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This book brings together several scholars to examine the
relationship between guerrilla insurgencies and state building. In
essays covering such societies as Mozambique, Algeria, Peru,
Malaysia and Sri Lanka the authors show that the rise of guerrilla
insurgency can lead states to develop far-reaching programmes of
social and economic modernisation or else in some cases to
disintegrate from within if the challenge of modernisation proves
to be beyond their capacities. The book argues that as the last
phase of colonial modernisation of developing states has finished
insurgencies increasingly threaten the cohesion of less developed
states in a global order in which superpower patronage has largely
ended.
A history about those who advise, mentor, and operate behind the
throne of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama.
From early childhood to the present day the President chose to keep
his personal life a secret. Those who surround him fall into a wide
category of radicals, marxists, communists, and Americans who have
joined together in a coordinated effort to overthrow capitalism and
the Republic of the United States of America.
History of Anatomy: An International Perspective is unique in its
global approach to studying the development of human anatomy.
Though it references widely known anatomists, such as Aristotle,
Galen, and Bell, the book also pay homage to less famous
contributors to the field and explains their findings. This
comprehensive history of the morphology of humans serves as a
useful guide to anatomists, anthropologists, physicians, surgeons,
and anyone interested in the early history of medicine and surgery.
Building on the strength of the previous two editions, Bergman's
Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation is the third
installment of the classic human anatomical reference launched by
Dr. Ronald Bergman. With both new and updated entries, and now
illustrated in full color, the encyclopedia provides an even more
comprehensive reference on human variation for anatomists,
anthropologists, physicians, surgeons, medical personnel, and all
students of anatomy. Developed by a team of editors with extensive
records publishing on both human variation and normal human
anatomy, Bergman's Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic
Variation is the long awaited update to this classic reference.
Vicksburg is the exciting sequel to Osceola. It chronicles the
daily life of a common soldier in the Army of the Tennesse as they
march to Vicksburg and on to Atlanta. The descriptions of the
battles, characters and events are based on diaries, journals and
official reports and adds a realistic touch that makes the reader
feel like they were present.
Vicksburg is the exciting sequel to Osceola. It chronicles the
daily life of a common soldier in the Army of the Tennesse as they
march to Vicksburg and on to Atlanta. The descriptions of the
battles, characters and events are based on diaries, journals and
official reports and adds a realistic touch that makes the reader
feel like they were present.
This is a story about a 12 year old boy growing up on the family
homestead on the banks of the Osage River near the Missouri-Kansas
border in the period at the start of the American Civil War.
It details the everyday events in the life of his family until
their idyllic world is devastated when the town of Osceola is
pillaged and burned by Kansas Jayhawkers. In the weeks that follow
the family struggles for survival and finally flee for safety
further north. The young boy then enlists in the Union Army
from a misguided quest for solace and revenge. His service in
the 21st Missouri Regiment then chronicles the everyday life of a
common soldier as he experiences the full horrors of war in the
epic Battle of Shiloh. He then endures the long and tedious
march to Corinth, Mississippi, culminating in the bloody Battles of
Iuka and Corinth.
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Osceola (Hardcover)
Thomas R. Stubbs
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R1,160
Discovery Miles 11 600
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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This is a story about a 12 year old boy growing up on the family
homestead on the banks of the Osage River near the Missouri-Kansas
border in the period at the start of the American Civil War.
It details the everyday events in the life of his family until
their idyllic world is devastated when the town of Osceola is
pillaged and burned by Kansas Jayhawkers. In the weeks that follow
the family struggles for survival and finally flee for safety
further north. The young boy then enlists in the Union Army
from a misguided quest for solace and revenge. His service in
the 21st Missouri Regiment then chronicles the everyday life of a
common soldier as he experiences the full horrors of war in the
epic Battle of Shiloh. He then endures the long and tedious
march to Corinth, Mississippi, culminating in the bloody Battles of
Iuka and Corinth.
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