Politics and Ritual in Early Medieval Europe
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Formát: PDF
Počet stran: 423
Velikost: 22,93 MB
Knižní žánr: historie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 0 907628 59 1 Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 28.03.2015, 14:17
| Anotace: Janet L. Nelson's "Politics and Ritual in Early Medieval Europe" examines the intricate relationship between political power and ritual practices during the early medieval period. Through a series of essays, Nelson explores how rituals—such as coronations, assemblies, and religious ceremonies—were used by rulers to legitimize their authority, reinforce social hierarchies, and shape political culture.
Philosophy in the Middle Ages
The Christian, Islamic and Jewish Traditions     |
Formát: PDF
Počet stran: 725
Velikost: 13,01 MB
Knižní žánr: filozofie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-1-60384-208-2 Cena: 32.44 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 28.03.2015, 14:12
| Anotace: Thomas Williams' revision of Arthur Hyman and James J. Walsh's classic compendium of writings in the Christian, Islamic, and Jewish medieval philosophical traditions expands the breadth of coverage that helped make its predecessor the best known and most widely used collection of its kind.
The third edition builds on the strengths of the second by preserving its essential shape while adding several important new texts--including works by Augustine, Boethius, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Anselm, al-Farabi, al-Ghazali, Ibn Rushd, Bonaventure, Thomas Aquinas, and John Duns Scotus--and featuring new translations of many others.
The volume has also been redesigned and its bibliographies updated with the needs of a new generation of students in mind.
The Fall of the Ottomans
The Great War in the Middle East     |
Formát: PDF
Počet stran: 513
Velikost: 12,13 MB
Knižní žánr: historie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-0-465-05669-9 Cena: 14.99 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 28.03.2015, 14:06
| Anotace: In 1914 the Ottoman Empire was depleted of men and resources after years of war against Balkan nationalist and Italian forces. But in the aftermath of the assassination in Sarajevo, the powers of Europe were sliding inexorably toward war, and not even the Middle East could escape the vast and enduring consequences of one of the most destructive conflicts in human history. The Great War spelled the end of the Ottomans, unleashing powerful forces that would forever change the face of the Middle East.
In The Fall of the Ottomans, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan brings the First World War and its immediate aftermath in the Middle East to vivid life, uncovering the often ignored story of the region’s crucial role in the conflict. Bolstered by German money, arms, and military advisors, the Ottomans took on the Russian, British, and French forces, and tried to provoke Jihad against the Allies in their Muslim colonies. Unlike the static killing fields of the Western Front, the war in the Middle East was fast-moving and unpredictable, with the Turks inflicting decisive defeats on the Entente in Gallipoli, Mesopotamia, and Gaza before the tide of battle turned in the Allies’ favor. The great cities of Baghdad, Jerusalem, and, finally, Damascus fell to invading armies before the Ottomans agreed to an armistice in 1918.
The postwar settlement led to the partition of Ottoman lands between the victorious powers, and laid the groundwork for the ongoing conflicts that continue to plague the modern Arab world. A sweeping narrative of battles and political intrigue from Gallipoli to Arabia, The Fall of the Ottomans is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the Great War and the making of the modern Middle East.
Derek Baker
Relations between East and West in the Middle Ages
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Formát: PDF
Počet stran: 168
Velikost: 4,01 MB
Knižní žánr: historie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 0 85224 237 8 Cena: 43.37 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 28.03.2015, 14:03
| Anotace: In the Roman Empire, relations between East and West meant connections between the eastern and western parts of a unified structure of empire. Romans sometimes complained about the corrupting influence on their city of Greeks and Orientals, but they employed Greek tutors to educate their sons. People did not think of the eastern and western parts of the empire as being separate entities whose relations with each other must be the object of careful study. Even at the moment of the empire's birth, there was a clear idea of where the Latin West ended and the Greek East began. This began to change with Constantine, when the Roman Empire was split in two, with Rome itself in decay.
