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Author : C. Buckey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (879 download)
Download or read book Forging the Shaft of the Spear of Victory written by C. Buckey and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew Boyd
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1526736624
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book British Naval Intelligence through the Twentieth Century written by Andrew Boyd and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-30 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive account of how intelligence influenced and sustained British naval power from the mid nineteenth century, when the Admiralty first created a dedicated intelligence department, through to the end of the Cold War. It brings a critical new dimension to our understanding of British naval history in this period while setting naval intelligence in a wider context and emphasising the many parts of the British state that contributed to naval requirements. It is also a fascinating study of how naval needs and personalities shaped the British intelligence community that exists today and the concepts and values that underpin it. The author explains why and how intelligence was collected and assesses its real impact on policy and operations. It confirms that naval intelligence was critical to Britain’s survival and ultimate victory in the two World Wars but significantly reappraises its role, highlighting the importance of communications intelligence to an effective blockade in the First, and according Ultra less dominance compared to other sources in the Second. It reveals that coverage of Germany before 1914 and of the three Axis powers in the interwar period was more comprehensive and effective than previously suggested; and while British power declined rapidly after 1945, the book shows how intelligence helped the Royal Navy to remain a significant global force for the rest of the twentieth century, and in submarine warfare, especially in the second half of the Cold War, to achieve influence and impact for Britain far exceeding resources expended. This compelling new history will have wide appeal to all readers interested in intelligence and its crucial impact on naval policy and operations.
Author : Christopher Buckey
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1682475824
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (824 download)
Download or read book Genesis of the Grand Fleet written by Christopher Buckey and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genesis of the Grand Fleet: The Admiralty, Germany, and the Home Fleet, 1896-1914 tells the story of the prewar predecessor to the Royal Navy's war-winning Grand Fleet: the Home Fleet. Established in early 1907 by First Sea Lord Sir John Fisher, the Home Fleet combined an active core of powerful armored warships with a unification of the various reserve divisions of warships previously under the control of the three Royal Navy home port commands. Fisher boasted that the new Home Fleet would be able to counter the growing German Hochseeflotte. While these boasts were accurate, they were not the sole motivation behind the Home Fleet's establishment. The Liberal Party's landslide victory in the 1906 General Election made fiscal economy on the part of the Admiralty even more important than before, and this significantly influenced the Home Fleet's creation. Subsequently the Home Fleet suffered a sustained campaign of criticism by the commander-in-chief of the Channel Fleet, Lord Charles Beresford. This campaign ruined many careers including Beresford's and resulted in the assimilation of the Channel Fleet into the Home Fleet in 1909. From 1910 onward the Home Fleet steadily evolved and became the most important single command in the Royal Navy, and the Home Fleet's successive commanders-in-chief had influence on strategic policy rivaled only by the Board of Admiralty. The last prewar commander of the Home Fleet, Admiral Sir George Callaghan achieved this influence by impressing the civilian head of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill. A driven reformer, Churchill's influence was almost as important as Fisher's. Against this backdrop of political drama, Genesis of the Grand Fleet: The Admiralty, Germany, and the Home Fleet, 1896-1914 explains how Britain maintained its maritime preeminence in the early twentieth century. As Christopher Buckey describes, the fleet sustained Britain and her allies' path to victory in World War I.
Author : Dennis Haslop
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351264184
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)
Download or read book Early Naval Air Power written by Dennis Haslop and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-03 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the British and German approach to naval air power, describing the creation and development of the two naval air service organizations and doctrine. This work provides new insights as to how two naval air services were influenced by internal and political interventions, and how each was integrated into the organizational structures of the Royal Navy and the Kaiserlichemarine (KM). Both the Admiralty and the KM made substantial alterations to their organizations and doctrine in the process. Principal air doctrines employed are examined chronologically and the application of operational doctrine is described. While they adopted similar air doctrines, there were differences in operational doctrine, which they addressed according to their different requirements. This book is a comparative study about the development of organization and air power doctrine in the RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) and the IGNAS (Imperial German Naval Air Service). It investigates public and political interventions and early concepts of air power, placing into context the factors which contributed to how naval theorists came to think about the best means of controlling its working medium, air space. Ultimately, it examines the similarities, and differences, between the RNAS and IGNAS understanding of naval air power, within the broader strategic and theoretical framework of their parent organizations. This book will be of great interest to students of air power, naval power, military history, strategic studies and IR in general.
Author : Matthew S. Seligmann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317023250
Total Pages : 779 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Naval Route to the Abyss written by Matthew S. Seligmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 779 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intense rivalry in battleship building that took place between Britain and Germany in the run up to the First World War is seen by many as the most totemic of all armaments races. Blamed by numerous commentators during the inter-war years as a major cause of the Great War, it has become emblematic of all that is wrong with international competitions in military strength. Yet, despite this notoriety, ’the Great Naval Race’ has not received the attention that this elevated status would merit and it has never been examined from the viewpoint of both of its participants simultaneously and equally. This volume, which contains a comprehensive survey of the existing scholarship on this topic, both English-language and German, as well as important primary source materials from a range of archives in both Britain and Germany, fills this gap. By putting the actions of the British Admiralty side-by-side with those of its German counterparts, it enables the naval race to be viewed comparatively and thereby facilitates an understanding of how the two parties to this conflict interacted. By offering a comprehensive range of German documents in both their original text and in English translation, the book makes the German role in this conflict accessible to an English speaking audience for the first time. As such, it is an essential volume for any serious student of naval policy in the pre-First World War era.
