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Hilaire Belloc's best work - according to the author, as well as most critics - The Path to Rome is less concerned with Rome itself than with a pilgrim's journey to the Eternal City. A spirited Catholic apologist, Belloc traveled on foot from Toul (near Nancy), France, and crossed the Alps and the Apennines in order to, in his words, "see all Europe which the Christian Faith has saved." Afterward, he turned his pen from his usual polemics to literature,...
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"In this book I have written about some aspects of the war which, I believe, the world must know and remember, not only as a memorial of men's courage in tragic years, but as a warning of what will happen again-surely-if a heritage of evil and of folly is not cut out of the hearts of peoples. Here it is the reality of modern warfare not only as it appears to British soldiers, of whom I can tell, but to soldiers on all the fronts where conditions were...
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"The Meaning of the War - Life and Matter in Conflict" is a 1915 work within which Henri Bergson explores Germany's policy of 'might is right' as practised by Bismarck, the Prussian empire, and Germany in its long and bloody history of aggression against its neighbours. Contents include: "Life Of Bergson", "Introduction", "Life And Matter At War", and "The Force Which Wastes And That Which Does Not Waste".
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"Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it." And so we have. Time and again, mankind has faced down problems, but have often failed to take the hard-earned knowledge into the next battle.
Doomed to Repeat is a collection of essays, edited by Bill Fawcett, that illuminates some of the problems we've faced repeatedly throughout history, including Islamic jihad, terrorism, military insurgencies, inflation and the devaluation of currency, financial...
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An engrossing compendium of high-seas military disasters.
From the days of the Spanish Armada to the modern age of aircraft carriers, battles have been bungled just as badly on water as they have been on land. Some blunders were the result of insufficient planning, overinflated egos, espionage, or miscalculations; others were caused by ideas that didn't hold water in the first place. In glorious detail, here are thirty-three of history's worst maritime...
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A collection of military history essays examining the philosophical side of war and the meaning of "victory."
What does it mean to win a war? How does this differ from a simple military victory? How have different cultures and societies answered these questions through history, and how can we apply these lessons?
When considering how a war might be "won," there are three big ideas that underpin how success can be measured: ownership, intervention...
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Inspired by conversations with many veterans following the publication of her grandfather's wartime memoir, Victoria Panton-Bacon has gathered a moving collection of stories. These are stories of bravery, sadness, horror, doubt and longing, from ordinary people who lived under the long shadows cast by World War II and whose young lives were changed irrevocably. These were the young of a different age when work for most began at fourteen, and the world...
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Extrait: "La première mesure d'ordre militaire que la Belgique décida à l'occasion du conflit diplomatique qui divisa l'Europe en juillet 1914, fut la mise de l'armée sur le pied de paix renforcé, c'est-à-dire le rappel de trois classes de milice. Cette décision constituait une simple mesure de précaution."
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Extrait : "Tel ces médailles qui, sous la patine des siècles, accusent un profil à jamais orgueilleux et viril, Un Tel, malgré les épuisements et les fièvres, garde le visage de ses vingt ans. Il est la parfaite image d'une époque inquiète, le souple sujet d'une race sportive et spirituelle."
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Extrait: "Le siège de Troie. Si l'on en croit Platon, la Troie de Priam et d'Homère avait été construite « sur une petite éminence, dans une belle et vaste plaine, arrosée par différentes rivières sortant du mont Ida ». On a beaucoup discuté sur l'emplacement de cette éminence, de cette plaine et de ces rivières. Du temps de Strabon, on ne savait déjà plus au juste o se trouvait Troie..."
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« La question de l'indépendance d'une enclave régionale envers son empire national ne se résout que par le choix du régime autoritaire et à condition qu'il exclut le "génocide moral". C'était le cas de la Prusse comme protectorat du 1er empire frogs et, par la suite, de la IIIe république avec le IIe Reich boche, puis de Vichy avec le IIIe Reich.
Le problème de 40 a fait des hommes du Rhin, les vassaux de l'OTAN, auquel nous avons vendu...
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Noël 1873, l'ancien maréchal Bazaine et son aide de camp intègrent la prison de l'île Sainte-Marguerite pour purger une peine de vingt ans. Quelques mois plus tard, il s'en évade dans des circonstances rocambolesques.
L'auteur met en lumière un épisode peu connu, romanesque et tragique à la fois, de la vie d'un maréchal de France, injustement malmené et devenu le sacrifié de l'Empire, dans une période charnière o se joue un triple basculements...
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Au XIIe siècle, les bushis, les guerriers du Japon, parviennent à se hisser au sommet du pouvoir. Le partage de celui-ci entre le Shōgun, un dictateur militaire investi désormais d'un pouvoir de nature monarchique, et le Tennō, l'empereur « Fils du Ciel », redessine la politique et ses enjeux. En parcourant des évènements clés — l'installation du gouvernement du Shōgun (Bakufu), l'émergence des rōnins ou encore la grande révolte des...
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton,(29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) better known as G. K. Chesterton, was an English writer, lay theologian, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, literary and art critic, biographer, and Christian apologist. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox." Time magazine, in a review of a biography of Chesterton, observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings,...
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This is a 1914 novel written by H. G. Wells. Within it, wells writes passionately and with elegance about his conviction that World War I will be the war to end all wars. Although he was obviously and unfortunately wrong in his suppositions, his book makes a good case for his belief and is highly recommended for those with an interest in WWI. Contents include: 'Why Britain Went to War', 'The Sword of Peace', 'Hands Off the People's Food', 'Concerning...
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Breve historia del espionaje le introducirá en el enigmático mundo del espionaje desde la Antigüedad hasta nuestros días. Trataremos su evolución desde el uso de las técnicas más básicas como el engaño y la traición, pasando por la criptografía en la Edad Media, el surgimiento de la Inquisición o la tecnología más avanzada en la actualidad.
Cuando se habla de espías enseguida pensamos en Mata-Hari, pero ya en la Biblia aparecen los...
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Entdecken Sie in 'Piraten: Die Kunst, Grenzen zu überschreiten' das wahre Gesicht der Piraten. Sie waren nicht grobschlächtige gierige Banditen - sie waren viel mehr Sozialreformer, die Demokratie und Diversity lebten. Haben Sie gewusst, dass die Piraten bereits im 17. Jahrhundert die Unfallversicherung kannten oder dass die gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe in der Piratenwelt akzeptiert war? Lassen Sie sich überraschen!
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In June 1990, Paul Crenshaw shipped out for basic training for the National Guard. By August, Saddam Hussein had invaded Kuwait. Each day brought more news of mobilizing forces. For weeks, Crenshaw was told he was going to war, but after graduation, he went back home to Arkansas and watched CNN every night, lying about how much he wished he had been deployed.
Later, after Crenshaw had gotten out of the army, he began to question the reasons for the...
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