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 Forward to Richmond - McClellans Peninsular Camp 
 Author: Ronald H. Bailey Forward to Richmond - McClellans Peninsular Camp (The Civil War Series) Time Life Books 1983 Format: PDF Pages: 184 Language: English Size: 32.3 MB This volume serves nicely as an introductions to General McClellan and his role in re-building the shattered Union Army after the First Battle of Bull Run in the summer of 1861. It does a great job of describing the build-up to McClellan's Peninsular Campaign, which was his attempt to do a waterborne end run around the Confederate Army that was guarding Richmond, the Confederate capital. However, I feel that it is mistitled because it only covers the first half of the Peninsular Campaign. The text stops when Lee takes over for the injured Joe Johnston so we read nothing about the conclusion of the Peninsular campaign, including a majority of the battles. The book is beautifully illustrated and well-written. A novice to the Civil War will learn a lot, but even this old dog learned a couple of new things with this one.
Early Modern Europe, 1450-1789
 Author: Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks Early Modern Europe, 1450-1789 (Cambridge History of Europe), 2d edition Cambridge University Press 2013 Format: PDF Size: 12.9 Mb Language: English The second edition of this best-selling textbook is thoroughly updated to include expanded coverage of the late eighteenth century and the Enlightenment, and incorporates recent advances in gender history, global connections and cultural analysis. It features summaries, timelines, maps, illustrations and discussion questions to support the student. Enhanced online content and sections on sources and methodology give students the tools they need to study early modern European history. Leading historian Merry Wiesner-Hanks skilfully balances breadth and depth of coverage to create a strong narrative, paying particular attention to the global context of European developments. She integrates discussion of gender, class, regional and ethnic differences across the entirety of Europe and its overseas colonies as well as the economic, political, religious and cultural history of the period.
Naturalists at Sea: Scientific Travellers from Dampier to Darwin
 Author: Glyn Williams Naturalists at Sea: Scientific Travellers from Dampier to Darwin Yale University Press 2013 Format: PDF Size: 10.6 Mb Language: English On the great Pacific discovery expeditions of the “long eighteenth century,” naturalists for the first time were commonly found aboard ships sailing forth from European ports. Lured by intoxicating opportunities to discover exotic and perhaps lucrative flora and fauna unknown at home, these men set out eagerly to collect and catalogue, study and document an uncharted natural world. This enthralling book is the first to describe the adventures and misadventures, discoveries and dangers of this devoted and sometimes eccentric band of explorer-scholars. Their individual experiences are uniquely their own, but together their stories offer a new perspective on the extraordinary era of Pacific exploration and the achievements of an audacious generation of naturalists. Historian Glyn Williams illuminates the naturalist’s lot aboard ship, where danger alternated with boredom and quarrels with the ship’s commander were the norm. Nor did the naturalist’s difficulties end upon returning home, where recognition for years of work often proved elusive. Peopled with wonderful characters and major figures of Enlightenment science—among them Louis Antoine de Bouganville, Joseph Banks, John Reinhold Forster, Captain Cook, and Charles Darwin—this book is a gripping account of a small group of scientific travelers whose voyages of discovery were to change perceptions of the natural world.
The Age of Fighting Sail
 Author: C. S. Forester The Age of Fighting Sail Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1956 Format: PDF Pages: 296 Language: English Size: 50.6 MB The story of the Naval War of 1812. For a young republic to pick a fight with the country from which she had just won a new freedom a few years before must have appeared as folly in 1812. England was Queen of the Seas and seemed a heavy favorite to win any naval war started by a stripling nation armed with nothing that could be dignified by the term "navy."
Encyclopedia of American Indian History
 Author: Bruce E. Johansen. Barry M. Pritzker Encyclopedia of American Indian History 2007 ABC-CLIO Format: PDF Size: 103 Mб From the origins of Native American cultures through the years of colonialism and non-Native expansion to the present, Encyclopedia of American Indian History brings the story of Native Americans to life like no other previous reference on the subject. Featuring the work of many of the fieldÕs foremost scholars, it explores this fundamental and foundational aspect of the American experience with extraordinary depth, breadth, and currency, carefully balancing the perspectives of both Native and non-Native Americans. Encyclopedia of American Indian History spans the centuries with three thematically organized volumes (covering the period from precontact through European colonization; the years of non-Native expansion (including Indian removal); and the modern era of reservations, reforms, and reclamation of semi-sovereignty). Each volume includes entries on key events, places, people, and issues. The fourth volume is an alphabetically organized resource providing histories of Native American nations, as well as an extensive chronology, topic finder, bibliography, and glossary. For students, historians, or anyone interested in the Native American experience, Encyclopedia of American Indian History brings that experience to life in an unprecedented way.
