Author: John Anthony [Galignani
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Category : Franco-German war
Languages : fr
Pages :
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Diary of the siege of Paris. No.1-5, Sept. 19, 1870 - March 8, 1871
Author: John Anthony [Galignani
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Category : Franco-German war
Languages : fr
Pages :
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Category : Franco-German war
Languages : fr
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A Check List of American Newspapers in the Library of Congress
Author: Library of Congress. Periodicals Division
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Category : American newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Category : American newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Catalogue of the Books in the Manchester Public Free Library, Reference Department. Prepared by A. Crestadoro. (Vol. II. Comprising the Additions from 1864 to 1879.) [With the "Index of Names and Subjects".]
Author: Public Free Libraries (Manchester)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1126
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1126
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A Check List of Foreign Newspapers in the Library of Congress
Author: Library of Congress. Periodicals Division
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Category : Newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Category : Newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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The Siege of Strasbourg
Author: Rachel Chrastil
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674416295
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
When war broke out between France and Prussia in the summer of 1870, one of the first targets of the invading German armies was Strasbourg. From August 15 to September 27, Prussian forces bombarded this border city, killing hundreds of citizens, wounding thousands more, and destroying many historic buildings and landmarks. For six terror-filled weeks, “the city at the crossroads” became the epicenter of a new kind of warfare whose indiscriminate violence shocked contemporaries and led to debates over the wartime protection of civilians. The Siege of Strasbourg recovers the forgotten history of this crisis and the experiences of civilians who survived it. Rachel Chrastil shows that many of the defining features of “total war,” usually thought to be a twentieth-century phenomenon, characterized the siege. Deploying a modern tactic that traumatized city-dwellers, the Germans purposefully shelled nonmilitary targets. But an unintended consequence was that outsiders were prompted to act. Intervention by the Swiss on behalf of Strasbourg’s beleaguered citizens was a transformative moment: the first example of wartime international humanitarian aid intended for civilians. Weaving firsthand accounts of suffering and resilience through her narrative, Chrastil examines the myriad ethical questions surrounding what is “legal” in war and what rights civilians trapped in a war zone possess. The implications of the siege of Strasbourg far exceed their local context, to inform the dilemmas that haunt our own age—in which collateral damage and humanitarian intervention have become a crucial part of our strategic vocabulary.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674416295
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
When war broke out between France and Prussia in the summer of 1870, one of the first targets of the invading German armies was Strasbourg. From August 15 to September 27, Prussian forces bombarded this border city, killing hundreds of citizens, wounding thousands more, and destroying many historic buildings and landmarks. For six terror-filled weeks, “the city at the crossroads” became the epicenter of a new kind of warfare whose indiscriminate violence shocked contemporaries and led to debates over the wartime protection of civilians. The Siege of Strasbourg recovers the forgotten history of this crisis and the experiences of civilians who survived it. Rachel Chrastil shows that many of the defining features of “total war,” usually thought to be a twentieth-century phenomenon, characterized the siege. Deploying a modern tactic that traumatized city-dwellers, the Germans purposefully shelled nonmilitary targets. But an unintended consequence was that outsiders were prompted to act. Intervention by the Swiss on behalf of Strasbourg’s beleaguered citizens was a transformative moment: the first example of wartime international humanitarian aid intended for civilians. Weaving firsthand accounts of suffering and resilience through her narrative, Chrastil examines the myriad ethical questions surrounding what is “legal” in war and what rights civilians trapped in a war zone possess. The implications of the siege of Strasbourg far exceed their local context, to inform the dilemmas that haunt our own age—in which collateral damage and humanitarian intervention have become a crucial part of our strategic vocabulary.
Guide to Microforms in Print
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Dictionary Catalog of the Rare Book Division
Author: New York Public Library. Rare Book Division
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Category : Broadsides
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Reference tool for Rare Books Collection.
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Category : Broadsides
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Reference tool for Rare Books Collection.
Picturing War in France, 1792–1856
Author: Katie Hornstein
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300230168
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
From the walls of the Salon to the pages of weekly newspapers, war imagery was immensely popular in postrevolutionary France. This fascinating book studies representations of contemporary conflict in the first half of the 19th century and explores how these pictures provided citizens with an imaginative stake in wars being waged in their name. As she traces the evolution of images of war from a visual form that had previously been intended for mostly elite audiences to one that was enjoyed by a much broader public over the course of the 19th century, Katie Hornstein carefully considers the influence of emergent technologies and popular media, such as lithography, photography, and panoramas, on both artistic style and public taste. With close readings and handsome reproductions in various media, from monumental battle paintings to popular prints, Picturing War in France,1792–1856 draws on contemporary art criticism, war reporting, and the burgeoning illustrated press to reveal the crucial role such images played in shaping modern understandings of conflict.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300230168
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
From the walls of the Salon to the pages of weekly newspapers, war imagery was immensely popular in postrevolutionary France. This fascinating book studies representations of contemporary conflict in the first half of the 19th century and explores how these pictures provided citizens with an imaginative stake in wars being waged in their name. As she traces the evolution of images of war from a visual form that had previously been intended for mostly elite audiences to one that was enjoyed by a much broader public over the course of the 19th century, Katie Hornstein carefully considers the influence of emergent technologies and popular media, such as lithography, photography, and panoramas, on both artistic style and public taste. With close readings and handsome reproductions in various media, from monumental battle paintings to popular prints, Picturing War in France,1792–1856 draws on contemporary art criticism, war reporting, and the burgeoning illustrated press to reveal the crucial role such images played in shaping modern understandings of conflict.
Author-title Catalog
Author: University of California, Berkeley. Library
Publisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
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