Specific wars and military campaigns Books
Oxford University Press The Cold War A Very Short Introduction Very Short
Book SynopsisVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringThe Cold War dominated international life from the end of World War II to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. But how did the conflict begin? Why did it move from its initial origins in Postwar Europe to encompass virtually every corner of the globe? And why, after lasting so long, did the war end so suddenly and unexpectedly? Robert McMahon considers these questions and more, as well as looking at the legacy of the Cold War and its impact on international relations today.The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction is a truly international history, not just of the Soviet-American struggle at its heart, but also of the waves of decolonization, revolutionary nationalism, and state formation that swept the non-Western world in the wake of World War II. McMahon places the ''Hot Wars'' that cost millions of lives in Korea, Vietnam, and elsewhere within the larger framework of global superpower competition. He shows how the United States and the Soviet Union both became empires over the course of the Cold War, and argues that perceived security needs and fears shaped U.S. and Soviet decisions from the beginning--far more, in fact, than did their economic and territorial ambitions. He unpacks how these needs and fears were conditioned by the divergent cultures, ideologies, and historical experiences of the two principal contestants and their allies. Covering the years 1945-1990, this second edition uses recent scholarship and newly available documents to offer a fuller analysis of the Vietnam War, the changing global politics of the 1970s, and the end of the Cold War.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition McMahon has produced a commanding short narrative of a vital period in recent world history. Clear, concise, and compelling, The Cold War is a superb primer on the subject. * Fredrik Logevall, University of California, Santa Barbara *A riveting read that brings order to complexity. McMahon is a brilliant guide to the major events of the Cold War and has a gift for clear-headed analysis of the controversies that swirl around it. * Professor Barbara Keys, Durham University *In concise and compelling prose, Robert McMahon offers critical insights about the truly global dimensions and profound legacies of the Cold War. * Dr. Wen-Qing Ngoei, author of Arc of Containment *Robert McMahon's The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction is an extraordinary work of both concision and analysis. It incorporates the most up-to-date scholarship in the field, while giving students and excellent overview of this crucial period in international history. The book is truly unique in its short length and clear and concise summary of the main issues of the Cold War, while written with grace and subtlety. A masterful achievement! * Professor Thomas Schwartz, Vanderbilt University *Small but impressive * Soldier Magazine *Table of ContentsPreface List of illustrations List of maps 1: World War II and the destruction of the old order 2: The origins of the Cold War in Europe, 1945-50 3: Towards 'Hot War' in Asia, 1945-50 4: A global Cold War, 1950-8 5: From confrontation to detente, 1958-68 6: Cold wars at home 7: The rise and fall of superpower detente, 1968-79 8: The final phase, 1980-90 Further reading Index
£9.49
Oxford University Press The Liberation of Jerusalem Oxford Worlds
Book Synopsis''The bitter tragedy of human life-- horrors of death, attack, retreat, advance, and the great game of Destiny and Chance. '' In The Liberation of Jerusalem (Gerusalemme liberata, 1581), Torquato Tasso set out to write an epic to rival the Iliad and the Aeneid. Unlike his predecessors, he took his subject not from myth but from history: the Christian capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade. The siege of the city is played out alongside a magical romance of love and sacrifice, in which the Christian knight Rinaldo succumbs to the charms of the pagan sorceress Armida, and the warrior maiden Clorinda inspires a fatal passion in the Christian Tancred.Tasso''s masterpiece left its mark on writers from Spenser and Milton to Goethe and Byron, and inspired countless painters and composers. This is the first English translation in modern times that faithfully reflects both the sense and the verse form of the original. Max Wickert''s fine rendering is introduced by Mark Davie, who places TTrade ReviewThe translation is accompanied by a clear, detailed and helpful introduction by Mark Davie. * David Robey, Times Literary Supplement *Wickert's is a remarkable achievement...the translation is consistently faithful to almost every detail of the content. * David Robey, Times Literary Supplement *
£14.24
Oxford University Press (UK) The Least Worst Place How Guantanamo Became the Worlds Most Notorious Prison
Book SynopsisThe tale of how individual officers on the ground at Guantanamo Bay, along with their direct superiors, were unwittingly co-opted into the Pentagon's plan to turn the prison into an interrogation facility operating at the margins of the law and beyond.Trade ReviewGreenberg is a great storyteller. * Sunday Times *Read this book for an understanding of the fearsome banality of the workings of arbitrary power. * Frank Furedi, Times Higher Education *Greenberg tells an excellent human story, efficiently piecing together the accounts of the guards, inmates and lawyers. * Stephen Robinson, The Guardian *If you thought Guantanamo held no more surprises, this remarkable and timely book will change your mind. Karen Greenberg has unearthed a history we did not know we had, somehow persuading scores of military and intelligence officers-and their former captives-to break a seven-year silence. Packed with revelations, this vivid story shows exactly how nods and winks from Washington led to lawless abuse. Just at the moment we need it most, with a new president vowing to find a way out, Greenberg gives the best account yet of where and how and why the troubles began. * Advance praise from Barton Gellman, author of Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency *Greenberg tells a gripping and vivid story of the first days of the Guantanamo detainee debacle. In a fast paced and well researched narrative, her characters come alive on this dusty island base as they struggle with the moral and professional dilemmas that are a microcosm of a bigger drama being played out in Washington. Policy was formulated by a small cabal of Pentagon and White House zealots who did not understand the fundamental nature of counterterrorism-and forced their ill-conceived policies on a reluctant but ultimately compliant military, judicial and diplomatic corps. * Advance praise from Michael Sheehan, author of Crush the Cell *The consequences of Guantanamo on America's standing in the world have been well chronicled, but here, in heartbreaking detail, we learn the story of how it might have been different. Karen Greenberg's surprising and provocative history of the first hundred days of Guantanamo provides an invaluable comment on how the war on terror turned into a moral assault on our on values and institutions. * Advance praise from Lawrence Wright, author of The Looming Tower *Karen Greenberg's deeply researched account of the early days of Guantanamo shows the legal, political and moral questions that plagued the prison camp from the outset: its dubious legal authority, the uncertain status of the prisoners, and the doubts of key officials who tried to uphold American and international law. The Least Worst Place, which is so well written that it reads in places like a prose poem, is going to be essential reading for anyone who is trying to understand the legal morass surrounding Guantanamo and detainee policy in the 'war on terror.' * Advance praie from Peter Bergen, author of Holy War, Inc. and The Osama bin Laden I Know *Table of ContentsPART I: DECEMBER. PARADISE LOST; PART II: JANUARY. THE NEW WORLD ORDER; PART III: FEBRUARY. SHADOW COMMAND; PART IV: MARCH. FAILURE
£28.49
Oxford University Press The British Way in CounterInsurgency 19451967
Book SynopsisThe claim by the Ministry of Defence in 2001 that ''the experience of numerous small wars has provided the British Army with a unique insight into this demanding form of conflict'' unravelled spectacularly in Iraq and Afghanistan. One important reason for that, David French suggests, was because contemporary British counter-insurgency doctrine was based upon a serious misreading of the past. Until now, many observers believed that during the wars of decolonisation in the two decades after 1945, the British had discovered how western liberal notions of right and wrong could be made compatible with the imperatives of waging war amongst the people, that force could be used effectively but with care, and that a more just and prosperous society could emerge from these struggles. By using only the minimum necessary force, and doing so with the utmost discrimination, the British were able to win by securing the ''hearts and minds'' of the people. But this was a serious distortion of actual BrTrade ReviewDavid French's authoritative...exemplarily fair-minded study...should be compulsory reading for modern British officers * Max Hastings, Sunday Times *Brilliant...French explodes the myth that a uniquely British quest to recruit "hearts and minds" made the British end of Empire easy. * Ben Macintyre, The Times *a sobering and timely book ... Professor French marshals an impressive volume of archival research ... fluent and always engrossing * Kenneth Payne, Times Literary Supplement *a brilliant book that sheds light on a misunderstood and misquoted era ... masterly * Patrick Mercer, Military History *a careful, often riveting book that has been constructed on the basis of rigorous archival research. French takes on a major task, insisting on a sweep of place and time that must have demanded he tackle an intimidating quantity of archival material, and the results are frequently a testament to modern historical scholarship. * Musab Younis, The Oxonian Review *French's book represents the first comprehensive reassessment of the violence used by the British across the entire range of these insurgencies * Royal United Services Institute *Based on unparalleled research into official documents on nine campaigns it is likely to be the authoritative work on the subject for years to come ... Indeed, Professor French has set the bar very high, and that can only be a good thing for the rest of us who yet labour in these contested trenches. * David Charters, Canadian Military History *His counter-insurgency volume is ... likely to become the standard work on the subject. Thankfully, he avoid the temptation to adapt the book to the contemporary concerns of the academic-military-industrial complex. * John Newsinger, Race & Class *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ; List of Abbreviations ; Introduction ; 1. The Colonial State ; 2. Gangsters, Thugs, and Bandits: the Enemies of the Colonial State ; 3. The Legal Context and Counter-insurgency by Committee ; 4. Varieties of Coercion: Exemplary Force, Counter-terrorism, and Population Control ; 5. Britain's "Dirty Wars"? ; 6. Winning Hearts and Minds ; 7. Counter-insurgency and the Learning Curve ; 8. The Problems of Sustainability ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index
£121.12
Oxford University Press Iraq and the Use of Force in International Law
Book SynopsisThe prohibition of the use of force is one of the most crucial elements of the international legal order. Our understanding of that rule was both advanced and challenged during the period commencing with the termination of the Iran-Iraq war and the invasion of Kuwait, and concluding with the invasion and occupation of Iraq. The initial phase was characterized by hopes for a functioning collective security system administered by the United Nations as part of a New World Order. The liberation of Kuwait, in particular, was seen by some as a powerful vindication of the prohibition of the use of force and of the UN Security Council. However, the operation was not really conducted in accordance with the requirements for collective security established in the UN Charter. In a second phase, an international coalition launched a humanitarian intervention operation, first in the north of Iraq, and subsequently in the south. That episode is often seen as the fountainhead of the post-Cold War claiTable of Contents1. Introduction: The Vision of the New World Order and its Collapse ; 2. Iraq and Kuwait 1990/1 ; 3. Forcible Humanitarian Action and the Aerial Exclusion Zones ; 4. The Use of Force in Relation to Iraqi Disarmament Obligations 1991-1998 ; 5. Resolution 1441 (2002) and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq ; 6. The Role of International Law in UK Decision-Making ; 7. Conclusion: The Use of Force in International Law after Iraq
£55.10
OUP USA The Oxford Handbook of the American Revolution
