Author: Sir William Howard RussellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crimean War, 1853-1856
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Complete History of the Russian War, from Its Commencement to Its Close: Giving a Graphic Picture of the Great Drama of War
Author: Sir William Howard RussellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crimean War, 1853-1856
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Entente Imperial
Author: Edward J. GillinPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398102903
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The nineteenth century is too often invoked as moment where Britain alone exerted global dominance, without the need for European collaboration. This book shows how this is fundamentally wrong by exploring British collaboration with France between 1848 and 1914. Gillen redefines our understanding of Britain’s role in the world in the age of empire.
Reader's Guide to Military History
Author: Charles MessengerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135959706
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 985
Book Description
This book contains some 600 entries on a range of topics from ancient Chinese warfare to late 20th-century intervention operations. Designed for a wide variety of users, it encompasses general reviews of aspects of military organization and science, as well as specific wars and conflicts. The book examines naval and air warfare, as well as significant individuals, including commanders, theorists, and war leaders. Each entry includes a listing of additional publications on the topic, accompanied by an article discussing these publications with reference to their particular emphases, strengths, and limitations.
Above the Fray
Author: Shai M. DromiPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022668024X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
From Lake Chad to Iraq, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) provide relief around the globe, and their scope is growing every year. Policy makers and activists often assume that humanitarian aid is best provided by these organizations, which are generally seen as impartial and neutral. In Above the Fray, Shai M. Dromi investigates why the international community overwhelmingly trusts humanitarian NGOs by looking at the historical development of their culture. With a particular focus on the Red Cross, Dromi reveals that NGOs arose because of the efforts of orthodox Calvinists, demonstrating for the first time the origins of the unusual moral culture that has supported NGOs for the past 150 years. Drawing on archival research, Dromi traces the genesis of the Red Cross to a Calvinist movement working in mid-nineteenth-century Geneva. He shows how global humanitarian policies emerged from the Red Cross founding members’ faith that an international volunteer program not beholden to the state was the only ethical way to provide relief to victims of armed conflict. By illustrating how Calvinism shaped the humanitarian field, Dromi argues for the key role belief systems play in establishing social fields and institutions. Ultimately, Dromi shows the immeasurable social good that NGOs have achieved, but also points to their limitations and suggests that alternative models of humanitarian relief need to be considered.
Biennial Report of the Librarian of the Indiana State Library
Author: Report
Author: Indiana State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Biennial Report of the Librarian of the State Library for the Fiscal Years Ending October 31 ... and ..., and ... Biennial Supplement to the General Catalogue
Author: Indiana State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Biennial Report of the Purchasing Board of the State Library and the State Librarian of the State of Indiana
Author: Indiana State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The Crimean War
Author: William Howard RussellPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807134450
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Armed with only a telescope, a watch, and a notebook he retrieved from a dead soldier, William Howard Russell spent twenty-two months reporting from the trenches for the Times of London during the Crimean War. A novice in a new field of journalism -- war reporting -- when he first set off for Crimea in 1854, the young Irishman returned home a veteran of three bloody battles, having survived the siege of Sebastopol and watched a colleague die of cholera. Russell's fine eye for detail electrified readers, and his remarkably colorful and hugely significant accounts of battles provided those at home -- for the first time ever -- with a realistic picture of the brutality of war. The Crimean War, originally published in 1856 under the title The Complete History of the Russian War, presents a selection of Russell's dispatches -- as well as those of other embedded reporters -- providing a ground-eye view of the conflict as depicted in British newspapers. Fought on the southern tip of the Crimea from 1853 to 1856, the Crimean War raged on far longer than either side expected -- largely because of mismanagement and disease: more soldiers died from cholera, typhus, typhoid, dysentery, and scurvy than battle wounds. Russell's biting criticisms of incompetent military authorities and an antiquated military system contributed to the collapse of the contemporary ruling party in Britain. In his reports, Russell wrote extensively about inept medical care for the wounded, which he termed "human barbarity." Thanks to compelling accounts by Russell and others, authorities allowed Florence Nightingale to enter the war zone and nurse troops back to health. The Crimean War contains reports from military men who acted as part-time reporters, articles by professional journalists, and letters from others at the front that newspapers back home later published. Rapidly pulled together by American publisher John G. Wells, the volume presents a fascinating contemporary analysis of the war by those on the ground. This reissue offers a new introduction by Angela Michelli Fleming and John Maxwell Hamilton that places these reports in context and highlights the critical role they played during a pivotal point in European history. The first first-hand accounts of the realities of war, these dispatches set the tone for future independent war reporting.
Complete History of the Russian War
Author: Sir William Howard RussellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crimean War, 1853-1856
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description