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Books on: war battles

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Cannae: The Experience of Battle in the Second Punic War

Book by Gregory Daly; Routledge, 2002

Subjects:

Cannae, Battle Of, 216 B.C, Hannibal--247-182 B.C--Military Leadership, Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C--Campaigns--Italy, Strategy

Collections: History, Entire Library

...9). In practice, battles frequently appear to...describes some Second Punic War battles as lasting for two...seems certain that the battle of Cannae was a much...reliable source for the battle of Cannae, this detail...the midday sun at the battles of the Metaurus and Ilipa...
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North Atlantic Civilization at War: The World War II Battles of Sky, Sand, Snow, Sea, and Shore

Book by Patrick Lloyd Hatcher; M.E. Sharpe, 1998

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Battles--History--20th Century, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Hatcher, Patrick Lloyd. North Atlantic civilization at war: the World War II battles of sky, sand, snow, sea, and shore / Patrick Lloyd...index. ISBN 0-7656-0135-4 alk. paper 1. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns. 2. Battles--History...
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The Darkest Days of the War: The Battles of Iuka & Corinth

Book by Peter Cozzens; University of North Carolina Press, 1997

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Confederate States Of America--Army--Drill And Tactics, Corinth (Miss.), Battle Of, 1862, Iuka (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1862, Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, United States--Army--Drill And Tactics--History--19th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...1957- The darkest days of the war: the battles of Iuka and Corinth / by Peter Cozzens. p. cm. -- Civil War America Includes bibliographical...1862. 2. Corinth Miss. , Battle of, 1862. 3. Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861 -- 1865 -- Campaigns...
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The Great Battles of Antiquity: A Strategic and Tactical Guide to Great Battles That Shaped the Development of War

Book by Richard A. Gabriel, Donald W. Boose Jr.; Greenwood Press, 1994

Subjects:

Battles, Military History, Ancient, Strategy

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Black Sea to the Adriatic. LESSONS OF WAR Strategy Battles always occur within a larger political context. Wars are means to political ends. Mahomet...of gunpowder cannon on the conduct of war led him to ignore its impact on Byzantine...
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The Face of Naval Battle: The Human Experience of Modern War at Sea

Book by John Reeve, David Stevens; Allen & Unwin, 2003

Subjects:

Australia--Royal Australian Navy--History--20th Century, Naval Art And Science--History--20th Century, Naval Battles--History--20th Century, Naval History, Modern--20th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...89. 39 Tracy, Nelson's Battles , p. 116. 40 Miller, War...The Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander London: Fontana...p. 111. 55 Spector, At War At Sea , p. 220. 56 Petty...Seydlitz at Jutland. Spector, At War At Sea , p. 85. 58 As pointed...Falklands. Hastings, Going to the Wars , p. 321. 59 Gordon Johnson...Conference. 60 Spector, At War At Sea , pp. 96 7; Holmes...

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Journal Articles on: war battles

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The Civil War Battle That Helped Create a State

Journal article by Kay A. Chick; Social Education, Vol. 73, 2009

Subjects:

Civil war--Educational aspects, Civil war--Political aspects, Civil war--United States, First Battle of Bull Run, 1861--Educational aspects, First Battle of Bull Run, 1861--Political aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...background knowledge on pre-war events and conditions...significance of specific battles, such as the Battle of Philippi, and their...Philippi, and other battles in what was then western...relationships between the Battle of Philippi, its consequences...events in the Civil War. In so doing, they gain insight into the battles relevance to the transformation...
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Jigsaw Puzzles, Mosaics, and Civil War Battle Narratives

Journal article by Kenneth W. Noe; Civil War History, Vol. 53, 2007

Subjects:

Battle of Perryville, 1862--History, Historians--Practice, Historical research--Methods, Historical research--Social aspects, Historiography--Analysis, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--History, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--Research, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865, United States history--History, United States history--Research

Collections: History, Entire Library

...soldiers who fought Civil War battles, after all, are those infamous...as it was a century ago--battle-oriented, wary of cause...the Civil War who tackle the battles and leaders in some manner...readings of numerous Civil War battle histories, visits to the wars major battlefields, and conversations...
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Battle: The Nature and Consequences of Civil War Combat

