Author: Frank Jastrzembski
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1473866820
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
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There are moments in the past of many a man's career that stand out clear and defined after the lapse of even many years: life pictures, the very memory of which brings back a glorious thrill of pride and pleasure. This is the feeling which vibrates through me still, when I recall that last and closing scene that crowned the hard-fought fight at Tashkessen.History has best remembered Valentine Baker for his embarrassments. In 1875, he was accused of sexual assault and dismissed from the British Army. In 1884, he suffered an embarrassing defeat at the Battle of El Teb. But what about Baker's positive achievements?The most underappreciated event that took place in his controversial life came during the Russo-Turkish War in 1877. The exiled Baker, in command of 3,000 Ottoman soldiers, was dispatched to the village of Tashkessen to stall 25,000 advancing Russian soldiers. Through his superb leadership and brilliant disposition of his troops, Baker was able to score a victory.The Spartan stand of Baker and his command has gained little recognition. Despite this modern obscurity, Baker's performance at Tashkessen was applauded by his contemporaries as a model of tactical leadership and heroism. This is the exhilarating tale of how Valentine Baker was able to find redemption at Tashkessen.
Author: Minneapolis Public Library
Publisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Author: Danylo Husar Struk
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442651261
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 2400
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Over thirty years in the making, the most comprehensive work in English on Ukraine is now complete: its history, people, geography, economy, and cultural heritage, both in Ukraine and in the diaspora.
Author: California State Library
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1190
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Author: Edmund Ollier
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Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Author: Henry Woldmar Ruoff
Publisher:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 976
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Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 764
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Author: John P. McKay
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Category : Civilization, Western
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Author: Leslie Rogne Schumacher
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031365143
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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This book examines mid-Victorian discourse on the expansion of the British Empire’s role in the Middle East. It investigates how British political leaders, journalists and the general public responded to events in the Ottoman Empire, which many, if not most, people in Britain came to see as trudging towards inevitable chaos and destruction. Although this ‘Eastern Question’ on a post-Ottoman future was ostensibly a matter of international politics and sometimes conflict, this study argues that the ideas underpinning it were conceived, shaped, and enforced according to domestic British attitudes. In this way, this book presents the Eastern Question as as much a British question as one related in any way to the Ottoman Empire. Particularly in the crucial decade of the 1870s, debates in Victorian society on the Eastern Question served as proxies for other pressing issues of the day, including electoral reform, changing religious attitudes, public education, and the costs of maintaining Britain’s empire. This book offers new perspectives on the Eastern Question’s relationship to these trends in Victorian society, culture, and politics, highlighting its significance in understanding Britain’s imperial programme more widely in the second half of the nineteenth century.
