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Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
1988
Description
Martha Gellhorn (1908–1998) was a war correspondent for nearly fifty years. From the Spanish Civil War in 1937 through the wars in Central America in the mid-eighties, her candid reports reflected her feelings for people no matter what their political ideologies, and the openness and vulnerability of her conscience. "I wrote very fast, as I had to," she says, "afraid that I would forget the exact sound, smell, words, gestures, which were special...
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ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"This reference work provides readers with detailed coverage on 100 chronological entries on the most significant sieges, beginning with the Siege of Troy (1194-1184 BCE) and ending with the Siege of Mosul, Iraq (October 17, 2016-July 9, 2017)"--
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New Page Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
This book selects 50 battles throughout history that are discussed in some detail. Rather than celebrating warfare, this book takes a brief look at the 50 battles that have had the most profound impact on world history. Listed in order of importance for our world today, they range from the ancient world to the present and span the globe. The author has selected the battle and provides his reasoning for why they were selected as those with most impact...
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PublicAffairs
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General George S. Patton famously said, "Compared to war all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance. God, I do love it so!" Though Patton was a notoriously single-minded general, it is nonetheless a sad fact that war gives meaning to many lives, a fact with which we have become familiar now that America is once again engaged in a military conflict. War is an enticing elixir. It gives us purpose, resolve, a cause. It allows us to be...
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Publisher
Castle Books
Pub. Date
2005
Description
"Nothing goes wrong quite so dramatically as a disastrous military expedition."-from the Introduction
ARROGANT ARMIES
Spanning more than two hundred years of martial adventurism, aggression, and outright blundering, Arrogant Armies chronicles the profoundly misguided and utterly calamitous military expeditions of the great empire builders and overconfident expeditionary forces. From colonial America to South Africa, from Mesopotamia to Khartoum,...
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Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"Famous battles from throughout history, mapped out in detail and explored in depth Experience the world's most significant battles through bold, easy-to-grasp maps. Includes a foreword by Peter Snow, broadcaster and historian. Covering everything from the battlefields of the ancient world to the bomb-scarred landscapes of World War II and beyond, this book is packed with engrossing maps telling the story of history's most famous battles. Using brand...
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Publisher
Fidelis Books, an imprint of Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2020].
Description
Based on interviews of military veterans by the authors, this book explains why so many of our American military heroes—those willing to put their lives on the line to protect the United States—now question if our nation is still the country they fought for. What is happening to our country? This question is heard more and more frequently these days as Americans worry about the unrelenting attacks by so-called progressives on the foundation, core...
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