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The Glories Of War
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Author : Charles P. Jr. Poland
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2004
The Glories Of War written by Charles P. Jr. Poland and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with United States categories.
A unique telling of Civil War military activity in 1861, The Glories of War focuses on the Union's invasion of Virginia from four directions; it is the first study of the four invasion corridors of the Civil War. The Union invasions mainly produced small battles and skirmishes, as well as widely celebrated heroes, that received national attention in both the North and South but are forgotten today. Major themes include combatants' romanticized visions of the "glories of war," as well as their subsequent disillusionment. Special emphasis is placed on military activity in western Virginia (modern West Virginia), which has received limited study. Extensive use of Union and Confederate newspapers, along with previously unused sources, brings new information to readers. The text is supplemented by maps depicting both overviews and details of military action.
The Glories Of War
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Author : Charles P. Poland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The Glories Of War written by Charles P. Poland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
This book focuses on the Union's invasion of Virginia during the beginning of the Civil War. It also discusses the military activity in western Virginia (now West Virginia). The book includes maps and information from Union and Confederate newspapers.
The Glories Of War
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Author : Soldier in the Trenches
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1917*
The Glories Of War written by Soldier in the Trenches and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1917* with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
The Glories Of War
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Author : Charles Poland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004-11-15
The Glories Of War written by Charles Poland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-15 with History categories.
A unique telling of Civil War military activity in 1861, The Glories of War focuses on the Union's invasion of Virginia from four directions; it is the first study of the four invasion corridors of the Civil War. The Union invasions mainly produced small battles and skirmishes, as well as widely celebrated heroes, that received national attention in both the North and South but are forgotten today. Major themes include combatants' romanticized visions of the "glories of war," as well as their subsequent disillusionment. Special emphasis is placed on military activity in western Virginia (modern West Virginia), which has received limited study. Extensive use of Union and Confederate newspapers, along with previously unused sources, brings new information to readers. The text is supplemented by maps depicting both overviews and details of military action.
Theirs Is The Glory
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Author : David Truesdale
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Theirs Is The Glory written by David Truesdale and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
'Theirs is the Glory' - the story of the Battle of Arnhem - was the biggest-grossing UK war film for a decade. Made by veterans of the battle in the late summer of 1945, it tells their story day by day: the pre-operation briefing, the drop, the race to the bridge, the daring, death and banter that only soldiers could have scripted - but the veterans had outstanding assistance. Men like Terence Young of XXX Corps - and later the early 'James Bond' director - helped craft the words we hear. Directing the veterans was a First World War veteran - who had survived a bayonet charge at Gallipoli - and prolific film director: Brian Desmond Hurst. Born and bred in Belfast, Hurst went on to learn the craft of film making in Hollywood with his mentor, John Ford. Conflict is shown, heard and interpreted in many of his 30 films made from the 1920s to the 1960s. This book is the 'director's cut' - looking in-depth at his work on conflict - and takes, as its centerpiece, 'Theirs is the Glory'. Decade-by-decade conflict is chronicled from the 1920s and Hurst's 'Ourselves Alone' (and the War of Independence in Ireland, where his film was banned in Northern Ireland) to the 1960s and 'Simba' and the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya. This is a book you will refer to again and again, and shows why 'Theirs is the Glory' is the definitive film on Arnhem; it will remain the veterans' lasting tribute to their comrades that did not return. This book also shows why Hurst was an enigma, but a master of the genre, and at his very best when focusing on the subject of conflict on the vast canvas of film.
The Price Of Glory
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Author : Alistair Horne
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2007-06-28
The Price Of Glory written by Alistair Horne and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-28 with History categories.
The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. Its aim was less to defeat the enemy than bleed him to death and a battleground whose once fertile terrain is even now a haunted wilderness. Alistair Horne's classic work, continuously in print for over fifty years, is a profoundly moving, sympathetic study of the battle and the men who fought there. It shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War to the minds of those who waged it, the traditions that bound them and the world that gave them the opportunity.
George S Patton
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Author : Gary Bloomfield
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2017-09-15
George S Patton written by Gary Bloomfield and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-15 with History categories.
