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Trafalgar

by John (Ernest J. King Professor Emeritus Of Maritime History, Ernest J. King Professor Emeritus Of Maritime History, U.S. Naval War College) Hattendorf

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 The story of the battle of Trafalgar: how it was fought, how it has been commemorated, and the long historical shadows that it has cast.
Inchon

by Mackenzie

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 Operation Chromite, the American-led amphibious landing that led to the liberation of Seoul in September 1950, is likely the most famous battle of the Korean War. This volume chronicles the origin, course, and consequences of the battle itself, and examines its afterlife through various media in the US and South and North Korea.
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Gettysburg

by Adam I. P. Smith

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 How did Gettysburg become the most famous battle of the American Civil War and one of the most consequential in world history? Why is the most visited battlefield, the place where veterans came in the greatest numbers, where Presidents pay homage, and millions of families have vacationed? What was it about this three-day struggle in July 1863 in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania that made it seem the "turning point of the war", or the "high-water mark" of the Confederate rebellion? Gettysburg explains the battle''s place in the Civil War, why two vast armies clashed there, and how, in the century and a half since, it has been re-imagined, re-created and re-enacted. It is the story of a battle which no one planned but which became the bloodiest encounter of the war, and one with dramatically high stakes. The postwar romanticisation of Gettysburg as the place of "might-have-beens" is based on a kernel of reality. But it also suited the interests of both the winners and the losers for Gettysburg to become the Civil War in miniature: a glorious, storied, tragic tale small enough to comprehend, but large enough to be inspirational. If this was the battle that determined the war, Confederates could tell themselves that if only they had made different tactical choices, they would have won their independence, while Northerners could credit valour for their victory, without the unromantic need to invoke superior resources. Yet there was only a war because of slavery, and Gettysburg''s importance lies in its role in ending it. In the speech Abraham Lincoln gave there, four months after the battle, he expressed the hope that Union victory would inaugurate a "new birth of freedom". The history of the battle has been shaped by a contest over what that means.
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Gettysburg

by Adam I. P. Smith

~~17,21€~~ 15,49€ 10% OFF

 How did Gettysburg become the most famous battle of the American Civil War and one of the most consequential in world history? Why is the most visited battlefield, the place where veterans came in the greatest numbers, where Presidents pay homage, and millions of families have vacationed? What was it about this three-day struggle in July 1863 in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania that made it seem the "turning point of the war", or the "high-water mark" of the Confederate rebellion? Gettysburg explains the battle''s place in the Civil War, why two vast armies clashed there, and how, in the century and a half since, it has been re-imagined, re-created and re-enacted. It is the story of a battle which no one planned but which became the bloodiest encounter of the war, and one with dramatically high stakes. The postwar romanticisation of Gettysburg as the place of "might-have-beens" is based on a kernel of reality. But it also suited the interests of both the winners and the losers for Gettysburg to become the Civil War in miniature: a glorious, storied, tragic tale small enough to comprehend, but large enough to be inspirational. If this was the battle that determined the war, Confederates could tell themselves that if only they had made different tactical choices, they would have won their independence, while Northerners could credit valour for their victory, without the unromantic need to invoke superior resources. Yet there was only a war because of slavery, and Gettysburg''s importance lies in its role in ending it. In the speech Abraham Lincoln gave there, four months after the battle, he expressed the hope that Union victory would inaugurate a "new birth of freedom". The history of the battle has been shaped by a contest over what that means.
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Leuthen - Great Battles

by T. G. Otte

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 Leuthen (1757) is one of the best-known battles of the Seven Years'' War, the most consequential conflict in continental Europe between the Thirty Years'' War and the wars of Revolutionary and then Napoleonic France. It was a victory against the odds, over a vastly superior Austrian enemy who held the initiative in the war. Leuthen confirmed the reputation of Frederick II (''the Great'') of Prussia as one of history''s greatest military commanders. His victory rested on superior drill and firepower, intelligent use of the terrain, and his perfecting of the ''oblique battle order''. But faulty intelligence and flawed decision-making on the Austrian side were no less important, as T.G. Otte shows in this reappraisal of events.Leuthen was of profound significance for the war and for the future course of European history. Frederick''s victory reversed the military dynamic of the current conflict. It kept Prussia in the war, preserved the existence of the Prussian state, and laid the foundations of its further rise with consequences beyond Frederick''s own times. It also ensured Britain''s final commitment to what was becoming a global conflict.The significance of Prussia''s victory extended beyond the military sphere. The ''Leuthen myth'', encapsulated in the evocative image of Frederick''s exhausted grenadiers intoning the church hymn ''Now thank ye all our Lord'', shaped political and historical disputes in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Germany. It also influenced the intellectual assumptions that underpinned Prusso-German war planning before the First World War. The ''Chorale of Leuthen'' provided the accompanying chords of German cultural developments up to the collapse of the Third Reich in the burning ruins of Berlin. But even to the present day its echo can still be heard. As with other great battles, Leuthen is constantly reassessed and rewritten as an element of national culture and identity.
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Leuthen - Great Battles

