Author: FrancePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
His Most Christian Majesty's declaration, containing his reasons for fitting out the Brest and Toulon squadrons; and for fortifying Dunkirk and Port L'Orient. In French and English
Author: FranceHis Most Christian Majesty's Declaration, Containing His Reasons for Fitting Out the Brest and Toulon Squadrons; and for Fortifying Dunkirk and Port L'Orient. In French and English
Author: France. Sovereign (1715-1774 : Louis XV)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
His Most Christian Majesty's Declaration, Containing His Reasons for Fitting Out the Brest and Toulon Squadrons, and for Fortifying Dunkirk and Port L'Orient
Author: His Most Christian Majesty's Declaration, Containing His Reasons for Fitting Out the Brest and Toulon Squadrons ; and for Fortifying Dunkirk and Port L'Orient
Author: France. Sovereign (1715-1774 : Louis XV)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 17
Book Description
Vauban and the French Military Under Louis XIV
Author: Jean-Denis LepagePublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786444014
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
"Vauban built a formidable ring of fortresses to protect France's national frontiers and was also a gifted economist, author, and political strategist. Covers his exceptional career (within the background of Louis XIV's reign) and lasting influences in France and other nations, with illustrations of 17th century bastioned fortification, artillery, and seige warfare contributions, some still standing"--Provided by publisher.
“The” French Revolution
Author: Hippolyte TainePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Biennial Reports of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army to the Secretary of War
Author: United States. War Department. General StaffPublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Brings together three installments of General George C. Marshall's wartime reports. Provides a comprehensive picture of global war as seen from the perspective of the Chief of Staff George C. Marshall. Includes Marshall's comments on such topics as: technology; the "90-division gamble;" the replacement system; troop morale and the citizen-soldier; and demobilization.
The French Resistance
Author: Olivier WieviorkaPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 067497039X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
“Whatever happens, the flame of French resistance must not and will not go out.” As Charles de Gaulle ended his radio address to the French nation in June 1940, listeners must have felt a surge of patriotism tinged with uncertainty. Who would keep the flame burning through dark years of occupation? At what cost? Olivier Wieviorka presents a comprehensive history of the French Resistance, synthesizing its social, political, and military aspects to offer fresh insights into its operation. Detailing the Resistance from the inside out, he reveals not one organization but many interlocking groups often at odds over goals, methods, and leadership. He debunks lingering myths, including the idea that the Resistance sprang up in response to the exhortations of de Gaulle’s Free French government-in-exile. The Resistance was homegrown, arising from the soil of French civil society. Resisters had to improvise in the fight against the Nazis and the collaborationist Vichy regime. They had no blueprint to follow, but resisters from all walks of life and across the political spectrum formed networks, organizing activities from printing newspapers to rescuing downed airmen to sabotage. Although the Resistance was never strong enough to fight the Germans openly, it provided the Allies invaluable intelligence, sowed havoc behind enemy lines on D-Day, and played a key role in Paris’s liberation. Wieviorka shatters the conventional image of a united resistance with no interest in political power. But setting the record straight does not tarnish the legacy of its fighters, who braved Nazism without blinking.
Modern French Prisons
Author: Arthur GriffithsPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
In this work, British military officer, prison administrator and author Arthur Griffins discussed the period in French prison practice during the transition between the end of the Old Régime and the start of the New. It presents a view of the prisons of the period immediately following the Revolution. Contents include: After the Revolution The Great Seaport Prisons Celebrated French Convicts The First Great Detective The Combat with Crime Celebrated Cases The Course of the Law Mazas and La Santé Two Model Reformatories A Model Penitentiary
From Valmy to Waterloo
Author: M. ThoralPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230294987
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, this book investigates the everyday human experience of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars by French military and civilians, the impact of these wars on the French nation and society, and the rise of a new kind of war in the West at the turn of the nineteenth century.