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of the American Revolution introduces scholars, students and generally interested readers to the formative event in American history. In thirty-three individual essays, by thirty-three authorities on the Revolution, the Handbook provides readers with in-depth analysis of the Revolution''s many sides, ranging from the military and diplomatic to the social and political; from the economic and financial, to the cultural and legal. Its cast of characters ranges far, including ordinary farmers and artisans, men and women, free and enslaved African Americans, Indians, and British and American statesmen and military leaders. Its geographic scope is equally broad. The Handbook offers readers an American Revolution whose geo-political and military impact ranged from the West Indies to the Mississippi Valley; from the British Isles to New England and from Nova Scotia to Florida. The American Revolution of the Handbook is, simply put, an event that far transcended the boundariTrade ReviewThis is a well-conceived and edited volume, and an excellent resource. * Andy Hamilton, British Journal for the History of Philosophy *Table of ContentsList of Maps ; Contributors ; Introduction: American Revolutions ; Edward G. Gray and Jane Kamensky ; Part I. Cultures and Crises ; Chapter 1. Britain's American Problem: The International Perspective ; P. J. Marshall ; Chapter 2. The Unsettled Periphery: The Backcountry on the Eve of the American Revolution ; William B. Hart ; Chapter 3. The Polite and the Plebian ; Michael Zuckerman ; Chapter 4. Political Protest and the World of Goods ; Laurel Thatcher Ulrich ; Chapter 5. The Imperial Crisis ; Craig B. Yirush ; Chapter 6. The Struggle Within: Colonial Politics on the Eve of Independence ; Michael A. McDonnell ; Chapter 7. The Democratic Moment: The Revolution and Popular Politics ; Ray Raphael ; Chapter 8. Independence before and during the Revolution ; Benjamin H. Irvin ; Part II. War ; Chapter 9. The Continental Army ; Caroline Cox ; Chapter 10. The British Army and the War of Independence ; Stephen Conway ; Chapter 11. The War in the Cities ; Mark A. Peterson ; Chapter 12. The War in the Countryside ; Allan Kulikoff ; Chapter 13. Native Peoples in the Revolutionary War ; Jane T. Merritt ; Chapter 14. The African Americans' Revolution ; Gary B. Nash ; Chapter 15. Women in the American Revolutionary War ; Sarah M. S. Pearsall ; Chapter 16. Loyalism ; Edward Larkin ; Chapter 17. The Revolutionary War and Europe's Great Powers ; Paul W. Mapp ; Chapter 18. Funding the Revolution: Monetary and Fiscal Policy in Eighteenth-Century America ; Stephen Mihm ; Part III. A Revolutionary Settlement ; Chapter 19. The Impact of the War on British Politics ; Harry T. Dickinson ; Chapter 20. The Trials of the Confederation ; Terry Bouton ; Chapter 21. A More Perfect Union: The Framing and Ratification of the Constitution ; Max M. Edling ; Chapter 22. The Evangelical Ascendancy in Revolutionary America ; Susan Juster ; Chapter 23. The Problems of Slavery ; Christopher Leslie Brown ; Chapter 24. Rights ; Eric Slauter ; Chapter 25. The Empire That Britain Kept ; Eliga H. Gould ; Part IV. New Orders ; Chapter 26. The American Revolution and a New National Politics ; Rosemarie Zagarri ; Chapter 27. Republican Art and Architecture ; Martha J. McNamara ; Chapter 28. Print Culture after the Revolution ; Catherine O'Donnell ; Chapter 29. Republican Law ; Christopher L. Tomlins ; Chapter 30. Discipline, Sex, and the Republican Self ; Clare A. Lyons ; Chapter 31. The Laboring Republic ; Graham Russell Gao Hodges ; Chapter 32. The Republic in the World, 1783-1803 ; J. M. Opal ; Chapter 33. America's Cultural Revolution in Transnational Perspective ; Leora Auslander ; Index
£147.25
Oxford University Press Inc The Vietnam War
Book SynopsisHailed as a pithy and compelling account of an intensely relevant topic (Kirkus Reviews), this wide-ranging volume offers a superb account of a key moment in modern U.S. and world history. Drawing upon the latest research in archives in China, Russia, and Vietnam, Mark Lawrence creates an extraordinary, panoramic view of all sides of the war. His narrative begins well before American forces set foot in Vietnam, delving into French colonialism''s contribution to the 1945 Vietnamese revolution, and revealing how the Cold War concerns of the 1950s led the United States to back the French. The heart of the book covers the American war, ranging from the overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem and the impact of the Tet Offensive to Nixon''s expansion of the war into Cambodia and Laos, and the final peace agreement of 1973. Finally, Lawrence examines the aftermath of the war, from the momentous liberalization--Doi Moi--in Vietnam to the enduring legacy of this infamous war in American books, films, and poTrade Review"Crisply concise.... Delves into the 'whys' of the war: why the Vietnamese fought against the United States, why the great powers were involved, why the war turned out as it did and why legacies of the war linger."-Philip Seib,Dallas Morning News"[A] succinct history of a frustrating war that raised several painful issues America's leaders are now encountering for a second time.... A pithy and compelling account of an intensely relevant topic."-Kirkus Reviews"Distills the US's longest war into a short, readable narrative.... This brief summary of the tangled negotiations that prolonged the suffering caused by the war is perhaps Lawrence's most valuable contribution, since it covers an area that more extensive histories overlook.... A valuable addition to any academic library.... Essential."-C.C. Lovett, CHOICE"The book lives up to its brief and accessible billing...."-Publishers Weekly"In an elegant, almost elegiac prose style, Mark Lawrence takes us through the history of the Vietnam War in a narrative that transcends the usual focus on Vietnam and the United States. There is no other one volume history of the war that so thoroughly captures the war as an event in world history."-Marilyn B. Young, author of The Vietnam Wars, 1945-1990"A succinct and persuasive account of the Second Indochina War in its global context. At a time when the current U.S. involvement in Iraq evokes uneasy memories of America's controversial 'war of choice' in Vietnam, Mark Lawrence's thoughtful analysis of that previous conflict is highly welcome."-William J. Duiker, author of Ho Chi Minh: A Life"It takes skill to condense a massive subject into a concise, entertaining, and accessible book. This is what Mark Atwood Lawrence accomplishes in his 224 page book The Vietnam War: A Concise International History.... This book might be even more attractive than the larger volumes on the subject because it is succint and focuses on the primary issues of the war."-Shelton Woods, ResourcesTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION; FURTHER READING
£17.99
Oxford University Press Smell of Battle the Taste of Siege
Book SynopsisHistorical accounts of major events have almost always relied upon what those who were there witnessed. Nowhere is this truer than in the nerve-shattering chaos of warfare, where sight seems to confer objective truth and acts as the basis of reconstruction. In The Smell of Battle, the Taste of Siege, historian Mark M. Smith considers how all five senses, including sight, shaped the experience of the Civil War and thus its memory, exploring its full sensory impact on everyone from the soldiers on the field to the civilians waiting at home. From the eardrum-shattering barrage of shells announcing the outbreak of war at Fort Sumter; to the stench produced by the corpses lying in the mid-summer sun at Gettysburg; to the siege of Vicksburg, once a center of Southern culinary aesthetics and starved into submission, Smith recreates how Civil War was felt and lived. Relying on first-hand accounts, Smith focuses on specific senses, one for each event, offering a wholly new perspective. At Bull Run, the similarities between the colors of the Union and Confederate uniforms created concern over what later would be called friendly fire and helped decide the outcome of the first major battle, simply because no one was quite sure they could believe their eyes. He evokes what it might have felt like to be in the HL Hunley submarine, in which eight men worked cheek by jowl in near-total darkness in a space 48 inches high, 42 inches wide. Often argued to be the first total war, the Civil War overwhelmed the senses because of its unprecedented nature and scope, rendering sight less reliable and, Smith shows, forcefully engaging the nonvisual senses. Sherman''s March was little less than a full-blown assault on Southern sense and sensibility, leaving nothing untouched an no one unaffected. Unique, compelling, and fascinating, The Smell of Battle, The Taste of Siege, offers readers way to experience the Civil War with fresh eyes.Trade ReviewSmiths choice of episodes is inspiring. Perhaps not evident from the last two chapters titles, themes are introduced with playful language, his enjoyment in writing this volume evident throughout ... I would be surprised if this book does not change historical accounts of warfare. The twentieth century brought total war to greater numbers of civilians of many other nations, but historians have yet to write the sort of total history, which adequately conveys the full meaning of such collective trauma. Yet again, Smith has provided us with a model. * Jonathan Reinarz, University of Birmingham, The American Historical Review *Read this book for an original methodology that encourages readers to consider the influence of the confusions of battle, the noise of shells, and the stench of death. Smith describes some of the key encounters of the civil war, including the Battle of Bull Run and Gettysburg, in terms of assaults on the senses and shows how that affected outcomes. * Books of the year 2014, War on the Rocks *Historians often ask readers to imagine the intense sights, sounds, and smells of battle. Smith goes one step further and explores how such sensory assaults affect the conduct of war itself. * Lawrence D. Freedman, Books of the year 2014, Foreign Affairs *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. The Sounds of Secession ; 2. Eying First Bull Run ; 3. Cornelia Hancock's Sense of Smell ; 4. Hollowing Out Vicksburg ; 5. The Hunley's Impact ; Epilogue: Experiencing Total War
£43.50
Oxford University Press Inc Fateful Lightning
Book SynopsisThe Civil War is the greatest trauma ever experienced by the American nation, a four-year paroxysm of violence that left in its wake more than 600,000 dead, more than 2 million refugees, and the destruction (in modern dollars) of more than $700 billion in property. The war also sparked some of the most heroic moments in American history and enshrined a galaxy of American heroes. Above all, it permanently ended the practice of slavery and proved, in an age of resurgent monarchies, that a liberal democracy could survive the most frightful of challenges. In Fateful Lightning, two-time Lincoln Prize-winning historian Allen C. Guelzo offers a marvelous portrait of the Civil War and its era, covering not only the major figures and epic battles, but also politics, religion, gender, race, diplomacy, and technology. And unlike other surveys of the Civil War era, it extends the reader''s vista to include the postwar Reconstruction period and discusses the modern-day legacy of the Civil War in American literature and popular culture. Guelzo also puts the conflict in a global perspective, underscoring Americans'' acute sense of the vulnerability of their republic in a world of monarchies. He examines the strategy, the tactics, and especially the logistics of the Civil War and brings the most recent historical thinking to bear on emancipation, the presidency and the war powers, the blockade and international law, and the role of intellectuals, North and South. Written by a leading authority on our nation''s most searing crisis, Fateful Lightning offers a vivid and original account of an event whose echoes continue with Americans to this day.Trade Review"Guelzo has a masterful command of the intricate narrative of the Civil War period. His tale contains familiar stories, but also new insights." --Journal of American History "Guelzo's book is a shining example of the virtues of the macro approach when it is undertaken with energy and efficiency. By panning out and reviewing the events that occurred over several decades, Guelzo offers a useful synthesis of the developing Civil War narrative..." --The New York Times "It's hard to imagine a better one-volume history of the American Civil War than Gettysburg College professor Allen C. Guelzo's new work." --The Washington Times "Guelzo's prose is graceful and erudite - indeed, almost poetic. His is as comfortable with military topics as he is with the political, social, and economic aspects of the war and its aftermath." --The Weekly Standard "Allen C. Guelzo's new book should occupy the same position in the current Civil War sesquicentennial as Bruce Catton's books did 50 years ago during the war's centennial. Fateful Lightning: A New History of the Civil War & Reconstruction deserves this prominence for Guelzo's thorough knowledge of the subject, his ability to draw fresh conclusion, and his exceptional writing skills." --The Saturday Evening Post "This is an outstanding effort to recount and explain our greatest national trauma to general readers." --Booklist "With his accustomed eloquence and erudition, Allen C. Guelzo has produced a grand and sweeping account of the Civil War, vividly depicting its events, its characters, and, most of all, the ideas that drove them. Fateful Lightning is destined to take its place alongside the classic narratives of the nation's greatest crisis." --Steven E. Woodworth, author of This Great Struggle: America's Civil War "[A] splendidly-written narrative" --Civil War Book Review "Fateful Lightning is a splendid accomplishment." --David Frum, Daily Beast "Fateful Lightning is a wonderful book. It is the summit of a long career of a consumate historian. ... [A] timely addition to a long tradition of scholarly histories of both the Civil War and Reconstruction. ... Guelzo seamlessly weaves the history of actual warfare with other cultural and historical events of the time. ... Because it is so well-written and produces such an engrossing story, it is one that students and scholars alike will relish." --International Social Science ReviewTable of ContentsChapter 1: A Nation Announcing Itself Chapter 2: The Disillusion of Compromise Chapter 3: From Debate to Civil War Chapter 4: To War Upon Slavery: The East and Emancipation, 1861-1862 Chapter 5: Elusive Victories: East and West, 1862-1863 Chapter 6: The Soldier's Tale Chapter 7: The Manufacture of War Chapter 8: Year That Trembled: East and West, 1863 Chapter 9: World Turned Upside Down Chapter 10: Stalemate and Triumph Chapter 11: A Dim Shore Ahead Epilogue Index
£21.48
Oxford University Press, USA Grand Design
Book SynopsisDespite the abundance of books on the Civil War, not one has focused exclusively on what was in fact the determining factor in the outcome of the conflict: differences in Union and Southern strategy. In The Grand Design, Donald Stoker provides for the first time a comprehensive and often surprising account of strategy as it evolved between Fort Sumter and Appomattox. Reminding us that strategy is different from tactics (battlefield deployments) and operations (campaigns conducted in pursuit of a strategy), Stoker examines how Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis identified their political goals and worked with their generals to craft the military means to achieve them--or how they often failed to do so. Stoker shows that Davis, despite a West Point education and experience as Secretary of War, ultimately failed as a strategist by losing control of the political side of the war. Lincoln, in contrast, evolved a clear strategic vision, but he failed for years to make his generals implementTrade ReviewThe Grand Design is an excellent military study of the Civil War. It is well researched and written. It flows smoothly and keeps the reader's interest. It is critical of both sides ... and Stoker is not afraid to offer controversial interpretations. * Dr. J. Boone Bartholomees Jr., Parameters *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. 'We only want to be left alone.' - The Confederacy's Political Objective and the Union's Rebuttal ; 2. Making War a Little at a Time ; 3. Mr. Lincoln Goes to War ; 4. The Border States: Policy, Strategy, and Civil-Military Relations ; 5. King Cotton's Tarnished Crown: Confederate Economic and Diplomatic Strategies ; 6. McClellan on Top: The Evolution of Union Strategy, July 1861 - March 1862 ; 7. The Foundations of Naval Strategy ; 8. The War in the West - Breaking the Cordon ; 9. A New Year and a New Strategy ; 10. War in Virginia ; 11. The Summer of 1862 in the West ; 12. To Free Maryland and Tennessee! ; 13. The Union Rebuffed: The Autumn of 1862 ; 14. The Emancipation Proclamation - Strategy, Policy, and Escalation ; 15. 1863: A New Year and New Hopes ; 16. Vicksburg and Exhaustion ; 17. The Cruel Summer: 1863 - The Gettysburg Campaign ; 18. From Vicksburg, to Chickamauga, to the Rappahannock ; 19. Indecision and the West ; 20. Decision and Desperation, 1864 ; 21. The Full Fury of Modern War - Exhaustion and Attrition ; 22. War Termination ; Some Conclusions ; Acknowledgments ; Notes ; Index
