Author: Wilbur Henry SiebertPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Collections of Material in English and European History and Subsidiary Fields in the Libraries of the United States
Author: Wilbur Henry SiebertPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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The European War
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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... Military Commission to Europe in 1855 and 1856
Author: United States. Military Commission to EuropePublisher:
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Category : Artillery
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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A Searchlight on the European War
Author: C. H. NormanPublisher:
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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American and European Military Science
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 952
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European Security since the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Author: Frederic MerandPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442693932
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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There have been dramatic changes to the landscape of European security in the twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The essays in European Security Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall collectively take stock of how approaches to security in Europe have changed, both in practice and in theory, since the end of the Cold War. Organized into three sections, this collection begins with an exploration of the broad changes in Europe's security environment relating to issues such as terrorism and the rising importance of energy security. The second section describes the adaptations of Europe's institutional framework, including the transformation of NATO and the evolution of European armed forces, while the closing essays examine regional security issues with the Middle East, the Balkans, and Russia. Covering a broad spectrum of theoretical approaches and written in a clear, engaging style, European Security Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall will illuminate European security debates for years to come.
The Fifth Field
Author: French L. MacLeanPublisher: Schiffer Military History
ISBN: 9780764345777
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"The Fifth Field reveals one of the final secrets of the war: how 96 American soldiers in Europe and North Africa were tried by American General Courts-Martial, convicted by military juries, sentenced to death, executed and buried in an obscure, secret plot at an American military cemetery in France"--Author's website.
The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe
Author: Sydney AngloPublisher:
ISBN: 9780300083521
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Mounted encounters by armored knights locked in desperate hand-to-hand combat, stabbing and wrestling in tavern brawls, deceits and brutalities in street affrays, balletic homicide on the dueling field--these were the martial arts of Renaissance Europe. In this extensively illustrated book Sydney Anglo, a leading historian of the Renaissance and its symbolism, provides the first complete study of the martial arts from the late fifteenth to the late seventeenth century. He explains the significance of martial arts in Renaissance education and everyday life and offers a full account of the social implications of one-to-one combat training. Like the martial arts of Eastern societies, ritualized combat in the West was linked to contemporary social and scientific concerns, Anglo shows. During the Renaissance, physical exercise was regarded as central to the education of knights and gentlemen. Soldiers wielded a variety of weapons on the battlefield, and it was normal for civilians to carry swords and know how to use them. In schools across the continent, professional masters-of-arms taught the skills necessary to survive in a society where violence was endemic and life cheap. Anglo draws on a wealth of evidence--from detailed treatises and sketches by jobbing artists to magnificent images by Dürer and Cranach and descriptions of real combat, weapons and armor--to reconstruct and illustrate the arts taught by these ancient masters-at-arms.
Fields of Blood
Author: Karen ArmstrongPublisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385353103
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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A sweeping exploration of religion and the history of human violence—from the New York Times bestselling author of The History of God • “Elegant and powerful.... Both erudite and accurate, dazzling in its breadth of knowledge and historical detail.” —The Washington Post In these times of rising geopolitical chaos, the need for mutual understanding between cultures has never been more urgent. Religious differences are seen as fuel for violence and warfare. In these pages, one of our greatest writers on religion, Karen Armstrong, amasses a sweeping history of humankind to explore the perceived connection between war and the world’s great creeds—and to issue a passionate defense of the peaceful nature of faith. With unprecedented scope, Armstrong looks at the whole history of each tradition—not only Christianity and Islam, but also Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Judaism. Religions, in their earliest days, endowed every aspect of life with meaning, and warfare became bound up with observances of the sacred. Modernity has ushered in an epoch of spectacular violence, although, as Armstrong shows, little of it can be ascribed directly to religion. Nevertheless, she shows us how and in what measure religions came to absorb modern belligerence—and what hope there might be for peace among believers of different faiths in our time.
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