Author: George Washington CullumPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
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Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y.
Author: George Washington CullumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
Book Description
Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.: 1-6810
Author: George Washington CullumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1244
Book Description
Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy, from 1802 to 1867
Author: George Washington CullumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
Book Description
Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, at West Point, N.Y., from Its Establishment, 1902, to 1890
Author: George Washington CullumPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1170
Book Description
Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Baronetage
Languages : en
Pages : 3266
Book Description
Some sections omitted from 2nd impression of the 105th ed.
History of Services of the Officers of the Engineer and State Railway Revenue Establishments
Author: India. Railway BoardPublisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Winston S. Churchill: The Challenge of War, 1914–1916
Author: Martin GilbertPublisher: Rosetta Books
ISBN: 0795344511
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 755
Book Description
Volume three of this authoritative Churchill biography chronicles his years of triumphant leadership in the Admiralty during World War I. Acclaimed British historian Sir Martin Gilbert continues the official biography of Sir Winston S. Churchill the eventful period between 1914 and 1916, with a full account of his achievements as first lord of the Admiralty during the Great War. These include Churchill’s efforts to prolong the siege of Antwerp, his support for the use of air power, and his part in the early development of the tank. It shows the forcefulness with which he argued for an offensive naval policy, first against Germany, then against Turkey. Gilbert examines the political crisis of May 1915, during which the Conservative Party forced Asquith to form a coalition government. The Conservatives insisted that Churchill leave the center of war policymaking for a position of increasing political isolation. In the next seven months, while the Gallipoli campaign was being fought, Churchill served as chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with no authority over military or naval policy. Resigning from the cabinet in November 1915, Churchill was appointed lieutenant-colonel, commanding an infantry battalion in the trenches of the Western Front. In May 1916, he returned from the trenches, hoping to reenter political life, but his repeated attempts to regain his once-substantial influence were unsuccessful. “A milestone, a monument, a magisterial achievement . . . rightly regarded as the most comprehensive life ever written of any age.” —Andrew Roberts, historian and author of The Storm of War “The most scholarly study of Churchill in war and peace ever written.” —Herbert Mitgang, The New York Times
Twentieth-century Romance and Historical Writers
Author: Lesley HendersonPublisher: Saint James Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
An encyclopedic, biographical survey of the genre. The entry for each writer consists of a biography, a complete list of separately published books, and a signal critical essay. In addition, living entrants were invited to comment on their work. Series characters and locales have been indicated. Also included are notations of available bibliographies, manuscript collections, and critical studies. Acidic paper. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
McCrae's Battalion
Author: Jack AlexanderPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1845968212
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
McCrae's Own was the 'Heart of Midlothian Battalion' mentioned all too briefly in Martin Middlebrook's classic book The First Day on the Somme. Raised in Edinburgh shortly after the start of the Great War, it was perhaps the finest unit in Lord Kitchener's volunteer army - a brotherhood of sportsmen, bound together by their extraordinary colonel and their loyalty to a quaintly named Association Football club, the famous Gorgie 'Hearts'. McCrae's were blooded in the Battle of the Somme, losing three-quarters of their strength on the first day alone. The Colonel himself was invalided home. In time the battalion recovered. It came of age at Arras, endured the muddy horror of Passchendaele, and held the line unbroken in the face of furious German attacks on the Lys in 1918. For almost a century their story remained untold. It was all but lost forever. Now, after 12 years of exacting historical detective work, Jack Alexander has reclaimed the 16th Royal Scots for posterity. In this stirring book he draws upon interviews with veterans and a unique archive of letters, diaries and photographs, assembled from the families of more than 1,000 of Sir George McCrae's men.
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