£16.64
Oxford University Press The Civil War at Sea
Book SynopsisLincoln Prize-winning author Craig L. Symonds offers an authoritative history of the Civil War navies and considers how aspects of the naval conflict affected the trajectory of the American Civil War.Trade ReviewWell written, fast paced, and illustrated with a number of fine maps...this book provides a perfect offing for the general reader who wants to explore the Civil War at sea. However, scholars too should pay close attention, for...Symonds challenges us to think about the struggle [at sea and on the rivers] in new ways. Here we have the best in history - readable, informative, and provocative. * Historian *Symonds writes briskly and with great competence, and The Civil War at Sea (and on the rivers) is a masterful overview of a most meaningful topic. * Naval History *Excellent.... Crisp writing, incisive assessments of leading personalities, and attention to details often overlooked enhance Symonds's book. * CHOICE *Symond's account of the campaigns, strategies, tactics, and personalities that characterized the naval conflict is both detailed and comprehensible for laypersons. He effectively places the naval war within the broader context of an emerging industrial age, as steam and steel led to great changes in the construction and use of warships. The author uses a topical approach, with his descriptions of the Union blockade and Confederate efforts to thwart it are particularly interesting. A good addition to Civil War collections. * Booklist *Covering river and sea, tradition and technology, strategy and happenstance, admirals and sailors, this is as comprehensive and authoritative a book as has ever been written on the naval side of the Civil War. Craig Symonds' hand at the tiller guarantees superb scholarship and lucid prose. All hands aboard! * Harold Holzer, Chairman of The Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation *Craig Symonds combines his talents as a fine historian of the U.S. Navy and of the Civil War to produce this outstanding study of the Union and Confederate navies. Focusing on the ways in which Southern technological innovations and Northern industrial productivity shaped the strategy and tactics of the naval war, he offers important insights on the course and outcome of the conflict. * James M. McPherson *Distinguished naval historian Craig Symonds' well-researched and engagingly written overview, The Civil War at Sea, touches all the major areas of the naval war, including the ships and their guns, the differing strategies pursued by the North and South, and the contest that ensued. Simply put, it is a splendid introduction to the naval side of the conflict. * Spencer C. Tucker *The Civil War at Sea is crisp and well written, well researched and insightful as well as a timeless contribution to that neglected aspect of Civil War literature. * B. Franklin Cooling *This is a superb read that melds emerging technology and captivating personalities, both of which continue to mold the U.S. Navy to this day. Craig Symonds masterfully brings this largely overlooked piece of our country's history to life, in a fine book that will appeal to a wide range of interests. * Admiral Bruce DeMars, USN (Ret) *Craig Symonds' timely and readable tour-de-force, detailing the actions of the U.S. and Confederate navies, sheds new light on both well-known strategies, battles, and personalities as well as on those less well known. Here is a book for Civil War buffs and those looking for good history. * Vice Admiral Robert F. Dunn, USN (Ret), and President of the Naval Historical Foundation *Symonds has a gift for making complex and technical issues easy to understand, and his straightforward style makes for enjoyable reading. This book will appeal to general readers interested in either U.S. naval history or naval aspects of the Civil War. His thematic structure allows readers to understand the big picture of naval tactics and strategy without being overwhelmed by minutiae." * Library Journal *[A] comprehensive and outstanding history of the Navy during that period...Symonds' book provides an excellent introduction and an insightful look at naval strategy and technology for those familiar with the naval war and those who have devoted their Civil War study to armies and land battles." * ivil War News *Table of Contents1. The Ships and the Guns: Civil War Navies and the Technological Revolution ; 2. The Blockade and Blockade Runners ; 3. The War on Commerce: The Hunters and the Hunted ; 4. "Unvexed to the Sea": The River War ; 5. Civil War Navies and the Siege of Charleston ; 6. The End Game: Mobile, Wilmington, and the Cruise of the Shenandoah
£21.24
The University of Chicago Press Home Front Daily Life in the Civil War North
Book SynopsisThe Civil War still occupies a prominent place in the national collective memory. Yet battlefields were not the only landscapes altered by the war. Countless individuals saw their daily lives upended while the entire nation suffered. This book reveals this side of the war as it happened, examining the visual culture of the Northern home front.Trade Review"'The present is a year productive of strange and surprising events,' a newspaper editorialist wrote on July 4, 1861. 'It is one prolific of revolution and abounding in great and startling novelties.... We are entering, to say the least, upon a new and important epoch in the history of the world.' Today, when we look at Civil War images across the gulf of a century and a half, it is clear that those war years would prove to be an era not just of revolution, but also of revelation: the passing of timeworn realities and the intimation of things to come." (Adam Goodheart, author of 1861)"
£31.00
The University of Chicago Press PostEthical Society The Iraq War Abu Ghraib and
Book SynopsisExamining the American discourse over war and torture, the authors investigate the opinion pages of American newspapers, television commentary, and online discussion groups to offer the first empirical study of the national conversation about the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the revelations of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib a year later.Trade Review"Timely and topical, Post-Ethical Society contributes to ongoing national soul-searching about who we are and how we want to go about sorting out our proper role in the world. This is not mere armchair philosophizing. Here we are presented with totally solid, historical, publicly accessible, empirical data on subjects of major national and international importance. I'm very impressed." (Christian Smith, University of Notre Dame)"
£39.90
The University of Chicago Press Bedrooms of the Fallen
Book SynopsisOver the years, the US has been fighting wars so far from the public eye as to risk being forgotten, the struggles and sacrifices of its volunteer soldiers almost ignored. This book features images that depict the bedrooms of forty fallen soldiers - the equivalent of a single platoon - from the US, Canada, and several European nations.Trade Review"The need to see America's twenty-first-century war dead, and to make them seen-to give their absence presence-has consumed Ashley Gilbertson for much of the past decade.... To picture death, Gilbertson decided to picture how and where the dead had lived. He set about photographing their bedrooms, many of which had been preserved by their families in much the same spirit that Gilbertson preserved them with his camera: as memorials.... But taken together, these photographs defy any effort to seek in a room's furnishings an echo of its former occupant's fate. Their power lies in reminding us of the disconnect between life and death." (Philip Gourevitch, from the foreword)"
£29.45
The University of Chicago Press Mekong Diaries Viet Cong Drawings and Stories
Book SynopsisPresents drawings, poems, letters, and oral histories by ten of the most celebrated Viet Cong war artists. This title features battles and events from Operation Junction City to Khe Sanh to the Tet Offensive. It presents a historical and artistic document of people at war.Trade Review"An extensive published record exists for documents and relics from the Vietnam War, yet this book, well designed and photographed by Misha Anikst, offers a rare personal dimension. The mottoes on these lighters, like 'When I die I will go to heaven because I spent my time in hell,' provide candid insight into what these soldiers thought of the war." - New York Times Book Review "Sobering.... Using Zippos from the collection of artist Bradford Edwards, Buchanan shows the personal histories of some of the millions who served [in Vietnam]. This unique approach is by turns funny, pornographic, informative, and heartbreaking." - Minneapolis Star-Tribune"
£27.00
The University of Chicago Press The Defense of Jisr alDoreaa
Book SynopsisHelps draw the road map for counterinsurgency in the postmodern world. This book is suitable for cadets and junior military leaders - as well as general readers seeking a deeper understanding of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.Trade Review"This is a terrific and illuminating piece of writing, one of the best things to come out of the Iraq war. It reads to me like a history of the conflict as it would be told by a smart American platoon leader. It should be in the rucksack of every soldier heading to Iraq, and also should be read by anyone who cares about this war. If you want to support our troops, buy it right now." - Thomas E. Ricks, author of Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq"
£16.00
The University of Chicago Press The Coming of the Civil War Phoenix Books
Book SynopsisIn recent years a highly industrious school of historians has begun asking whether the war should have been fought at all and whether it was perhaps not more the fault of the North than of the South. Seeking to revise earlier judgments they have become known as the revisionists, and one of the most gifted and studious of them all is Avery Craven, whose The Coming of the Civil War . . . is one of the landmarks of revisionist literature.Bruce Catton, American Heritage. . . those who would examine the democratic process during a period of progressive breakdown, in order to understand the dangers it embodies within itself, will find The Coming of the Civil War a classic analysis.Louis D. Rubin, Jr., Sewanee ReviewThe book has always been recognized, even by its most severe critics, as a work of consummate scholarship.T. Harry Williams, Baton Rouge Morning Advocate
£38.00
The University of Chicago Press Children of the Greek Civil War
Book SynopsisAt the height of the Greek Civil War in 1948, thirty-eight thousand children were evacuated from their homes. The Greek Communist Party relocated half of them to orphanages in Eastern Europe, while their adversaries placed the rest in children's homes elsewhere in Greece. This book presents a comprehensive study of the two evacuation programs.Trade Review"This remarkable study breaks new ground in several areas: in its methodology, its style, and its topic. Balanced to an impressive degree, Children of the Greek Civil War succeeds magnificently in showing the parallels between the experiences of the two sides in a way that is moving as well as analytically compelling." (Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University)"
£80.75
The University of Chicago Press Children of the Greek Civil War
Book SynopsisAt the height of the Greek Civil War in 1948, thirty-eight thousand children were evacuated from their homes. The Greek Communist Party relocated half of them to orphanages in Eastern Europe, while their adversaries placed the rest in children's homes elsewhere in Greece. This book presents a comprehensive study of the two evacuation programs.Trade Review"This remarkable study breaks new ground in several areas: in its methodology, its style, and its topic. Balanced to an impressive degree, Children of the Greek Civil War succeeds magnificently in showing the parallels between the experiences of the two sides in a way that is moving as well as analytically compelling." (Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University)"
£26.60
The University of Chicago Press Our Latest Longest War
Book SynopsisThe first rule of warfare is to know one's enemy. The second is to know thyself. More than fifteen years and three quarters of a trillion dollars after the US invasion of Afghanistan, it's clear that the United States followed neither rule well. America's goals in Afghanistan were lofty to begin with: dismantle al-Qaeda, remove the Taliban from power, remake the country into a democracy. But not only did the mission come completely unmoored from reality, the United States wasted billions of dollars, and thousands of lives were lost. Our Latest Longest War is a chronicle of how, why, and in what ways the war in Afghanistan failed. Edited by historian and Marine lieutenant colonel Aaron B. O'Connell, the essays collected here represent nine different perspectives on the war all from veterans of the conflict, both American and Afghan. Together, they paint a picture of a war in which problems of culture and ideology derailed nearly every field of endeavor. The authors also draw troubling parallels to the Vietnam War, arguing that deep-running ideological currents in American life explain why the US Government has repeatedly used armed nation-building to try to transform failing states into modern, liberal democracies. In Afghanistan, as in Vietnam, this created a dramatic mismatch of means and ends that neither money, technology, nor the force of arms could overcome. The war in Afghanistan has been the longest in US history. We lost the war, and somehow we continue to lose it every day. These are difficult topics for any American or Afghan to consider, especially for those who fought in the war or lost friends or family in it. This sobering history written by the very people who have been fighting the war is impossible to ignore.
