History Under Siege
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How To Survive Under Siege
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Author : Aeneas (Tacticus)
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1990
How To Survive Under Siege written by Aeneas (Tacticus) and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Aineias the Tactician (fourth century B.C.), the author of How to Survive Under Siege, is not only the earliest, but also the most historically interesting of the ancient military writers. Providing a fresh translation of Siege, Whitehead illuminates Aineias's vivid descriptions of what a typical Greek city-state was like at a time when most cities were dominated by two powerful and atypical ones--Athens and Sparta. He shows that in writing this important work Aineias drew not only on his own experiences, but on the works of Herodotus and Thucydides. The book also includes a comprehensive introduction to the author and his work, and a full historical commentary.
Under Siege
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Author : Rashid Khalidi
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2014-01-04
Under Siege written by Rashid Khalidi and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-04 with History categories.
Under Siege is Rashid Khalidi's firsthand account of the 1982 Lebanon War and the complex negotiations for the evacuation of the P.L.O. from Beirut. Utilizing unconventional sources and interviews with key officials and diplomats, Khalidi paints a detailed portrait of the siege and ensuing massacres, providing insight into the military pressure experienced by the P.L.O., the war's impact on Palestinian and Lebanese civilians, and diplomatic efforts by the United States. A new preface by Khalidi considers developments across the Middle East in the thirty years since the conflict. The preface also cites recently declassified Israeli documents to offer surprising new revelations about the roles and responsibilities of both Israeli leaders and American diplomats in the tragic coda to the war, the Sabra and Shatila massacres.
History Under Siege
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Author : Keena Kolby
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-07-17
History Under Siege written by Keena Kolby and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-17 with categories.
If you are looking for a comprehensive quick read about the war in Syria and the parties involved this book gives you a quick overview of the facts without injecting political opinions and lets you make your own determinations. The author's prose is clear and unadorned, stunning pictures bring the reader into the center of the action and the story is told with balance, and context, providing the reader with an objective perspective and up-to-date relevancy.
Aineias The Tactician
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Author : Aeneas (Tacticus)
language : en
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Release Date : 2002-04-25
Aineias The Tactician written by Aeneas (Tacticus) and has been published by Bristol Classical Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04-25 with History categories.
With the Greekless reader firmly in mind, this text provides a fresh modern translation of Aineias Tacitus' "How to Survive Under Siege", a comprehensive introduction to Aineias and his work, and a full historical commentary.
Civilians Under Siege From Sarajevo To Troy
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Author : Alex Dowdall
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-12-12
Civilians Under Siege From Sarajevo To Troy written by Alex Dowdall and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-12 with History categories.
This edited volume analyses siege warfare as a discrete type of military engagement, in the face of which civilians are particularly vulnerable. Siege warfare is a form of combat that has usually had devastating effects on civilian populations. From the near-contemporary Siege of Sarajevo to the real and mythical sieges of the ancient Mediterranean, this has been a recurring type of military engagement which, through bombardment, starvation, disease and massacre, places non-combatants at the heart of battle. To date, however, there has been little recognition of the effects of siege warfare on civilians. This edited volume addresses this gap. Using a distinctive regressive method, it begins with the present and works backwards, avoiding teleological interpretations that suggest the targeting of civilians in war is a modern phenomenon. Its contributors interrogate civilians’ roles during sieges, both as victims and active participants; the laws and customs of siege warfare; its place in historical memory, and the ways civilian survivors have dealt with trauma. Its scope and content ensure that the collection is essential reading for all those interested in the place of civilians in war. Chapter 2 of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com
Under Siege
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Author : Robert Nichols
language : en
Publisher: Pier 9
Release Date : 2010-01-18
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Leningrad Under Siege
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Author : Ales Adamovich
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2007-12-26
Leningrad Under Siege written by Ales Adamovich and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-26 with History categories.
A vivid and harrowing account of ordinary Russians caught in the deadly WW2 siege, based on interviews, diaries, and memoirs. Includes photographs. Leningrad was under siege for almost three years, and the first winter of that siege was one of the coldest on record. The Russians had been taken by surprise by the Germans’ sudden onslaught in June 1941. This book tells the story of that long, bitter siege in the words of those who were there. It describes how ordinary Leningraders struggled to stay alive and to defend their beloved city in the most appalling conditions. They were bombed, shelled, starved, and frozen. They dug tank-traps and trenches, built shelters and fortifications, fought fires, cleared rubble, tended the wounded, and—for as long as they had strength to do so—buried their dead. Many were killed by German bombs or shells, but most of them died of hunger and cold. Based on interviews with survivors of the siege and on contemporary diaries and personal memoirs, this book focuses primarily on three people: a young mother with two small children, a boy of sixteen at the outbreak of war, and an elderly academic. We see the siege through their eyes as its horrors unfold—and as they struggle to survive.
Under Siege
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Author : Robert J. Young
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2000-06-01
Under Siege written by Robert J. Young and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-06-01 with History categories.
Studies on the First World War are plentiful but most tend to focus on the combatants. This volume offers a new and highly original perspective that shows the reader the civilian side of this protracted and destructive war through a succession of "snapshots": 130 excerpts from leading American and Canadian newspapers provide a collective portrait of life behind the battle lines, what is often called the "second" front. Written principally by Paris-based journalists, and intended for popular reading audiences, these articles depict ordinary people in a way that still touches the reader of today. They record eye-witness testimony of Paris under aerial bombardment, the gutted cathedrals at Reims and Arras, the cemeteries around Compiègne, the subterranean living quarters at Cambrai, and the heart-breaking orphanages at Chambly. Introduced and concluded by the editor, the volume also offers biographical notes on some of the leadingjournalist contributors, maps to familiarize readers with the geography of northern France, and detailed subject and geographical indices. The volume ends with a select bibliography of works on the subject of French civilian life during the Great War.
Solidarity Under Siege
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Author : Jeffrey L. Gould
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-05-23
Solidarity Under Siege written by Jeffrey L. Gould and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-23 with History categories.
Depicts the rise and fall of the militant labor movement in modern El Salvador.
Devil Land
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Author : Clare Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2021-09-30
Devil Land written by Clare Jackson and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-30 with History categories.
*WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2022* A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021, AS CHOSEN BY THE TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, TELEGRAPH AND TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'A big historical advance. Ours, it turns out, is a very un-insular "Island Story". And its 17th-century chapter will never look quite the same again' John Adamson, Sunday Times A ground-breaking portrait of the most turbulent century in English history Among foreign observers, seventeenth-century England was known as 'Devil-Land': a diabolical country of fallen angels, torn apart by seditious rebellion, religious extremism and royal collapse. Clare Jackson's dazzling, original account of English history's most turbulent and radical era tells the story of a nation in a state of near continual crisis. As an unmarried heretic with no heir, Elizabeth I was regarded with horror by Catholic Europe, while her Stuart successors, James I and Charles I, were seen as impecunious and incompetent. The traumatic civil wars, regicide and a republican Commonwealth were followed by the floundering, foreign-leaning rule of Charles II and his brother, James II, before William of Orange invaded England with a Dutch army and a new order was imposed. Devil-Land reveals England as, in many ways, a 'failed state': endemically unstable and rocked by devastating events from the Gunpowder Plot to the Great Fire of London. Catastrophe nevertheless bred creativity, and Jackson makes brilliant use of eyewitness accounts - many penned by stupefied foreigners - to dramatize her great story. Starting on the eve of the Spanish Armada in 1588 and concluding with a not-so 'Glorious Revolution' a hundred years later, Devil-Land is a spectacular reinterpretation of England's vexed and enthralling past.