shows the consequences of modern warfare on the human individuals caught up in it, and the way it influences our thinking on 'humanitarian' activities.

Author : Patrick Rambaud
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802142658
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Retreat written by Patrick Rambaud and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2006-05 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping historical novel focused on Napoleon's dramatic invasion of Russia, "The Retreat" is a stirring follow-up to "The Battle," winner of France's Goncourt Prize.

Author : Edward Luce
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN 13 : 0802188869
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Retreat of Western Liberalism written by Edward Luce and published by Atlantic Monthly Press. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “insightful and harrowing” analysis of the state of Western-style democracy by the Financial Times columnist and author of Time to Start Thinking (The New York Times). In his widely acclaimed book Time to Start Thinking, Financial Times columnist Edward Luce charted the course of America’s economic and geopolitical decline, proving to be a prescient voice on the state of the nation. In The Retreat of Western Liberalism, Luce makes a larger statement about the weakening of western hegemony and the crisis of democratic liberalism—of which Donald Trump and his European counterparts are not the cause, but a symptom. Luce argues that we are on a menacing trajectory brought about by ignorance of what it took to build the West, arrogance toward society’s economic losers, and complacency about our system’s durability—attitudes that have been emerging since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Unless the West can rekindle an economy that produces gains for the majority of its people, its political liberties may be doomed. Combining on-the-ground reporting with economic analysis, Luce offers a detailed projection of the consequences of the Trump administration and a forward-thinking analysis of what those who believe in enlightenment values must do to protect them.

Author : Robert G. Tanner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780842028820
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Retreat to Victory? written by Robert G. Tanner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did Confederate armies attack too often for their own good during the Civil War? Was the relentless, sometimes costly effort to preserve territory a blunder? These questions about Confederate strategy have dogged historians since Appomattox. Many have come to believe that the South might have won the Civil War if it had only avoided head-on battles, conducted an aggressive guerrilla campaign, and manoeuvred across wide swaths of territory. This volume offers a consideration of this widely-held theory.

Author : Alanna Coca
Publisher : Dark Mountain Books
ISBN 13 : 1465858784
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Retreat written by Alanna Coca and published by Dark Mountain Books. This book was released on 2011-09-26 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten years ago, Andria Thomas celebrated her high school graduation with a retreat at a Wyoming guest ranch. She never expected to fall for a young cowboy during her horseback riding lessons. There was no way that she would sacrifice her well planned life for a long distance relationship with a guy she’d only known for two weeks! Now, after a bitter divorce, Andria returns to the V-Bar Guest Ranch, and is surprised to find that not only did Jake Walker still work on the ranch; he was running the place. The last thing she needs is another disruption, and re-treating herself to a fling with an old lover is not the way to relax and regroup. It was a good thing she’d have help resisting his charm, thanks to Jake’s wife. Time for a hasty Retreat.

Author : Charles Halpern
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1576754421
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Waves and Riding the Currents written by Charles Halpern and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2008-01-10 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Halpern, one of Americas most distinguished public interest advocates and social innovators, shares his revealing experiences from his journey from corporate attorney to activist and social entrepreneur.

Author : Kambiz Naficy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780983510901
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riding the Waves of Life written by Kambiz Naficy and published by . This book was released on 2011-03-21 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bruce McIver
Publisher : Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781573123730
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riding the Wind of God written by Bruce McIver and published by Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1940s, in the wake of the Depression and in the midst of WWII, a small group of students at Baylor University began to pray for spiritual revival. They were not evangelists with a program, but ordinary students with a heartfelt concern for renewal in America. Beginning with a single miraculous revival in Waco, Texas, a movement began among students from other campuses and in other cities -- Houston, Fort Worth, Dallas, Memphis, Birmingham, Atlanta, even Honolulu. Riding The Wind Of God tells the remarkable story of the Youth Revival Movement. These stories, written for the first time, reflect God's power at work in surprising places in an extraordinary time.

Author : Stephen R. Donaldson
Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 030781923X
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Man Rides Through written by Stephen R. Donaldson and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Mirror of Her Dreams, the dazzling first volume of Mordant’s Need, New York Times bestselling author Stephen R. Donaldson introduced us to the richly imagined world of Mordant, where mirrors are magical portals into places of beauty and terror. Now, with A Man Rides Through, Donaldson brings the story of Terisa Morgan to an unforgettable conclusion. . . . Aided by the powerful magic of Vagel, the evil Arch-Imager, the merciless armies are marching against the kingdom of Mordant. In its hour of greatest need, two unlikely champions emerge. One is Geraden, whose inability to master the simplest skills of Imagery has made him a laughingstock. The other is Terisa Morgan, transferred to Mordant from a Manhattan apartment by Geraden’s faulty magic. Together, Geraden and Terisa discover undreamed-of talents within themselves—talents that make them more than a match for any Imager . . . including Vagel himself. Unfortunately, those talents also mark them for death. Branded as traitors, they are forced to flee the castle for their lives. Now, all but defenseless in a war-torn countryside ravaged by the vilest horrors Imagery can spawn, Geraden and Terisa must put aside past failures and find the courage to embrace their powers—and their love—before Vagel can spring his final trap.