£24.70
The University of Chicago Press Confederate Cities The Urban South during the
Book SynopsisWhen we talk about the Civil War, we often describe it in terms of battles that took place in small towns or in the countryside: Antietam, Gettysburg, Bull Run, and, most tellingly, the Battle of the Wilderness. One reason this picture has persisted is that few urban historians have studied the war, even though cities hosted, enabled, and shaped Southern society as much as they did in the North. Confederate Cities, edited by Andrew L. Slap and Frank Towers, shifts the focus from the agrarian economy that undergirded the South to the cities that served as its political and administrative hubs. The contributors use the lens of the city to examine now-familiar Civil War-era themes, including the scope of the war, secession, gender, emancipation, and war's destruction. This more integrative approach dramatically revises our understanding of slavery's relationship to capitalist economics and cultural modernity. By enabling a more holistic reading of the South, the book speaks to contemporar
£80.00
The University of Chicago Press Confederate Cities The Urban South during the
Book SynopsisWhen we talk about the Civil War, we often describe it in terms of battles that took place in small towns or in the countryside: Antietam, Gettysburg, Bull Run, and, most tellingly, the Battle of the Wilderness. One reason this picture has persisted is that few urban historians have studied the war, even though cities hosted, enabled, and shaped Southern society as much as they did in the North. Confederate Cities, edited by Andrew L. Slap and Frank Towers, shifts the focus from the agrarian economy that undergirded the South to the cities that served as its political and administrative hubs. The contributors use the lens of the city to examine now-familiar Civil War-era themes, including the scope of the war, secession, gender, emancipation, and war's destruction. This more integrative approach dramatically revises our understanding of slavery's relationship to capitalist economics and cultural modernity. By enabling a more holistic reading of the South, the book speaks to contemporar
£24.70
University of Chicago Press The Limits of Sovereignty Property Confiscation
Book Synopsis
£52.51
The University of Chicago Press Imperial City Rome under Napoleon
Book SynopsisIn 1798 the armies of the French Revolution tried to transform Rome from the capital of the Papal States to a Jacobin Republic. Based on primary sources and incorporating two centuries of Italian, French, and international research, this work reveals what life was like for Romans in the age of Napoleon.Trade Review"A remarkable book that wonderfully vivifies an understudied era in the history of Rome.... This book will engage anyone interested in early modern cities, the relationship between religion and daily life, and the history of the city of Rome." - Journal of Modern History "An engaging account of Tosca's Rome.... Nicassio provides a fluent introduction to her subject." - History Today "Meticulously researched, drawing on a host of original manuscripts, memoirs, personal letters, and secondary sources, enabling Nicassio to bring her story to life." - History"
£19.00
The University of Chicago Press Our Latest Longest War
Book SynopsisA group of veterans of the war explain how we misjudged our ability, ignored Afghan culture, and set ourselves up to fail.Trade Review"A measured and clear-eyed look at the deep rooted challenges embedded in the ongoing effort to achieve a stable and successful outcome in Afghanistan--many of which are of our own making through inattention to the history and culture of this complex nation. As NATO Commander with overall strategic command of the operation, I watched four successive ISAF Commanders--loyal subordinates and brilliant Generals all--try and fail to overcome the inherent contradictions in our approach. This collection of well sourced essays illuminates our collective failures, despite the best of intentions."--Admiral James Stavridis "USN (Ret), Supreme Allied Commander at NATO 2009-2013 " "Our Latest Longest War is a unique collection of essays, written by those who actually implemented Afghanistan policy in the field, not by the senior government officials halfway around the world in Washington. The complexity and difficulty of counterinsurgency warfare are made clear in this superbly edited book. A must read for government and military leaders tempted to frame decisions as overly simplistic binary choices, and for those who are called upon to serve at 'the tip of the spear' and face realities not understood and acknowledged at the strategic level."--Karl W. Eikenberry "ambassador and Lieutenant General, retired, US Army, Oksenberg-Rohlen Distinguished Fellow, Stanford " "Nothing has ever been easy in the shadow of the Hindu Kush, and the essays in Our Latest Longest War convey that accurately, thoughtfully, and unblinkingly. This superb collection of essays by scholars and practitioners illuminates the innumerable challenges and harsh realities with which those of us engaged in Afghanistan contended in our collective endeavor to ensure that the country was never again a sanctuary for Al Qaeda or other transnational extremists--as it was when the 9/11 attacks were planned there."--General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret), Commander, "US Central Command 2008-10, Intnl Security Assistance Force & US Forces in Afghanistan 2010-11 "
£22.80
The University of Chicago Press On the Spirit of Rights
Book SynopsisBy the end of the eighteenth century, politicians in America and France were invoking the natural rights of man to wrest sovereignty away from kings and lay down universal basic entitlements. Exactly how and when did rights come to justify such measures? InOn the Spirit of Rights, Dan Edelstein answers this question by examining the complex genealogy of the rights that regimes enshrined in the American and French Revolutions. With a lively attention to detail, he surveys a sprawling series of debates among rulers, jurists, philosophers, political reformers, writers, and others who were all engaged in laying the groundwork for our contemporary systems of constitutional governance. Every seemingly new claim about rights turns out to be a variation on a theme, as late medieval notions were subtly repeated and refined to yield the talk of rights we recognize today. From the Wars of Religion to the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen to the 1948 Universal DeclarationTrade Review"A superb, erudite piece of intellectual excavation. . . . Edelstein’s skill as an intellectual historian lies especially in his ability to situate ideas in their broadest cultural and political setting." * New York Review of Books *"Provocative and timely." * Times Higher Education *"Edelstein explores how natural rights translated into human rights in his sweeping survey, which canvasses the archaeology of human rights from the Wars of Religion through the Age of Revolution to 1948. [He] provides a helpful new framework for understanding the evolution of human rights in Western society. Highly recommended." * CHOICE *“Rarely has an existing debate been as authoritatively and breathtakingly taken to a new plane as in Edelstein’s sophisticated new story of how ‘rights’ entered European and transatlantic politics in the age of revolution. Clear, erudite, and urbane, Edelstein has shown once again why he is so highly regarded a historian of the eighteenth century’s place in Western intellectual history.” * Samuel Moyn, Yale University *“The Spirit of Rights is an erudite, wide-ranging, and powerful reevaluation of the history of human rights in the West. Rather than viewing either (or both) the U.S. Declaration of Independence or the French Declaration of the Rights of Man as constituting a foundational moment of political modernity, Edelstein sees them as marking a moment in a lively and contentious conversation over rights that can be traced back to the sixteenth century and then through to our own day. The consequent expansion of the historical canvas on which rights have been inscribed explodes conventional teleologies. Written with verve and conviction, The Spirit of Rights is a tour de force: compelling, brilliant, and excitingly thought-provoking.” * Colin Jones, Queen Mary University of London *"The author shows tremendous erudition both in relation to the sources and to the relevant literature. The argumentation is impressively clear and the presentation is extremely legible." * Historische Zeitschrift (translated from German) *Table of ContentsI How to Think about Rights in Early Modern Europe 1. Introduction 2. Tectonic Shifts and Tectonic Plates: Two Models for the Transformation of Culture 3. A Revolution in Natural Law? From Objective to Subjective Right (and Back Again) 4. Rights and Sovereignty: Beyond the State 5. Inalienability vs. the Alienation of Rights 6. Roman Law, the Lex Regia, and the Genealogy of Rights Regimes 7. Writing Intellectual History in a Digital Age Part I: Early Modern Rights Regimes II When Did Rights Become “Rights”? From the Wars of Religion to the Dawn of Enlightenment 1. Monarchomachs and Tyrannicides: Natural Rights in the French Wars of Religion 2. English Liberties and Natural Rights: Leveller Arguments in the English Civil War 3. Abridging Natural Rights: Hobbes and the High Church Divines 4. Entrust, but Verify? The Transfer Regime from Spinoza to Locke5. Into the Enlightenment: “Cato” and Hutcheson III From Liberalism to Liberty: Natural Rights in the French Enlightenment 1. Sources for Natural Law Theory in France, 1700–1750 2. Physiocracy and the Dangerous Ignorance of Natural Rights 3. Natural Rights Talk in the Late Enlightenment: The Philosophes Carry the Torch 4. The (Meek) Conservative Reaction 5. Resisting Despotism: National Rights and Constitutionalism Part II: Social Naturalism in Early Modern France IV The Laws of Nature in Neo-Stoicism and Science 1. The Many Receptions of Stoicism 2. Laws of the Natural World: The New Science V Roman Law and Order: From Free-Market Ideology to Abolitionism 1. The Jansenist Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: Jean Domat, the Natural Order, and the Origins of Free-Market Ideology 2. “All Men Are Originally Born Free”: Slavery, Empathy, and the Extension of Human Rights 3. Conclusion Part III: Rights and Revolutions VI Natural Constitutionalism and American Rights 1. Boston, Locke, and Natural Rights (1715–64) 2. Blackstone and English Common Law 3. Natural Rights and Revolution 4. Declaring Rights: From Natural Law Back to English Common Law VII From Nature to Nation: French Revolutionary Rights 1. Whose Rights Are They, Anyway? Rights Talk in the Cahiers de Doléances 2. Debating Rights at the National Assembly 3. The Legal Spirit of the French Declaration of Rights 4. The Revenge of National Rights 5. Conclusion VIII Conclusion: A Stand-in for the Universal Declaration: 1789–1948 1. The Catholic Church, Natural Law, and Human Rights 2. From National Constitutions to an International Declaration 3. The Archaeology of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography Index
£24.70
The University of Chicago Press Reconstruction after the Civil War Third Edition
Book SynopsisPart of the Chicago History of American Civilization series, which provides a nuanced and vibrant portrait of the United States from its inception through the twentieth century.
