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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
The Journal of Education
Author: The Spectator
Author: The Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal
Author: British Cavalryman vs German Cavalryman
Author: Alan SteelePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472848810
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
Fully illustrated, this book casts light on the utility and role of the German and British cavalry in the early stages of World War I on the Western Front. In the early months of World War I, before the fighting degenerated into static trench warfare, there was a brief period of mobile combat as the German Army advanced through Belgium and northern France, forcing the French and British forces facing them to retreat. Both sides in the escalating conflict deployed substantial numbers of cavalry units to screen their infantry forces, conduct reconnaissance and harness their superior mobility to undertake aggressive combat operations. In the summer of 1914, the British cavalry had the difficult task of covering the withdrawal of the British Expeditionary Force and the German cavalry, the equally demanding task, after weeks of combat and forced marches, of maintaining contact with a rapidly retiring enemy. In this book a comparative assessment is made of each side's doctrine, organization, equipment and training, followed by a detailed analysis of their actual performance in three key encounter actions: Casteau/Soignies (22 August), Cérizy/Moÿ (28 August) and Le Montcel/Frétoy (7 September). This analysis is supported by carefully chosen photographs and specially commissioned full-colour artwork and maps.
The First World War, Second Edition
Author: Martin GilbertPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805076172
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
"All the ways Mr. Gilbert's The First World War brings the conflict home to people at the end of the twentieth century render it one of the first books that anyone should read in beginning to try to understand this war and this century".--John Milton Cooper, Jr., The New York Times Book Review. 80 photos. 31 maps.
Catalogue
Author: Dulau & Co., ltd., Booksellers, LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
The Direction of War
Author: Wilkinson Dent BirdPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108013368
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
A comprehensive study of military strategy, illustrated by historical examples, first published in 1920.
The Bookseller
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.
The Journal of Medical Research
Author: The Recall, Second Edition
Author: Joseph F. ZimmermanPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438449275
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The recall, or "election in reverse," is meant to allow voters to remove an elected official from office prior to the completion of his/her term in office. In this revised second edition of The Recall, Joseph F. Zimmerman examines the rise of the recall in the United States and its use by American voters. Proponents of the recall believe the threat of removal from office would ensure that elected officials would act in accord with the public's will, while opponents fear their use would disrupt and inhibit public officers in the performance of their duties. Zimmerman provides a detailed analysis of how the recall has functioned in practice and discovers that the recall has seldom been employed against elected state officials. Although used more often against local government officials, the rate is still not exceptionally high when one considers the extremely large number of elected officials. After a century of use in the United States, the recall has not produced a new era of public official responsibility as hoped for by proponents, but neither has it caused extensive disruption of state and local governments, the original concern of early opponents.