Author : Adam Culling
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 38,13 MB
Release : 2023-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 139810308X
Explore Essex's local military heritage, from Roman times to the present day, in this illustrated guide.
Author : Jerry Roberts
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 48,34 MB
Release : 2014-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0819574775
This is the dynamic account of one of the most destructive maritime actions to take place in Connecticut history: the 1814 British attack on the privateers of Pettipaug, known today as the British Raid on Essex. During the height of the War of 1812, 136 Royal marines and sailors made their way up the Connecticut River from warships anchored in Long Island Sound. Guided by a well-paid American traitor the British navigated the Saybrook shoals and advanced up the river under cover of darkness. By the time it was over, the British had burned twenty-seven American vessels, including six newly built privateers. It was the largest single maritime loss of the war. Yet this story has been virtually left out of the history books—the forgotten battle of the forgotten war. This new account from author and historian Jerry Roberts is the definitive overview of this event and includes a wealth of new information drawn from recent research and archaeological finds. Lavish illustrations and detailed maps bring the battle to life.
Author : Richard W. Streb
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,1 MB
Release : 1999
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 9780805946055
Author : Wayne D. Cocroft
Publisher : Historic England Publishing
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 15,18 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781873592816
This book looks at the physical manifestations - buildings and structures - of the Cold War in England. Illustrated with contemporary and archive photographs, site and building plans it looks at the buildings within their military and political context.
Author : Steve Backer
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 18,93 MB
Release : 2009-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1848320183
The latest volume covers the hugely important American carrier of the Second World War. Built in larger numbers than any fleet carrier before or since, the Essex class can claim to be the US Navy's most significant weapon in the defeat of Japan. Carrying up to 100 aircraft and capable of absorbing enormous punishment (not one was sunk), they spearheaded the Fast Carrier Task Forces for most of the Pacific War.??The heavily illustrated work contains everything a modeller needs to know about this prolific class.
Author : John Keegan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 18,92 MB
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1136414169
The Routledge Who's Who in Military History looks at those men and women who have shaped the course of war. It concentrates on all those periods about which the reader is likely to want information - the eighteenth-century wars in Europe, the American Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars and the major conflicts of the nineteenth-century. There is full coverage of the First and Second World Wars, and the many post-war struggles up to and including the Gulf War. It provides: * detailed biographies of the most interesting and important figures in military history from about 1450 to the present day * a series of maps showing the main theatres of war * a glossary of common words and phrases * an accessible and user-friendly A-Z layout The Routledge Who's Who in Military History will be a unique and invaluable source of information for the student and general reader alike.
Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 15,1 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Military history
ISBN : 9780415275347
This volume re-positions military history at the beginning of the 21st century. Jeremy Black reveals the main trends in the practice and approach to military history and proposes a new manifesto for the subject to move forward.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,91 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Military history
ISBN :
Author : Theodore Roosevelt
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 19,37 MB
Release : 2018-10-12
Category :
ISBN : 9780342577903
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : James C. Bradford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1538 pages
File Size : 43,13 MB
Release : 2004-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1135950342
With its impressive breadth of coverage – both geographically and chronologically – the International Encyclopedia of Military History is the most up-to-date and inclusive A-Z resource on military history. From uniforms and military insignia worn by combatants to the brilliant military leaders and tacticians who commanded them, the campaigns and wars to the weapons and equipment used in them, this international and multi-cultural two-volume set is an accessible resource combining the latest scholarship in the field with a world perspective on military history.
