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Some More News About The Destruction Of Louvain Classic Reprint
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Author : Léon van der Essen
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-10-12
Some More News About The Destruction Of Louvain Classic Reprint written by Léon van der Essen and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-12 with History categories.
Excerpt from Some More News About the Destruction of Louvain A short time ago, as a result of false statements appearing in Chicago newspapers about Louvain and the atrocities committed in Belgium, I felt myself compelled to publish A Statement about the Destruction of Louvain and Neighborhood. I incorporated in that statement the reports of some of my colleagues, who were either victims or eyewitnesses of the outrages committed by the Germans at Louvain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Some More News About The Destruction Of Louvain
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Author : Leon Van Der Essen
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2016-05-24
Some More News About The Destruction Of Louvain written by Leon Van Der Essen and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-24 with categories.
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A Statement About The Destruction Of Louvain And Neighborhood Classic Reprint
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Author : Léon van der Essen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-13
A Statement About The Destruction Of Louvain And Neighborhood Classic Reprint written by Léon van der Essen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-13 with History categories.
Excerpt from A Statement About the Destruction of Louvain and Neighborhood There have been many stories about the "German atrocities" in Belgium, and recently certain articles have appeared in the Chicago press which are of such a character that they seem to demand particular attention. Those articles come from correspondents of American papers in Germany or accompanying the German army in France and Belgium. They generally represent the treatment given by the German army to the civil population in Belgium as very kind and conclude that everywhere stories about German atrocities "vanish on inquiry." I have no desire to question the sincerity of those correspondents, but in many respects I know they are mistaken. They were always far away from the places where "atrocities" were committed. One of them was, between August 12 and August 18, in the neighborhood of Landen and of Namur, when atrocities were committed in the eastern part of Belgium; he was staying in Brussels on August 20 and the three following days, watching for the passing of the German troops through the city, when Aerschot and several villages between Louvain and Malines were sacked and destroyed; he was staying in the Belgian town of Binche when Louvain was burned; and he accompanied the German troops in France when the Belgian towns of Dinant, Andenne, and Tamines were destroyed and their inhabitants killed. In that way, one may assert that he has not seen atrocities, but it seems absolutely inconsequent to say that there were not atrocities at all. As one of those newspaper correspondents has reported the German accusations against the citizens of Louvain, and has made statements about that city which are entirely false, I think the time has come to give here my own account and to publish the truth concerning the occurrences which took place not only at Louvain but also in the villages and small towns of the neighborhood. I myself am not an eyewitness of all the facts I shall report here, but for each case I give my evidence in such a way that everyone will be able to judge of the value of the statement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Ravaged
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Author : Jo Tollebeek
language : en
Publisher: Mercatorfonds
Release Date : 2014-04-01
Ravaged written by Jo Tollebeek and has been published by Mercatorfonds this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-01 with Art categories.
The year 2014 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and the beginning of the conflict that would become known as World War I. In addition to the devastating loss of human life, the Great War was also responsible for the destruction of historic buildings and monuments, the theft of precious artworks, and the burning of untold numbers of books. Ravaged uses this anniversary as a poignant gateway to a greater discussion of the effect of war on artistic heritage. Beginning with the Trojan War and weaving a compelling cross-cultural narrative that ends in the 21st-century Middle East, this affecting publication explores how cultural treasures often became silent victims of armed conflict. Illustrations highlight over two hundred artworks and relics, which are often featured alongside complementary written reflections from contemporary artists. This thoughtful book is a graceful homage to centuries of lost artistic treasures.
Burning The Books
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Author : Richard Ovenden
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2020-10-13
Burning The Books written by Richard Ovenden and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-13 with Literary Criticism categories.