America: A Narrative History
 Author: George Brown Tindall, David E. Shi America: A Narrative History (Brief Ninth Edition) W. W. Norton & Company 2012 Format: PDF Size: 25 Mb Language: English A book students love, in a more concise format. America has sold more than 1.8 million copies over the past eight editions because it’s a book that students enjoy reading. Effective storytelling, colorful anecdotes, and biographical sketches make the narrative absorbing and the material more memorable. The Brief Ninth Edition is 20% shorter, and includes refreshed and updated coverage of African American history, and has been streamlined from 37 to 34 chapters.
The North American Indians in early photographs
 The North American Indians in early photographs Author:Fleming, Paula Richardson and Judith Luskey Dorset 1988 Language:English Format:pdf Size:56 mb Pages:266 Beautiful book full of extraordinary photographs. The three hundred magnificent photographs in this book, taken from the collection at the Smithsonian Institution, offer a unique record of the Indians of North America.
Germany: A Modern History
 Author: Marshall Dill Jr Germany: A Modern History University of Michigan Press 1961 Format: PDF (rar+3%) Size: 25,52 mb Language: English Pages: 528 Studies modern Germany, from its formation to the 1960s
Army Regulars on the Western Frontier, 1848-1861
Author: Durwood Ball
Army Regulars on the Western Frontier, 1848-1861
University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806133120
2001
Format: PDF
Size: 16,0 МБ
Language: English
Pages: 287
Deployed to posts from the Missouri River to the Pacific in 1848, the United States Army undertook an old mission on frontiers new to the United States: occupying the western territories; suppressing American Indian resistance; keeping the peace among feuding Indians, Hispanics, and Anglos; and consolidating United States sovereignty in the region. Overshadowing and complicating the frontier military mission were the politics of slavery and the growing rift between the North and South.
As regular troops fanned out across the American West, the diverse inhabitants of the region intensified their competition for natural resources, political autonomy, and cultural survival. Their conflicts often erupted into violence that propelled the army into riot duty and bloody warfare. Examining the full continuum of martial force in the American West, Durwood Ball reveals how regular troops waged war on American Indians to enforce federal law. He also provides details on the army's military interventions against filibusters in Texas and California, Mormon rebels in Utah, and violent political partisans in Kansas. Unlike previous histories, this book argues that the politics of slavery profoundly influenced the western mission of the regular army--affecting the hearts and minds of officers and enlisted men both as the nation plummeted toward civil war.
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The Ottoman Empire and the World Around It
 Author: Suraiya Faroqhi The Ottoman Empire and the World Around It I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd 2004 ISBN: 1-85043-715-7 Pages: 304 Format: pdf Size: 15 mb Language: English Quality: excellent Islamic law and sultanic pragmatism: 2 Determining the parameters of Ottoman ‘foreign policy’: some general considerations: 4 A few ground rules of Ottoman ‘foreign politics’: 6 Validity and limits of the ‘warfare state’ model: 8 Accommodation, both open and unacknowledged, and the problem of structural similarities in the early modern world: 10 An impossible balance between ‘east’ and ‘west’?: 11 Who, in which period, formed part of the Ottoman elite?: 13 The Ottoman Empire as a world economy: 14 The abiding centrality of Istanbul: 16 Confronting our limits: problems of documentation: 18 ‘Placing’ our topic in geographical terms: 20 ‘Placing’ our topic in time: 21 Confronting different perspectives, or how to justify comparisons: 23 A common world...
Still Fighting the Civil War: The American South and Southern History
 Author: David Goldfield Still Fighting the Civil War: The American South and Southern History Louisiana State University Press 2013 ISBN: 0807152153 Format: PDF Size: 7,2 МБ Language: English Pages: 400 This is a probing book about the hold of the past, experienced largely as heritage and memory and not as historical understanding, on a whole region and people. Goldfield treats the Lost Cause with unblinking directness. . . . its main strength: the stress on the weight of memory and its enduring links to white supremacy. David W. Blight, Southern Cultures Drawing on a wide range of sources as well as contemporary reporting, this deftly written historical analysis takes on a difficult topic with passion, sensitivity, and integrity. Publishers Weekly
Nazi Prisoners of War in America
 Author: Arnold Krammer Nazi Prisoners of War in America Stein and Day 1979 Format: PDF Pages: 360 Language: English Size: 50.3 MB The only book available that tells the full story of how the U.S. government detained nearly half a million Nazi prisoners of war in 511 camps across the country.