£20.39
Columbia University Press The Tet Offensive
Book SynopsisIn the Tet Offensive of 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces launched a massive countrywide attack on South Vietnam. This work claims Hanoi won a strategic victory. It begins with a historical overview of the events leading up to the offensive, the attack itself, and the consequent battles of Saigon, Hue, and Khe Sahn.Trade ReviewAn excellent supplementary text for college and university courses. Library Journal A careful and judicious evaluation... Students especially will find this invaluable. -- Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs The Tet Offensive will be of great value to military professionals, historians, and Vietnam veterans. -- Col. Gordon W. Keiser, U.S. Marine Corps Proceedings [A] well-written, and helpful reference... The Tet Offensive is enjoyable reading and an important new addition. -- MAJ John M. Hawkins Military Review Thorough... An excellent work worthy of inclusion in collections of studies on the Vietnam War. -- Larry K. Burke The Journal of Military History Without a doubt, this work will become the initial resource that student and historians alike will pull off the shelf to comprehend this seminal military event... Highly recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Maps AbbreviationsPart I Historical OverviewChapter 1. PreludeAmerican Public Opinion Public Relations and Westmoreland's Optimism Troop Disposition The Communist Decision to Conduct the Offensive The Plan Preparing for the OffensiveChapter 2. Border Battles, Hill Fights, and Khe SanhKhe Sanh The Hill Fights Operation Niagara The Siege of Khe Sanh BeginsChapter 3. The Tet OffensiveThe Offensive Begins The Battle for Saigon The Battle at the U.S. Embasssy Attacks Around the City The Battle of Cholon TEt CountrywideChapter 4. The Battle for HueThe Battle Begins The Marines Respond Fighting in the New City The Fight for the CitadelChapter 5. The Siege of Khe SanhThe Fall of Lang Vei Resupplying the Marines Tactical Air Support A New Attack Lifting the SiegeChapter 6. The Impact of the Tet OffensivePolitical Fallout The Request for Additional Troops The New Hampshire Primary The Presidential Election of 1968Chapter 7. Assessing the Tet OffensivePart II Issues and InterpretationsChapter 8. Motivations and Objectives of the Tet OffensiveChapter 9. Military Intelligence and the Surprise at TetChapter 10. What Happened at Hue?Chapter 11. Why Khe Sanh?Chapter 12. Tet and the MediaChapter 13. Tet and the American Military StrategyNotesPart III Chronology, 1967-68Part IV The Tet Offensive A to ZPart V DocumentsPresident Johnson's "San Antonio Formula" Speech of September 29, 1967Directive on Forthcoming Offensive and Uprisings, Priovincial Party Standing Committee, 1 November 1967Capabilities of the Vietnamese Communists for Fighting in South Vietnam, November 13, 1967 (Extract)Address by Commander of U.S. Forces in Vietnam, General William C. Westmoreland, November 21, 1967 (Extract)"Saigon Under Fire," CBS News Special Report, January 31, 1968Memorandum from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle G. Wheeler for the President, February 12, 1968 (Extract)Walter Cronkite's "We are Mired in Stalemate" CBS News Broadcast, February 27, 1968Report of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle G. Wheeler on the Situation in Vietnam and MACV Force Requirements, February 27. 1968 (Extract)Summary of Notes from March 26, 1968, Meeting Between President Lyndon Johnson and the Wise MenPresident Johnson's Address to the Nation Announcing His Decision Not to Seek Reelection, March 31, 1968Part VI ResourcesGeneral WorksEncyclopedias, Bibliographies, Dictionaries, Guides, and Atlases General Histories, Anthologies Biographies Memoirs Vietnamese Perspectives Oral Histories Document CollectionsLyndon Johnson and the WarThe Tet OffensiveThe Battle of HueThe Siege of Khe SanhThe Hill Fights and Border BattlesPresident Lyndon Johnson and the MediaMilitary Intelligence and TetU.S. Strategy in VietnamCombat After-action Reports and Command HistoriesMicrofilm/MicroficheDocumentary FilmsElectronic ResourcesWeb Sites CD-ROMsArchives and LibrariesIndex
£70.40
Columbia University Press The Tet Offensive
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn excellent supplementary text for college and university courses. Library Journal A careful and judicious evaluation... Students especially will find this invaluable. -- Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs The Tet Offensive will be of great value to military professionals, historians, and Vietnam veterans. -- Col. Gordon W. Keiser, U.S. Marine Corps Proceedings [A] well-written, and helpful reference... The Tet Offensive is enjoyable reading and an important new addition. -- MAJ John M. Hawkins Military Review Thorough... An excellent work worthy of inclusion in collections of studies on the Vietnam War. -- Larry K. Burke The Journal of Military History Without a doubt, this work will become the initial resource that student and historians alike will pull off the shelf to comprehend this seminal military event... Highly recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Maps AbbreviationsPart I Historical OverviewChapter 1. PreludeAmerican Public Opinion Public Relations and Westmoreland's Optimism Troop Disposition The Communist Decision to Conduct the Offensive The Plan Preparing for the OffensiveChapter 2. Border Battles, Hill Fights, and Khe SanhKhe Sanh The Hill Fights Operation Niagara The Siege of Khe Sanh BeginsChapter 3. The Tet OffensiveThe Offensive Begins The Battle for Saigon The Battle at the U.S. Embasssy Attacks Around the City The Battle of Cholon TEt CountrywideChapter 4. The Battle for HueThe Battle Begins The Marines Respond Fighting in the New City The Fight for the CitadelChapter 5. The Siege of Khe SanhThe Fall of Lang Vei Resupplying the Marines Tactical Air Support A New Attack Lifting the SiegeChapter 6. The Impact of the Tet OffensivePolitical Fallout The Request for Additional Troops The New Hampshire Primary The Presidential Election of 1968Chapter 7. Assessing the Tet OffensivePart II Issues and InterpretationsChapter 8. Motivations and Objectives of the Tet OffensiveChapter 9. Military Intelligence and the Surprise at TetChapter 10. What Happened at Hue?Chapter 11. Why Khe Sanh?Chapter 12. Tet and the MediaChapter 13. Tet and the American Military StrategyNotesPart III Chronology, 1967-68Part IV The Tet Offensive A to ZPart V DocumentsPresident Johnson's "San Antonio Formula" Speech of September 29, 1967Directive on Forthcoming Offensive and Uprisings, Priovincial Party Standing Committee, 1 November 1967Capabilities of the Vietnamese Communists for Fighting in South Vietnam, November 13, 1967 (Extract)Address by Commander of U.S. Forces in Vietnam, General William C. Westmoreland, November 21, 1967 (Extract)"Saigon Under Fire," CBS News Special Report, January 31, 1968Memorandum from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle G. Wheeler for the President, February 12, 1968 (Extract)Walter Cronkite's "We are Mired in Stalemate" CBS News Broadcast, February 27, 1968Report of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle G. Wheeler on the Situation in Vietnam and MACV Force Requirements, February 27. 1968 (Extract)Summary of Notes from March 26, 1968, Meeting Between President Lyndon Johnson and the Wise MenPresident Johnson's Address to the Nation Announcing His Decision Not to Seek Reelection, March 31, 1968Part VI ResourcesGeneral WorksEncyclopedias, Bibliographies, Dictionaries, Guides, and Atlases General Histories, Anthologies Biographies Memoirs Vietnamese Perspectives Oral Histories Document CollectionsLyndon Johnson and the WarThe Tet OffensiveThe Battle of HueThe Siege of Khe SanhThe Hill Fights and Border BattlesPresident Lyndon Johnson and the MediaMilitary Intelligence and TetU.S. Strategy in VietnamCombat After-action Reports and Command HistoriesMicrofilm/MicroficheDocumentary FilmsElectronic ResourcesWeb Sites CD-ROMsArchives and LibrariesIndex
£23.80
Columbia University Press Women as Weapons of War
Book SynopsisEver since Eve tempted Adam with her apple, women have been regarded as a corrupting and destructive force. This book reveals how the media and the administration frequently use metaphors of weaponry to describe women and female sexuality and forge a deliberate link between notions of vulnerability and images of violence.Trade ReviewStraightforward and provocative... Recommended. CHOICE Women as Weapons of War is rich and fascinating and stands as an example of how philosophical analysis can enrich our political self-understanding. -- Serene J. Khader philoSOPHIATable of ContentsTable of Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll 1 Women-The Secret Weapon of Modern Warfare? 19 Sexual Freedom as Global Freedom? 47 Perpetual War, Real Live Coverage! 67 Innocence, Vulnerability, and Violence 109 Conclusion: Witnessing Ethics Again 151 Notes 167 Texts Cited 185 Index 195
£56.00
Columbia University Press Women as Weapons of War
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewStraightforward and provocative... Recommended. CHOICE Women as Weapons of War is rich and fascinating and stands as an example of how philosophical analysis can enrich our political self-understanding. -- Serene J. Khader philoSOPHIATable of ContentsTable of Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll 1 Women-The Secret Weapon of Modern Warfare? 19 Sexual Freedom as Global Freedom? 47 Perpetual War, Real Live Coverage! 67 Innocence, Vulnerability, and Violence 109 Conclusion: Witnessing Ethics Again 151 Notes 167 Texts Cited 185 Index 195
£19.80
Columbia University Press Voices from Iraq A Peoples History 20032009
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOral history is a difficult genre to master, and by taking the works of Studs Terkel as his example, Mark Kukis has set the bar even higher. Yet he succeeds brilliantly, not only by the aptness and vividness of these accounts but also by his selection of the interviewees. -- Ali A. Allawi, former Minister of Finance, Defense, and Trade of Iraq, and senior visiting fellow at Princeton University Amid the looting and the blood-letting in Baghdad, Mark Kukis salvages some treasures. Voices from Iraq is like nothing we've seen yet in the writing on the war--the stories of everyday survival weave a tapestry both illuminating and haunting. No serious study of the invasion and occupation can do without this book. -- Quil Lawrence, former NPR Baghdad Bureau chief and author of Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East An eloquent, well-selected narrative of the Iraqi invasion and devastating aftermath.Kirkus Reviews Kirkus Reviews A moving account of the impact of war and occupation on ordinary people. -- Glenn C. Altschuler Minneapolis Star Tribune This book is necessary reading for any serious practitioner or student of small wars. -- Michael Few Small Wars JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction A Note on Civilian Casualties Part One The Sanctity of Guns and Shrines Ra'ad Obaeid Hussein Ahmed Abu Ali An Army in Defeat Gassan Abdul Wahed Ined Baha'a Nouri Yasseen Hussein al-Awadie Mohammed Khalil Hamed The Roads of Falling Cities Rahma Abdul Kareem Abbas Mohammed Abbas Abdul al-Hur Farid Hadi Abdul Zahra Ali al-Shaheen Tahseen al-Shaikhli A Guest for Mr. Axe Ali Abdul Majid Home No More Abdul Hadi Isma'il Hitting Back Omar Yousef Hussein Part Two An End to Exile Ayad Allawi Mithal al-Alusi The Coming of a War Within Abu Mustapha Azhar Abdul-Karim Abdul-Wahab Ahmed Ibrahim Abdul Wahab Ka'ab Zuhir Ahmed Saman Dlawer Hussein Old Foes Mohammed Ra'ad Ahmed The Edge of Battles Hayder Hamid Jawad Luay Ali Hussein Adel Rasheed Majeed A Saying About Luck Abdul Wahab Fuad Abdul Wahab Part Three A New Order Ali Jawad Kadhem Saddam Hatif Hatim al-Jabouri Sami Hilali Hayfa Kareem Sabi'a Rasim Hassan Haikel Moving Days Khail Ibrahim al-Nasir Um Omar Ibrahim Ishmael Khalil Yousef Aboud Ahmed and Anham Muhana Hasoon Ali Ibrahim Baher Khalid Adnan Khalid The Price of Sons Zaid Allwan Jafar Salim Kamel Shawal Questions and Answers Moustafa Ahmed al-Ta'ee Part Four The Mouths of Soldiers Sajad al-Hakim Wissam al-Rashied Saif Majeed al-Ta'ee A Visit to the Temple Hussein Radhi Zuboon House to House Captain Emad Zahra Ech'daf Sangur and Fackria Zugai'er Khata Paths to Safety Maysoon Mahdi Usra J'bara Hadi The Face of a Savior Ali Mohammed Hial Waking Up Sheik Hamid al-Hais Sheik Ahmed Buzai Abu Risha and Sheik Abdul Sattar Abu Risha Sheik Mustafa Kamil Hamad Shabeeb al-Jabouri Ahmed Basim Mohammed al-Abaje Laughing to Bucca Ra'ad Jamal Habib Part Five Keeping to the Neighborhood Ali Fahed Mahmood Less Than Whole Ali'a Anwer Majid Rana Abdul Mahdi Beloveds Lost and Found Maysoon Jahil Obeid Shiek Jamal Jassim Sudani Rajiha Jihad Jassim Entasar Abud Tahan Salma Hamid The Makings of Another Life Hamida Rahdi Salah Hassan Risn Badr al-Ruba'i Ala'a Alzobeidi Hayder Mohammed Jodah Salah Hamid Jasim Hassan Ali Acknowledgments