This volume, first published in 1973, derives from a colloquium on medieval history held at Edinburgh University. Its theme was the fl uctuating balance-of-power of Latin West and Greek East, Rome and Constantinople. The book starts with Justinian's attempt to reunite the two halves of the old Roman Empire and then goes on to consider the polarization of Christianity into its Catholic and Orthodox sectors, and the misunderstandings fostered by the Crusades; and ends with the growing power and conquests of Islam in the fourteenth century.
The contributions included in Relations between East and West in the Middle Ages are: Old and New Rome in the Age of Justinian, by W. H. C. Frend; The Tenth Century in Byzantine-Western Relationships, by Karl Leyser; William of Tyre, by R. H. C. Davis; Cultural Relations between East and West in the Twelfth Century, by Anthony Bryer; Innocent III and the Greeks, Aggressor or Apostle? by Joseph Gill; Government in Latin Syria and the Commercial Privileges of Foreign Merchants, by Jonathan Riley-Smith; and Dante and Islam, by R. W. Southern.
The End of the Cold War
European Unity, Socialism, and the Shift in Global Power     |
Formát: PDF
Počet stran: 145
Velikost: 8,32 MB
Knižní žánr: politologie
Jazyk: angličtina
Přečteno: ANO (17.07.2017) Vloženo: 28.03.2015, 13:57
| Anotace: The End of the Cold War was first published in 1990. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.
Against the backdrop of unprecedented change in the world political and social order, Bogdan Denitch charts the unique opportunities and potential pitfalls that accompany the increased economic and political integration of the European Community. Historically, any move toward unification has had broad ramifications. This, coming as it does in the wake of recent democratic upheavals in Europe, will bring to a close an entire era -- an era of a world dominated by superpowers and the cold war that defined there confrontations.
Islamism and Islam
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Formát: PDF
Počet stran: 363
Velikost: 2,88 MB
Knižní žánr: religionistika a teologie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-0-300-15998-1 Cena: 17.00 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 28.03.2015, 13:39
| Anotace: Despite the intense media focus on Muslims and their religion since the tragedy of 9/11, few Western scholars or policymakers today have a clear idea of the distinctions between Islam and the politically based fundamentalist movement known as Islamism. In this important and illuminating book, Bassam Tibi, a senior scholar of Islamic politics, provides a corrective to this dangerous gap in our understanding. He explores the true nature of contemporary Islamism and the essential ways in which it differs from the religious faith of Islam.
Drawing on research in twenty Islamic countries over three decades, Tibi describes Islamism as a political ideology based on a reinvented version of Islamic law. In separate chapters devoted to the major features of Islamism, he discusses the Islamist vision of state order, the centrality of antisemitism in Islamist ideology, Islamism's incompatibility with democracy, the reinvention of jihadism as terrorism, the invented tradition of shari'a law as constitutional order, and the Islamists' confusion of the concepts of authenticity and cultural purity. Tibi's concluding chapter applies elements of Hannah Arendt's theory to identify Islamism as a totalitarian ideology.
Bassam Tibi is Professor Emeritus of International Relations, University of Göttingen and former A. D. White Professor-at-Large, Cornell University. In 2010, he was the Resnick Scholar for the Study of Antisemitism at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. He is the author of three dozen previous books, including most recently Islam's Predicament with Modernity. He lives in Göttingen, Germany.
The Psychology of Politicians
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Formát: PDF
Počet stran: 248
Velikost: 4 MB
Knižní žánr: politologie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-0-521-13066-0 Cena: 24.74 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 28.03.2015, 11:38
| Anotace: The Psychology of Politicians explores a topic which fuels public and media debate yet is under-researched and has potentially far-reaching consequences for the success of our political systems. Focusing on research with democratically elected representatives from the UK, Poland and Italy, and on the political behaviour of a former US President and voters' perceptions in the emerging democracy of Ukraine, this book is packed with psychological insights. Using quantitative and qualitative methodologies, the contributors chart the progress of the individual politician from selection as a candidate to becoming established in Parliament examining their qualities as communicators, thinkers and leaders. The impact of work and non-work pressures on their mental well-being and capacity to handle a crisis are probed and the roles of personality traits in politicians' values and in public perceptions of our elected representatives are highlighted.