Ottoman Wars, 1700-1870: An Empire Besieged
 Author: Virginia H. Aksan Ottoman Wars, 1700-1870: An Empire Besieged Routledge 2007 Format: PDF Size: 8.4 Mb Language: English The Ottoman Empire had reached the peak of its power, presenting a very real threat to Western Christendom when in 1683 it suffered its first major defeat, at the Siege of Vienna. Tracing the empire’s conflicts of the next two centuries, The Ottoman Wars: An Empire Besieged examines the social transformation of the Ottoman military system in an era of global imperialism Spanning more than a century of conflict, the book considers challenges the Ottoman government faced from both neighbouring Catholic Habsburg Austria and Orthodox Romanov Russia, as well as - arguably more importantly – from military, intellectual and religious groups within the empire. Using close analysis of select campaigns, Virginia Aksan first discusses the Ottoman Empire’s changing internal military context, before addressing the modernized regimental organisation under Sultan Mahmud II after 1826. Featuring illustrations and maps, many of which have never been published before, The Ottoman Wars draws on previously untapped source material to provide an original and compelling account of an empire near financial and societal collapse, and the successes and failures of a military system under siege. The book is a fascinating study of the decline of an international power, raising questions about the influence of culture on warfare.
Napoleon's Carabiniers
 Author: R.Pawly Napoleon's Carabiniers (Men-at-Arms 405) Osprey Publishing Ltd 2005 Format: Pdf Size: 33 Mb Language: English
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art
 Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art Author: Collective Charles Miller Ltd. Cataloge 2010 Pages: 140 Language: English Format: PDF (E-Book) Size: 6 МВ
Tenting Tonight - The Soldier's Life
 Author: James I. Robertson Tenting Tonight - The Soldier's Life (The Civil War Series) Time Life Books 1984 Format: PDF Pages: 184 Language: English Size: 33.8 MB This is primarily a social, not a military, history that focuses on five broad topics: How the Northern and Southern armies were recruited, especially at the very beginning of the conflict, and what the results were of all those amateur soldiers and officers stumbling around and bumping into each other; what life was like in camp on both sides; the crushing effects of disease from lack of sanitation and the bleak future of those who suffered serious wounds; the plight of the P.O.W., especially of captured Confederates under the thumb of vengeful Northern officers (Andersonville gets the bad press but Elmira was at least as bad, and worse in the winter); and the role of religion and the chaplain in the life of the soldier. There are additional vignettes of pickets on opposite sides sharing their coffee and tobacco, the fate of condemned deserters, the popularity of baseball as an antidote to boredom, and the shock and aftershock on the men in battle. Throughout the book there are many quotes from letters and later memoirs, and -- of course -- many, many fascinating photos. Very highly recommended.
The Picture Gallery of Canadian History Volume 1-3
 Author: C. W. Jeffreys The Picture Gallery of Canadian History Volume 1-3 The Ryerson Press 1970 Format: PDF Size: 147.8 Mb Яык: English Dr. C. W. Jefferys was one of Canada's foremost historical artists and his three-volume Picture Gallery of Canadian History is probably his best-known achievement. His hundreds of carefully researched pictures of artifacts, people, places and episodes from Canadian history provide a "treasure house of information about this country's past" Vol.1 - Discovery to 1900 Vol.2 - 1763 to 1830 Vol.3 - 1839 to 1900
Master Index - An Illustrated Guide
 Author: Collective Master Index - An Illustrated Guide (The Civil War Series) Time-Life Books 1987 Format: PDF Pages: 184 Language: English Size: 36.8 MB This reference book is filled with important facts about the Civil War and allows you to look up information throughout the whole set. This book is an essential tool that completes the Civil War book collection.
Dutch Ships in Tropical Waters
 Dutch Ships in Tropical Waters: The Development of the Dutch East India Company (voc) Shipping Network in Asia 1595-1660 Author: Robert Parthesius Amsterdam University Press 2010 ISBN: 978-90-5356-517-9 Pages: 218 Language: English Format: PDF (e-book) Size: 15 MB During the closing years of the sixteenth century, the Dutch East India Company fast became a political and economic force in Asia, en route to becoming the leading private company in the world by 1660. This definitive volume explores perhaps the most important tool in the company's trade: its ships. Robert Parthesius here reconstructs the complete shipping activities of the Company through a unique database that charts the movements of even previously ignored smaller vessels. Demonstrating that the wide range of types and sizes of vessels were indeed what gave the Company the ability to sail?Coand to continue its profitable trade year after year, Dutch Ships in Tropical Waters combines the best of maritime history and archaeological research in order to change our understanding of the logistical dynamics behind one of the most important and successful businesses of this period.
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