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Languages : en
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May 6-September 5, 1914
Author: The Marne 15 July - 6 August 1918
Author: Stephen C. McGeorge and Mason W. WatsonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 80
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The Marne, 1914
Author: Holger H. HerwigPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1588369099
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
For the first time in a generation, here is a bold new account of the Battle of the Marne, a cataclysmic encounter that prevented a quick German victory in World War I and changed the course of two wars and the world. With exclusive information based on newly unearthed documents, Holger H. Herwig re-creates the dramatic battle and reinterprets Germany’s aggressive “Schlieffen Plan” as a carefully crafted design to avoid a protracted war against superior coalitions. He paints a fresh portrait of the run-up to the Marne and puts in dazzling relief the Battle of the Marne itself: the French resolve to win, and the crucial lack of coordination between Germany’s First and Second Armies. Herwig also provides stunning cameos of all the important players, from Germany’s Chief of General Staff Helmuth von Moltke to his rival, France’s Joseph Joffre. Revelatory and riveting, this is the source on this seminal event.
The Papers of Woodrow Wilson
Author: Woodrow WilsonPublisher:
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
The Presidency of Woodrow Wilson
Author: Kendrick A. ClementsPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Describes the goals and accomplishments of the Wilson administration, and portrays his strangths as a leader. Bibliog.
Record Book
Author: National Spotted Poland-China Record AssociationPublisher:
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Category : Poland-China swine
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Inventory of Church Archives
Author: Pennsylvania Historical SurveyPublisher:
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Category : Archival resources
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The Breeder's Gazette
Author: Annual Report of the Nebraska State Railway Commission to the Governor
Author: Nebraska. State Railway CommissionPublisher:
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Category : Public utilities
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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William Randolph Hearst
Author: Ben ProcterPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199717109
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
William Randolph Hearst was a figure of Shakespearean proportions, a man of huge ambition, inflexible will, and inexhaustible energy. He revolutionized the newspaper industry in America, becoming the most powerful media mogul the world had ever seen, and in the process earned himself the title of "most hated man in America" on four different occasions. Now in the second volume of this sweeping biography, Ben Procter gives readers a vivid portrait of the final 40 years of Hearst's life. Drawing on previously unavailable letters and manuscripts, and quoting generously from Hearst's own editorials, Procter covers all aspects of Hearst's career: his journalistic innovations, his impassioned patriotism, his fierce belief in "Government by Newspaper," his frustrated political aspirations, profligate spending and voracious art collecting, the building of his castle at San Simeon, and his tumultuous Hollywood years. The book offers new insight into Hearst's bitter and highly public quarrels with Al Smith (who referred to Hearst papers as "Mudgutter Gazettes") and FDR (whose New Deal Hearst dubbed the "Raw Deal"); his 30-year affair with the actress Marion Davies (and her own affairs with others); his political evolution from a progressive trust-buster and "America first" isolationist to an increasingly conservative and at times hysterical anti-communist. Procter also explores Hearst's ill-considered meeting with Hitler, his attempts to suppress "Citizen Kane," and his relationships with Joseph Kennedy, Charles Lindbergh, Louis B. Meyer, and many other major figures of his time. As Life magazine noted, Hearst newspapers were a "one-man fireworks display"--sensational, controversial, informative, and always entertaining. In Ben Procter's fascinating biography, Hearst shines forth in all his eccentric and egocentric glory.