Tony Hall
D-Day
The Invasion in Photographs     |
Formát: PDF
Počet stran: 66
Velikost: 44,28 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-0-86101-754-4 Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 28.03.2015, 11:36
| Anotace: Using contemporary photographs with concise captions, an introduction and guide to the first day of 'Operation Overlord', looking at the early stages of the operation, embarkation, and arrival off the French coast and the individual landing beaches.
Armoured Warfare in the Korean War
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives     |
Formát: PDF
Počet stran: 125
Velikost: 13,09 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 9781783035342 Cena: 3.29 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 28.03.2015, 11:00
| Anotace: After the Second World War, military analysts thought that the only place significant armored forces were ever likely to confront each other again was in central Europe where the Nato alliance would fend off the Soviet Red Army. Then during the Korean War of 1950-53 both sides deployed large numbers of armored fighting vehicles, and this neglected aspect of the conflict is the subject of Anthony Tucker-Jones's photographic history. Korea, with its rugged mountains, narrow passes, steep valleys and waterlogged fields was not ideal tank country so the armor mainly supported the infantry and rarely engaged in battles of maneuver. Yet the wide variety of armor supporting UN and North Korean forces played a vital if unorthodox role in the swiftly moving campaigns. For this fascinating book over 180 contemporary photographs have been selected to show Soviet-built T-34/85s and Su-76s, American M4 Shermans, M26 Pershings and M46 Pattons, and British Cromwells and Centurions in action in one of the defining conflicts of the Cold War.
Michael Miller
The Internet of Things
How Smart TVs, Smart Cars, Smart Homes, and Smart Cities are Changing the World     |
Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 271
Velikost: 8,03 MB
Knižní žánr: technická literatura
Jazyk: angličtina
Cena: 16.49 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 28.03.2015, 01:21
| Anotace: he Internet of Things (IoT) won’t just connect people: It will connect “smart” homes, appliances, cars, offices, factories, cities… the world. You need to know what’s coming: It might just transform your life.
Now, the world’s #1 author of beginning technology books has written the perfect introduction to IoT for everyone. Michael Miller shows how connected smart devices will help people do more, do it smarter, do it faster. He also reveals the potential risks—to your privacy, your freedom, and maybe your life.
Make no mistake: IoT is coming quickly. Miller explains why you care, helps you use what’s already here, and prepares you for the world that’s hurtling toward you.
--What is IoT? How does it work? How will it affect me?
--What’s realistic, and what’s just hype?
--How smart is my “smart TV” really? (And, is it watching me?)
--Can smart IoT devices make me healthier?
--Will smart appliances ever be useful?
--How much energy could I save with a smart home?
--What’s the future of wearable tech?
--When will I have a self-driving car?
--When will I have a nearly self-driving car? (Hint: Surprisingly soon.)
--Is IoT already changing the way I shop?
--What’s the future of drones, at war and in my neighborhood?
--Could smart cities lower my taxes?
--Who gets the data my devices are collecting?
--How can I profit from the Internet of Things?
--What happens when the whole world is connected?
--Will I have any privacy left at all?
Jesus
A Very Short Introduction     |
Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 117
Velikost: 533 kB
Knižní žánr: historie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-0-19-957527-5 Cena: 7.69 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 28.03.2015, 01:18
| Anotace: Award-winning religious scholar Richard Bauckham here explores the historical figure of Jesus, evaluating the sources and showing that they provide us with good historical evidence for his life and teaching. To place Jesus in his proper historical context, as a Jew from Galilee in the early first century of our era, Bauckham looks at Jewish religion and society in the land of Israel under Roman rule. He explores Jesus' symbolic practices as well as his teachings, looks at his public career and emphasizes how his actions, such as healing and his association with notorious sinners, were just as important as his words. Bauckham writes that Jesus was devoted to the God of Israel, with a special focus on God's fatherly love and compassion, and like every Jewish teacher he expounded the Torah, but did so in his own distinctive way. After a discussion about the way Jesus understood himself and what finally led to his death on a Roman cross, Bauckham concludes by considering the significance Jesus has come to have for Christian faith worldwide.
