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Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
550 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849–1930) was the principal force behind the rise of the German Imperial Navy prior to World War I, challenging Great Britain's command of the seas. As State Secretary of the Imperial Naval Office from 1897 to 1916, Tirpitz wielded great power and influence over the national agenda during that crucial period. By the time he had risen to high office, Tirpitz was well equipped to use his position as a platform from which to dominate German defense policy. Though he was cool to the potential of the U-boat, he enthusiastically supported a torpedo boat branch of the navy and began an ambitious building program for battleships and battle cruisers. Based on exhaustive archival research, including new material from family papers, Tirpitz and the Imperial German Navy is the first extended study in English of this germinal figure in the growth of the modern navy.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
2 044 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2015
608 kr
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Living on the Edge: Texas During the Civil War and Reconstruction explores the complex issues faced by Texans in the Civil War era. Through a wide range of primary source documents, the book sheds light on a distinct historical perspective born of the combination of geographic location and cultural diversity.The readings and primary source documents in the book record both exceptional and mundane events of everyday life during a dramatic and fascinating era. While students may already be familiar with slavery, secession, the war years, and the Reconstruction period, they will gain new insight into history through personal writings such as slave narratives and diaries. In addition, speeches and ads, government reports, and political documents reflect the perspective and concerns of society at the time. The geographic position of Texas combined with its cultural diversity make the history of Texas in the Civil War era unique. Living on the Edge: Texas During the Civil War and Reconstruction offers a look at an aspect of American history that is suitable for courses in Civil War history, Texas history, and historical methods.
Inbunden, Engelska, 1997
879 kr
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For tens of thousands of Union veterans, Patrick Kelly argues, the Civil War never ended. Many Federal soldiers returned to civilian life battling the lifelong effects of combat wounds or wartime disease. Looking to the federal government for shelter and medical assistance, war-disabled Union veterans found help at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Established by Congress only weeks prior to the Confederate surrender, this network of federal institutions had assisted nearly 100,000 Union veterans by 1900. The National Home is the direct forebear of the Veterans Administration hospital system, today the largest provider of health care in the United States. Kelly places the origins of the National Home within the political culture of U.S. state formation. Creating a National Home examines Congress's decision to build a federal network of soldiers' homes. Kelly explores the efforts of the Home's managers to glean support for this institution by drawing upon the reassuring language of domesticity and "home." He also describes the manner in which the creators of the National Homes used building design, landscaping, and tourism to integrate each branch into the cultural and economic life of surrounding communities, and to promote a positive image of the U.S. state. Drawing upon several fields of American history--political, cultural, welfare, gender--Creating a National Home illustrates the lasting impact of war on U.S. state and society. The building of the National Home marks the permanent expansion of social benefits offered to citizen-veterans. The creation of the National Home at once defined an entitled group and prepared the way for the later expansion of both the welfare and the warfare states.