£18.00
Columbia University Press Under Siege
Book SynopsisUnder Siege is Rashid Khalidi’s firsthand account of the 1982 Lebanon War and the complex negotiations for the evacuation of the P.L.O. from Beirut.Trade ReviewA gold-mine of empirical evidence and insights for students of decision-making under crisis. Khalidi is first and foremost an involved historian... [his] work is a much needed and welcome contribution to the modern literature on Middle Eastern history and politics. -- Fawaz A. Gerges Bulletin (British Society for Middle Eastern Studies) Khalidi presents an objective and closely reasoned analysis of the defeat of the P.L.O. and its allies. The study reveals the effect of battlefield events on the complex quadrilateral diplomacy between the P.L.O., the Lebanese government, the U.S. and Israel. Publishers Weekly A unique perspective on PLO decisionmaking not available in materials previously published by Israeli and Western writers. Middle East Journal A first-rate study. Foreign Affairs Khalidi is eloquent and judicious... The reader is rewarded with many insights into guerilla warfare... equally valuable and compelling are his sketches of how military peace-keeping failed because of American diplomatic naivete. Under Siege is painful to read. It is also essential. Military Affairs Khalidi's very thorough analysis will provide vital material for historians of this most futile and destructive of all wars between Israel and its Arab neighbors. International Affairs An extremely valuable analysis of how and why the P.L.O. made the decisions it did during that fateful summer of 1982. For students of the Middle East, his generally objective, lucid and incisive account of P.L.O. decisionmaking fills a critical void in the literature about the Israeli invasion. -- Thomas L. Friedman The New York Times [An] important study. -- Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Journal of Palestine StudiesTable of ContentsPreface to the 2014 Reissue Preface Introduction 1. The P.L.O. and the Lebanese Before the 1982 War 2. The Fall of South Lebanon and the Siege of Beirut: A Military Overview 3. P.L.O. Decisions: The Military Inputs 4. June 1982: The Decision to Leave Beirut 5. July 1982: The Decision to Accept the Habib Plan 6. Wartime Decisions and Their Consequences Appendix List of Abbreviations Cast of Characters Notes Bibliography Supplementary Bibliography Index
£25.50
Columbia University Press A History of the Iraq Crisis
Book SynopsisNew perspective on the escalation of tensions that led to the invasion of Iraq and the collapse of America’s diplomatic standing in the West.Trade ReviewThis book, the only serious study in any language of Franco-American relations during the 2002-3 Iraq crisis, is based on the most complete range of sources available on both sides of the Atlantic. It challenges a number of the stereotypes and elements of received wisdom about the crisis and situates the policies of the George W. Bush administration in their true historical context. -- Jolyon Howorth, Yale University, author of Security and Defence Policy in the European Union This book should be required reading for every serious observer of the Syria crisis. It is not about Syria, but about another country with a dictator who dominated international diplomacy for years and was the target of two western military interventions, one successful, the other disastrous: Saddam Hussein's Iraq. -- Sylvie Kauffmann Le Monde This is an exquisitely written treatment of the decisions leading to the Iraq tragedy. Bozo shines light on events that can only come from the outside. France saw things America did not-in Baghdad and Washington. American readers will learn how we are seen from outside and witness the often unexpected reactions to decisions made in Washington. A vital history for both academics and practitioners in international security. -- Charles A. Duelfer, former deputy chairman of the UN Iraq weapons inspectors (UNSCOM) and head of the Iraq Survey Group The main value of this excellent book, however, lies in the historical depth it gives to the 2003 crisis. It provides a detailed account of the policies of the coalition members towards Iraq from 1991 onwards, and of the divisions between them. SurvivalTable of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Prologue: Faced with a Hyperpower 1. From One War to Another: 1991-2001 2. Bush 43 and September 11: January-December 2001 3. The Axis of Evil: January-September 2002 4. The Negotiations: September-December 2002 5. The Rupture: January 2003 6. The Confrontation: February 2003 7. The War: Spring-Summer 2003 Epilogue: Reconciliation: 2003-2007 Afterword Abbreviations in Notes Notes Sources and Bibliography Index
£40.00
Penguin Books Ltd Diaries of War
Book SynopsisAn account of two lives during the war in Ukraine: one Ukrainian, one Russian, by the internationally bestselling author of Heimat Diaries of War is a magnificent feat of witness'' Alison Bechdel ''Nora Krug''s narrative can emotionally drain the reader, but the reader is unlikely to ever forget this book'' Andrey Kurkov Immediately following Russia''s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Nora Krug connected with two anonymous subjects - ''K.'', a Ukrainian journalist, and ''D.'', a Russian artist - and began what would become a year of correspondence. Deeply moved by the rawness of their responses, she felt that through the personal accounts of these individuals who, directly and indirectly, experienced the war firsthand, she might be able to communicate something of the war and its human impact. Over the course of the next twelve months she communicated with each of them individually via phone chat, condensing their someTrade ReviewDiaries of War is a magnificent feat of witness. Nora Krug’s illustrated weekly interviews with a Ukrainian journalist and a Russian artist are so much more raw and intimate than a conventional news account, conveying the texture of daily life in wartime as well as the smaller tragedies that often don’t make the headlines. Instead of watching from a serene distance, you’re engaging with K. and D. Your guard is down. The anguish and shock has gotten in. Read this remarkable book and grant them that act of solidarity -- Alison BechdelThis book will definitely make you think. The geography of Russian aggression is much wider than you might at first imagine. Russian aggression is not only bombs, rockets and millions of refugees. It is also a boomerang that hits the aggressor country itself in the most unexpected way. Nora Krug’s dual visualtextual narrative can emotionally drain the reader, but the reader is unlikely to ever forget this book -- Andrey KurkovPowerful graphic journalism that highlights the contrasting realities of a Ukrainian journalist and a Russian artist grappling with their own individual experiences of Russia’s war on Ukraine – collected, edited, and illustrated by award-winning author Nora Krug ... Krug approaches Diaries of War with the immense skill and thoughtfulness required to document these two complicated experiences for the purpose of encouraging critical thinking ... Diaries of War is a harrowing real-time record of an international conflict that continues to devastate countless lives -- Nancy Powell * Comics Beat *As fascist imperialism - with Vladimir Putin as its rotting figurehead - commands attention on the world stage, those living underfoot must survive. Here are the personal accounts of two such survivors, living on either side of the Russo-Ukrainian War, illustrated with poetic grace by Nora Krug. A vital and empathetic document of human experience in terrible times -- Jason LutesNora Krug leads us through the first dark year of the war, in search for the roots of violence. Her collage of two unusual and contrasting diaries - one Ukrainian and one Russian - that are presented in parallel and combined with her intrinsic minimalist illustrations, creates a document that enlightens and shocks in equal measure -- Katja PetrowskajaNora Krug does an extraordinary work combining painful and complex storytelling with an unusual grace and elegance. She manages to involve us in looking at history from an intimate and very human point of view. There is tact, decency and wonder in her books -- IgortIf we did not know it before, Covid-19 has taught us that headlines and op-eds are insufficient to convey the grinding reality of an ongoing traumatic event. While our mass media engages in a sustained effort to forget, Nora Krug here reminds us. Illustrated by Krug’s gem-like miniatures, these dual accounts from Ukraine and Russia, rooted on either side of that deadly border, each express their own sustained senses of horror and anxiety during the first year of Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine. Russian artist D’s total alienation from the shocking acts of his own government will resonate with Americans for whom the Trump administration was only the most recent and egregious example of same. And under any President, we should seek voices like that of Ukrainian journalist K — testimony of those who have suffered under our own government’s consistently violent foreign policy. May this book be a model for many others to follow -- Bill KartalopoulosGrowing up as a Jew in Nazi-occupied Hungary, being a victim of war was a fact of life. Diaries of War touches me very personally -- Miriam Katin
£18.00
Penguin Books Ltd Barbarossa
Book SynopsisA SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER''The best single-volume account of the Barbarossa campaign to date'' Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny''A page-turning descent into Hell and back . . . this fresh and compelling account of Hitler''s failed invasion of the Soviet Union should be on everyone''s reading list for 2021'' Dr Amanda Foreman, author of A World on Fire_______________________________The largest military operation in history. The turning point of the Second World War. The most important year of the twentieth century.Operation Barbarossa, Hitler''s invasion of Russia in June 1941, aimed at nothing less than a war of extermination to annihilate Soviet communism, liquidate the Jews and create Lebensraum for the German master race. But it led to the destruction of the Third Reich, and was cataclysmic for Germany with millions of men killed, wounded or registered as missing Trade ReviewThe best single-volume account of the Barbarossa campaign to date -- Andrew Roberts, author of 'Churchill: Walking with Destiny'It's a vital story, one everyone should know, and Dimbleby tells it with verve and elan -- Laurence Rees, author of 'Hitler and Stalin'Should be on everyone's reading list for 2021 -- Dr Amanda Foreman, author of 'A World on Fire'Masterly -- General Sir Mike JacksonVivid and engrossing -- Brendan Simms, author of 'Hitler: Only The World Was Enough'An impressive achievement . . . a fast-paced, gripping read -- Julia Boyd, author of 'Travellers in the Third Reich'A great read . . . he brings Barbarossa very vividly to life, as if you are there -- Robert Kershaw, author of 'War Without Garlands: Operation Barbarossa 1941-1942' and 'Borodino Field 1812/1941'Thought-provoking . . . a captivating eye-opener -- Prof Dr Gerhard Hirschfeld, University of Stuttgart, former President of the International Committee for the Study of the Second World WarSuperbly well-written . . . the most comprehensive study of Hitler's invasion of the USSR in years -- Keith Lowe, author of 'Savage Continent'Expertly narrated and written with piercing clarity -- Frederick Taylor, author of '1939: A People's History'A chilling account of war at its worst -- Bear GryllsSuperb . . . stays with you long after you have finished -- Henry Hemming, bestselling author of 'Our Man in New York'Brilliant . . . a wonderful piece of history -- Robert FoxEpic . . . captures all of Barbarossa's drama and magnitude -- Martin SixsmithBrings to life the sheer, staggering scale of these events... with great skill, care and attention to detail * Sunday Times *[An] encyclopedic new account... a vivid, meticulous tapestry, densely weaving the threads of German and Soviet military strategy, political calculation from Washington and London to Moscow, and war's pitiless human cost * The Telegraph *[Dimbleby] skilfully tracks the shifts and turns of the campaign, sparing no detail . . . a riveting account * Daily Mail, Book of the Week *Dimbleby tells the story of strategic miscalculation and (self-)deception on all sides, and then Hitler's 'war of extermination', magnificently * The Spectator *Amazing . . . fascinating -- Jeremy VineMy best history book of 2021 -- a masterful account of maybe the biggest event ever . . . essential! -- Lee Child