Richard C. S. Trahair, Robert L. Miller
Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations
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Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 758
Velikost: 6,07 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-1-936-27426-0 Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 28.03.2015, 01:15
| Anotace: Previously unknown operations and new names continue to surface in the Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations. This new edition contains updated information on Cold War spying, with over 350 A–Z main entries (over thirty of them new) biographical sketches, and an updated bibliography. In support of the entries the book includes useful tools: a complete chronology of significant espionage activities; a glossary of key terms and individuals; references to other sources, either in print or electronic formats; and a full index. The latest Russian deep cover spy cases of 2010 and the sequel are part of this edition.
Richard C. S. Trahair is on the faculty at La Trobe University in Australia.
Robert L. Miller is the founder and senior editor of Enigma Books.
John Stoye
The Siege of Vienna
The Last Great Trial between Cross & Crescent     |
Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 293
Velikost: 5,04 MB
Knižní žánr: historie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-1-4532-1812-9 Cena: 15.95 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 28.03.2015, 01:09
| Anotace: "In his splendid study The Siege of Vienna, the Oxford historian John Stoye provides a detailed account of the intricate machinations between the Habsburgs and the Ottomans. Mr. Stoye's description of the siege itself is masterly. He seems to know every inch of ground, every earthwork and fortification around the Imperial City, and he follows the action meticulously."--The Wall Street Journal
"Worthy of the pen of Herodotus. . . . It is a measure of the fascination of Mr. Stoye's subject that one should think of comparing his treatment of it with the work of the greatest historians."--The Times Literary Supplement
"John Stoye is the master of every aspect of his subject."--Daily Telegraph
The siege of Vienna in 1683 was one of the turning points in European history. So great was its impact that countries normally jealous and hostile sank their differences to throw back the armies of Islam and their savage Tartar allies.
The consequences of defeat were momentous: The Ottomans lost half of their European territories, which led to the final collapse of their empire, and the Habsburgs turned their attention from France and the Rhine frontier to the rich pickings of the Balkans. That hot September day in 1683 witnessed the last great trial of strength between the East and the West-and opened an epoch in European history that lasted until the First World War.
Magna Carta
The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter     |
Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 144
Velikost: 29,14 MB
Knižní žánr: historie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 9781781858844 Cena: 9.89 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 28.03.2015, 00:53
| Anotace: On a summer's day in 1215 a beleaguered English monarch met a group of disgruntled barons in a meadow by the river Thames named Runnymede. Beset by foreign crisis and domestic rebellion, King John was fast running out of options. On 15 June he reluctantly agreed to fix his regal seal to a document that would change the world.
A milestone in the development of constitutional politics and the rule of law, the 'Great Charter' established an Englishman's right to Habeas Corpus and set limits to the exercise of royal power. For the first time a group of subjects had forced an English king to agree to a document that limited his powers by law and protected their rights.
Dan Jones's elegant and authoritative narrative of the making and legacy of Magna Carta is amplified by profiles of the barons who secured it and a full text of the charter in both Latin and English.
Gallipoli
The Dardanelles Disaster in Soldiers´ Words and Photographs     |
Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 247
Velikost: 46,09 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-1-4088-5616-1 Cena: 16.63 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 27.03.2015, 21:25
| Anotace: Presenting more than 150 never-before-published photographs of the campaign, many taken by the soldiers themselves, together with unpublished written material from British, Anzac, French and Turkish, including eyewitness accounts of the landings, this is an unrivalled account of what really happened at Gallipoli.
Van Emden's gripping narrative and lucid analysis of Churchill's infamous operation, compliments Chambers's evocative images, showing how the rapid spread of diseases like dissentry, the lack of clean water and food, the tremendous losses on both sides affected morale, until finally in January 1916, in what were the best-laid plans of the entire disastrous campaign, the Allies successfully fooled the Turkish forces and evacuated their troops from the peninsula with no additional casualties.
Leading First World War historian Richard van Emden and Gallipoli expert Stephen Chambers have produced an entirely fresh, personal and illuminating study of one of the Great War's most catastrophic events.
