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Author: Nigel Cave Publisher: Pen & Sword Military ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 146
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The British offensive, which became known as Passchendaele, got underway on 31 July 1917 with the object ive of capturing 15 miles of territory. Published to coincide with the anniversary of Passchendaele, this guide includes car tours, memorials, etc.
Author: Nigel Cave Publisher: Pen & Sword Military ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 146
Book Description
The British offensive, which became known as Passchendaele, got underway on 31 July 1917 with the object ive of capturing 15 miles of territory. Published to coincide with the anniversary of Passchendaele, this guide includes car tours, memorials, etc.
Author: Marina Belozerskaya Publisher: Getty Publications ISBN: 0892367857 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 292
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Today we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-studded goldwork, richly embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, music, and ephemeral multi-media spectacles—in much higher esteem. Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, was typical of the Italian nobility: she bequeathed to her children precious stone vases mounted in gold, engraved gems, ivories, and antique bronzes and marbles; her favorite ladies-in-waiting, by contrast, received mere paintings. Renaissance patrons and observers extolled finely wrought luxury artifacts for their exquisite craftsmanship and the symbolic capital of their components; paintings and sculptures in modest materials, although discussed by some literati, were of lesser consequence. This book endeavors to return to the mainstream material long marginalized as a result of historical and ideological biases of the intervening centuries. The author analyzes how luxury arts went from being lofty markers of ascendancy and discernment in the Renaissance to being dismissed as “decorative” or “minor” arts—extravagant trinkets of the rich unworthy of the status of Art. Then, by re-examining the objects themselves and their uses in their day, she shows how sumptuous creations constructed the world and taste of Renaissance women and men.
Author: Riva Castleman Publisher: ABRAMS ISBN: 9780810961814 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Published to accompany the 1994 exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, this book constitutes the most extensive survey of modern illustrated books to be offered in many years. Work by artists from Pierre Bonnard to Barbara Kruger and writers from Guillaume Apollinarie to Susan Sontag. An importnt reference for collectors and connoisseurs. Includes notable works by Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso.
Author: John Maynard Keynes Publisher: Simon Publications LLC ISBN: 9781931541138 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 312
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John Maynard Keynes, then a rising young economist, participated in the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 as chief representative of the British Treasury and advisor to Prime Minister David Lloyd George. He resigned after desperately trying and failing to reduce the huge demands for reparations being made on Germany. The Economic Consequences of the Peace is Keynes' brilliant and prophetic analysis of the effects that the peace treaty would have both on Germany and, even more fatefully, the world.
Author: Colin S. Harris Publisher: Thomas Telford ISBN: 9780727720450 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 646
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The Channel Tunnel has been called the greatest engineering project of the century, overcoming a unique set of financial, political and engineering challenges. This book provides a comprehensive insight into the events which culminated in the first dry link between Britain and France. It describes the relationship between the site investigation, data interpretation and construction of the works. It examines areas such as the difficulties inherent in predicting geology from a relatively small number of boreholes and revealing how the use of modern geophysical techniques.
Author: Andrés Monzón de Cáceres Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 9781498740845 Category : Choice of transportation Languages : en Pages : 0
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Appendix I: Factsheets from case studies -- Appendix II: Interviews with practitioners -- Appendix III: Travellers' attitudinal survey -- Appendix IV: Examples of business models -- Appendix V: Workshops and stakeholders -- Back Cover
Author: Jon Latimer Publisher: Abrams ISBN: 1590209362 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 395
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From the Trojan Horse to Gulf War subterfuge, this far-reaching military history examines the importance and ingenuity of wartime deception campaigns. The art of military deception is as old as the art of war. This fascinating account of the practice draws on conflicts from around the world and across millennia. The examples stretch from the very beginnings of recorded military history—Pharaoh Ramses II's campaign against the Hittites in 1294 B.C.—to modern times, when technology has placed a stunning array of devices into the arsenals of military commanders. Military historians often underestimate the importance of deception in warfare. This book is the first to fully describe its value. Jon Latimer demonstrates how simple tricks have been devastatingly effective. He also explores how technology has increased the range and subtlety of what is possible—including bogus radio traffic, virtual images, even false smells. Deception in War includes examples from land, sea, and air to show how great commanders have always had, as Winston Churchill put it, that indispensable “element of legerdemain, an original and sinister touch, which leaves the enemy puzzled as well as beaten.”
Author: Donald A. Carter Publisher: ISBN: 9780160946516 Category : Government publications Languages : en Pages : 64
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The St. Mihiel salient, created during the initial German invasion in 1914, had withstood multiple French efforts to regain the territory. Yet even though the Germans had established strong defensive positions around St. Mihiel and its neighboring villages and towns, the salient was highly vulnerable to attack and was an optimal target for a potential American operation. Until this point in the war, members of the American Expeditionary Forces had not fought in a formation larger than a corps, and then only under French or British leadership. Now, as part of the American First Army under General John J. Pershing, they prepared to launch an offensive that would demonstrate to the Allies and the Germans alike that the Americans were capable of operating as an independent command. The AEF's successful efforts in the St. Mihiel Offensive, and the hard-won operational and tactical lessons that it learned during the battle, helped set the stage for the grand Allied offensive that would seize the initiative on the Western Front and blaze a path toward ultimate victory in the war.
Author: Nigel Cave
Author: Nigel Cave
Author: Marina Belozerskaya
Author: Riva Castleman
Author: John Maynard Keynes
Author: Michelin Travel Publishing
Author: Colin S. Harris
Author: Andrés Monzón de Cáceres
Author: Jon Latimer
Author: Donald A. Carter
Author: Frank Knappett