Winning Small Battles Losing The War
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Losing The Battle Winning The War
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Author : Ben Parkinson
language : en
Publisher: Sphere
Release Date : 2021-04-29
Losing The Battle Winning The War written by Ben Parkinson and has been published by Sphere this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'A great and inspiring book from Doncaster's bravest son. Read it in a day' - Jeremy Clarkson 'Ben is the embodiment of positive thinking. What he has achieved, in large part through willpower, is nothing short of miraculous. An inspiration to us all' - Ant Middleton The story of Ben Parkinson MBE, the most injured soldier to have survived Afghanistan --- What were you doing when you were 22? Where were you in the world? What did you want to do with your life? Ben Parkinson was a 6'4" Paratrooper. He was in Afghanistan fighting for his country. He wanted to always be a soldier, to be a father and to get home in one piece. But we don't always get what we want. So the question is: how do we react when that happens? Easy: You find something new to fight for. Ben Parkinson MBE is an inspiration to everyone. He suffered 37 injuries when his Land Rover hit a mine in Helmand in 2006, including brain damage, breaking his back and losing both his legs. This book follows the story of what led him to that moment his life changed forever - and what happened next. Doctors didn't think Ben could survive the trauma - then they didn't think he would wake up, or talk again, or walk again. Time after time, Ben pushed the ceiling on what was possible, going on to carry the Olympic flame in 2012 and receiving an MBE for the enormous feats he has undertaken for charity. What he has achieved in the face of adversity - for others as well as for himself - is nothing short of a miracle. Nerve-wracking, heart-warming and full of classic soldier's humour, Losing the Battle, Winning the War is a book you'll be thinking about long after the last page. 'Ben Parkinson is my hero. His story is one of immeasurable courage and character, a testament to the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit' - Dan Jarvis MP, author of Long Way Home
Loss In Battle
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Author : Lazaro Rapelyea
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-07-29
Loss In Battle written by Lazaro Rapelyea and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-29 with categories.
If you say that someone has lost the battle, but won the war, you mean that although they have been defeated in a small conflict they have won a larger, more important one of which it was a part. Guiding the reader through more than two centuries of military campaigns, the author shows how defeat in battle need not lead to defeat in war. That Ulysses S. Grant suffered several repulses during the American Civil War is one instance, the Anglo-French Retreat from Mons in 1914 another. But he does not focus solely on general officers: analyzing the Second World War and Korean War actions, veterans of all ranks impart how the engagements felt to them.
The Allure Of Battle
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Author : Cathal Nolan
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-01-02
The Allure Of Battle written by Cathal Nolan and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-02 with History categories.
History has tended to measure war's winners and losers in terms of its major engagements, battles in which the result was so clear-cut that they could be considered "decisive." Cannae, Konigsberg, Austerlitz, Midway, Agincourt-all resonate in the literature of war and in our imaginations as tide-turning. But these legendary battles may or may not have determined the final outcome of the wars in which they were fought. Nor has the "genius" of the so-called Great Captains - from Alexander the Great to Frederick the Great and Napoleon - play a major role. Wars are decided in other ways. Cathal J. Nolan's The Allure of Battle systematically and engrossingly examines the great battles, tracing what he calls "short-war thinking," the hope that victory might be swift and wars brief. As he proves persuasively, however, such has almost never been the case. Even the major engagements have mainly contributed to victory or defeat by accelerating the erosion of the other side's defences. Massive conflicts, the so-called "people's wars," beginning with Napoleon and continuing until 1945, have consisted of and been determined by prolonged stalemate and attrition, industrial wars in which the determining factor has been not military but matériel. Nolan's masterful book places battles squarely and mercilessly within the context of the wider conflict in which they took place. In the process it help corrects a distorted view of battle's role in war, replacing popular images of the "battles of annihilation" with somber appreciation of the commitments and human sacrifices made throughout centuries of war particularly among the Great Powers. Accessible, provocative, exhaustive, and illuminating, The Allure of Battle will spark fresh debate about the history and conduct of warfare.
Understanding Defeat
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Author : Trevor Nevitt Dupuy
language : en
Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
Release Date : 1990
Understanding Defeat written by Trevor Nevitt Dupuy and has been published by Paragon House Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
Recover From Loss
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Author : Lane Eskaran
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-07-29
Recover From Loss written by Lane Eskaran and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-29 with categories.
If you say that someone has lost the battle, but won the war, you mean that although they have been defeated in a small conflict they have won a larger, more important one of which it was a part. Guiding the reader through more than two centuries of military campaigns, the author shows how defeat in battle need not lead to defeat in war. That Ulysses S. Grant suffered several repulses during the American Civil War is one instance, the Anglo-French Retreat from Mons in 1914 another. But he does not focus solely on general officers: analyzing the Second World War and Korean War actions, veterans of all ranks impart how the engagements felt to them.
Battles Lost And Won
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Author : Hanson Weightman Baldwin
language : en
Publisher: William S. Konecky Associates
Release Date : 1966
Battles Lost And Won written by Hanson Weightman Baldwin and has been published by William S. Konecky Associates this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Great Campaigns of World War II.
The Book Of War Includes The Art Of War By Sun Tzu On War By Karl Von Clausewitz
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Author : Sun Tzu
language : en
Publisher: Modern Library
Release Date : 2000-02-22
The Book Of War Includes The Art Of War By Sun Tzu On War By Karl Von Clausewitz written by Sun Tzu and has been published by Modern Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-02-22 with History categories.
Two classic works of military strategy that shaped the way we think about warfare: The Art of War by Sun Tzu and On War by Karl von Clausewitz, together in one volume “Civilization might have been spared much of the damage suffered in the world wars . . . if the influence of Clausewitz’s On War had been blended with and balanced by a knowledge of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War.”—B. H. Liddel Hart For two thousand years, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War has been the indispensable volume of warcraft. Although his work is the first known analysis of war and warfare, Sun Tzu struck upon a thoroughly modern concept: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” Karl von Clausewitz, the canny military theorist who famously declared that war is a continuation of politics by other means, also claims paternity of the notion “total war.” On War is the magnum opus of the era of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars. Now these two great minds come together in a single volume that also features an introduction by esteemed military writer Ralph Peters and the Modern Library War Series introduction by Caleb Carr, New York Times bestselling author of The Alienist. (The cover and text refer to The Art of War as The Art of Warfare, an alternate translation of the title.)
Little Bighorn
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Author : Michael L. Lawson
language : en
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
Release Date : 2007
Little Bighorn written by Michael L. Lawson and has been published by Chelsea House Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 categories.
Examines the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana and the defeat of Colonel Custer and his men by the American Indians.
War Is A Racket
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Author : Smedley Butler
language : en
Publisher: Jovian Press
Release Date : 2018-01-19
War Is A Racket written by Smedley Butler and has been published by Jovian Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-19 with Political Science categories.
War Is a Racket is a speech and a 1935 short book, by Smedley D. Butler, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient. Based on his career military experience, Butler frankly discusses how business interests commercially benefit (including war profiteering) from warfare. He had been appointed commanding officer of the Gendarmerie during the United States occupation of Haiti, which lasted from 1915 to 1934.
How The War Was Won
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Author : Phillips Payson O'Brien
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-02-12
How The War Was Won written by Phillips Payson O'Brien 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 2015-02-12 with History categories.
An important new history of air and sea power in World War II and its decisive role in Allied victory.