Joan of Arc
A Life     |
Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 149
Velikost: 184 kB
Knižní žánr: biografie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-0-143-11397-3 Cena: 13.97 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 27.03.2015, 21:20
| Anotace: One would expect nothing less from Gordon (Spending) than a splendid, spare account of Joan's life -- and she delivers in this slender but satisfying account, a new entry in the Penguin Lives series. The facts of Joan of Arc's life are straightforward: she was born in 1412, in Domremy, France, to a peasant family; she participated in the Hundred Years' War but was in active military service for only a year; and she was burned at the stake at 19. Novelist Gordon, who has always been fascinated by the young heroine, emphasizes Joan the girl. She acknowledges that the 17-year-old could have been a wife and mother, a fully adult member of her community. But Gordon's Joan "has a young girl's heedlessness, sureness, readiness for utter self-surrender". This biography rehearses the well-known highlights in Joan's short life: the voices she heard who charged her with the mission to save France; her participation in the Battle of Orleans and the coronation of King Charles VII; her trial by an ecclesiastical court, where she was charged with witchcraft, heresy and idolatry. The judges, Gordon tells us in a deft and clever interpretation, connected "Joan's cross-dressing to the sin of idolatry. (They) were accusing Joan of making an idol of herself". Gordon recounts Joan's excommunication and execution in spare and arresting detail. The strength of this "biographical meditation" lies in the penultimate chapter, in which Gordon investigates the numerous re-creations of Joan on stage and screen, from Carl Dreyer's 1928 film The Passion of Joan of Arc to Verdi's opera Giovanna d'Arco -- a chapter that comes like an unexpected dessert at the end of a rich feast.
Pat Ware
The Centurion Tank
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Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 192
Velikost: 3,33 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978 1 78337 828 9 Cena: 9.89 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 27.03.2015, 20:21
| Anotace: Few tank designs have been as effective, versatile and long-lived as that of the British Centurion. Conceived during the Second World War as the answer to the superior German Tiger and Panther tanks and to the lethal 88mm gun, this 52-ton main battle tank incorporated the lessons British designers had learned about armored fighting vehicles during the conflict, and it was free of the major faults that had impaired the other British tank designs of the time. The Centurion was so successful that it served in the British Army and in numerous other armies across the world from 1945 until the 1990s.Pat Ware's highly illustrated history of this remarkable tank covers its design and development, its technical specifications and the many variants that were produced. He tells the story from the design brief of 1943, through testing and trials to the tank's entry into service. In addition, he traces the course of the Centurion's subsequent career, as it was up-dated, up-gunned and adapted to operate in varied conditions and conflicts all over the world including Korea, the Indo-Pakistan wars, Vietnam and the Arab-Israeli wars. His expert account of this remarkable fighting vehicle is accompanied by a series of color plates showing the main variants of the design and the common ancillary equipment and unit markings. His book is an essential work of reference for enthusiasts.
Pat Ware
British Tanks
1945 to the Present Dasy     |
Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 233
Velikost: 5,36 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978 1 78303 839 8 Cena: 2.19 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 27.03.2015, 20:04
| Anotace: In this companion volume to British Tanks: The Second World War, Pat Ware provides an expert introduction to the design, production and operation of British tanks since 1945. Fewer types of tank were built than during the wartime period, but the complexity of design and manufacture increased, and a level of technical sophistication in the key areas of armor, firepower and mobility was beyond the imaginings of the tank pioneers of the First World War.Using a selection of contemporary photographs - supported by some modern photographs of preserved vehicles - Pat Ware sets the modern tank in a historical context. He describes its origins in Britain and its development and deployment in the Second World War and in the post-war period. All the British tanks that have seen service since the war are depicted,among them the Conqueror, Chieftain, Centurion and Challenger. The engineers' tanks - the flails, recovery vehicles, bridge-layers - are featured, as are the less-well-known British tanks made for export.This highly illustrated survey gives a fascinating insight into the recent evolution of the British tank and its role in the postwar world.Pat Ware is a leading expert on the history of military vehicles and a prolific writer of books and articles on every aspect of the subject. His most recent publications include a study of the military Jeep and encyclopaedias of military vehicles and motorcycles. He was the founding editor of Classic Military Vehicle magazine in 2001 and continues to contribute to the magazine as well as writing a military column for Land Rover World.