£11.69
Indiana University Press Presidents Battles and MustSee Civil War
Book Synopsis1) Civil War destinations are popular tourist sites throughout Kentucky. 2) This great guidebook goes beyond the battlefields that are typically featured to fill out sites related to Civil War presidents and monuments to help readers plan a fun and informative trip back in time. 3) Authors are promotion pros and will set up events and local publicity.Trade ReviewReading Presidents, Battles, and Must-See Civil War Destinations should be a useful initial step for those planning their first family trip through Kentucky's Civil War backroads. * Civil War Books and Authors *Table of ContentsPart I: The PresidentsA Road Trip to Hodgenville to Visit the LincolnsSidebar: Presidents at the Lincoln BirthplaceOther Monuments to Abe in KentuckyA Road Trip to Lexington to Visit the ToddsA Road Trip to Fairview, Birthplace of the Other First PresidentPart II: The BattlesRules for ReenactmentsA Road Trip to Western Kentucky's BattlefieldsThe Battle of ColumbusThe Battle of Sacramento-Green RiverThe Battle of MunfordvilleA Road Trip to Eastern Kentucky's BattlefieldsThe Battles of Camp Wildcat and Mill SpringsThe Big Sandy Expedition and the Battle Ivy MountainSidebar: "Bull" NelsonThe Battle of Middle CreekA Road Trip to Perryville, The Largest Civil War Battle in KentuckySidebarJohn Hunt Morgan's Road Trip (By Horse)SidebarPart III: Kentucky War StoriesKentucky's Confederate CapitalKentucky's Civil War GovernorsSimon Bolivar BucknerA Road Trip to the Other Fort BoonesboroAfrican American Soldiers in Kentucky During the WarThe Words of WarWilliam Wells BrownA 'True American'
£12.34
Indiana University Press Presidents Battles and MustSee Civil War
Book Synopsis1) Civil War destinations are popular tourist sites throughout Kentucky. 2) This great guidebook goes beyond the battlefields that are typically featured to fill out sites related to Civil War presidents and monuments to help readers plan a fun and informative trip back in time. 3) Authors are promotion pros and will set up events and local publicity.Trade ReviewReading Presidents, Battles, and Must-See Civil War Destinations should be a useful initial step for those planning their first family trip through Kentucky's Civil War backroads. * Civil War Books and Authors *Table of ContentsPart I: The PresidentsA Road Trip to Hodgenville to Visit the LincolnsSidebar: Presidents at the Lincoln BirthplaceOther Monuments to Abe in KentuckyA Road Trip to Lexington to Visit the ToddsA Road Trip to Fairview, Birthplace of the Other First PresidentPart II: The BattlesRules for ReenactmentsA Road Trip to Western Kentucky's BattlefieldsThe Battle of ColumbusThe Battle of Sacramento-Green RiverThe Battle of MunfordvilleA Road Trip to Eastern Kentucky's BattlefieldsThe Battles of Camp Wildcat and Mill SpringsThe Big Sandy Expedition and the Battle Ivy MountainSidebar: "Bull" NelsonThe Battle of Middle CreekA Road Trip to Perryville, The Largest Civil War Battle in KentuckySidebarJohn Hunt Morgan's Road Trip (By Horse)SidebarPart III: Kentucky War StoriesKentucky's Confederate CapitalKentucky's Civil War GovernorsSimon Bolivar BucknerA Road Trip to the Other Fort BoonesboroAfrican American Soldiers in Kentucky During the WarThe Words of WarWilliam Wells BrownA 'True American'
£48.60
Indiana University Press Civil War Medicine
Book SynopsisIn this never before published diary, 29-year-old surgeon James Fulton transports readers into the harsh and deadly conditions of the Civil War, as he struggles to save the lives of the wounded and diseased under his care.Trade Review"This is not only a fascinating firsthand look at the experiences of a Civil War Surgeon who participated in some of the most notable actions of the war, it is also a deep and unique meditation on the meaning of Dr. Fulton's work and the broader medical, military, and cultural significance of his Civil War experience."—Daryl Black, Executive Director of Seminary Ridge Museum"Civil War Medicine tells the story of Assistant Surgeon James Fulton of the 143rd Penn. Inf. Well written and detailed, this book is a must for any Civil War medical enthusiast."—Peter J. D'Onofrio, President of the Society of Civil War Surgeons, Inc."In Civil War Medicine: A Surgeon's Diary, Robert D. Hicks has produced an imminently useful book that includes the transcribed and annotated diary of Dr. James Fulton, who served as assistant surgeon with the Pennsylvania's Bucktail Brigade; an introduction that clearly and concisely situates Fulton, who hailed from Chester County, Pennsylvania, in his social, political, and medical milieu; and a collection of essays by prominent experts in the field who find in the diary all sorts of opportunities to look at Civil War through Fulton's eyes—and his hands."—Judith Giesberg, author of Sex and the Civil War"This book is an incredible resource for anyone interested in the human experience of the Civil War—as recorded by a medical professional tasked with saving lives in America's bloodiest conflict. Dr. Fulton's diary and the essays by preeminent experts in the field of Civil War Medicine reveal the story of the birth of our modern health care system. Thankfully this diary landed in the able hands of Robert D. Hicks, an equally great storyteller, scholar, and historian."—David Price, Executive Director of the National Museum of Civil War MedicineTable of ContentsAcknowledgementIntroduction: Becoming a DoctorPart IChapter 1: To Virginia, Measles and Typhoid (Diary, August 18, 1862 to February 19, 1863)Chapter 2: Chancellorsville and "a Spiteful Morose Scamp" (Diary, February 22, 1863 to June 28, 1863)Chapter 3: Searching for Flour at Gettysburg (Diary, June 29, 1863 to July 4, 1863)Chapter 4: Return to Virginia and Christmas with Secesh (Diary, July 5, 1863 to December 25, 1863)Chapter 5: "To bring man in communion with his God" (Diary, December 26, 1863 to January 29, 1864)Chapter 6: Dr. Fulton after 1864Chapter 7: CommentaryPart IIChapter 8: "Examined at the University of Pennsylvania": Dr. Fulton, his Professional Milieu, and Military Medicine 1862-64, by Shauna DevineChapter 9: "We Got Up and Began to Pack our Medicines": What Dr. Fulton Prescribed, by Guy R. Hasegawa Chapter 10: "We Soon Concluded to Operate": Dr. Fulton's Tools and Methods, by James M. EdmonsonChapter 11: "The Christian Commission also Brought in a Wagon Today": Dr. Fulton, Voluntary Relief Associations, and Women in Hospitals, by Barbra Mann WallChapter 12: "We Made Up Soup as Fast as Possible": Nutrition and the 19th Century Male Body, by Margaret HumphreysChapter 13: "Such is the Character of Many Men": Dr. Fulton's Politics and the Moral and Political Consciousness of Soldiers, by Randall M. MillerAppendicesBibliography ContributorsIndex
£28.80
Indiana University Press Tatar Empire
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is a rich study that makes important contributions to the historiography of the Russian Empire, sharpening our picture of an empire in which lines between colonizer and colonized were far from clear. * The Middle Ground Journal *Ross offers a fascinating, well-researched narrative that fills an important lacuna in our understanding of Russia's engagement with Islam. As her clearly clearly shows, Ross engages not only with topics related to the study of Islam but also with some of the key themes of Russian history: Empire and Nation, Islam and Modernity, and the way empire worked by mutual relations and not by a unidirectional vector of power and control. Her study of the Machkaran network of scholars provides an important corrective to an image of Islamic reform dominated by Central Asian and Crimean Jadidism; it is bound tostimulate further research. -- Orel Beilinson * Euraian Geography and Economics *Danielle Ross' monograph, Tatar Empire: Kazan's Muslims and the Making of Imperial Russia, offers a substantive and thought-provoking addition to the historiography of both the Russian Empire in general and its relationship with its subject Muslim peoples in particular. . . . Tatar Empire is a fascinating and well-written contribution to the field. It is recommended not only to scholars interested in the history of Russian-Muslim relations, but also to a wider audience of experts interested in questions of empire, religion, and the emergence of nationalism. -- John M. Romero * Canadian-American Slavic Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Empire that Tatars Built1. The Age of the Settler Ulamā2. The Art of Accruing Scholarly Prestige3. Colonial Trade and Religious Revival4. A Shaykhly Rural Gentry5. Knowledge, History-Writing, and Becoming Colonial6. Muslim Cultural Reform and Kazan Tatar Cultural Imperialism7. Fundamentalism, Nationalism, and Social Conflict8. At War with the Tatar Kingdom9. An Empire without RussiansConclusionGlossaryBibliographyIndex
£49.30
Indiana University Press Polish Encounters Russian Identity
Book SynopsisDavid L. Ransel is Robert F. Byrnes Professor of History and Director of the Russian and East European Institute at Indiana University.Bozena Shallcross is Associate Professor of Polish Literature at the University of Chicago.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Russian Identity in Its Encounter with Poland David L. Ransel and Bożena Shallcross1. The Irreparable Church Schism: Russian Orthodox Identity and Its Historical Encounter with Catholicism Barbara Skinner2. Imitation of Life: A Russian Guest in the Polish Regimental Family Beth Holmgren3. Repositioning Pushkin and the Poems of the Polish Uprising Megan Dixon4. Appropriating Poland: Glinka, Polish Dance, and Russian National Identity Halina Goldberg5. The Slavophile Thinkers and the Polish Question in 1863 Andrzej Walicki6. Dostoevsky and His Polish Fellow Prisoners from the House of the Dead Nina Perlina7. Vladimir Solov'ëv's Views on the Polish Question: Poland and Reunion of the Eastern and Western Churches Manon de Courten8. The Geopolitical Dimension of Russian-Polish Confrontation in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Leonid Gorizontov9. Tsar Vasilii Shuiskii, the Staszic Palace, and Nineteenth-Century Russian Politics in Warsaw Robert L. Przygrodzki10. At Home with Pani Eliza: Isaac Babel and His Polish Encounters Judith Deutsch Kornblatt11. Soviet Polonophobia and the Formulation of Nationalities Policy in the Ukrainian SSR, 1927-1934 Matthew D. Pauly12. Under the Influence? Joseph Brodsky and Poland Irena Grudziska GrossSelected ReadingsContributorsIndex
£17.09
Indiana University Press Polish Encounters Russian Identity
Book SynopsisDavid L. Ransel is Robert F. Byrnes Professor of History and Director of the Russian and East European Institute at Indiana University.Bozena Shallcross is Associate Professor of Polish Literature at the University of Chicago.
