Operation Unthinkable: The Adventures of Air Group Captain Sebastopol Valiant

Operation Unthinkable: The Adventures of Air Group Captain Sebastopol Valiant
Author: Steven R Harrison
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2017-09-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0244073767

The Russians have developed an incredible new weapon, something so terrible it threatens to tip the balance of power away from the British Empire. ItÕs underhand, devious and just isnÕt cricket. They need to be stopped. Who better to do the job than Air Group Captain Sebastopol Valiant? Valiant the Racing driver! Valiant the Land Speed Record holder! Valiant the Amazonian adventurer! Valiant the saviour the RMS Titanic! Valiant, the most eligible bachelor of the year as voted by the readers of the LadiesÕ Gazette! Just as soon as heÕs dealt with getting out of jail, burning skyscrapers, airship saboteurs and journalists of fake news -all the while recovering from hangovers of varying magnitude- heÕll be right on it. The Russians wonÕt know what hit them.

Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle

Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle
Author: Charles Jean Jacques Jos Ardant Du Picq
Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2018-11-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780353017504

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.

Nestor Makhno--anarchy's Cossack

Nestor Makhno--anarchy's Cossack
Author: Alexandre Skirda
Publisher: AK Press
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781902593685

The phenomenal life of Ukrainian peasant Nestor Makhno (1888-1934) provides the framework for this breakneck account of the downfall of the tsarist empire and the civil war that convulsed and bloodied Russia between 1917 and 1921. Mahkno and his people were fighting for a society "without masters or slaves, with neither rich nor poor." They acted towards that idea by establishing "free soviets." Unlike the soviets drained of all significance by the dictatorship of a one-party State, the "free soviets" became the grassroots organs of a direct democracy - a living embodiment of the free society - until they were betrayed, and smashed, by the Red Army. Delving into a vast array of documentation to which few other historians have had access, this study illuminates a revolution that started out with the rosiest of prospects but ended up utterly confounded. More than just the incredible exploits of a guerilla revolutionary par excellence, Skirda weaves the tale of a people, and the organizations and practices of anarchism, literally fighting for their lives.

Germany's High Sea Fleet in the World War

Germany's High Sea Fleet in the World War
Author: Admiral Reinhard Scheer
Publisher: Frontline Books
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2014-04-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1848322097

Anglo-German naval rivalry before 1914 had been expected to culminate in a cataclysmic fleet action in the North Sea once war was declared, a battle upon which the outcome of the war would depend: yet the two fleets met only once, at Jutland in 1916, and the battle was far from conclusive. ??In his own account of the war in the North Sea, first published in 1920, Admiral Scheer, the German commander at Jutland, gives his own explanation for the failure of either fleet to achieve the decisive victory expected of it, particularly the failure of his own operation plans that resulted in the battle of Jutland. ??This book is an invaluable account of one of the most important theatres of the First World War, written by one of its most senior commanders.

The Ultimate Experience

The Ultimate Experience
Author: Y. Harari
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2008-03-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 0230583881

For millennia, war was viewed as a supreme test. In the period 1750-1850 war became much more than a test: it became a secular revelation. This new understanding of war as revelation completely transformed Western war culture, revolutionizing politics, the personal experience of war, the status of common soldiers, and the tenets of military theory.

The Unknown Revolution, 1917-1921

The Unknown Revolution, 1917-1921
Author: Voline
Publisher: Black Rose Books Ltd.
Total Pages: 730
Release: 1975
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780919618251

The untold story of the Russian Revolution: its antecedents, its far-reaching changes, its betrayal by Bolshevik terror, and the massive resistance of non-Bolshevik revolutionaries.

Military Writings

Military Writings
Author: Leon Trotsky
Publisher: Pathfinder
Total Pages: 210
Release: 1969
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780873480291

The central organizer of the Red Army discusses the challenge of organizing an army made up of peasants and workers, based on a shared interest in defending the young Soviet republic.

South Africa and the Transvaal War; Volume 2

South Africa and the Transvaal War; Volume 2
Author: Louis Creswicke
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781020369643

Louis Creswicke was a war correspondent who covered the Boer War in South Africa during the late 19th century. This book is a detailed and gripping account of the conflict, offering a unique perspective from someone who witnessed the war firsthand. Creswicke's book is a valuable historical document that sheds light on one of the most important events in South African history. 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. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.