Kesselring
The Making of the Luftwaffe     |
Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 295
Velikost: 1,91 MB
Knižní žánr: biografie
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978 1 84832 649 1 Cena: 2.19 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 27.03.2015, 18:06
| Anotace: Illustrated with maps and a center section of black and white photographs. Kesselring-commander, leader, administrator; the only senior German officer to start and finish the Second World War holding a high command appointment. There was scarcely a major campaign in which he was not at some time deeply involved: he flew in the forefront of the battle over Poland, Holland, Britain, Russia and the Western Desert and was shot down five times; as a field commander he defended Tunisia, Italy and, ultimately, Germany. But it is as much for his role in the formation and development of the Luftwaffe that Kesselring is remembered-his were many of the ideas, plans and insights about the part played by aircraft in the land battle. They were central to the careful, systematic reorganization and building up of the German military machine in the 1920s and 30s. This first complete biography presents the complex, fascinating personality of a man whose qualities of utter determination, charm and good humor, harnessed to outstanding training and experience, enabled him to cope with both victory and defeat and, finally, when placed on trial for his life, to face his judges with dignity, equanimity and a staunch defense.
Kev Darling
US Carrier War
Design, Development and Operations     |
Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 312
Velikost: 7,28 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 9781783033393 Cena: 10.99 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 27.03.2015, 18:04
| Anotace: This book covers all aspects of the operations made by US aircraft carriers, from their introduction into service during WW1 to the continuing conflicts in the Middle East. America's part in WW1 saw the deployment of US Navy aircraft operating from coastal bases - mainly Curtiss flying boats. In the immediate postwar period the first aircraft carriers were commissioned; Langley, Saratoga and Lexington.
After the wreckage had settled in the mud of Pearl Harbor, US Navy fighters engaged the Japanese for the first time at Wake Island. Japan continued its conquest of the Pacific countries and Islands throughout 1941. The USN then went on the offensive when two carriers attacked the Gilbert-Marshall Islands, and the Doolittle raid against Japan was launched from USS Hornet. During the Battle of Coral Sea the US Navy achieved a significant victory. Meanwhile in the Atlantic, US Carriers including Wasp and Ranger undertook escort duties across Atlantic. The latter also helped with the supply of Spitfires to Malta.
Post WW2 actions included the War in Korea when the US Navy deployed for operations covering combat on both the east and west coasts. During the War over Vietnam USMC and US Navy aircraft were deployed from carriers against targets in North and South Vietnam. Most recent carrier deployments include both Gulf Wars and continuing middle-eastern conflicts.
Appendices include technical details of USN carriers and the aircraft types flown.
The Battle of Britain
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Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 241
Velikost: 3,2 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 9781783034079 Cena: 10.99 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 27.03.2015, 17:26
| Anotace: The Battle of Britain was one of the crucial conflicts in the history of civilisation. It started officially on 10 July 1940 and ended on 31 October 1940. Hitler's plans for the invasion of England were thwarted by two types of fighter aircraft, the Spitfire and Hurricane, and a relative handful of young pilots, The Few.This fine book tells the momentous story of this unequal struggle, from the key events leading up to it, by graphic day-by-day accounts recording the action and commentary on the strategy.The author's personal knowledge of key figures means that there are many thrilling first-hand accounts by the aces, such as Peter Townsend, Bob Standford Tuck, Douglas Bader, Richard Hillary, Sailor Malan and other great men.This well-rounded book covers the contributions of Fighter Command's three Groups (10, 11 and 12) as well as the key roles played by RAF and WAAF groundstaff without whose tireless efforts the Battle would have been lost.A superb book which is unlikely to be bettered in its class.John Frayn Turner is a distinguished historian and author. Pen and Sword have published numerous of his books including VCs of the Second World War, Service Most Silent and Periscope Patrol. He is the author of Douglas Bader - The Biography and The Bader Wing.He lives at Leatherhead, Surrey.
