Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

History's Greatest Wars: The Epic Conflicts that Shaped the Modern World

Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Historie

Centuries of warfare that changed the world are captured in History’s Greatest Wars. This book acts as a perfect primer for novices while offering seasoned history readers new perspectives on many famous and some not-so-well-known conflicts. Each chapter includes a quick-reference summary, a timeline, an overview of the war, essays on its principal leaders, a series of short, often offbeat features on aspects of the conflict, and a detailed account of a pivotal battle.

Author Joseph Cummins highlights pivotal victories that changed nations, from the Norman invasion of England in 1066 to the Spanish conquest of Mexico in 1521 and the first fervid days of the French Revolution of 1789 to the bloody stalemate that ended the Iran-Iraq War in 1988. Each chapter delineates defining moments in the development of political philosophies, from Athens’ defense of democracy against Persian despotism to the championing of equal rights for all in the American Revolution. It recounts the heroism of armies and individuals, from the Spartans’ fight to the death against the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 BC to the Korean admiral who inspired his country to repel a massive Japanese invasion in the 1590s. It traces the transformation of battle tactics, from the prearranged set-piece encounters of the Napoleonic Wars to the massive naval landings and aerial bombardments of World War II, explains the scientific innovations that yielded the machine gun, the tank, and the atom bomb, and vividly renders the key victories that turned the tide of war, from Waterloo to Gettysburg and D-Day. At the same time, it reiterates the constants of conflict: the slaughters and massacres, including the Holocaust and the little-known Taiping Rebellion, which killed up to forty million Chinese; the personal sacrifices made by those battling tyranny, among them the rebels of revolutionary France, Greece, and Mexico; and the extraordinary influence of charismatic leaders, ranging from Napoleon and Pancho Villa to Mao Zedong and Hitler.

Sweeping in its scope, yet intimate in its insights into the motivations of politicians, strategists, commanders, and soldiers, this is a collection that will enhance your understanding of the modern world and your own place in it.

© 2011 Fair Winds Press (E-bog): 9781610580557

Release date

E-bog: 1. maj 2011

Andre kan også lide...

  1. Hitler's Shadow Empire: Nazi Economics and the Spanish Civil War Pierpaolo Barbieri
  2. Arms of Little Value: The Challenge of Insurgency and Global Instability in the Twenty-First Century G. L. Lamborn
  3. To Keep the British Isles Afloat: FDR's Men in Churchill's London, 1941 Thomas Parrish
  4. The People Want: A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising Gilbert Achcar
  5. The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, 1800–1890 Richard Slotkin
  6. The Lions of Iwo Jima: The Story of Combat Team 28 and the Bloodiest Battle in Marine Corps History James A. Warren
  7. The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics Paul Bracken
  8. The Little Third Reich on Lake Superior: A History of Canadian Internment Camp R Ernest Robert Zimmermann
  9. The Battle of Waterloo: Europe in the Balance Rupert Matthews
  10. Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam Gordon M. Goldstein
  11. I Marched with Patton: A Firsthand Account of World War II Alongside One of the U.S. Army's Greatest Generals Robert L. Wise
  12. On the Edge of Earth: The Future of American Space Power Steven Lambakis
  13. The Great American Transit Disaster: A Century of Austerity, Auto-Centric Planning, and White Flight Nicholas Dagen Bloom
  14. Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History Theodore C. Sorenson
  15. The Irony of American History Reinhold Niebuhr
  16. The Institutional Revolution: Measurement and the Economic Emergence of the Modern World Douglas W. Allen
  17. The Rise of the Military Welfare State Jennifer Mittelstadt
  18. The Human Shore: Seacoasts in History John R. Gillis
  19. Lincoln and the Abolitionists: John Quincy Adams, Slavery, and the Civil War Fred Kaplan
  20. Out of the Firing Line … Into the Foyer: My Remarkable Story Bruce Copp
  21. Cathedrals of Steam: How London's Great Stations Were Built – And How They Transformed the City Christian Wolmar
  22. Another Century of War? Gabriel Kolko
  23. The Other Americans in Paris: Businessmen, Countesses, Wayward Youth, 1880–1941 Nancy L. Green
  24. The Increasingly United States: How and Why American Political Behavior Nationalized Daniel J. Hopkins
  25. The Response to Industrialism: 1885–1914 Samuel P. Hays
  26. This Compost: Ecological Imperatives in American Poetry Jed Rasula
  27. Crashing the Party: Taking on the Corporate Government in an Age of Surrender Ralph Nader
  28. Railways and Industry on the Brecon & Merthyr: Bargoed to Pontsticill Jct., Pant to Dowlais Central John Hodge
  29. Slavery's Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification David Waldstreicher
  30. The Birth of America: From Before Columbus to the Revolution William R. Polk
  31. Foxconned: Imaginary Jobs, Bulldozed Homes, & the Sacking of Local Government Lawrence Tabak
  32. Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing: Living in the Future Charles Bowden
  33. Journey on the James: Three Weeks through the Heart of Virginia Earl Swift
  34. Exporting Reconstruction: Ulysses S. Grant and a New Empire of Liberty Ryan P. Semmes
  35. Arctic Autumn: A Journey to Season's Edge Pete Dunne
  36. Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay Julie Zickefoose
  37. In the Land of Believers: An Outsider's Extraordinary Journey into the Heart of the Evangelical Church Gina Welch
  38. The Colours of London Buses 1970s Kevin McCormack
  39. Souls in the Great Machine Sean McMullen
  40. The Mission: A True Story David W. Brown

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Start tilbuddet