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19 produkter
Of Arms and Men
A History of War, Weapons, and Aggression
Häftad, 1991
804 kr
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In this provocative book, Robert O'Connell examines the role and significance of weapons from the dawn of human history to the present, and the attempts of western civilization to come to terms with the grim results of its own inventiveness. This is not simply a history of the technology of …
Team America
Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, Eisenhower, and the World They Forged
Häftad, 2023
153 kr
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“A delicious blend of insight, wit and history, Team America is a punch-packed introduction to four great military minds and the zeitgeist that produced them.” —Wall Street Journal“Robert O’Connell has written a rollicking, insightful story of some particularly American heroes.” —Evan Thomas, …
Team America
Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and Eisenhower
E-bok, 2022
181 kr
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Of Arms and Men
A History of War, Weapons, and Aggression
Inbunden, 1989
1318 kr
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In this provocative book, Robert O'Connell examines the role and significance of weapons from the dawn of human history to the present, and the attempts of western civilization to come to terms with the grim results of its own inventiveness. This is not simply a history of the technology of …
Sacred Vessels
The Cult of the Battleship and the Rise of the US Navy
Häftad, 1993
418 kr
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Awesome in size, immensely powerful and ingrained in the socio-economic and psychological structure of the U.S. Navy, the battleship served as chief guardsman of territory, reigning as monarch of the sea. For two hundred years it played an essential role in U.S. military affairs, yet as Robert L …
Ride of the Second Horseman
The Birth and Death of War
Häftad, 1999
334 kr
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`Accurst be he that first invented war', wrote Christopher Marlowe - a declaration that most of us would take as a literary, not literal, construction. But in this sweeping overview of the rise of civilization, Robert O'Connell finds that war is indeed an invention - an institution that arose due …
Of Arms and Men
A History of War, Weapons, and Aggression
E-bok, 1990
554 kr
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The appearance of the crossbow on the European battle field in A.D. 1100 as the weapon of choice for shooting down knights threatened the status quo of medieval chivalric fighting techniques. By 1139 the Church had intervened, outlawing the use of the crossbow among Christians. With this edict, …
Ride of the Second Horseman
The Birth and Death of War
E-bok, 1997
151 kr
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"Accurst be he that first invented war," wrote Christopher Marlowe--a declaration that most of us would take as a literary, not literal, construction. But in this sweeping overview of the rise of civilization, Robert O''Connell finds that war is indeed an invention--an institution that arose due to …
Of Arms and Men
A History of War, Weapons, and Aggression
E-bok, 1990
554 kr
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The appearance of the crossbow on the European battle field in A.D. 1100 as the weapon of choice for shooting down knights threatened the status quo of medieval chivalric fighting techniques. By 1139 the Church had intervened, outlawing the use of the crossbow among Christians. With this edict, …
Sacred Vessels
The Cult Of The Battleship And The Rise Of The U.s. Navy
Inbunden, 2019
2585 kr
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Writing critically about something you have come to regard with affection must provoke mixed emotions. As I learned more and more about the modern battleship's shortcomings, I found myself, like so many before me, falling under its spell. I have traveled hundreds of miles to visit these wonderful …
Sacred Vessels
The Cult Of The Battleship And The Rise Of The U.s. Navy
Häftad, 2020
711 kr
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Sacred Vessels is an irreverent account of the modern battleship and its place in American naval history from the sinking of the coal-fired Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898 to the deployment of the cruise missile-armed Missouri in the Persian Gulf in 1991. With provocative insight and wit, Robert …
Ghosts of Cannae
Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic
E-bok, 2010
221 kr
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER For millennia, Carthage’s triumph over Rome at Cannae in 216 B.C. has inspired reverence and awe. No general since has matched Hannibal’s most unexpected, innovative, and brutal military victory. Now Robert L. O’Connell, one of the most admired names in military history, tells …
Fierce Patriot
The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman
E-bok, 2014
205 kr
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER William Tecumseh Sherman was more than just one of our greatest generals. Fierce Patriot is a bold, revisionist portrait of how this iconic and enigmatic figure exerted an outsize impact on the American landscape—and the American character. America’s first “celebrity” general, …
Revolutionary
George Washington at War
E-bok, 2019
186 kr
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From an acclaimed military historian, a bold reappraisal of young George Washington, an ambitious if reckless soldier destined to become the legendary general who took on the British and, through his leadership, came to define the American character How did George Washington become an American …
Sacred Vessels
The Cult Of The Battleship And The Rise Of The U.S. Navy
E-bok, 2019
838 kr
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Writing critically about something you have come to regard with affection must provoke mixed emotions. As I learned more and more about the modern battleship''s shortcomings, I found myself, like so many before me, falling under its spell. I have traveled hundreds of miles to visit these wonderful …
Sacred Vessels
The Cult Of The Battleship And The Rise Of The U.S. Navy
E-bok, 2019
838 kr
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Writing critically about something you have come to regard with affection must provoke mixed emotions. As I learned more and more about the modern battleship''s shortcomings, I found myself, like so many before me, falling under its spell. I have traveled hundreds of miles to visit these wonderful …
Band on the Run
Xenophon and the First Great Mercenary Army's Epic Escape from Persia
Inbunden, 2026
333 kr
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A riveting retelling of one of the great adventure stories of antiquity when Greek philosopher-warrior Xenophon led a stranded band of the ';Ten Thousand' mercenary soldiers on a treacherous escape from the Persians. 400 BC. The Persian prince Cyrus the Younger hires an army of Greek soldiers to …
Band on the Run
Xenophon and the First Great Mercenary Army's Epic Escape from Persia
E-bok, 2026
199 kr
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A riveting retelling of one of the great adventure stories of antiquitywhen Greek philosopher-warrior Xenophon led a stranded band of the ';Ten Thousand' mercenary soldiers on a treacherous escape from the Persians.400 BC. The Persian prince Cyrus the Younger hires an army of Greek soldiers to oust …
