[PDF] The Crescentamong The Eagles eBook

Author : Quentin Russell
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 40,64 MB
Release : 2017-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1473877229

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At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the life of a petty tyrant in an obscure corner of the Ottoman Empire became the stuff of legend. What propelled this cold-blooded archetype of Oriental despotism, grandly known as the Lion of Yanina and the Balkan Napoleon, into the consciousness of Western rulers and the general public? This book charts the rise of Ali Pasha from brigand leader to a player in world affairs and, ultimately, to a gruesome end.Ali exploited the internal weakness of the Ottoman Empire to carve out his own de facto empire in Albania and Western Greece. Although a ruthless tyrant guilty of cruel atrocities, his lavish court became an attraction to Western travelers, most famously Lord Byron, and his military prowess led Britain, Russia and France to seek his alliance during the Napoleonic Wars. His activities undermined the Sultans authority and ultimately led to the Greek War of Independence.Quentin and Eugenia Russell describe his remarkable life and military career as well as the legacy he bequeathed in his homeland as a nationalist hero and further afield as inspiration for writers and artists of the Romantic movement.

Author : Matthew Gajkowski
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 37,30 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN :

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Tyske hær, 2. Verdenskrig. Gruppens kamp/ taktik for infanterigruppen. I bogen gennemgås på baggrund af tyske reglementer:Gruppens organisation, gruppens kamp (generelt), gruppen i angreb, gruppen i forsvar, gruppen som forpatrulje, gruppen som forpost, gruppen som opklaringspatrulje, gruppens egenbeskyttelse mod luftangreb, gruppens forhold overfor fjendligt panser. Eksempler på gruppens taktiske uddannelse, gruppens sikring af et udgangsområde før angreb, det forberedte angreb, infiltration, gruppen som forpost i en kampstilling og gruppen i reserve. Endvidere beskrives gruppens formationer til fods og opsiddet i en pansret mandskabsvogn samt panserinfanteridelingens formationer, panserinfanterikompagniets organisation samt en række andre infanterikompagniers organisation og den tyske hærs "fælles- og kommandotegn"

Author : Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 944 pages
File Size : 26,86 MB
Release : 2007-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0313049513

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By giving rise to new ideologies that in time transformed the political structure of much of the world, the American and French Revolutions stand as two of the most important political events in global history. The American establishment of a Republican government, and the gradual expansion of democracy that ensued, altered traditional political and social thought, thus shaping the later French Revolution and creating the core ethic of later American political values. The Enlightenment ideals of the French Revolution, as later spread by the armies of Napoleon, dissolved most traditional European notions of political authority. This encyclopedia offers current, detailed information on the people, events, movements, and ideas that defined the revolutions in France and America, as well as in other parts of the world during the late eighteenth-century Age of Revolutions. Besides numerous entries on various countries of Europe whose histories were affected by the French Revolution, such as Austria, Belgium, Germany, Poland, and Russia, the many entries covering the people, events, groups, and ideologies of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France include the following: Civil Constitution of the Clergy, Georges Jacques Danton, The Directory, Guillotine, Josephine, Empress of France, Law of Suspects, The Mountain, Prairial Insurrection, Tennis Court Oath, White Terror. Besides various entries covering American colonies/states, such as Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Virginia, the numerous entries covering the figures, events, and ideologies of the American Revolution and Early Federal Period of the United States include the following: Abigail Adams, Boston Massacre, Constitutional Convention, William Franklin, Lexington and Concord, Actions at Loyalists, Massachusetts Government Act, Edmund Randolph, Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Finally, the encyclopedia offers various entries covering important revolutionary figures and movements that were active in other parts of the world during the period 1760-1815, including the following: Simon Bolivar, Dutch Revolutions, Haitian Revolution, Hispaniola, Latin American Revolutions, Mexican Revolution, Pugachev Rebellion, Toussaint l'Ouverture. Besides over 450 clearly written and highly informative entries, the encyclopedia also includes primary documents, a chronology, an extensive introductory essay, a bibliography, a guide to related topics, and a series of useful maps.

Author : baron de Saint-Pardoux
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 29,8 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :

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In 1833 Portugal began a civil war between two rival branches of the royal household. This is an account of the campaign and battles fought to resolve the crown of Portugal.

Author : Digby George Smith
Publisher : Spellmount, Limited Publishers
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 36,37 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN :

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This is an in-depth analysis of all the armies involved in the epic tragedy, part of which was originally published in 1977 to critical and public acclaim. This fuller version includes many primary historical sources never before translated into English.

Author : Frank Vincent
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,33 MB
Release : 2023-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3368839632

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.