The New Legions
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The New Legions
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Author : Donald Duncan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-10-15
The New Legions written by Donald Duncan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-15 with categories.
Donald Duncan wanted be the best soldier possible. He was regular Army, then Airborne, then Green Beret. In Vietnam, he led reconnaissance patrols deep into enemy-held territory to assess the strength of the Viet Cong, the communist guerrillas. He returned home with questions about Vietnam. Did the peasants on the farms in South Vietnam want another foreign power in their country? Were they as anti-communist as Americans, or anti-foreigner? What did their attitudes mean to the success of the intervention of United States in Vietnam? He went even further as you will see. He asked if South Vietnam was really a separate country in the eyes of the Vietnamese.Read about his patriotism, his courage and his questions. Editorial Reviews :"Frequently provocative." --The Saturday Review."Duncan's merits are obvious. He has written a buoyant work filled with rueful reflections on our past and present errors, but charged with hopes for the future. In relating his impressions of army life he is at his best; some really fine pages describe the counterinsurgency training of the Green Berets; the numerous missions of the Special Forces into Viet Cong-held territory; the shop talk of war-weary soldiers groping to discover a rational explanation for their presence in Vietnam; the almost totally negative reactions of these same soldiers to the South Vietnamese army, government, and people; and the sorry plight in the armed forces of the American Negro, who still suffers from discrimination despite the efforts of his government to eradicate it."¿ There is much of value in The New Legions. Evident on every page is Duncan's humanity. And the nobility of his cause- the end of the war and the triumph of peace, justice, and integrity throughout the world-is, of course, incontestable. His book is often illuminating and frequently provocative¿"Saturday Review August 12, 1967
The New Legions
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Author : Don Duncan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
The New Legions written by Don Duncan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Vietnam War, 1961-1975 categories.
Critical opinions on the conflict in Vietnam by a soldier who resigned from the U.S. armed forces after eighteen months with the Green Berets.
The New Legions
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Author : Edward B. Atkeson
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2011-11-23
The New Legions written by Edward B. Atkeson and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-23 with Political Science categories.
Major General (Ret.) Edward B. Atkeson decries the decade-long campaign the United States has undertaken in the wake of 9/11 and offers a broad plan for global protection of American interests. He proposes shifting the military burden to friendly indigenous fighters recruited, trained, and equipped under United States leadership for operation in their native environments. Atkeson finds ample precedent for the effectiveness of similar legions of fighters. He lays out how such a program would work and shows how these legions could help the United States achieve its global objectives in a more cost-effective way.
The New Red Legions
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Author : Richard A. Gabriel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
The New Red Legions written by Richard A. Gabriel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with categories.
The New Red Legions
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Author : Richard A. Gabriel
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1980-10-14
The New Red Legions written by Richard A. Gabriel and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980-10-14 with Education categories.
The New American Cyclopaedia
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1870
The New American Cyclopaedia written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1870 with Encyclopedias and dictionaries categories.
Legions Of Peace
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Author : Philip Cunliffe
language : en
Publisher: Hurst & Company
Release Date : 2013
Legions Of Peace written by Philip Cunliffe and has been published by Hurst & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
A critical examination of the global power relations that underpin the unprecedented deployments of UN peacekeepers from poor and developing countries since.
Legions Of Rome
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Author : Stephen Dando-Collins
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-03-29
Legions Of Rome written by Stephen Dando-Collins and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-29 with History categories.
No book on Roman history has attempted to do what Stephen Dando-Collins does in Legions of Rome: to provide a complete history of every Imperial Roman legion and what it achieved as a fighting force. The author has spent the last thirty years collecting every scrap of available evidence from numerous sources: stone and bronze inscriptions, coins, papyrus and literary accounts in a remarkable feat of historical detective work. The book is divided into three parts: Part 1 provides a detailed account of what the legionaries wore and ate, what camp life was like, what they were paid and how they were motivated and punished. The section also contains numerous personal histories of individual soldiers. Part 2 offers brief unit histories of all the legions that served Rome for 300 years from 30BC. Part 3 is a sweeping chronological survey of the campaigns in which the armies were involved, told from the point of view of particular legions. Lavish, authoritative and beautifully produced, Legions of Rome will appeal to ancient history enthusiasts and military history buffs alike.
Roman Britain S Missing Legion
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Author : Simon Elliott
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Release Date : 2021-03-15
Roman Britain S Missing Legion written by Simon Elliott and has been published by Pen and Sword Military this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-15 with History categories.
“Examines all the possible fates of the famous IX legion . . . takes you on a fascinating detective journey through all the corners of the Roman Empire.” —History . . . The Interesting Bits! Legio IX Hispana had a long and active history, later founding York from where it guarded the northern frontiers in Britain. But the last evidence for its existence in Britain comes from AD 108. The mystery of their disappearance has inspired debate and imagination for decades. The most popular theory, immortalized in Rosemary Sutcliffe’s novel The Eagle of the Ninth, is that the legion was sent to fight the Caledonians in Scotland and wiped out there. But more recent archaeology (including evidence that London was burnt to the ground and dozens of decapitated heads) suggests a crisis, not on the border but in the heart of the province, previously thought to have been peaceful at this time. What if IX Hispana took part in a rebellion, leading to their punishment, disbandment and damnatio memoriae (official erasure from the records)? This proposed ‘Hadrianic War’ would then be the real context for Hadrian’s ‘visit’ in 122 with a whole legion, VI Victrix, which replaced the ‘vanished’ IX as the garrison at York. Other theories are that it was lost on the Rhine or Danube, or in the East. Simon Elliott considers the evidence for these four theories, and other possibilities. “A great and fascinating read . . . a page turner . . . The book offers some interesting and intriguing ideas around the fate of the Ninth.” —Irregular Magazine “An historical detective story pursued with academic rigour.” —Clash of Steel “A seminal and landmark study.” —Midwest Book Review
Legions In Crisis The Transformation Of The Roman Soldier 192 To 284
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Author : Paul Elliot
language : en
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Release Date : 2014-05-10
Legions In Crisis The Transformation Of The Roman Soldier 192 To 284 written by Paul Elliot and has been published by Fonthill Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-10 with History categories.
The third century AD was a turbulent and testing time for the Roman Empire. A new and powerful foe in the east had risen up to challenge Rome directly. Barbarians on the northern frontiers were now more aggressive and more numerous than before and internally the population of the empire had to contend with rampant inflation and a series of terrible plagues. Unfortunately, the chaos became magnified by a lack of continuity on the imperial throne. The army had real political power in the third century, making and unmaking emperors as it saw fit. It had been aided in this by Septimius Severus, the African emperor who had won out in the civil wars following Commodus' assassination. He increased the army's pay and granted other privileges. While the army gained rapidly in size, stature and political savvy during the reign of Septimius Severus, it also accelerated a material transformation. Armour, shields, helmets, swords and javelins all began to be replaced with new styles. Legions in Crisis looks closely at the new styles of arms and armour, comparing their construction, use and effectiveness to the more familiar types of Roman kit used by soldiers fighting the earlier Dacian and Marcomannic Wars. What did this transformation in military technology mean for the tactical choices used on the battlefield? Although the outcome had looked in doubt, the army and the empire it protected weathered the storm to emerge into the fourth century fully able to tackle the challenges of a new age.