Journal article by Caroline E. Janney; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 75, 2009

Subjects:

Battle: The Nature and Consequences of Civil War Combat (Essay collection)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

Battle: The Nature and Consequences of Civil War Combat. by Caroline E. Janney Battle: The Nature and Consequences...writes Kent Gramm, editor of Battle: The Nature and Consequences...consequences of Civil War battles at the personal level...
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The Battle of the Crater: The Civil War's Worst Massacre

Journal article by Bryce A. Suderow; Civil War History, Vol. 43, 1997

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Crater, Battle of the--History, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865

Collections: History, Entire Library

...massacre of blacks during the Civil War. Only two other massacres rival its...reexamine more closely other Civil War battles to see whether massacres of black soldiers...in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, vol. 4 (New York: Thomas Yoseloff...
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Touched with Fire: Five Presidents and the Civil War Battles That Made Them

Journal article by Dennis Berger; Air Power History, Vol. 53, 2006

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Books--Book reviews, Touched with Fire: Five Presidents and the Civil War Battles That Made Them (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Presidents and the Civil War Battles That Made Them. by Dennis Berger...is his chronicling of Civil War battles that one hears of very...veterans issues and that the Civil War would play a significant part...to the library of any Civil War or Presidential history enthusiast...to the grade of major before wars end). McKinley became a hero...

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Magazine Articles on: war battles

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The Battle for Spain the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

Magazine article by Gerald Howson; History Today, Vol. 56, October 2006

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Books--Book reviews, The Battle for Spain the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...trustworthy history of any war can be compiled. Of course...books. To take Beevors The Battle for Spain first, I do not...as a military history of the war it is the best that has been...His descriptions of the main battles are masterly and full of new...landscape through the chaos of battle in such a way that non-military...
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Masters of Battle: Monty, Patton and Rommel at War

Magazine article by Terry Charman; History Today, Vol. 59, August 2009

Subjects:

Arnhem: Jumping the Rhine 1944 and 1945, The Greatest Airborne Battle in History (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Masters of Battle: Monty, Patton and Rommel at War (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

Masters of Battle: Monty, Patton and Rommel at War. by Terry Charman Monty...1945, The Greatest Airborne Battle in History Lloyd Clark Headline...and his descriptions of the battles fought by the three commanders...an excellent account of the Battle of Arnhem, the most famous...
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Robert E. Lee and Melville's Politics in Battle-Pieces and Aspects of War

Magazine article by Paul M. Dowling; Melville Society Extracts, February 2005

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Battle-Pieces (Poetry collection)--Criticism and interpretation, Melville, Herman--Criticism and interpretation, War poetry--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...context--one or a few from Battle-Pieces. Richard Marius...rather than a loose collection, Battle-Pieces is a carefully ordered...home and reminiscing about battles won. At this point where the...misplaced one about guerrilla war. This placement of a "battle piece" after wars end is the first curiosity...
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From Oppressed to Oppressors: The Battle of Algiers Took a Pitiless Look at the War for Algerian Independence, but the Filmmakers Could Not Foresee the Failures That Would Result

Magazine article by Wendy Smith; American Scholar, Vol. 77, Autumn 2008

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Algerian War, 1954-1962--Portrayals, Political movies--Criticism and interpretation, Politics in motion pictures--Criticism and interpretation, The Battle of Algiers (Motion picture)--Criticism and interpretation, War films--Criticism and interpretation, War in motion pictures--Criticism and interpretation, War movies--Criticism and interpretation

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...to Oppressors: The Battle of Algiers Took a Pitiless Look at the War for Algerian Independence...colonial war, a civil war, as a rending of...of breasts in The Battle of Algiers, whose...stages of the Algerian war either. Political...extreme moments, when battle lines are drawn and...
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When Soldiers Kill Civilians: The Battle for Saipan, 1944: The American Soldiers Who Fought Their Way through the Islands of the Pacific during the Second World War Encountered Fierce Japanese Resistance but Few Local People. That All Changed with the Invasion of the Mariana Islands

Magazine article by Matthew Hughes; History Today, Vol. 60, February 2010

Subjects:

American colonialism--Social aspects, Battle of Saipan, 1944--Casualties, Civilian casualties--Social aspects, Saipan--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...during the Second World War Encountered Fierce Japanese...be caught up in the battle that would rage until...hardened by the bloody battles of Guadalcanal (1942...Division who joined the battle later, initially concentrated...Considering the exigencies of war and the Americans lack...civilians in the Pacific battles, the US forces did...did so early in the battle in the southern part...