George S. Patton: On Guts, Glory, and Winning relies on the writings, speeches, and poems of George Patton, and includes his prayer to stop the rain during the battle of northern Europe. What separates this book from all of the many about World War II’s most famous battle commander is the extensive use of exquisite B&W combat photos on every spread, which illuminate the text on those pages. U.S. Army General George S. Patton is one of the greatest and most controversial battle commanders of World War II. His tactics were criticized by his detractors, lauded by his peers, and feared by the Nazis in North Africa, Sicily, France, and northern Europe. Some erroneously assumed he plunged his troops into battle with little or no forethought, but in fact he studied his opponent’s writings and tactics, knew the terrain and weather conditions on anticipated fields of fire, and even relied on the Bible for guidance. Almost no other general or world leader from World War II has been written about more than Old Blood and Guts Patton – a nickname he hated. Even today, despite advances in weaponry and technology, military commanders still study his battle tactics.
The Morning Glory War
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Author : Judy Glassman
language : en
Publisher: Yearling
Release Date : 1993
The Morning Glory War written by Judy Glassman and has been published by Yearling this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Jeannie, a fifth grader during World War II, supports the war effort at home and writes to a soldier overseas while enduring the dislike of her harsh teacher.
Paths Of Glory
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Author : Irvin S. Cobb
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-03-24
Paths Of Glory written by Irvin S. Cobb and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-24 with categories.
Excerpt from Paths of Glory: Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front The bulk of this book's contents was wrltten before our own country entered the war. The matter included in the two final chapters was written after we entered the war; It is here added because the author believes it now to. 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.
The Glory Of The Trenches
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Author : Coningsby Dawson
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-03-09
The Glory Of The Trenches written by Coningsby Dawson and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-09 with History categories.
World War I, also known in its time as the “Great War” or the “War to End all Wars”, was an unprecedented holocaust in terms of its sheer scale. Fought by men who hailed from all corners of the globe, it saw millions of soldiers do battle in brutal assaults of attrition which dragged on for months with little to no respite. Tens of millions of artillery shells and untold hundreds of millions of rifle and machine gun bullets were fired in a conflict that demonstrated man's capacity to kill each other on a heretofore unprecedented scale, and as always, such a war brought about technological innovation at a rate that made the boom of the Industrial Revolution seem stagnant. The enduring image of World War I is of men stuck in muddy trenches, and of vast armies deadlocked in a fight neither could win. It was a war of barbed wire, poison gas, and horrific losses as officers led their troops on mass charges across No Man's Land and into a hail of bullets. While these impressions are all too true, they hide the fact that trench warfare was dynamic and constantly evolving throughout the war as all armies struggled to find a way to break through the opposing lines. Though World War I is almost synonymous with trench warfare, that method of combat was nothing new. There had been extensive use of trenches during the later stages of the American Civil War (1864-1865), and trench warfare was constant during the Second Boer War (1899-1902), the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), and the Balkan Wars (1912-1913). These conflicts showed that modern firepower combined with entrenched positions gave a decisive advantage to the defender, yet European observers failed to learn any lessons from these conflicts, and the scale of trench warfare in World War I far eclipsed anything seen before or since, especially on the Western Front. From the intro:"In my book, The Father of a Soldier, I have already stated the conditions under which this book of my son's was produced.He was wounded in the end of June, 1917, in the fierce struggle before Lens. He was at once removed to a base-hospital, and later on to a military hospital in London. There was grave danger of amputation of the right arm, but this was happily avoided. As soon as he could use his hand he was commandeered by the Lord High Commissioner of Canada to write an important paper, detailing the history of the Canadian forces in France and Flanders. This task kept him busy until the end of August, when he obtained a leave of two months to come home. He arrived in New York in September, and returned again to London in the end of October.The plan of the book grew out of his conversations with us and the three public addresses which he made. The idea had already been suggested to him by his London publisher, Mr. John Lane. He had written a few hundred words, but had no very keen sense of the value of the experiences he had been invited to relate. He had not even read his own published letters in Carry On. He said he had begun to read them when the book reached him in the trenches, but they made him homesick, and he was also afraid that his own estimate of their value might not coincide with ours, or with the verdict which the public has since passed upon them. He regarded his own experiences, which we found so thrilling, in the same spirit of modest depreciation. They were the commonplaces of the life which he had led, and he was sensitive lest they should be regarded as improperly heroic."