The Age Of Battles

Author : Russell F. Weigley
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253217073
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Age of Battles written by Russell F. Weigley and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-28 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the most interesting, important, and ambitious books about the conduct, and perhaps the ultimate futility, of war." --Gunther E. Rothenberg " A] highly scholarly and wonderfully absorbing study." --John Bayley, The London Review of Books "What Russell F. Weigley writes, the rest of us read. The Age of Battles is a persuasive reminder that even in the age of 'rational' warfare, one can honestly wonder why war seemed an unavoidable policy choice." --Allan R. Millett, The Journal of American History

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Total Pages : 579 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Age of Battles written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies the battles of Gustavus, Charles II, Louis XIV, Marlborough, Nelson, Napoleon and Wellington during the period between 1631 and 1815.

Author : Peter Marren
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1848847068
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Battles of the Dark Ages written by Peter Marren and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2006-09-18 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at what world history might have been like if not for the fall of the Western Roman Empire. This is a fascinating exploration of how the history of Europe, and indeed the world, might have been different if the Western Roman Empire had survived the crises that pulled it apart in the fourth and fifth centuries. The author starts by showing how that survival and recovery might plausibly have happened if several relatively minor things had been different. He then moves on to discuss a series of scenarios which might have altered the course of subsequent history dramatically. Would the survival of a strong Western Empire have assisted the Eastern (Byzantine) Empire in halting the expansion of Islam in the Middle East and North Africa? How would the Western Roman Empire have handled the Viking threat? Could they even have exploited the Viking discovery of America and established successful colonies there? While necessarily speculative, all the scenarios are discussed within the framework of a deep understanding of the major driving forces, tensions, and trends that shaped European history and help to shed light upon them. In so doing they help us understand why things panned out as they did, as well as what might have been.

Author : Joe Giorello
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780997749304
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Battles for Boys written by Joe Giorello and published by . This book was released on 2016-03 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Great Battles for Boys" takes kids to the front lines of iconic battles. In this volume of the popular history series, find out which strategies, weapons, and military leaders won--or lost--these famous American fights.Bunker Hill: ragtag colonists take on the mighty British Red Coats.Saratoga: Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne gets a lesson in warfare from untrained militias.Gettysburg: the slaughter of brother against brother that provoked the Emancipation Proclamation.Antietam: An invasion gone wrong.Vicksburg: A Southern city under siege.Little Big Horn: Custer's Last Stand.The Alamo: Why we remember it!San Jacinto: The battle that won the southwest for America.The Rough Riders of San Juan Hill: Teddy Roosevelt, medal of honor winner.WWI's Lost Battalion: The Great War and Americans who fought it.Praise for the "Great Battles for Boys" series:"Combining his uniquely conversational style with myriad historical facts, plenty of interesting photos, and lots of fascinating, little known anecdotes, Joe takes readers "behind the scenes" and helps them to experience this vitally important chapter in our Nation's history."The Reverend Charles F. ReynoldsChief Warrant Officer 3, USMC, Ret.

Author : Matthew Battles
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393325645
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Library: An Unquiet History written by Matthew Battles and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004-06-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the evolution of the library through the centuries.

Author : Michael J. Sullivan
Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 1101965401
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Age of War written by Michael J. Sullivan and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic battle between humankind and their godlike rulers finally ignites in the masterful follow-up to Age of Myth and Age of Swords. The alliance of humans and renegade Fhrey is fragile—and about to be tested as never before. Persephone keeps the human clans from turning on one another through her iron will and a compassionate heart. The arrogant Fhrey are barely held in check by their leader, Nyphron, who seeks to advance his own nefarious agenda through a loveless marriage that will result in the betrayal of the person Persephone loves most: Raithe, the God Killer. As the Fhrey overlords marshal their army and sorcerers to crush the rebellion, old loyalties will be challenged while fresh conspiracies will threaten to undo all that Persephone has accomplished. In the darkest hour, when hope is all but lost, new heroes will rise . . . but at what terrible cost? Magic, fantasy, and mythology collide in Michael J. Sullivan’s Legends of the First Empire series: AGE OF MYTH • AGE OF SWORDS • AGE OF WAR

Author : Joseph A. McCullough
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472833058
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oathmark written by Joseph A. McCullough and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empires have fallen, and the land is broken. The great oathmarks that once stood as testaments to the allegiances and might of nations have crumbled into ruin. In this lost age, fealty and loyalty are as valuable as gold and as deadly as cold iron, and war is ever-present. Created by Joseph A. McCullough, designer of Frostgrave and Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago, Oathmark is a mass-battle fantasy wargame that puts you in command of the fantasy army you've always wanted, whether a company of stalwart dwarves or a mixed force with proud elves, noble men, and wild goblins standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the battle-line. Fight through an integrated campaign system and develop your realms from battle to battle, adding new territories, recruiting new troop types, and growing to eclipse your rivals... or lose what you fought so hard to gain and fall as so many would-be emperors before you.

Author : Sean McFate
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062843605
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Rules of War written by Sean McFate and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Stunning. Sean McFate is a new Sun Tzu." -Admiral James Stavridis (retired), former Supreme Allied Commander at NATO An Economist Book of the Year 2019 Some of the principles of warfare are ancient, others are new, but all described in The New Rules of War will permanently shape war now and in the future. By following them Sean McFate argues, we can prevail. But if we do not, terrorists, rogue states, and others who do not fight conventionally will succeed—and rule the world. The New Rules of War is an urgent, fascinating exploration of war—past, present and future—and what we must do if we want to win today from an 82nd Airborne veteran, former private military contractor, and professor of war studies at the National Defense University. War is timeless. Some things change—weapons, tactics, technology, leadership, objectives—but our desire to go into battle does not. We are living in the age of Durable Disorder—a period of unrest created by numerous factors: China’s rise, Russia’s resurgence, America’s retreat, global terrorism, international criminal empires, climate change, dwindling natural resources, and bloody civil wars. Sean McFate has been on the front lines of deep state conflicts and has studied and taught the history and practice of war. He’s seen firsthand the horrors of battle and understands the depth and complexity of the current global military situation. This devastating turmoil has given rise to difficult questions. What is the future of war? How can we survive? If Americans are drawn into major armed conflict, can we win? McFate calls upon the legends of military study Carl von Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, and others, as well as his own experience, and carefully constructs the new rules for the future of military engagement, the ways we can fight and win in an age of entropy: one where corporations, mercenaries, and rogue states have more power and ‘nation states’ have less. With examples from the Roman conquest, World War II, Vietnam, Afghanistan and others, he tackles the differences between conventional and future war, the danger in believing that technology will save us, the genuine leverage of psychological and ‘shadow’ warfare, and much more. McFate’s new rules distill the essence of war today, describing what it is in the real world, not what we believe or wish it to be.

Author : Eric H. Cline
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472067398
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battles of Armageddon written by Eric H. Cline and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One site. Thirty battles over four thousand years. Egyptians, Crusaders, Mongols, Israelis

Author : Kelly DeVries
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781907446672
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Battles of the Medieval World, 1000-1500 written by Kelly DeVries and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an information packed, highly illustrated guide to 20 battles of the medieval period, including Hastings, Hattin, Leignitz, Lake Peipus, Bannockburn, Crecy, Agincourt, Constantinople, and many more. Includes full-color tactical maps for each battle, showing the reader the dispositions and movements of the opposing armies at a glance.