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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Masters of War
Author: Michael I. HandelPublisher: Routledge
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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A comprehensive comparative analysis of Sun Tzu's (6th cent. B.C.) The art of war, Clausewitz's (1780-1831) On war, and Jomini's (1779-1869) The art of war. Author Handel is Professor of Strategy at the US Naval War College. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Author: Masters of War
Author: Michael I. HandelPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135776539
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This is the first comprehensive study based on a detailed textual analysis of the classical works on war by Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, Mao Tse-tung, and to a lesser extent, Jomini and Machiavelli. Brushing stereotypes aside, the author takes a fresh look at what these strategic thinkers actually said—not what they are widely believed to have said. He finds that despite their apparent differences in terms of time, place, cultural background, and level of material/technological development, all had much more in common than previously supposed. In fact, the central conclusion of this book is that the logic of waging war and of strategic thinking is as universal and timeless as human nature itself. This third, revised and expanded edition includes five new chapters and some new charts and diagrams.
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2132
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The Outlook
Author: Jazz Musicians of the Early Years, to 1945
Author: David DicairePublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786485566
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The story of the first roughly half century of jazz is really the story of some of the greatest musicians of all time. Scott Joplin, Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald all made tremendous contributions, influencing countless jazz musicians and singers. This work provides biographical sketches of the aforementioned artists and many others who made jazz so popular in the first half of the twentieth century. Biographies cover the pioneers of jazz in New Orleans in the late 1890s and early 1900s; the soloists who fueled the Jazz Age in the 1920s; the musicians and bandleaders of the big band and swing era of the late 1920s and early 1930s; and icons from the height of jazz's popularity on through the end of the war. A discography is provided for each artist.
Master and Commander
Author: Patrick O'BrianPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007255837
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Set sail for the read of your life! Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets.
The Lone Ranger & Tonto
Author: Jon AbramsPublisher: Dynamite
ISBN: 1606901230
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Follows the adventures of Texas Ranger John Reid and Tonto as they investigate the murders of a family that left a young boy parentless, the rumor of monsters in a nearly abandoned mining town, and other injustices in the Old West.
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