Author: Thomas Marshall SpauldingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
An Independent Empire
Author: Michael S. KochinPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472074402
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Foreign policies and diplomatic missions, combined with military action, were the driving forces behind the growth of the early United States. In an era when the Old and New Worlds were subject to British, French, and Spanish imperial ambitions, the new republic had limited diplomatic presence and minimal public credit. It was vulnerable to hostile forces in every direction. The United States could not have survived, grown, or flourished without the adoption of prescient foreign policies, or without skillful diplomatic operations. An Independent Empire shows how foreign policy and diplomacy constitute a truly national story, necessary for understanding the history of the United States. In this lively and well-written book, episodes in American history—such as the writing and ratification of the Constitution, Henry Clay’s advocacy of an American System, Pinckney’s Treaty with Spain, and the visionary but absurd Congress of Panama—are recast as elemental aspects of United States foreign and security policy. An Independent Empire tells the stories of the people who defined the early history of America’s international relationships. Throughout the book are brief, entertaining vignettes of often-overlooked intellectuals, spies, diplomats, and statesmen whose actions and decisions shaped the first fifty years of the United States. More than a dozen bespoke maps illustrate that the growth of the early United States was as much a geographical as a political or military phenomenon.
Early Military Books in the University of Michigan Libraries
Author: Thomas Marshall SpauldingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Early Military Books in the University of Michigan Libraries
Author: University of Michigan. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The University of Michigan, an Encyclopedic Survey ...: The Libraries; The Press, The Museums and Collections, The School of Public Health, The Institutes; Television and Broadcasting, The Buildings and Lands
Author: University of MichiganPublisher: UM Libraries
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The University of Michigan, an Encyclopedic Survey
Author: University of MichiganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
University of Michigan Official Publication
Author: Publisher: UM Libraries
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
The University of Michigan, an Encyclopedic Survey ...: pt. 1. History and administration. pt. 2. Organization. Services. Alumni
Author: University of MichiganPublisher: UM Libraries
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1056
Book Description
Books on Military Architecture Printed in Venice
Author: Paul BremanPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004473874
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
In the great days of Italian fortification literature – the century from Valle's first Venetian edition in 1524 to the appearance of Tensini in 1624 – Venice accounted for roughly as many titles as the rest of Europe together. Books on fortification were a natural for the enterprising printer-publishers of this city-state, free from the constraints of small-minded princes and their paranoid insistence on "state secrets". This annotated catalogue describes 350 books, published until the time when Venice ceased to be an independent state. It provides massive documentation taking into account the many "ghosts" created by misprints or over-zealous bibliographers and gives full collations, extensive annotations and locations of copies of all entries. An index of printers and a "bibliographie raisonnée" of the sources used, appear at the end. The thirty-five illustrations are chosen for their relevance to the subject and range from early bastion traces to emblematic portraits.
Bibliography of Military History
Author: The University of Michigan, an Encyclopedic Survey ...: pt. 8. Libraries. The press. Museums and collections. The School of Public Health. The institutes. Television and broadcasting. Buildings and lands. pt. 9. Student life and organizations. Athletics. Index
Author: University of MichiganPublisher: UM Libraries
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description