Hans Seidler
Battle of Kursk 1943
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives     |
Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 238
Velikost: 7,5 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-1-78303-828-2 Cena: 2.19 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 27.03.2015, 17:08
| Anotace: The greatest tank battle in world history, known as Operation CITADEL, opened during the early hours of 5 July 1943, and its outcome was to decide the eventual outcome of the war on the Eastern Front. Images of War - Battle of Kursk 1943, is an illustrated account of this pivotal battle of the war on the Eastern Front, when the Germans threw 900,000 men and 2,500 tanks against 1,300,000 soldiers and 3,000 tanks of the Red Army in a savage battle of attrition.Unlike many pictorial accounts of the war on the Eastern Front, Battle of Kursk 1943 draws upon both German and Russian archive material, all of which are rare or unpublished. The images convey the true scale, intensity and horror of the fighting at Kursk, as the Germans tried in vain to batter their way through the Soviet defensive systems. The battle climaxed at the village of Prokhorovka, which involved some 1,000 tanks fighting each other at pointblank range.During this vicious two week battle the Red Army dealt the Panzerwaffe a severe battering from which the German war effort was never to recover fully. Kursk finally ended the myth of German invincibility.
Bob Carruthers
Servants of Evil
Voices from Hitler's Army     |
Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 231
Velikost: 2,44 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-1-906783-58-7 Cena: 3.29 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 27.03.2015, 17:04
| Anotace: History, they say, is written by the victors, and to date that has certainly been true of World War II. What few German accounts do exist are, furthermore, generally written by those in positions of authority, not by the soldiers and airmen who fought in the front line. Servants of Evil shows us, for the first time, the Second World War as seen from "the other side" — by the boys and men who went to war believing in the Reich and in victory, only to see the myth of German invincibility crumble in the face of supposed impossibilities: the fighting ability and determination of the Russians; the strength of the Royal Air Force; the defeat of the U-boats by improved radar technology; the might and remarkable manufacturing capability of the USA — and, finally, the fall of Berlin.
Bob Carruthers
Red Army Armour in Combat
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Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 141
Velikost: 1,54 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978 1 78158 173 5 Cena: 3.29 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 27.03.2015, 16:50
| Anotace: This fascinating collection of primary source accounts focuses on the combat actions of Red Army tank forces in World War II. The material is drawn from a variety of wartime sources and post-war debriefs concerning Russian armor and tactics.
The first year of the war saw the Russians suffering heavy losses in desperate attempts to stem the German tide, which threatened to engulf them while simultaneously carrying through fundamental changes in their armored tactics and equipment, but by 1943 the Germans were on the back foot against the seemingly never-ending supply of T-34 tanks and personnel.
Compiled and edited by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers, this absorbing assembly of primary source intelligence reports is essential for readers with an interest in discovering more about Red Army amour from a range of unusual and diverse primary sources.
Bob Carruthers
Panzers at War 1943-1945
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Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 128
Velikost: 1,61 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-1-908538-26-0 Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 27.03.2015, 16:32
| Anotace: “Don’t fight a battle if you don’t gain anything by winning.”
General Erwin Rommel
A fascinating account of a deadly combination: the supreme German weapon of war in the hands of the finest military tacticians of last century.
Illustrated throughout with full coverage of all the German tanks, tank battles and campaigns in the period 1943-1945, from Kursk to the last battles in the east, along with commanders, strategy, tactics and technical details.
This book is part of ‘The Hitler’s War Machine’ series, a new military history range compiled and edited by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers. The series draws on primary sources and contemporary documents to provide a new insight into the true nature of Hitler’s Wehrmacht.
The series consultant is David McWhinnie creator of the award winning PBS series ‘Battlefield’.
Bob Carruthers
Panzers at War 1939-1942
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Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 155
Velikost: 4,52 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-1-908538-24-6 Cena: 3.29 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 27.03.2015, 16:30
| Anotace: “Don’t fight a battle if you don’t gain anything by winning.”
General Erwin Rommel
A fascinating account of a deadly combination: the supreme German weapon of war in the hands of the finest military tacticians of last century.
Illustrated throughout with full coverage of all the tank battles and campaigns in the Second World from the Polish Blitzkrieg to Rommel’s final defeat in the African desert, along with commanders, strategy, tactics and technical details.
