The Blood Of Free Men

Author : Michael Neiberg
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465033032
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Blood of Free Men written by Michael Neiberg and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Allies struggled inland from Normandy in August of 1944, the fate of Paris hung in the balance. Other jewels of Europe -- sites like Warsaw, Antwerp, and Monte Cassino -- were, or would soon be, reduced to rubble during attempts to liberate them. But Paris endured, thanks to a fractious cast of characters, from Resistance cells to Free French operatives to an unlikely assortment of diplomats, Allied generals, and governmental officials. Their efforts, and those of the German forces fighting to maintain control of the city, would shape the course of the battle for Europe and color popular memory of the conflict for generations to come. In The Blood of Free Men, celebrated historian Michael Neiberg deftly tracks the forces vying for Paris, providing a revealing new look at the city's dramatic and triumphant resistance against the Nazis. The salvation of Paris was not a foregone conclusion, Neiberg shows, and the liberation was a chaotic operation that could have easily ended in the city's ruin. The Allies were intent on bypassing Paris so as to strike the heart of the Third Reich in Germany, and the French themselves were deeply divided; feuding political cells fought for control of the Resistance within Paris, as did Charles de Gaulle and his Free French Forces outside the city. Although many of Paris's citizens initially chose a tenuous stability over outright resistance to the German occupation, they were forced to act when the approaching fighting pushed the city to the brink of starvation. In a desperate bid to save their city, ordinary Parisians took to the streets, and through a combination of valiant fighting, shrewd diplomacy, and last-minute aid from the Allies, managed to save the City of Lights. A groundbreaking, arresting narrative of the liberation, The Blood of Free Men tells the full story of one of the war's defining moments, when a tortured city and its inhabitants narrowly survived the deadliest conflict in human history.

Author : Michael Neiberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0465023991
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Blood of Free Men written by Michael Neiberg and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the operation involving Resistance fighters, Allied commanders, and French citizens that resulted in the liberation of Paris in 1944 from German occupation and ultimately helped shape the outcome of World War II.

Author : George Packer
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780374527785
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blood of the Liberals written by George Packer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inheritor of two sometimes conflicting strains of the great American liberal tradition, Packer explores the ideals that shaped the lives of his forebears and describes his own struggle to carry on their tradition in our time, when large numbers of Americans have lost faith in politics.

Author : Joanne B. Freeman
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374717613
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Field of Blood written by Joanne B. Freeman and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The previously untold story of the violence in Congress that helped spark the Civil War In The Field of Blood, Joanne B. Freeman recovers the long-lost story of physical violence on the floor of the U.S. Congress. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, she shows that the Capitol was rife with conflict in the decades before the Civil War. Legislative sessions were often punctuated by mortal threats, canings, flipped desks, and all-out slugfests. When debate broke down, congressmen drew pistols and waved Bowie knives. One representative even killed another in a duel. Many were beaten and bullied in an attempt to intimidate them into compliance, particularly on the issue of slavery. These fights didn’t happen in a vacuum. Freeman’s dramatic accounts of brawls and thrashings tell a larger story of how fisticuffs and journalism, and the powerful emotions they elicited, raised tensions between North and South and led toward war. In the process, she brings the antebellum Congress to life, revealing its rough realities—the feel, sense, and sound of it—as well as its nation-shaping import. Funny, tragic, and rivetingly told, The Field of Blood offers a front-row view of congressional mayhem and sheds new light on the careers of John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and other luminaries, as well as introducing a host of lesser-known but no less fascinating men. The result is a fresh understanding of the workings of American democracy and the bonds of Union on the eve of their greatest peril.

Author : Jeff Stetson
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0759511918
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blood on the Leaves written by Jeff Stetson and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2004-07-27 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1960s, racism was rampant in Jackson, Mississippi, and it was common for white men caught in the act of killing blacks to be acquitted by all-white juries. But 40 years later, someone is seeking justice; those same men are turning up dead - in the identical manner in which they killed their victims. Now, James Reynolds, who has overcome the odds - and his own personal demons - to become the only black prosecutor in Jackson, will face the toughest case of his life: He'll have to prosecute prime suspect Martin Matheson, a brilliant professor, the son of a venerated Civil Rights leader, and the newly appointed folk hero for thousands of African Americans hungry for retribution.

Author : Allan C. Huffines
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781571688927
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blood of Noble Men written by Allan C. Huffines and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alamo and its defenders, according to historian Stephen L. Hardin, transcended mere history; both entered the realm of myth. Indeed, the siege and battle of the Alamo serves today as a definition of American character. The date of March 6, 1836, is forever ensconced in the annals of history. But what happened in the twelve days leading up to the final battle of March 6? And did events transpire in the final battle as history has led us to believe? As Hardin stated in the foreword for this book, Myth has so shrouded every aspect of the Alamo story that it becomes hard to separate the factual from the fanciful. Understand and appreciate the myth. Understand and appreciate the historical reality. But, please, graze them in different pastures. Author Alan Huffines has researched both the history and the myth of the Alamo. What he found lacking in Alamo accounts was a perspective unaffected by either history or myth. In this book he portrays the events preliminary to and during the battle from the viewpoint of the participants. In a day-by-day chronology of the thirteen days, he presents original Texian and Mexican perspectives so that the reader may decide which may be accurate and which possibly embellished. His critical analysis of the participants' reports, through extensive annotation, points out inconsistencies and provides considerable food for thought. The renowned military artist Gary S. Zaboly fastidiously researched primary sources for accuracy in clothing, weapons, architecture, geography, and so on, resulting in maps and artwork that offer a new visual perspective of the Alamo and those who were involved with the siege. Through the author's research and the artist's fine illustrations, the thirteen days come into focus, and the people who experienced the sights, smells, sounds, and emotions of that two-week period are allowed to speak finally for themselves.

Author : Ricardo Nichols
Publisher : Tate Publishing & Enterprises
ISBN 13 : 9781682708828
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blood Debt written by Ricardo Nichols and published by Tate Publishing & Enterprises. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow our heroes as they overcome the trials and tribulations of the most brutal and oppressive period in history for Africans and their descendants, journey with them across continents learning the skills needed to survive and thrive in an alien land designed and built to exploit and oppress them. See them defy all odds as they through themselves into the greatest conflict between good and evil of the time.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 812 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Munsey's Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 776 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Munsey's Magazine for ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : W. R. Benton
Publisher : Fultus Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1596820233
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ty Fisher and the Blood of the Mountain Men written by W. R. Benton and published by Fultus Corporation. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ty Fisher is a man of deep honor and when fellow fur trapper Bull Singleton turns to robbing and killing his fellow trappers for their furs, he is honor bounded to see mountain justice served. Ty goes after the renegade killer with his trapping partner Crazy Wayne and the two men quickly plunge into danger, intrigue, and adventure as their hunt for the mountain man turned murderer becomes time consuming and proves to be extremely difficult. The action increases as Ty falls in love with a white woman living with the Sioux and Wayne's brother is killed by Bull.