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Author | : D. Peter MacLeod |
Publisher | : D & M Publishers |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2016-09-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1771621281 |
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The Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759 and the subsequent capitulation of Quebec set the stage for an equally significant French-British engagement in the struggle for northeastern North America, the Battle of Sainte-Foy. In the spring of 1760, after having suffered a brutal winter, Quebec garrison commander James Murray's troops were vulnerable and reduced to an army of skeletal invalids due to malnutrition and scurvy. Trapped in hostile territory and lacking confidence in the fortifications of Quebec, Murray planned to confront French attackers outside the walls. Instead of waiting at Montreal for the British to attack, Montcalm's successor, François-Gaston de Lévis, returned to the plains for a rematch accompanied by every combatant available--French regulars, Canadian militia and First Peoples warriors. The ensuing Battle of Sainte-Foy was less a battle for territory than a struggle for survival between two equally desperate adversaries. If the British lost the battle, they would lose Quebec. If the French lost the battle, they would very likely lose Canada--both the French and the British had their backs to the wall. MacLeod presents this historical event in riveting detail, from the preparation and day-by-day actions during the engagement to the compelling siege of Quebec by land and ship. Backs to the Wall is an accessible and engaging account of an important episode in Canadian history.
Author | : David Stevenson |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 747 |
Release | : 2011-09-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674063198 |
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With so much at stake and so much already lost, why did World War I end with a whimper-an arrangement between two weary opponents to suspend hostilities? After more than four years of desperate fighting, with victories sometimes measured in feet and inches, why did the Allies reject the option of advancing into Germany in 1918 and taking Berlin? Most histories of the Great War focus on the avoidability of its beginning. This book brings a laser-like focus to its ominous end-the Allies' incomplete victory, and the tragic ramifications for world peace just two decades later. In the most comprehensive account to date of the conflict's endgame, David Stevenson approaches the events of 1918 from a truly international perspective, examining the positions and perspectives of combatants on both sides, as well as the impact of the Russian Revolution. Stevenson pays close attention to America's effort in its first twentieth-century war, including its naval and military contribution, army recruitment, industrial mobilization, and home-front politics. Alongside military and political developments, he adds new information about the crucial role of economics and logistics. The Allies' eventual success, Stevenson shows, was due to new organizational methods of managing men and materiel and to increased combat effectiveness resulting partly from technological innovation. These factors, combined with Germany's disastrous military offensive in spring 1918, ensured an Allied victory-but not a conclusive German defeat.
Author | : Asne Seierstad |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2006-11-07 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780465076024 |
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Uses interviews and extended personal contact to depict thirteen Serbian individuals and one Serbian family before and after the arrest of former Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic.
Author | : Leonard Mosley |
Publisher | : New York : Random House |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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"London Can Take It", said the slogans on the gutted tenements of the East End. And take it she did, for five cruel years of onslaught which all but shattered her magnificent spirit. This is the story of how London lived during World War II, and of the agonies, privations, pungent humor and bravery of her citizens -- ordinary people leading extraordinary lives in the most dangerous city on earth.
Author | : Chrys L. Parker Jd |
Publisher | : Back To The Wall LLC |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2011-03 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 1890498432 |
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A book to benefit military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and how they may manage it and make a possible recovery.
Author | : Tony le Tissier |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 173 |
Release | : 2005-03-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0752494694 |
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Based upon interviews with a wide-range of former German Army and SS soldiers, these unique personal episodes vividly depict the extraordinary circumstances of the Third Reich's final days as armies closed in from all sides. Le Tissier's interviews link the brutality of combat with the humanity of the desperate battles.
Author | : Guillermo Erades |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2016-05-03 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0865478376 |
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"Martin came to Moscow at the turn of the millennium hoping to discover the country of Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, and his beloved Chekhov. Instead he found a city turned on its head, where the grimmest vestiges of Soviet life exist side by side with the nonstop hedonism of the newly rich. Along with his hard-living expat friends, Martin spends less and less time on his studies, choosing to learn about the Mysterious Russian Soul from the city's unhinged nightlife scene"--
Author | : Philip Gibbs |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1920 |
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ISBN | : |
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Author | : Per-Olof Hasselgren |
Publisher | : Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2015-08-20 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1681812835 |
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Written by a physician, Body Language – from Head to Toe is a “dictionary” of American idioms and other expressions that contain the name of a body part. The use of body part-related expressions is both interesting and fun. This book contains about 2,000 such idioms, words, and expressions, such as “with the back against the wall,” “brainstorming,” “sweet tooth,” and “tongue in cheek.” Says author Per-Olof Hasselgren, “As a surgeon, I understand the importance of anatomy and the knowledge of organs and tissues. This book reflects my longstanding interest in idioms and other expressions referring to body parts, and it ‘connects’ anatomy with the spoken and written language.” This book was written for three main reasons. First, anatomy matters, particularly in surgery. During the last several years, collecting such expressions became a hobby for the author. Second, as someone moving to this country from another part of the world, Dr. Hasselgren is interested in the peculiarities of the American language. Idioms, slang, and other expressions are specific for any given language and quite often cannot be directly translated. Third, when one starts to be aware of them, written and spoken body language can become quite entertaining.
Author | : G. D. Mitchell |
Publisher | : Allen & Unwin Australia |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Soldiers |
ISBN | : 9781741752052 |
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'In that hour was born in me a fear that lasted throughout the whole winter. It was the dread of dying in the mud, going down in that stinking morass and though dead being conscious throughout the ages. Waves of fear at times threatened to overwhelm me... a little weakness, a little slackening of control at times and I might have gone over the borderline.In the light of the sun, on firm ground, I could laugh at fate. But where the churned mud half hid and half revealed bodies, where dead hands reached out of the morass, seeming to implore aid - there I had to hold tight.'In this gripping account, George Deane Mitchell relives the horror and the humour of being an Australian soldier on the Western Front in World War I. Backs to the Wall by was originally published in 1937. This new edition - with commentary by Robert Macklin, author of Jacka VC - will allow a new generation of readers to fall under the spell of this forgotten Australian classic.