by T. G. Otte

~~20,96€~~ 18,86€ 10% OFF

 Leuthen (1757) is one of the best-known battles of the Seven Years'' War, the most consequential conflict in continental Europe between the Thirty Years'' War and the wars of Revolutionary and then Napoleonic France. It was a victory against the odds, over a vastly superior Austrian enemy who held the initiative in the war. Leuthen confirmed the reputation of Frederick II (''the Great'') of Prussia as one of history''s greatest military commanders. His victory rested on superior drill and firepower, intelligent use of the terrain, and his perfecting of the ''oblique battle order''. But faulty intelligence and flawed decision-making on the Austrian side were no less important, as T.G. Otte shows in this reappraisal of events.Leuthen was of profound significance for the war and for the future course of European history. Frederick''s victory reversed the military dynamic of the current conflict. It kept Prussia in the war, preserved the existence of the Prussian state, and laid the foundations of its further rise with consequences beyond Frederick''s own times. It also ensured Britain''s final commitment to what was becoming a global conflict.The significance of Prussia''s victory extended beyond the military sphere. The ''Leuthen myth'', encapsulated in the evocative image of Frederick''s exhausted grenadiers intoning the church hymn ''Now thank ye all our Lord'', shaped political and historical disputes in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Germany. It also influenced the intellectual assumptions that underpinned Prusso-German war planning before the First World War. The ''Chorale of Leuthen'' provided the accompanying chords of German cultural developments up to the collapse of the Third Reich in the burning ruins of Berlin. But even to the present day its echo can still be heard. As with other great battles, Leuthen is constantly reassessed and rewritten as an element of national culture and identity.
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Gettysburg

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 Gettysburg provides an engaging and succinct overview of why the battle of Gettysburg happened, its outcome and why it mattered. It explains why Gettysburg is the most "famous" battle of the American Civil War, and which, it is often said, was the "turning point" of the war.
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Tsushima - Great Battles Series

by Rotem Kowner

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 The story of how the Japanese Imperial Navy defeated the Russian Imperial Navy in 1905, marking the first modern victory of an Asian power over a major European power.
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Tsushima - Great Battles Series

by Rotem Kowner

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 The story of how the Japanese Imperial Navy defeated the Russian Imperial Navy in 1905, marking the first modern victory of an Asian power over a major European power.
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Arnhem

by Christopher Hibbert

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 The vivid account of how a brilliant plan turned into an epic tragedy - made into the BAFTA award-winning film A BRIDGE TOO FAR'Alive with the detail that evokes the smoking background' DAILY TELEGRAPH
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Waterloo - Great Battles

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 The story of Waterloo, the battle that finally ended Napoleon's imperial dreams: how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean.
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Claiming A Promised Inheritance - A Comparative Study

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 Renowned scholar of comparative private law Alexandra Braun examines the law of testamentary promises, details what happens when these promises are broken, and compares how and when the interests of beneficiaries of testamentary promises are protected across a number of legal systems.
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Tsushima - Great Battles Series

by Rotem (Professor Of Japanese Studies, Professor Of Japanese Studies, Department Of Asian Studies, University Of Haifa, Israel) Kowner

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 The story of how the Japanese Imperial Navy defeated the Russian Imperial Navy in 1905, marking the first modern victory of an Asian power over a major European power.
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Agincourt - Great Battles Series

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 Anne Curry tells the story of Agincourt, one of the most iconic battles in English history - how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean.
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Culloden - Great Battles

by Murray (Bradley Professor, University Of Glasgow) Pittock

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 The story of Culloden, one of the most important battles in Scottish history - how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean.
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Thermopylae - Great Battles

by Chris (Professor Emeritus Of Greek, University College London) Carey

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 The story of Thermopylae, the famous last stand of the Greco-Persian Wars: how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean.
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Arnhem

by Christopher Hibbert

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 The vivid account of how a brilliant plan turned into an epic tragedy - made into the BAFTA award-winning film A BRIDGE TOO FAR'Alive with the detail that evokes the smoking background' DAILY TELEGRAPH
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Thermopylae - Great Battles

by Chris Carey

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 The story of Thermopylae, the famous last stand of the Greco-Persian Wars: how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean.
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Thermopylae - Great Battles

by Chris Carey

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 The story of Thermopylae, the famous last stand of the Greco-Persian Wars: how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean.
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Lutzen - Great Battles

by Peter H. Wilson

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 The story of LÃ¼tzen, one of the most famous battles of the cataclysmic Thirty Years' War - how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean
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Lutzen - Great Battles

by Peter H. Wilson

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 The story of LÃ¼tzen, one of the most famous battles of the cataclysmic Thirty Years' War - how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean
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Rorke'S Drift And Isandlwana - Great Battles

by Ian F. W. Beckett

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 The story of Isandlwana, the battle that shocked the British empire at its zenith, and Rorke's Drift, which immediately followed it and went some way to restoring wounded British pride: how they were fought, how they have been remembered, and what they mean for us today.
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Rorke'S Drift And Isandlwana - Great Battles

by Ian F. W. Beckett

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 The story of Isandlwana, the battle that shocked the British empire at its zenith, and Rorke's Drift, which immediately followed it and went some way to restoring wounded British pride: how they were fought, how they have been remembered, and what they mean for us today.
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Ypres - Great Battles

by Mark Connelly e Stefan Goebel

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 The story of Ypres, the series of devastating battles at the heart of Britain and her Empire's experience of the First World War: how they were fought, how they have been remembered, and what they mean for us today.
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