Author: Charles Francis Adams
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458

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Author: Charles Francis Adams
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ISBN: 9780722274781
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 424

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Author: Charles Francis Adams
Publisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781342122919
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452

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Author: Charles Francis Adams
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ISBN: 9781330502600
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 440

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Excerpt from Studies Military and Diplomatic 1775-1865 In Carlyle's Life of Frederick the Great there is an account of a curious conversation in December, 1745, between Frederick and D'Arget, the secretary of Valori, at that juncture the French ambassador at Berlin. It was at the close of the Second Silesian War, from which Frederick, then only thirty-three years of age, had emerged victorious; thenceforth to be till he died the leading figure in European political action. He was just entering on the eleven years of more or less broken peace which preceded the Seven Years' War. D'Arget, at the instance of Valori, had suggested some grand political combinations in which Frederick was to figure as the "Pacificator of Europe." The king listened to him, and then replied: "It is too dangerous a part for playing. A reverse brings me to the verge of ruin: I know too well the mood I was in last time I left Berlin ever to expose myself to it again! If luck had been against me there, I saw myself a monarch without a throne; ... A bad game that; ... I am not in alarm about the Austrians... They dread my army; the luck that I have. ... I would not henceforth attack a cat except to defend myself." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Charles F. Adams
Publisher: Irvington Pub
ISBN: 9780829004748
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424

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Author: Christos G. Frentzos
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317813359
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 425

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The Routledge Handbook of American Military and Diplomatic History provides a comprehensive analysis of the major events, conflicts, and personalities that have defined and shaped the military history of the United States. This volume, The Colonial Period to 1877, illuminates the early period of American history, from the colonial warfare of the 17th century through the tribulations of Reconstruction. The chronologically organized sections each begin with an introductory chapter that provides a concise narrative of the period and highlights the scholarly debates and interpretive schools of thought in the historiography, followed by topical chapters on issues in the period. Topics covered include colonial encounters and warfare, the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, diplomacy in the early American republic, the War of 1812, westward expansion and conquest, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. With authoritative and vividly written chapters by both leading scholars and new talent, this state-of-the-field handbook will be a go-to reference for every American history scholar's bookshelf.

Author: Charles Adams
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781495411731
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364

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Charles Francis Adams II (May 27, 1835 - May 20, 1915) was a member of the prominent Adams family. He served as a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the war, he was a railroad regulator and executive, president, successively, of the Union Pacific Railroad, the Massachusetts Historical Society, and the American Historical Association. His writings and addresses both on problems of railway management and on historical subjects frequently gave rise to widespread controversy.In this work, first published in 1911, Adams writes with impressive clarity and fresh perspective a severe critique of George Washington's military abilities as opposed to his qualities of character that made him a great leader; the strategic aspects of the American Revolution; and the need for American historians of that period to refrain from sacrificing the truth to patriotic self-indulgence. He describes the War of 1812's battle of New Orleans from a British perspective. Moving on to the Civil War, he discusses the moral and constitutional rights of the States to secede from the Union; the South's tragic self-delusion that led to war; the decisive role of the Union's naval blockade of the South; the consequential incompetence of Union general, Benjamin Butler; and the rules of war with respect to Sherman's "march to the sea." He delivers a thoughtful disertation on the nature of Robert E. Lee's treason, his actions at Gettysburg, and the profound significance of his conduct at Appomattox. He describes the diplomatic maneuvering during the Civil War by the United States and the Confederacy for the purpose of influencing British and French policies - flavored with a lesson about the unreliability of eyewitness accounts as an historical resource.Studies, Military and Diplomatic, written by a significant historian with considerable practical as well as academic experience, is both an important and an enjoyable read for any student of American history.

Author: Military Service Institution of the United States
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 464

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Author: Earl Gregg Swem
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 750

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Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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