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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1218
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The London Gazette
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1218
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1218
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Broke of the Shannon
Author: Tim Voelcker
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473831326
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
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Captain Broke's victory in 1813 over Captain Lawrence of USS Chesapeake, which was to have far reaching influence on the future of North America, did much to restore the morale of the Royal Navy, shattered by three successive defeats in single-ship duels with US frigates, and stunned the American nation which had come to expect success.2013 sees the bicentenary of the battle and this new book seeks to reverse the neglect shown by most modern historians of one of Britain's finest frigate captains, who by his skill, determination and leadership won one of the bloodiest naval duels the world has seen. Even now both Britain and the USA claim to have won the war but only Canada, the third country heavily involved, can fully claim to have done so, for the peace that followed established her as an independent nation.Leading historians from all three countries have joined to give their sometimes conflicting views on different aspects in a way to interest and entertain general readers, as well as challenge academics. It is a tale of political and military blunders, courage and cowardice in battle, a bloody ship-to-ship fight, and technical innovation in the hitherto crude methods of naval gunnery. It also tells the human story of Broke's determination to achieve victory so he could return to his wife and children after seven lonely years at sea.The near-fatal wound Broke received in hand-to-hand fighting as he boarded the Chesapeake meant that he never served again at sea, but his work on naval gunnery, paid for out of his own pocket, transformed Admiralty thinking and led to the establishment of the British naval school of gunnery, HMS Excellent. This Bicentenary year of his victory is timely for an up-to-date, wide-ranging work incorporating the latest thinking; this is the book.As seen in the East Anglian Daily Times and the Ipswich Star.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473831326
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
Captain Broke's victory in 1813 over Captain Lawrence of USS Chesapeake, which was to have far reaching influence on the future of North America, did much to restore the morale of the Royal Navy, shattered by three successive defeats in single-ship duels with US frigates, and stunned the American nation which had come to expect success.2013 sees the bicentenary of the battle and this new book seeks to reverse the neglect shown by most modern historians of one of Britain's finest frigate captains, who by his skill, determination and leadership won one of the bloodiest naval duels the world has seen. Even now both Britain and the USA claim to have won the war but only Canada, the third country heavily involved, can fully claim to have done so, for the peace that followed established her as an independent nation.Leading historians from all three countries have joined to give their sometimes conflicting views on different aspects in a way to interest and entertain general readers, as well as challenge academics. It is a tale of political and military blunders, courage and cowardice in battle, a bloody ship-to-ship fight, and technical innovation in the hitherto crude methods of naval gunnery. It also tells the human story of Broke's determination to achieve victory so he could return to his wife and children after seven lonely years at sea.The near-fatal wound Broke received in hand-to-hand fighting as he boarded the Chesapeake meant that he never served again at sea, but his work on naval gunnery, paid for out of his own pocket, transformed Admiralty thinking and led to the establishment of the British naval school of gunnery, HMS Excellent. This Bicentenary year of his victory is timely for an up-to-date, wide-ranging work incorporating the latest thinking; this is the book.As seen in the East Anglian Daily Times and the Ipswich Star.
Flight & the Aircraft Engineer
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 1700
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 1700
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A full ... account of the ... battle of Waterloo, the second restoration of Louis xviii, and the deportation of Napoleon
Author: Christopher Kelly
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Languages : en
Pages : 568
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Languages : en
Pages : 568
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History of the French Revolution and of the Wars produced by that memorable event; from the commencement of hostilities in 1792, to ... the deportation of Napoleon Buonaparte to the island of St. Helena [or rather to October 1816] ... Embellished with ... equestrian portraits, historical engravings, and coloured maps
Author: Christopher Kelly
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Languages : en
Pages : 788
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Languages : en
Pages : 788
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Purpose and Power
Author: Donald Stoker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009257277
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 873
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A new account of grand strategy critical to understanding how America has used its power in both peace and war.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009257277
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 873
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A new account of grand strategy critical to understanding how America has used its power in both peace and war.
Aeronautics
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 746
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 746
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Archives of War
Author: Debra Ramsay
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000919935
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
This book offers a comparative analysis of British Army Unit War Diaries in the two World Wars, to reveal the role played by previously unnoticed technologies in shaping the archival records of war. Despite thriving scholarship on the history of war, the history of Operational Record Keeping in the British Army remains unexplored. Since World War I, the British Army has maintained daily records of its operations. These records, Unit War Diaries, are the first official draft of events on the battlefield. They are vital for the army’s operational effectiveness and fundamental to the histories of British conflict, yet the material history of their own production and development has been widely ignored. This book is the first to consider Unit War Diaries as mediated, material artefacts with their own history. Through a unique comparative analysis of the Unit War Diaries of the First and Second World Wars, this book uncovers the mediated processes involved in the practice of operational reporting and reveals how hidden technologies and ideologies have shaped the official record of warfare. Tracking the records into The National Archives in Kew, where they are now held, the book interrogates how they are re-presented and re-interpreted through the archive. It investigates how the individuals, institutions and technologies involved in the production and uses of unit diaries from battlefield to archive have influenced how modern war is understood and, more importantly, waged. This book will be of much interest to students of media and communication studies, military history, archive studies and British history.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000919935
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 219
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This book offers a comparative analysis of British Army Unit War Diaries in the two World Wars, to reveal the role played by previously unnoticed technologies in shaping the archival records of war. Despite thriving scholarship on the history of war, the history of Operational Record Keeping in the British Army remains unexplored. Since World War I, the British Army has maintained daily records of its operations. These records, Unit War Diaries, are the first official draft of events on the battlefield. They are vital for the army’s operational effectiveness and fundamental to the histories of British conflict, yet the material history of their own production and development has been widely ignored. This book is the first to consider Unit War Diaries as mediated, material artefacts with their own history. Through a unique comparative analysis of the Unit War Diaries of the First and Second World Wars, this book uncovers the mediated processes involved in the practice of operational reporting and reveals how hidden technologies and ideologies have shaped the official record of warfare. Tracking the records into The National Archives in Kew, where they are now held, the book interrogates how they are re-presented and re-interpreted through the archive. It investigates how the individuals, institutions and technologies involved in the production and uses of unit diaries from battlefield to archive have influenced how modern war is understood and, more importantly, waged. This book will be of much interest to students of media and communication studies, military history, archive studies and British history.
2nd Battalion 4th Bombay Grenadiers (King Edward's Own) Formerly the 102nd King Edward's Own Grenadiers
Author: James Thomas Gorman
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Author: United States. War Department
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 1198
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 1198
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