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Newspaper Articles on: war battles

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I'll Never Understand How Fans Can Have a Go at Gordon, Says Wilson; TURF WAR: Wilson Battles Manfully in Defeat against Aalborg

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 30, 2008

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Battles

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Ill Never Understand How Fans Can Have a Go at Gordon, Says Wilson; TURF WAR: Wilson Battles Manfully in Defeat against Aalborg. Byline: Fraser Mackie MARK WILSON has offered a most vehement and impassioned defence of...
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The Site of War; the Battle of Shrewsbury Was Made Famous by the Bard. Chris Upton Explores Its Historic Site

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), July 10, 2009

Subjects:

Battle of Shrewsbury, 1403, Historic sites

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

The Site of War; the Battle of Shrewsbury Was Made Famous by the Bard. Chris Upton Explores...and where to display it. Other than at Towton, the bloodiest battle of the War of the Roses, little archaeology has been done on battlefields...
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Nostalgia Extra: Arthur Rescued Four Men While under Fire-He Said He Was Just Doing His Duty; HEROIC TALE OF COVENTRY'S ONLY GREAT WAR VICTORIA CROSS WINNER NINETY Years Ago, the British Army Was Locked into One of the Biggest Battles of the First World War - the Third Battle of Ypres, Popularly Known as the Battle of Passchendaele

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), September 8, 2007

Subjects:

Third Battle of Ypres, 1917

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...COVENTRYS ONLY GREAT WAR VICTORIA CROSS WINNER...into One of the Biggest Battles of the First World War - the Third Battle of Ypres, Popularly Known as the Battle of Passchendaele. Byline...into one of the biggest battles of the First World War - the Third Battle of Ypres, popularly...
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Paras Remember Real Cost of Arnhem Battle; 'Disastrous' Plan in 1944 Was Key Moment in War

Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), September 17, 2009

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Battle of Arnhem, 1944, Soldiers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Paras Remember Real Cost of Arnhem Battle; Disastrous Plan in 1944 Was Key Moment in War. Byline: Peter Collins A GROUP...of their friends in one of World War IIs most notorious battles. The Battle of Arnhem has been made famous to...
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Spoils of War; Christopher Proudlove with Mementoes of the Battle of Trafalgar

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), November 5, 2011

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Battle of Trafalgar, 1805

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Spoils of War; Christopher Proudlove with Mementoes of the Battle of Trafalgar. ACCORDING to...Nelson throughout the Napoleonic Wars and is reputed to have held...1787. On the declaration of war with France in 1793 he served...to have you with me should a war take place and will write to...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: war battles

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Fair Oaks , American Civil War Battle

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

FAIR OAKS , American Civil War battle see Peninsular campaign . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Battle of Britain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

BATTLE OF BRITAIN in World War II, series of air battles between Great Britain and Germany...of invading England, and the battle tapered off by the end of October...failure of the Germans in World War II, and it thwarted Hitlers plan...
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Marne, Battle of The

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

MARNE, BATTLE OF THE two important battles of World War I that are named for the Marne River. In the first battle (Sept. 6 9, 1914) the German advance...Alfred, Graf von ). In the second battle (July, 1918) the last great German...
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Shiloh, Battle Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

SHILOH, BATTLE OF Apr. 6 7, 1862, one of the great battles of the American Civil War. The battle took its name from Shiloh Church, a meetinghouse...It was one of the bloodiest contests of the war, losses on each side reaching over 10,000...
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Seven Days Battles

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

SEVEN DAYS BATTLES in the American Civil War, the week-long Confederate...campaign . After the battle of Fair Oaks the Union...severely repulsed in the battle of Mechanicsville (or...intercepting him in the battles of Savages Station on...of Richmond. In the battle of Malvern Hill on July...

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