Author : Frank Nägler
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1472440951
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (724 download)
Download or read book The Naval Route to the Abyss written by Frank Nägler and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anglo-German rivalry in battleship building at the beginning of the twentieth century has been blamed by many as a major cause of the First World War, yet ‘the Great Naval Race’ has not received the attention that its notoriety would merit. This volume facilitates an understanding of how the two parties interacted by providing a comprehensive survey of existing scholarship, as well as important primary sources from a range of archives. By offering German documents in their original text and in English translation, this book makes the German role in this conflict accessible to English speakers for the first time.
Author : Paul Rhys Mountfort
Publisher : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
ISBN 13 : 9780892819195
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (191 download)
Download or read book Ogam: The Celtic Oracle of the Trees written by Paul Rhys Mountfort and published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and practical guide to the ancient oracle is based on the alphabet of the Druids. It provides an historical background and bibliographic references to the Druidic mythology ruling this 1,500-year-old oracle.
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Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (312 download)
Download or read book Publications of the Navy Records Society written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Trevor Ravenscroft
Publisher : Weiser Books
ISBN 13 : 9780877285472
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (854 download)
Download or read book Spear of Destiny written by Trevor Ravenscroft and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 1982-06-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the legendary spear which pierced the side of Christ which has been invested with occult powers. It tells the story of the chain of men who possessed the spear, from Herod to Adolf Hitler, and how they sought to change the face of history by wielding its good and evil powers.
Author : Tim Rose
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1491811382
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (918 download)
Download or read book The Forging written by Tim Rose and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The magician, Kod Hawklight, fears his use of enchantments will be greatly handicapped after the loss of one of his fingers. However, after he is summoned to heal three travelers, Kod discovers that one of them, the dwarf Olan Stronghelm, is carrying a map that reveals the location of an ancient stronghold. Along with the mysterious thief, Brehana Songsteel, and the fierce half-orc, Smunt, they follow the map through untamed forests, battling many obstacles along the way. If they survive the perils of the forest, will they find the lost city, and whatever treasure might still remain within?
Author : Josh Vogt
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 076538731X
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (653 download)
Download or read book Pathfinder Tales: Forge of Ashes written by Josh Vogt and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A decade ago, the dwarf warrior Akina left her home in the Five Kings Mountains to fight in the Goblinblood Wars. Now, at long last, she's returning home, accompanied by Ondorum, a silent companion of living stone. But once you've traveled the world, can pastoral pastimes and small-town suitors ever be truly satisfying? Adding to Akina's growing discomfort is the fact that her father has disappeared into the endless caverns beneath the city. In an effort to save him, Akina and Ondorum must venture below the surface themselves - and into a danger greater than they could ever have imagined! From bold, new voice Josh Vogt comes a fantastic adventure of subterranean battle and the bonds of friendship, set in the award-winning world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Michael Scott Rohan
Publisher : Gateway
ISBN 13 : 0575092238
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)
Download or read book The Forge in the Forest written by Michael Scott Rohan and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2012-11-05 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The siege of Kerbryhaine had been raised, the Ekwesh hordes vanquished, the Mastersmith slain. But for Alv - now Elof the Smith - the war was not yet won: Kerbryhaine was still a divided city; the Ekwesh, bloodily defeated, would look for revenge; and the Ice, implacably malevolent, continued its inexorable march southward. So from divided Kerbryhaine Elof, Kermorvan and his companions mounted an expedition to the legendary lost cities of the East; if they managed to reunite the war-torn tribes, perhaps they could stand together against the menace of the Ice. But to Elof and Kermorvan the journey would also bring knowledge: of the Powers ranged for and against them; and the secrets within themselves waiting to be revealed - secrets that would play a part in the war yet to come.
