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Author: Chris Kogias Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1796008478 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 489
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is is the story of Kapitanios Alexis Roussos, the charismatic, ruthless and driven leader of a band of partisans operating in a mountainous region of northern Greek Macedonia, during the invasion and occupation of Greece by Italian, German, and Bulgarian armies following the outbreak of the Second World War. The story also follows the exploits of some of Alexis’s comrades in arms. There is Georgios Lambridis, the son of a wealthy and prominent Athenian family and right-hand man to Alexis, who like him, wants not only to drive the hated invaders out of Greece, but also to overthrow the “rotten” and unfair capitalistic system that is destroying Greece. Anestis Mavridis and his younger brother, Vasili, the sons of the charismatic papa Grigorious, priest of the small village of Prosotsani, are also very loyal followers of Alexis. As is Stavros Vardakis, an old war veteran who embarked on a life of violence and bloodshed after witnessing as a young boy the massacre of his whole family and village by irregular Bulgarian forces, during the violent struggles leading up to the emergence of the Greek State of Macedonia just before the outbreak of the Balkan Wars. There is also the young and very beautiful Irini Apostolou, who has a dark secret that haunts her and also Vasili, a former school friend, and which almost destroys them both. She too later joins Alexis’s band in the mountains and helps him and his men fight the German and Bulgarian forces, and also the right wing forces of Costas Grivas, the fanatic and psychotic hater of Alexis, Georgios and Anestis, who is the leader of a Security Battalion which fights for the Germans. And when the invaders are defeated and Greece is soon plunged into the throes of a catastrophic civil war that is tearing the country apart, he sets out on his own personal vandetta to destroy these men and all they stand for. Katerina Donatelis, another young female character in this story, nurses the young wounded Vasili back to health when he is wounded by Bulgarian forces near her village. She also helps him to deal with his very debilitating psychological trauma, and teaches him the meaning of true love.
Author: Chris Kogias Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1796008478 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 489
Book Description
is is the story of Kapitanios Alexis Roussos, the charismatic, ruthless and driven leader of a band of partisans operating in a mountainous region of northern Greek Macedonia, during the invasion and occupation of Greece by Italian, German, and Bulgarian armies following the outbreak of the Second World War. The story also follows the exploits of some of Alexis’s comrades in arms. There is Georgios Lambridis, the son of a wealthy and prominent Athenian family and right-hand man to Alexis, who like him, wants not only to drive the hated invaders out of Greece, but also to overthrow the “rotten” and unfair capitalistic system that is destroying Greece. Anestis Mavridis and his younger brother, Vasili, the sons of the charismatic papa Grigorious, priest of the small village of Prosotsani, are also very loyal followers of Alexis. As is Stavros Vardakis, an old war veteran who embarked on a life of violence and bloodshed after witnessing as a young boy the massacre of his whole family and village by irregular Bulgarian forces, during the violent struggles leading up to the emergence of the Greek State of Macedonia just before the outbreak of the Balkan Wars. There is also the young and very beautiful Irini Apostolou, who has a dark secret that haunts her and also Vasili, a former school friend, and which almost destroys them both. She too later joins Alexis’s band in the mountains and helps him and his men fight the German and Bulgarian forces, and also the right wing forces of Costas Grivas, the fanatic and psychotic hater of Alexis, Georgios and Anestis, who is the leader of a Security Battalion which fights for the Germans. And when the invaders are defeated and Greece is soon plunged into the throes of a catastrophic civil war that is tearing the country apart, he sets out on his own personal vandetta to destroy these men and all they stand for. Katerina Donatelis, another young female character in this story, nurses the young wounded Vasili back to health when he is wounded by Bulgarian forces near her village. She also helps him to deal with his very debilitating psychological trauma, and teaches him the meaning of true love.
Author: Amitai Etzioni Publisher: University of Virginia Press ISBN: 0813943256 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 275
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Amitai Etzioni has made his reputation by transcending unwieldy, and even dangerous, binaries such as left/right or globalism/nativism. In his new book, Etzioni calls for nothing less than a social transformation—led by a new social movement—to save our world’s democracies, currently under threat in today’s volatile and profoundly divided political environments. The United States, along with scores of other nations, has seen disturbing challenges to the norms and institutions of our democratic society, particularly in the rise of exclusive forms of nationalism and populism. Focusing on nations as the core elements of global communities, Etzioni envisions here a patriotic movement that rebuilds rather than splits communities and nations. Beginning with moral dialogues that seek to find common ground in our values and policies, Etzioni sets out a path toward cultivating a "good" form of nationalism based on this shared understanding of the common good. Working to broaden civic awareness and participation, this approach seeks to suppress neither identity politics nor special interests in its efforts to lead us to work productively with others. Reclaiming Patriotism offers a hopeful and pragmatic solution to our current crisis in democracy—a patriotic movement that could have a transformative, positive impact on our foreign policy, the world order, and the future of capitalism.