The director of the famed Bodleian Libraries at Oxford narrates the global history of the willful destruction—and surprising survival—of recorded knowledge over the past three millennia. Libraries and archives have been attacked since ancient times but have been especially threatened in the modern era. Today the knowledge they safeguard faces purposeful destruction and willful neglect; deprived of funding, libraries are fighting for their very existence. Burning the Books recounts the history that brought us to this point. Richard Ovenden describes the deliberate destruction of knowledge held in libraries and archives from ancient Alexandria to contemporary Sarajevo, from smashed Assyrian tablets in Iraq to the destroyed immigration documents of the UK Windrush generation. He examines both the motivations for these acts—political, religious, and cultural—and the broader themes that shape this history. He also looks at attempts to prevent and mitigate attacks on knowledge, exploring the efforts of librarians and archivists to preserve information, often risking their own lives in the process. More than simply repositories for knowledge, libraries and archives inspire and inform citizens. In preserving notions of statehood recorded in such historical documents as the Declaration of Independence, libraries support the state itself. By preserving records of citizenship and records of the rights of citizens as enshrined in legal documents such as the Magna Carta and the decisions of the US Supreme Court, they support the rule of law. In Burning the Books, Ovenden takes a polemical stance on the social and political importance of the conservation and protection of knowledge, challenging governments in particular, but also society as a whole, to improve public policy and funding for these essential institutions.
Forgotten Wars
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Author : Włodzimierz Borodziej
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-12-08
Forgotten Wars written by Włodzimierz Borodziej 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 2022-12-08 with History categories.
Włodzimierz Borodziej and Maciej Górny set out to salvage the historical memory of the experience of war in the lands between Riga and Skopje, beginning with the two Balkan conflicts of 1912-1913 and ending with the death of Emperor Franz Joseph in 1916. The First World War in the East and South-East of Europe was fought by people from a multitude of different nationalities, most of them dressed in the uniforms of three imperial armies: Russian, German, and Austro-Hungarian. In this first volume of Forgotten Wars, the authors chart the origins and outbreak of the First World War, the early battles, and the war's impact on ordinary soldiers and civilians through to the end of the Romanian campaign in December 1916, by which point the Central Powers controlled all of the Balkans except for the Peloponnese. Combining military and social history, the authors make extensive use of eyewitness accounts to describe the traumatic experience that established a region stretching between the Baltic, Adriatic, and Black Seas.
More Heat Than Light
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Author : Philip Mirowski
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1991-11-29
More Heat Than Light written by Philip Mirowski 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 1991-11-29 with Business & Economics categories.
The development of the energy concept in Western physics and its subsequent effect on the emergence of neoclassical economics are traced to reveal how economics has sought to emulate physics, especially with regard to the theory of value.
Catastrophe Europe Goes To War 1914
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Author : Max Hastings
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2013-09-12
Catastrophe Europe Goes To War 1914 written by Max Hastings and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-12 with History categories.
A magisterial chronicle of the calamity that crippled Europe in 1914.
The Illustrated London News
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1845
The Illustrated London News written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1845 with Great Britain categories.
The Donkeys
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Author : Alan Clark
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-09-30
The Donkeys written by Alan Clark and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-30 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The landmark exposé of incompetent leadership on the Western Front - why the British troops were lions led by donkeys On 26 September 1915, twelve British battalions – a strength of almost 10,000 men – were ordered to attack German positions in France. In the three-and-a-half hours of the battle, they sustained 8,246 casualties. The Germans suffered no casualties at all. Why did the British Army fail so spectacularly? What can be said of the leadership of generals? And most importantly, could it have all been prevented? In The Donkeys, eminent military historian Alan Clark scrutinises the major battles of that fateful year and casts a steady and revealing light on those in High Command - French, Rawlinson, Watson and Haig among them - whose orders resulted in the virtual destruction of the old professional British Army. Clark paints a vivid and convincing picture of how brave soldiers, the lions, were essentially sent to their deaths by incompetent and indifferent officers – the donkeys. ‘An eloquent and painful book... Clark leaves the impression that vanity and stupidity were the main ingredients of the massacres of 1915. He writes searingly and unforgettably’ Evening Standard