Author : Ron Lock
Publisher : Frontline Books
ISBN 13 : 1473876834
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Zulu Victory written by Ron Lock and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A densely detailed account of the 1879 Zulu defeat of the British . . . portrays a complex and interesting segment of British/African history.”—Library Journal The battle of Isandlwana—a great Zulu victory—was one of the worst defeats ever to befall a British Army. At noon on 22 January 1879, a British camp, garrisoned by over 1700 troops, was attacked and overwhelmed by 20,000 Zulu warriors. The defeat of the British, armed with the most modern weaponry of the day, caused disbelief and outrage throughout Queen Victoria's England. The obvious culprit for the blunder was Lieutenant General Lord Chelmsford, the defeated commander. Appearing to respond to the outcry, he ordered a court of inquiry. But there followed a carefully conducted cover-up in which Chelmsford found a scapegoat in the dead—most notably, in Colonel Anthony Durnford. Using source material ranging from the Royal Windsor Archives to the oral history passed down to the present Zulu inhabitants of Isandlwana, this gripping history exposes the full extent of the blunders of this famous battle and the scandal that followed. It also gives full credit to the masterful tactics of the 20,000 strong Zulu force and to Ntshingwayo kaMahole, for the way in which he comprehensively out-generalled Chelmsford. This is an illuminating account of one of the most embarrassing episodes in British military history and of a spectacular Zulu victory. The authors superbly weave the excitement of the battle, the British mistakes, the brilliant Zulu tactics and the shameful cover up into an exhilarating and tragic tale. “A must for anyone interested in the Zulu War. Highly recommended.”—British Army Review
Author : Josh Clark
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 1250268516
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Stuff You Should Know written by Josh Clark and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the duo behind the massively successful and award-winning podcast Stuff You Should Know comes an unexpected look at things you thought you knew. Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant started the podcast Stuff You Should Know back in 2008 because they were curious—curious about the world around them, curious about what they might have missed in their formal educations, and curious to dig deeper on stuff they thought they understood. As it turns out, they aren't the only curious ones. They've since amassed a rabid fan base, making Stuff You Should Know one of the most popular podcasts in the world. Armed with their inquisitive natures and a passion for sharing, they uncover the weird, fascinating, delightful, or unexpected elements of a wide variety of topics. The pair have now taken their near-boundless "whys" and "hows" from your earbuds to the pages of a book for the first time—featuring a completely new array of subjects that they’ve long wondered about and wanted to explore. Each chapter is further embellished with snappy visual material to allow for rabbit-hole tangents and digressions—including charts, illustrations, sidebars, and footnotes. Follow along as the two dig into the underlying stories of everything from the origin of Murphy beds, to the history of facial hair, to the psychology of being lost. Have you ever wondered about the world around you, and wished to see the magic in everyday things? Come get curious with Stuff You Should Know. With Josh and Chuck as your guide, there’s something interesting about everything (...except maybe jackhammers).
Author : Adam Alexander Haviaras
Publisher : Adam Alexander Haviaras
ISBN 13 : 1988309662
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Mythologia written by Adam Alexander Haviaras and published by Adam Alexander Haviaras. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long ago, when gods and heroes walked the earth in triumph and tragedy, true love and epic deeds were set among the stars... For thousands of years, the stories of gods, goddesses and heroes in Greek Mythology have entertained, inspired and enlightened mortals. This rich storytelling tradition has continued from one generation to the next, the stories retold over and over again in the hopes that they will drive us to better ourselves, and to remind us that there is still magic and wonder in the world. They teach us that life can be beautiful and terrible, exhilarating and fleeting. In this First Omnibus Edition of the Mythologia series, readers will escape into unique retellings of the poignant and epic myths of Phaethon, Pelops and Hippodameia, and of Orpheus and Eurydice. In this collection, best-selling and award-winning author and historian, Adam Alexander Haviaras, combines in-depth research and unparalleled imagination in bringing these ancient Greek myths to vivid life for readers of all ages. Step back in time for an epic journey you will never forget. If you enjoy books by Natalie Haynes, Madeline Miller, and Jennifer Saint, then you will love the Mythologia historical fantasy series! Read this collection of books today and return to a time of true love and epic deeds when gods and heroes roamed the earth.
Author : Franklin P. Patterson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (15 download)
Download or read book The Leit-motives of Der Ring Des Nibelungen written by Franklin P. Patterson and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Adam Alexander Haviaras
Publisher : Adam Alexander Haviaras
ISBN 13 : 1988309441
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Wheels of Fate written by Adam Alexander Haviaras and published by Adam Alexander Haviaras. This book was released on 2021-05-17 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long ago, when gods and heroes walked the earth in triumph and tragedy, true love and epic deeds were set among the stars... The Gods do not take kindly to sins committed against Olympus. When Tantalus, King of Lydia, commits an unthinkable act, his world is destroyed by Zeus. From the detritus of his father’s kingdom, young Pelops is rescued by the Gods, taken away to safety and healing. But not all sanctuaries are meant to hold heroes. Grown to manhood in the halls of the Gods, Pelops hears his destiny calling. Meanwhile, in the long-suffering kingdom of Elis, all live in fear of Oinomaos, the hate-filled son of Ares, who keeps his only daughter, Hippodameia, from the world. Many heroes come forward to win the the hand of the strong-willed princess, and all meet death at the tip of her father’s spear. That is, until a new hero emerges... With the Gods’ help, and a heart filled with courage, Pelops steps out of obscurity to challenge Oinomaos and risk all for Hippodameia and the call of his fate. Will Pelops survive the trials to come? Will his choices help him to seize his destiny and create a new world of hope and beauty? The fate of all rests on the outcome of a single race that will go down in history and legend. Wheels of Fate is an epic retelling of the story of Pelops and Hippodameia from Greek mythology, one of the founding myths of the Olympic Games. It is the second book in the Mythologia fantasy series by best-selling and award-winning author and historian, Adam Alexander Haviaras. If you enjoy books by Madeline Miller, Stephen Fry, Natalie Haynes or Jennifer Saint then you will love the Mythologia series. Read Wheels of Fate today and embark on an epic adventure with the Gods and Heroes of ancient Greece!