Author: Alan Gilbert Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 0226293076 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 386
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In this thought-provoking history, Gilbert illuminates how the fight for abolition and equality - not just for the independence of the few but for the freedom and self-government of the many - has been central to the American story from its inception."--Pub. desc.
Author: Joseph J. Ellis Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 080417248X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 322
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Founding Brothers tells the unexpected story of America’s second great founding and of the men most responsible—Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, John Jay, and James Madison. Ellis explains of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. These men, with the help of Robert Morris and Gouverneur Morris, shaped the contours of American history by diagnosing the systemic dysfunctions created by the Articles of Confederation, manipulating the political process to force the calling of the Constitutional Convention, conspiring to set the agenda in Philadelphia, orchestrating the debate in the state ratifying conventions, and, finally, drafting the Bill of Rights to assure state compliance with the constitutional settlement, created the new republic. Ellis gives us a dramatic portrait of one of the most crucial and misconstrued periods in American history: the years between the end of the Revolution and the formation of the federal government. The Quartet unmasks a myth, and in its place presents an even more compelling truth—one that lies at the heart of understanding the creation of the United States of America.
Author: Kristiana Gregory Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks ISBN: 9780439369060 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 108
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In her diary, ten-year-old Hope writes about her life as a patriot in 1777 Philadelphia, as the Redcoats try to take over her city and defeat the Continental Army. Includes historical notes.
Author: T. H. Breen Publisher: Hill and Wang ISBN: 1429932600 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 347
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Before there could be a revolution, there was a rebellion; before patriots, there were insurgents. Challenging and displacing decades of received wisdom, T. H. Breen's strikingly original book explains how ordinary Americans—most of them members of farm families living in small communities—were drawn into a successful insurgency against imperial authority. This is the compelling story of our national political origins that most Americans do not know. It is a story of rumor, charity, vengeance, and restraint. American Insurgents, American Patriots reminds us that revolutions are violent events. They provoke passion and rage, a willingness to use violence to achieve political ends, a deep sense of betrayal, and a strong religious conviction that God expects an oppressed people to defend their rights. The American Revolution was no exception. A few celebrated figures in the Continental Congress do not make for a revolution. It requires tens of thousands of ordinary men and women willing to sacrifice, kill, and be killed. Breen not only gives the history of these ordinary Americans but, drawing upon a wealth of rarely seen documents, restores their primacy to American independence. Mobilizing two years before the Declaration of Independence, American insurgents in all thirteen colonies concluded that resistance to British oppression required organized violence against the state. They channeled popular rage through elected committees of safety and observation, which before 1776 were the heart of American resistance. American Insurgents, American Patriots is the stunning account of their insurgency, without which there would have been no independent republic as we know it.
Author: Robert G. Parkinson Publisher: UNC Press Books ISBN: 1469626926 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 769
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When the Revolutionary War began, the odds of a united, continental effort to resist the British seemed nearly impossible. Few on either side of the Atlantic expected thirteen colonies to stick together in a war against their cultural cousins. In this pathbreaking book, Robert Parkinson argues that to unify the patriot side, political and communications leaders linked British tyranny to colonial prejudices, stereotypes, and fears about insurrectionary slaves and violent Indians. Manipulating newspaper networks, Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, and their fellow agitators broadcast stories of British agents inciting African Americans and Indians to take up arms against the American rebellion. Using rhetoric like "domestic insurrectionists" and "merciless savages," the founding fathers rallied the people around a common enemy and made racial prejudice a cornerstone of the new Republic. In a fresh reading of the founding moment, Parkinson demonstrates the dual projection of the "common cause." Patriots through both an ideological appeal to popular rights and a wartime movement against a host of British-recruited slaves and Indians forged a racialized, exclusionary model of American citizenship.
Author: Bob Hyldburg Publisher: Triumph Books (IL) ISBN: 9781600780998 Category : Football players Languages : en Pages : 0
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Weighing in at a hefty 5.4 lbs, this comprehensive New England Patriots encyclopedia contains all the information every dedicated Patriot fan needs to know. Comprised of not only statistics, but also dramatic photographs, player profiles, compelling game-story recaps, and trivia, it tells the who, what, where, how, and when of every dramatic offensive, defensive, and special teams play in the team's history.
Author: A. J. Langguth Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1439127123 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 644
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With meticulous research and page-turning suspense, Patriots brings to life the American Revolution—the battles, the treacheries, and the dynamic personalities of the men who forged our freedom. George Washington, John Adams, Samuel Adams, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry—these heroes were men of intellect, passion, and ambition. From the secret meetings of the Sons of Liberty to the final victory at Yorktown and the new Congress, Patriots vividly re-creates one of history's great eras.
Author: Chris Kogias
Author: Chris Kogias
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Author: Amitai Etzioni
Author: Alan Gilbert
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Author: T. H. Breen
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Author: Bob Hyldburg
Author: A. J. Langguth