£33.75
University of Notre Dame Press Soldiers of the Cross the Authoritative Text
Book SynopsisShortly after the Civil War ended, David Power Conyngham, an Irish Catholic journalist and war veteran, began compiling the stories of Catholic chaplains and nuns who served during the war. His manuscript, Soldiers of the Cross, is the fullest record written during the nineteenth century of the Catholic Church''s involvement in the war, as it documents the service of fourteen chaplains and six female religious communities, representing both North and South. Many of Coyngham''s chapters contain new insights into the clergy during the war that are unavailable elsewhere, either during his time or ours, making the work invaluable to Catholic and Civil War historians. The introduction contains over a dozen letters written between 1868 and 1870 from high-ranking Confederate and Union officials, such as Confederate General Robert E. Lee, Union Surgeon General William Hammond, and Union General George B. McClellan, who praise the church''s services during the war. Chapters on FathersTrade Review"The most important contribution of Soldiers of the Cross is that it democratizes access to a very important document on the Civil War experience of Catholic chaplains and sister nurses. The book will appeal to lay readers, especially those who research particular regiments or have ancestors associated with particular units." —James M. Schmidt, author of Lincoln's Labels: America's Best Known Brands and the Civil War"Conyngham's work, its subject, its language, and its tone, reveal much about what the editors call 'the state of the church and its uneasy place in American society at the time.' . . . There is much new here, and by comprehensively bringing together information about both priests and nuns, it suggests the direction and provides some of the facts for a full history of Catholics in the Civil War." —Lawrence Kohl, editor of David Power Conyngham's The Irish Brigade and Its Campaigns“Edited by Dr. Kruz and Fr. David Endres of the U.S. Catholic Historian, this book promises to be a major contribution to the growing historiography on Catholics and the Civil War.” —Patheos"To have David Power Conyngham’s invaluable Soldiers of the Cross available in a well-edited edition with be of great benefit to students and scholars alike. The fine introduction by David J. Endres and William B. Kurtz offers a perceptive assessment of the entire work. Anyone interested in the wartime story of the Catholic Church and the religious life of soldiers will learn a great deal from Conyngham’s book. A valuable addition to the growing literature on religion during the Civil War era." —George C. Rable, author of God’s Almost Chosen Peoples: A Religious History of the American Civil War"Students of the Civil War, Catholic history, and women’s history, among others, will welcome the publication of David Power Conyngham’s Soldiers of the Cross. Brilliantly edited, this 'authoritative text' speaks to the uses of remembrance, hagiography, and memorialization in creating an 'American' Catholic identity and ascribing a religious meaning to the war." —Randall M. Miller, co-editor of Religion and the American Civil War"This edited work of David Power Conyngham’s unpublished manuscript is a tour-de-force—a much needed history of the significant work of Catholic chaplains and sister nurses during the American Civil War. With clarity and historical sophistication, it is a great addition to scholarship on the Civil War, gender and religious history, and the history of American health care and society. The editors bring alive the many stories of well-known and more 'hidden' chaplains and sister nurses from both the North and South who helped change larger societal perceptions of Catholics, all for the positive." —Barbra Mann Wall, Thomas A. Saunders III Professor of Nursing, University of Virginia"It’s telling that the sisters left little in testimony about themselves. What we know comes almost exclusively from the men they helped, and the book’s collection of primary documents shows soldiers offering high praise to the sisters. It’s unusual, considering the prevalent anti-Catholicism of antebellum America. But their service to American men of all faiths was living proof that these Catholics did not only take orders from the pope in Rome." —The Wall Street Journal"Conyngham observed many chaplains at work, interviewed them, and recorded their experiences, making his work an important historical artifact. Hopefully, the publication of Soldiers of the Cross can lead to more research on the subject and provide broader understanding of religion during the Civil War." —The Civil War Monitor“The fullest record written during the 19th century of the Catholic Church’s involvement in the war, his manuscript documents the service of 14 chaplains and six female religious communities, representing both North and South.” —South Bend Tribune"Conyngham’s text gives journalistic descriptions of battles (Bull Run, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Vicksburg) and graphic accounts of the horrors of war." —First Things“Soldiers of the Cross is the long-delayed publication of a remarkable unfinished manuscript. . . . The editors are to be congratulated for rescuing Conyngham’s research from relative obscurity.” —American Catholic StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction 1.By Rev. J. F. Trecy 2.By Rev. J. F. Trecy 3.By Rev. J. F. Trecy 4.By Rev. Joseph C. Carrier, C.S.C 5.By Rev. Joseph C. Carrier 6.By Rev. Joseph C. Carrier 7.By Rev. Joseph C. Carrier 8.By Rev. R.C. Christy 9.By Rev. Thomas Scully 10.By Rev. Thomas Scully 11.By Rev. Peter Tissot, S.J. 12.By Rev Thomas Willet, S.J. 13.By Rev. C. L. Egan, O.P. 14.By Rev. Paul E. Gillen, C.S.C. 15.By Rev. Innocent A. Bergrath 16.By Rev. Peter P. Cooney, C.S.C 17.By Rev. Thomas Brady 18.By Rev. William Corby, C.S.C. 19.By Rev. Henry Gache, S.J. 20.By Rev. Charles P. Heuze 21.By Rev. James Sheeran 22.By Rev. James Sheeran 23.By Rev. James Sheeran 24.By Rev. James Sheeran 25.By Rev. James Sheeran 26.The Sisters in the Army 27.The Sisters of Mercy, Charleston 28.The Sisters of Mount St. Vincent, Cincinnati 29.Mount St. Vincent 30.The Sisters of Mercy, St. Louis 31.The Sisters of Mercy, New York 32.The Sisters of Mercy, New York 33.The Sisters of the Holy Cross 34.Sisters of the Holy Cross
£25.19
Pennsylvania State University Press Posthumous America Literary Reinventions of
Book SynopsisAn English translation of Benjamin Hoffmann’s French monograph L’Amérique posthume. Examines the literary idealization of a lost American past in eighteenth-century French literature. Trade Review“Benjamin Hoffmann presents, with wonderful insight, a portrait of a young American nation by three French writers. The particular oddity of their perspective, hence the delightful originality of this work, is that what they depict in their various ways is a society and polity that they know to be no longer valid—for which Hoffmann coins the term of ‘posthumous’ narrative, sometimes tainted with nostalgia or outright fiction, in an already-archaic American landscape.”—Philip Stewart,author of Engraven Desire: Eros, Image, and Text in the French Eighteenth Century “A welcome reexamination of major texts.”—Stamos Metzidakis H-FranceTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: New World Paradoxes1. Saint-John de Crèvecoeur and Nostalgia for Colonial America2. Lezay-Marnésia and Nostalgia for the American Golden Age3. Chateaubriand and Nostalgia for French AmericaConclusion: America, a Mobile SignAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex
£30.56
University of Washington Press The White Lotus War
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The White Lotus War: Rebellion and Suppression in Late Imperial China is a seminal work of outstanding scholarship and unreservedly recommended for community, college, and university library Chinese History collections and supplemental studies lists." * Midwest Book Review *"Yingcong Dai provides the definitive history of a key juncture in the trajectory of the Qing dynasty...[D]etails with clarity the complicated interface of moving parts, from emperors and metropolitan officials to impe‐rial kinsmen and Mongols in the banner armies, Green Standard Army fighters, and locally raised troops deployed outside their own region, down to the provincial and county officials charged with provisioning the soldiers." * H-Net *"In her impressive new book, Dai Yingcong sets out to entirely change our understanding of the 1796 White Lotus rebellion." * Journal of Asian Studies *"Yingcong Dai is an expert on the nexus between military, economy, and soci-ety in the high Qing period...While the large wars of conquest of the Qing Dynasty in Central Asia and Tibet are the subject of numerous studies by now, and the turmoil of the nineteenth century is understood quite well as seen from multiple aspects, the watershed between the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries remained hitherto a blank area. Yingcong Dai filled this gap with her book on the White Lotus Rebellion (1796–1804)." * Journal of Military History *"[T]he first in-depth, comprehensive study of the White Lotus War...Integrating rigorous research with vivid storytelling, this book is an indispensable addition to the studies of Qing history and the military history of China." * Choice *
£45.00
Yale University Press West from Appomattox
Book SynopsisA sweeping story of how Northerners, Southerners, and Westerners together created modern America in the years from Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt.Trade ReviewIncluded in the Washington Post Book World's Holiday Guide (2007)Selected as a 2008 AAUP University Press Book for Public and Secondary School Libraries.“Richardson tells a different story about the United States as a whole during a reconceptualized period of ‘Reconstruction’ after the Civil War.”—Sheldon Hackney, University of Pennsylvania “Highly original, deeply researched, and important, West from Appomattox has the added advantage of being extremely well written: Heather Cox Richardson’s prose is clear, accessible, and compelling.”—Eric Arnesen, University of Illinois at Chicago"With a marvelous sense of scope, narrative lucidity, and thorough research, Heather Richardson makes the convincing case that Americans still live in the world that Reconstruction built—or left partly unbuilt. A skilled historian of political economy, Richardson has here written a new and important synthesis of late-nineteenth-century American society enmeshed in a great struggle to determine just what kind of country the Civil War had wrought. This book is deeply informed and a good read; it spurs our effort to help Americans realize that their reading must not stop with Appomattox."—David W. Blight, Yale University, author of Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory"A truly fresh reconsideration—and a smart and wonderfully written one—of Reconstruction. Richardson pulls back to a genuinely national perspective, and in doing so gives us a strikingly original view of this vitally important time in the national story."—Elliott West, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
£23.75
Yale University Press Baghdad at Sunrise
Book SynopsisOffers an analysis of US counterinsurgency operations in Iraq, and along with it lessons for America's military and political leaders of the twenty-first century. This book presents a record of what happened after US forces seized Baghdad in the spring of 2003.Trade Review"Peter Mansoor's extraordinarily valuable Baghdad at Sunrise . . . . is a far better guide to counterinsurgency warfare than the official manual published by the Army and Marines. . . . This book has more intellectual integrity and utility."—Ralph Peters, New York Post -- Ralph Peters * New York Post *"The poetically titled Baghdad at Sunrise: A Brigade Commander's War in Iraq takes discussion of foreign policy down to the nitty-gritty of operational reality."—Benjamin Lytal, New York Sun (Fall Books Preview) -- Benjamin Lytal * New York Sun *"This is a moving, clear, lucid, and extrememly valuable account of midlevel operations in Iraq in the early, crucial stages of the insurgency, with many valuable lessons. . . . As a memoir, Col. Mansoor's book is honest, moving and exceptionally readable."—Martin Sieff, Washington Times -- Martin Sieff * Washington Times *
£16.99
Yale University Press Edward Bancroft
Book SynopsisThe first complete biography of a little-known but fascinating figure in the history of espionage and the American RevolutionTrade ReviewSelected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2011 in the North America category.Won Honorable Mention in the 2012 New York Book Festival Biography/Autobiography category, sponsored by the New York Book Festival "This is the first full-length treatment of the life of Edward Bancroft. It corrects a great many mistakes and misinterpretations, and for that reason is a valuable contribution to the historical record. In particular, the account of Bancroft's work as a spy in Paris is terrific; I enjoyed it a great deal."—Alan Houston, author of Benjamin Franklin and the Politics of Improvement"Schaeper in the first scholar to explore Bancroft's life in detail and to treat his activities as a spy in a sober, intelligent fashion. He explodes the myths and conspiracy theories of many modern authors who have traduced Bancroft's reputation and with it the reputations of all those associated with him."—Harry Dickinson, University of Edinburgh“A wonderful book which fills a major gap in the history of the American Revolution. Through exhaustive research, Schaeper has uncovered much information about the widely misunderstood master spy Bancroft. His book is as entertaining as it is scholarly. Highly recommended not only to academics but also to general readers.”—Jonathan R. Dull, author of A Diplomatic History of the American Revolution “Thomas Schaeper presents an intriguing, full biography of one of the eighteenth century’s most brilliant and multifaceted figures: scientist, author, speculator, entrepreneur, and double agent Edward Bancroft. He offers a thoroughly researched, fair and balanced reappraisal of both Bancroft and British espionage in Europe during the American Revolution, and in doing so rescues Bancroft from melodramatic OSS and Cold War-infused spy narratives.”— Elizabeth M. Nuxoll, Editor, The Papers of John Jay, Columbia University“[E]ngaging . . . By providing a wealth of detail about the life and times of this much-execrated man, Schaeper balances and softens what has conventionally been seen as Bancroft’s harsh character.”—Edmund S. Morgan, The New York Review of Books -- Edmund Morgan * The New York Review of Books *"A must for any lover of American Colonial history."—M.A. Byron, Choice -- M.A. Byron * Choice *"Well researched and well paced. Recommended to undergraduates and general readers with an interest in espionage or American history."—Library Journal * Library Journal *"This is the first full-length treatment of the life of Edward Bancroft. It corrects a great many mistakes and misinterpretations, and for that reason is a valuable contribution to the historical record. In particular, the account of Bancroft's work as a spy in Paris is terrific; I enjoyed it a great deal."—Alan Houston, author of Benjamin Franklin and the Politics of Improvement -- Alan Houston"Schaeper in the first scholar to explore Bancroft's life in detail and to treat his activities as a spy in a sober, intelligent fashion. He explodes the myths and conspiracy theories of many modern authors who have traduced Bancroft's reputation and with it the reputations of all those associated with him."—Harry Dickinson, University of Edinburgh -- Harry Dickinson“A wonderful book which fills a major gap in the history of the American Revolution. Through exhaustive research, Schaeper has uncovered much information about the widely misunderstood master spy Bancroft. His book is as entertaining as it is scholarly. Highly recommended not only to academics but also to general readers.”—Jonathan R. Dull, author of A Diplomatic History of the American Revolution -- Jonathan R. Dull“Thomas Schaeper presents an intriguing, full biography of one of the eighteenth century’s most brilliant and multifaceted figures: scientist, author, speculator, entrepreneur, and double agent Edward Bancroft. He offers a thoroughly researched, fair and balanced reappraisal of both Bancroft and British espionage in Europe during the American Revolution, and in doing so rescues Bancroft from melodramatic OSS and Cold War-infused spy narratives.”— Elizabeth M. Nuxoll, Editor, The Papers of John Jay, Columbia University -- Elizabeth M. NuxollSelected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2011 in the North America category. -- Choice Outstanding Academic Title * Choice *Won Honorable Mention in the 2012 New York Book Festival Biography/Autobiography category, sponsored by the New York Book Festival -- Biography/Autobiography Honorable Mention * New York Book Festival *
£28.50
