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Author | : John J. Fox |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 462 |
Release | : 2014-04-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1940669170 |
Many people are aware that Jeb Stuart was a famous cavalry general who rode for the Confederacy. Yet, how did this twenty-nine-year-old former US Army lieutenant become the 1860s version of a media sensation? At the beginning of June 1862, George McClellan s huge Union Army stood poised to decimate the Confederate capital of Richmond. The city faced chaos as thousands of civilians fled. Confederate Army commander Robert E. Lee wanted to launch his own attack, but he needed to know what stood on McClellan s right flank. John Fox s new book, Stuart s Finest Hour, uses numerous eyewitness accounts to place the reader in the dusty saddle of both the hunter and the hunted as Stuart s men sliced deep behind Union lines to gather information for Lee. This first-ever book written about the raid follows the Confederate horsemen on their 110-mile ride, all the while chased by Union troopers commanded by Stuart s father-in-law, Philip St. George Cooke.
Author | : Pamela Womack |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 157 |
Release | : 2014-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1445638002 |
One of the first in a new series of short, accessible guides to popular history subjects, the Illustrated Introductions.
Author | : John J. Fox |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Raids (Military science) |
ISBN | : 9780971195059 |
This book is an even-handed synopsis of the June 1862 cavalry raid that made Confederate general Jeb Stuart famous. The book uses first-hand accounts of Union and Confederate cavalrymen that detail the confusion that the raid brought behind Union lines during the Peninsula Campaign in Virginia. The mission succeeded, yet at any moment it could have failed. The work includes maps, photos and information that detail how the raid changed the strategic and tactical situation in Virginia, all the while ensuring Jeb Stuarts fame for the ages.
Author | : Charles George |
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Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Hilda Trevelyan-Thomas |
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Author | : Mike Guardia |
Publisher | : Casemate |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2019-12-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1612008194 |
An illustrated history of the American tanks deployed to the Pacific theater during World War II and the conflicts they faced there. This volume in the Casemate Illustrated series explores American armor during the Pacific Campaign of the Second World War, from 1942 to 1945. In this period, there were over twenty major tank battles and operations in which tanks provided heavy support to infantry units. These operations included the Battle of Tarawa and the Bougainville Campaign. American Armor in the Pacific also features the strategies and tactics of the opposing forces, relying heavily on first-person accounts. This book examines the Pacific theater and how American armor was employed with great success in that theater of war. It also offers detailed information on American and Japanese armored forces, including development, equipment, capabilities, organization, and order of battle. Praise for American Armor in the Pacific “Packed with over 100 images . . . exactly what a reader interested in the armored battles fought between the Imperial Japanese war machine and U.S. military would want to see.” —Globe at War
Author | : Rough Guides |
Publisher | : Rough Guides UK |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2012-04-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1409360091 |
Britain's royals are the official face of the state and the center of a worldwide media circus. This entertaining Rough Guide to the Royals explores the paradox of one of the world's oldest monarchies. It casts a quizzical eye over the current royal family, from former Olympic horse rider Anne and industry ambassador Andrew to current favorites William and Kate. It answers such burning questions as what they do, where they get their money from, how fundamentally British are they, and just who is twelfth in the line to the throne. (One-year-old Savannah Phillips is the answer.) This book looks at the most extravagant royal ceremonies and the most controversial figures, from wife-murderer Henry VIII to the scandalous Caroline of Brunswick (who was banned from her husband's coronation but turned up anyway). The best and the worst monarchs are reassessed, with investigations into how the likes of alleged nephew-killer and hunchback Richard III achieved their villainous reputations. The image of the monarchy is also examined-whether it's in commemorative ceramics, respectful movies such as The King's Speech, or more critical fare. Now available in ePub format.
Author | : Alice Clare Carter |
Publisher | : Hodder Education |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Netherlands |
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Author | : William Goodman |
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Total Pages | : 712 |
Release | : 1847 |
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Author | : Tim Razzall |
Publisher | : Biteback Publishing |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2014-10-07 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 184954820X |
"I met Frank Sinatra through Robert Maxwell. That's if you can be said to have met someone who was on a private jet with you for fourteen hours and never spoke to you." So begins Chance Encounters, a charming insight into the extraordinary people, places and politics experienced in one varied and fascinating life. Over the last fifty years, Tim Razzall has forged successful careers in law, business and politics, rising to become both a CBE and a life peer. From his time representing the biggest names in rock music to his sortie among the big hitters of the City takeover mania in the fifties, Razzall has rubbed shoulders with the Beatles, Bill Clinton and Bertrand Russell, among many, many others. Throughout all this, he has had a key role in the rise of the Liberal Democrats from fringe party to partner in government. As an adviser to Paddy Ashdown, Razzall was a major player in the Lib Dems' covert relationship with Tony Blair. As party treasurer for twelve years, he had a front-row view of the pleasures and perils of political fundraising. Having been an adviser to Charles Kennedy - and best man at his wedding - Razzall divulges frank details of the problems that led to the former leader's resignation, as well as speaking candidly and astutely about the personalities in the House of Lords. No traditional, dry autobiography, Chance Encounters is a brisk, high-spirited romp through the worlds of business, entertainment and politics, dispensing insight and humour in equal measure.