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PaperbackEngels9780521135825
30-7-2009
Sir George Clark discusses war as a factor for good and ill in European society in the seventeenth century. In particular, he shows how war helped to determine the emergence of modern Europe from a society geographically, politically and doctrinally confused: what Sir George calls the mêlée of the early part of the century. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781476686622
10-9-2021
George Washington Parke Custis (1781-1857) was raised at Mount Vernon by George and Martha Washington. This first full-length biography of Custis offers a 21st century reappraisal of life that dramatically bridged the American Revolution and the Civil War. Meer
GebondenEngels9781683930914
27-11-2017
George Bronson Rea, Propagandist is a biography that reveals what led a controversial journalist, publisher, engineer, spy, lobbyist, blackmailer, and fortune hunter to go from exposing yellow journalism during the Spanish-American War to becoming a propagandist advocating for the Japanese takeover of Manchuria. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099548782
6-6-2013
We travel the scarred landscapes of Southern Africa: a fractured region contending with its own history and a terrible present reality just as Gordon must do the same; uncovering the secrets of his own ancestry. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781108054768
4-7-2013
This short book derives from an article published in the periodical Vacation Tourists and Notes of Travel, edited by Francis Galton, in 1860. W. G. Clark (1821–78) was most famous as co-editor of the Cambridge Shakespeare, but was originally a classical scholar, whose Peloponnesus (1858) is also reissued in this series. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781108041966
29-12-2011
William George Clark (1821–78) is probably best remembered as the co-editor (with W. Aldis Wright) of the Cambridge Shakespeare (1863–6; also reissued in this series). Meer
PaperbackEngels9781476679815
7-2-2020
Designed as a reference work for those interested in the combat history of the US Marine Corps, this book describes the engagements from the formation of the Continental Marines to the Corps' great exercise at the Battle of Okinawa. Meer
GebondenEngels9781032225371
30-1-2022
First published in 1964, Peel and the Conservative Party is a major historical study that considers the problems of Peel who in 1932 was to recreate a party which had been shattered successively by Canning, Catholic Emancipation, and the Reform Bill, and, to lead a party whose interests were hopelessly divided between agriculture and industry. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781032225388
30-1-2024
First published in 1964, Peel and the Conservative Party is a major historical study that considers the problems of Peel who in 1932 was to recreate a party whose interests were hopelessly divided between agriculture and industry. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780786421114
18-5-2005
Hiram Iddings Bearss was a legendary U.S. Marine whose 20-year career showed outstanding service to the US in a variety of historically significant locations and periods. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780786427697
10-8-2006
Concentrating on the infantry units, this volume provides a brief history of each of the six Marine divisions which took part in the Pacific conflict. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780786428267
1-2-2007
Contains an accounting of every member of the Fourth Marine Brigade who received an award of some kind during World War I. Beginning with an overview of the brigade's contributions to the war effort, this book lists each individual and the honors he received. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780786429608
17-8-2007
Details the fighting experiences of the 4th brigade, 2nd division, from its creation in the fall of 1917 through 1919. This book follows the unit from training in Toulon, through the major campaigns including Chateau Thierry, Soissons, Blanc Mont and Meuse Argonne and records the experiences of the men who served. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780786472239
7-3-2013
PaperbackEngels9780786495436
8-5-2014
This biographical dictionary profiles each of the 98 men who served as generals of the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. Arranged alphabetically, the entries detail each general's background and education; military schooling; military service, both before and during World War II; service abroad; medals and awards for courage and skill in combat; and retirement and death dates. Meer