This book is part of ‘The Hitler’s War Machine’ series, a new military history range compiled and edited by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers. The series draws on primary sources and contemporary documents to provide a new insight into the true nature of Hitler’s Wehrmacht.
The series consultant is David McWhinnie creator of the award winning PBS series ‘Battlefield’.
Bob Carruthers
Panzers 1936-1945
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Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 216
Velikost: 12 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
Cena: 3.29 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 27.03.2015, 16:23
| Anotace: Edited and compiled by Emmy Award winning historian Bob Carruthers this is the compendium edition featuring five complete reprints from the series entitled ‘Hitler’s War Machine.’ Comprising a varied range of materials drawn from original writings covering the strategic, operational and tactical aspects of the Panzers in action, this single volume edition is designed to provide the well-read and knowledgeable reader with an interesting compilation of primary sources combined with the best of what is in the public domain to build a comprehensive picture of the tanks and the men who fought in them.
Featured here are wartime intelligence reports which contain an intriguing series of contemporary articles on weapons and tactics. Many of the articles are written in, what was then, the present tense and they produce a unique a sense of what was happening at the face of battle as events unfolded.
Bob Carruthers
Panzer Combat Reports
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Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 206
Velikost: 4,19 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978 1 908538 44 4 Cena: 3.29 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 27.03.2015, 16:10
| Anotace: This fascinating compilation of wartime battlefield reports drawn from British, American, Russian and German sources has been carefully selected by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers to produce an absorbing overview of the life and death of Germany’s Panzer forces as the events unfolded during World War II. Featured topics include the Tiger, Panther, flame throwing tanks, experimental vehicles, tank tactics, mobile artillery, assault guns and more.
Combining contemporary reports featuring a wide range of topics concerning Panzers in the field, this excellent survey of sources builds into an absorbing account of what the Allies considered to be the most important information concerning the Panzers on the battlefield. Drawn exclusively from original wartime reports, this new ebook compilation is essential reading for anyone interested in discovering rare and vital information on the combat experience of the Panzers drawn exclusively from primary sources.
Bob Carruthers
Handbook on German Military Forces
Volume 3     |
Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 388
Velikost: 13,07 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-1-78158-369-2 Cena: 3.29 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 27.03.2015, 16:04
| Anotace: Fully illustrated throughout with charts, tables, illustrations, diagrams and photographs, this authoritative reference book to the German Army during World War II is indispensable for the military enthusiast.
Written in 1945 by the US War Department as an essential guide for the American soldier in Europe, it examines the structure of the Wehrmacht, its organisation from the High Command down, tactics, fortifications and defenses, logistics, weapons, equipment, uniforms and the Air Force.
Available for the first time as an ebook, this is the last volume of three, and includes an in-depth study of German weapons, equipment, uniforms and insignia, and the Luftwaffe, with a comprehensive review of German small arms, mortars, artillery, armoured vehicles and tanks, specialist equipment for engineers, signallers and chemical warfare and the structure, training, equipment and tactics of the German Air Force.
Bob Carruthers
Handbook on German Military Forces
Volume 2     |
Formát: EPUB
Počet stran: 208
Velikost: 4,66 MB
Knižní žánr: literatura faktu
Jazyk: angličtina
ISBN: 978-1-78158-368-5 Cena: 3.29 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 27.03.2015, 15:59
| Anotace: Fully illustrated throughout with charts, tables, illustrations, diagrams and photographs, this authoritative reference book to the German Army during World War II is indispensable for the military enthusiast.
Written in 1945 by the US War Department as an essential guide for the American soldier in Europe, it examines the structure of the Wehrmacht, its organisation from the High Command down, tactics, fortifications and defenses, logistics, weapons, equipment, uniforms and the Air Force.
Available for the first time as an ebook, this is the second volume of three, and includes an in depth study of German military tactics, including reconnaissance, offensive and defensive techniques, minefields and special operations, fortifications and defenses, including the design and construction of pillboxes, observation posts, anti-tank obstacles and road blocks, and the German supply system.

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