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Fighting Napoleon
Guerrillas, Bandits and Adventurers in Spain, 1808–1814
Inbunden, 2004
439 kr
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Alongside the Spanish army in the campaign against Napoleon (1808-1814) was an assortment of freebooters, local peasants, and bandits who were organized into ad hoc regional private armies. These “guerrillas”—a term introduced to the English language during the Peninsular War—ambushed French …
Wars of Napoleon
E-bok, 2019
1088 kr
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First published in 1995 to great critical acclaim, The Wars of Napoleon provides students with a comprehensive survey of the Napoleonic Wars around the central theme of the scale of French military power and its impact on other European states, from Portugal to Russia and from Scandinavia to …
Wars of Napoleon
E-bok, 2019
1088 kr
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First published in 1995 to great critical acclaim, The Wars of Napoleon provides students with a comprehensive survey of the Napoleonic Wars around the central theme of the scale of French military power and its impact on other European states, from Portugal to Russia and from Scandinavia to …
Spanish Civil War
A Military History
E-bok, 2018
927 kr
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The Spanish Civil War: A Military History takes a new, military approach to the conflict that tore Spain apart from 1936 to 1939. In many histories, the war has been treated as a primarily political event with the military narrative subsumed into a much broader picture of the Spain of 1936–9 in …
Spanish Civil War
A Military History
E-bok, 2018
907 kr
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The Spanish Civil War: A Military History takes a new, military approach to the conflict that tore Spain apart from 1936 to 1939. In many histories, the war has been treated as a primarily political event with the military narrative subsumed into a much broader picture of the Spain of 1936–9 in …
Spain in the Liberal Age
From Constitution to Civil War, 1808-1939
Häftad, 1999
655 kr
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This book is the first single volume history of modern Spain to appear in over 30 years. It describes Spain's emergence in the nineteenth century as the first modern post-imperial power and examines the vast social and economic changes which Spain witnessed during this period. In lucid and …
Outpost of Empire
The Napoleonic Occupation of Andalucia, 1810–1812
Inbunden, 2012
468 kr
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Napoleon's forces invaded Spain in 1808, but two years went by before they overran the southern region of Andalucía. Situated at the farthest frontier of Napoleon's ""outer empire,"" Andalucía remained under French control only briefly - for two-and-a-half years - and never experienced the normal …
Women in the Peninsular War
Inbunden, 2014
460 kr
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In the iconography of the Peninsular War of 1808-14, women are well represented - both as heroines, such as Agustina Zaragosa Domenech, and as victims, whether of starvation or of French brutality. In history, however, with its focus on high politics and military operations, they are invisible - a …
Women in the Peninsular War
Häftad, 2022
283 kr
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In the iconography of the Peninsular War of 1808–14, women are well represented—both as heroines, such as Agustina Zaragosa Domenech, and as victims, whether of starvation or of French brutality. In history, however, with its focus on high politics and military operations, they are invisible—a …
Wars of the French Revolution
1792–1801
Inbunden, 2018
2825 kr
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The Wars of the French Revolution, 1792–1801 offers a comprehensive and jargon-free coverage of this turbulent period and unites political, social, military and international history in one volume. Carefully designed for undergraduate students, through twelve chapters this book offers an …
Wars of the French Revolution
1792–1801
Häftad, 2018
652 kr
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The Wars of the French Revolution, 1792–1801 offers a comprehensive and jargon-free coverage of this turbulent period and unites political, social, military and international history in one volume. Carefully designed for undergraduate students, through twelve chapters this book offers an …
Spanish Civil War
A Military History
Inbunden, 2018
2585 kr
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The Spanish Civil War: A Military History takes a new, military approach to the conflict that tore Spain apart from 1936 to 1939.In many histories, the war has been treated as a primarily political event with the military narrative subsumed into a much broader picture of the Spain of 1936–9 in …
Spanish Civil War
A Military History
Häftad, 2018
787 kr
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The Spanish Civil War: A Military History takes a new, military approach to the conflict that tore Spain apart from 1936 to 1939.In many histories, the war has been treated as a primarily political event with the military narrative subsumed into a much broader picture of the Spain of 1936–9 in …
Wars of Napoleon
Inbunden, 2019
2585 kr
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First published in 1995 to great critical acclaim, The Wars of Napoleon provides students with a comprehensive survey of the Napoleonic Wars around the central theme of the scale of French military power and its impact on other European states, from Portugal to Russia and from Scandinavia to …
Wars of Napoleon
Häftad, 2019
921 kr
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First published in 1995 to great critical acclaim, The Wars of Napoleon provides students with a comprehensive survey of the Napoleonic Wars around the central theme of the scale of French military power and its impact on other European states, from Portugal to Russia and from Scandinavia to …
Wars of the French Revolution
1792–1801
E-bok, 2018
678 kr
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The Wars of the French Revolution, 1792–1801 offers a comprehensive and jargon-free coverage of this turbulent period and unites political, social, military and international history in one volume. Carefully designed for undergraduate students, through twelve chapters this book offers an …
Wars of the French Revolution
1792–1801
E-bok, 2018
678 kr
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The Wars of the French Revolution, 1792–1801 offers a comprehensive and jargon-free coverage of this turbulent period and unites political, social, military and international history in one volume. Carefully designed for undergraduate students, through twelve chapters this book offers an …
English Civil War
Myth, Legend and Popular Memory
Inbunden, 2024
280 kr
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Cavaliers and Roundheads are figures who appear in hundreds of English ghost stories. In this innovative account, Charles Esdaile argues that such tales are in reality folk memories of an episode of English history that was second only to the Black Death in terms of individual and collective …
Walking Waterloo
A Guide
Häftad, 2019
188 kr
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Charles Esdaile's new guide to the Battle of Waterloo presents the experience of the soldiers who took part in the battle in the most graphic and direct way possible - through their own words. In a series of walks he describes in vivid detail what happened in each location on 18 June 1815 and he …
Walking Waterloo
A Guide
E-bok, 2019
88 kr
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Tour the Belgian battleground where Napoleon was defeated—with historical background, maps, archival images, and more. In this book, the acclaimed author of Napoleon''s Wars provides a new guide to the Battle of Waterloo that presents the experience of the soldiers who took part in the battle in …
Walking Waterloo
A Guide
E-bok, 2019
88 kr
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Tour the Belgian battleground where Napoleon was defeated—with historical background, maps, archival images, and more. In this book, the acclaimed author of Napoleon''s Wars provides a new guide to the Battle of Waterloo that presents the experience of the soldiers who took part in the battle in …
British Battles of the Spanish Civil War
Fighting Franco
Inbunden, 2023
274 kr
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The Spanish Civil War continues to attract attention as a brutal political and military struggle which foreshadowed the wider war across Europe that followed, and it has given rise to myths that have become commonplace since the war ended eighty years ago. Few of these myths are as potent as those …
British Battles of the Spanish Civil War
How Volunteers from Britain Fought against Franco
E-bok, 2023
15 kr
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The Spanish Civil War continues to attract attention as a brutal political and military struggle which foreshadowed the wider war across Europe that followed, and it has given rise to myths that have become commonplace since the war ended eighty years ago. Few of these myths are as potent as those …
Battles and Battlefields of the Peninsular War
Häftad, 2024
388 kr
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A guide to the Peninsular War, blending expert insights with detailed visits to key battlefields and historical sites.A frequent visitor to Spain and Portugal who has specialized in the history of the Peninsular War for his entire career, Charles Esdaile has visited most of the battlefields and …
