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The Conquistador with His Pants Down: David Ramsay Steele’s
Legendary Lost Lectures assembles fourteen of the penetrating,
provocative presentations by this controversial libertarian speaker
and writer. The targets of Steele’s acerbic and witty criticisms
include Scott Adams, Mattias Desmet, Sigmund Freud, Sam Harris,
Karl Marx, George Orwell, Jordan Peterson, Ayn Rand, and all things
conventionally Wokish. Steele’s heroes encompass Immanuel Kant,
Robert Michels, Ludwig von Mises, Dexter Morgan, Karl Popper, and
all who, howsoever confusedly, come down on the side of liberty,
truth, and unsocial justice.
Two historians--one American and one British--examine the ways in
which rivalries and personality conflicts among Allied commanders
adversely affected the D-Day invasion and its aftermath.In
anticipation of the 75th anniversary of D-Day comes this fresh
perspective on the Normandy invasion -- -the beginning of the end
of World War II. The book highlights the conflicting egos, national
rivalries, and professional abilities of the principal D-Day
commanders who planned and executed the OVERLORD Operation and its
aftermath. Two historians, one American and one British, show how
lack of cooperation and bad decisions lengthened the war, increased
casualties, and allowed the later Soviet domination of Eastern
Europe.From their in-depth analysis of past D-Day literature,
primary and archival sources, the authors provide insightful
answers to the many controversies that have long surrounded the
OVERLORD campaign. Among the questions addressed are: What caused
the two-month delay for the Allied breakout from the Normandy
beachhead. Why did the bulk of the German army escape from the
Falaise Pocket? Who stopped Patton's August 1944 advance into
Germany? Why did it take so long to open the Port of Antwerp needed
for securing the required supplies for the Allied advance into
Germany?The evidence presented in this book makes it clear that the
problems raised by these questions and many other difficulties
could have been avoided if the Allied commanders had been less
contentious, a factor that sometimes led to catastrophic
battlefield outcomes. Complete with maps that illustrate the
campaign's progression and photographs of the commanders and the
forbidding battlefield terrain, this new examination of the war in
Europe makes a major contribution to our understanding of the
decision-making behind these pivotal historic events.
Published eight years after George Washington's death, David
Ramsay's Life of George Washington achieved great popularity. A
contemporary of Washington, historian Ramsay writes with the
knowledge and insights one acquires only by being on the scene.
George Washington was elected commander-in-chief of the Continental
Army by the Second Continental Congress in May 1775. For the next
six years, he led his poorly supplied and ill-trained troops in a
grueling war with Great Britain. Washington took the oath of office
as the first president of the United States on April 30, 1789.
David Ramsay, the author, was an active player in the momentous
events of America's unfolding drama. He was twice elected a
delegate to the Continental Congress, serving as its chairman in a
specially appointed post. His biography of Washington is essential
reading for anyone interested in the founding events of the United
States of America. Includes a foreword by Jay A. Parry, author of
The Real George Washington. Newly designed and typeset in a modern
6-by-9-inch format by Waking Lion Press.
"David Ramsay's premier work of American historiography is now
available for the first time in a well-edited reprint. Lester
Cohen's foreword is an invaluable guide."--Arthur H. Shaffer,
University of MissouriDavid Ramsay's "History of the American
Revolution" appeared in 1789 during an enthusiastic celebration of
nationhood. It is the first American national history written by an
American revolutionary and printed in America. Ramsay, a well-known
Federalist, was an active participant in many of the events of the
period and a member of the Continental Congress from South
Carolina.Ramsay discusses the events and ideas of the American
Revolution (from the outbreak of turbulence in the 1760s to the
onset of Washington's administration) and makes an ardent
Federalist defense of the Constitution of 1787.Based on the
original and authorized 1789 version, this is the first new modern
edition of the work.Lester H. Cohen taught history and American
Studies at Purdue University.
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Memoirs of the Life of Martha Laurens Ramsay, who Died in Charleston, S. C., on the 10th of June, 1811... With an Appendix, Containing Extracts From her Diary, Letters, and Other Private Papers. And Also From Letters Written to her, by her Father, Henry L (Hardcover)
David Ramsay, Martha Laurens Ramsay, Henry Laurens
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Memoirs of the Life of Martha Laurens Ramsay, who Died in Charleston, S. C., on the 10th of June, 1811... With an Appendix, Containing Extracts From her Diary, Letters, and Other Private Papers. And Also From Letters Written to her, by her Father, Henry L (Paperback)
David Ramsay, Martha Laurens Ramsay, Henry Laurens
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