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Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence
The mass of available data about World War II has never been as
large as it is now, yet it has become increasingly complicated to
interpret it in a meaningful way. Packed with cleverly designed
graphics, charts and diagrams, World War II: Infographics offers a
new approach by telling the story of the conflict visually.
Encompassing the conflict from its roots to its aftermath, more
than 50 themes are treated in great detail, ranging from the rise
of the Far Right in pre-war Europe and mass mobilization, to
evolving military tactics and technology and the financial and
human cost of the conflict. Throughout, the shifting balance of
power between the Axis and the Allies and the global nature of the
war and its devastation are made strikingly clear.
This is the third and final 'stand-alone' account of C Squadron
SAS's thrilling operations against the relentless spread of
communist backed terrorism in East Africa. Drawing on first-hand
experiences the author describes operations against
communist-backed terrorists in Angola and Mozambique, aiding the
Portuguese and Renamo against the MPLA and Frelimo respectively.
Back in Southern Rhodesia SAS General Peter Walls, realising the
danger that Mugabe and ZANU represented, appealed directly to
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. This correspondence,
published here for the first time, changed nothing and years of
corruption and genocide followed. Although C Squadron was disbanded
in 1980 many members joined the South African special forces.
Operations undertaken included unsuccessful and costly
destabilisation attempts against Mugabe and missions into
Mozambique including the assassination of Samora Machel. By 1986
deteriorating relationships with the South African authorities
resulted in the break-up of the SAS teams who dispersed worldwide.
Had Mike Graham not written his three action-packed books, C
Squadron SAS's superb fighting record might never have been
revealed. For those who are fascinated by special forces soldiering
his accounts are 'must reads'.
Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Biography. Named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time, NPR, Smithsonian Magazine, and Oprah Daily.
In 1848, a year of international democratic revolt, a young, enslaved couple, Ellen and William Craft, achieved one of the boldest feats of self-emancipation in American history. Posing as master and slave, while sustained by their love as husband and wife, they made their escape together across more than 1,000 miles, riding out in the open on steamboats, carriages, and trains that took them from bondage in Georgia to the free states of the North.
Along the way, they dodged slave traders, military officers, and even friends of their enslavers, who might have revealed their true identities. The tale of their adventure soon made them celebrities, and generated headlines around the country. Americans could not get enough of this charismatic young couple, who traveled another 1,000 miles criss-crossing New England, drawing thunderous applause as they spoke alongside some of the greatest abolitionist luminaries of the day—among them Frederick Douglass and William Wells Brown.
But even then, they were not out of danger. With the passage of an infamous new Fugitive Slave Act in 1850, all Americans became accountable for returning refugees like the Crafts to slavery. Then yet another adventure began, as slave hunters came up from Georgia, forcing the Crafts to flee once again—this time from the United States, their lives and thousands more on the line and the stakes never higher.
With three epic journeys compressed into one monumental bid for freedom, Master Slave Husband Wife is an American love story—one that would challenge the nation’s core precepts of life, liberty, and justice for all—one that challenges us even now.
The 100-foot promontory known as Pointe du Hoc -- where six big
German guns were ensconced -- was the number one target of the
heavy U.S. and British warships poised in the English Channel on
D-Day morning. Facing arguably the toughest task to befall U.S.
forces during the war, the brave men of the Army 2nd Ranger
Battalion boldly took control of the fortified cliff and set in
motion the liberation of Europe.
Based upon recently released documents, here is the first
in-depth, anecdotal remembrance of these fearless Army Rangers.
Acclaimed author and historian Douglas Brinkley deftly moves
between events four decades apart to tell two riveting stories: the
making of Ronald Reagan's historic 1984 speeches about the storming
of the Normandy coast and the actual heroic event that inspired
them and helped to end the Second World War.
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- the Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Regiment in the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Camps, Forts, Batteries, Garrisons, Marches, Shirmished, Sieges, Battles, and Victories; Also, the Roll of Honor and Roll of the Regiment..
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Frederic 1819-1901 Denison
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"I have decided to prepare for, and if necessary to carry out, an
invasion against England."--Adolph Hitler, July 16, 1940
Operation Sealion was the codename for the Nazi invasion of Britain
that Hitler ordered his generals to plan after France fell in June
1940. Although the plan ultimately never came to fruition, a few
sets of the Germans' detailed strategy documents are housed in the
rare book rooms of libraries across Europe. But now the Bodleian
Library has made documents from their set available for all to
peruse in this unprecedented collection of the invasion planning
materials.
The planned operation would have involved landing 160,000 German
soldiers along a forty-mile stretch of coast in southeast England.
Packets of reconnaissance materials were put together for the
invading forces, and the most intriguing parts are now reproduced
here. Each soldier was to be given maps and geographical
descriptions of the British Isles that broke down the country by
regions, aerial photographs pinpointing strategic targets, an
extensive listing of British roads and rivers, strategic plans for
launching attacks on each region, an English dictionary and phrase
book, and even a brief description of Britain's social composition.
Augmenting the fascinating documents is an informative introduction
that sets the materials in their historical and political context.
A must-have for every military history buff, "German Invasion Plans
for the British Isles, 1940" is a remarkable revelation of the
inner workings of Hitler's most famous unrealized military
campaign.
Faulkner, Aviation, and Modern War frames William Faulkner's
airplane narratives against major scenes of the early 20th century:
the Great War, the rise of European fascism in the 1920s and 30s,
the Second World War, and the aviation arms race extending from the
Wright Flyer in 1903 into the Cold War era. Placing biographical
accounts of Faulkner's time in the Royal Air Force Canada against
analysis of such works as Soldiers' Pay (1926), "All the Dead
Pilots" (1931), Pylon (1935), and A Fable (1954), this book
situates Faulkner's aviation writing within transatlantic
historical contexts that have not been sufficiently appreciated in
Faulkner's work. Michael Zeitlin unpacks a broad selection of
Faulkner's novels, stories, film treatments, essays, book reviews,
and letters to outline Faulkner's complex and ambivalent
relationship to the ideologies of masculine performance and martial
heroism in an age dominated by industrialism and military
technology.
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