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Author : Austin Willard Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book War's Folly and Futility written by Austin Willard Wright and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donald E. Schmidt
Publisher : Algora Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0875863841
Total Pages : 770 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (758 download)
Download or read book The Folly of War written by Donald E. Schmidt and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Folly of War is a hard-hitting, critical analysis of American wars in the 20th century that set a pattern for the early 21st century. Drawing on a wide rage of sources and rigorously marshaling the facts, the book concludes that these wars have been futile, unnecessary and foolish. Rejecting the Left's contention that American foreign policy has been driven by greedy corporate interests, the author starts from the premise that average Americans have supported these wars out of a will to do good" but have failed in that aim, and in the process done much harm. This is a disturbing book that raises questions about how we go to war, how we fight wars, and how we eventually lose wars. Many Americans viewed the military defeat in Vietnam as an aberration, interrupting a string of foreign military successes. This book sees that tragedy as part of a line of politically reckless engagements. Driven by a proud self assurance that is often termed American exceptionalism, the nation arms itself to the teeth and intrudes into every region, pacing on a treadmill of perpetual war to achieve perpetual peace. Writing Chapter 13, "The War on Terror - The Contrived War" in 2003, just as the Bush administration was making its fateful decision to invade Iraq, Schmidt concluded at that time that the discussion among the principals (Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Powell, etc.) was stacked with faulty information and the decision was made on an emotional level rather than a rational one. Further, he predicted that nothing good would come of the Iraq venture -- unfortunately that assessment was correct. One of the officials in the Bush White House who participated in the pre-war discussions, admitted the attack was irrational: "The only reason we went into Iraq is we were looking for somebody's ass to kick ... Afghanistan was too easy." (Days of Fire - Bush and Cheney in the White House, by Peter Baker, p 191, Doubleday, 2013). At the end of seven major wars and after one million American soldiers have been killed, we are no closer to the perfect security we seek.
Author : George Cary Eggleston
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Download or read book The History of the Confederate War written by George Cary Eggleston and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct is a two volume historical work by George Eggleston, American author who served as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War, which took place from 1861 to 1865 between northern United States and southern United States. Eggleston divided the work in two parts, dealing firstly with the causes of war, and then with its conduct, sharing his own experiences, but also providing a critical look from his standpoint of a Confederate soldier.
Author : George Cary Eggleston
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465528954
Total Pages : 830 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)
Download or read book The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct: A Narrative and Critical History (Complete) written by George Cary Eggleston and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The war of 1861–65 was in fact a revolution. Had the South succeeded in the purposes with which that war was undertaken it would have divided the American Republic into two separate and independent confederations of states, the Union and the Southern Confederacy. The North having succeeded, no such division was accomplished, but none the less was a revolution wrought as has been suggested in the introductory chapter of this work. Familiarly, and by way of convenience, we are accustomed to call this "The Civil war," in contra-distinction from those other wars in which the American power has been arrayed against that of foreign nations. But the term "Civil war," as thus applied, is neither accurate nor justly descriptive. In all that is essential to definition this was a public and not a civil war and it is necessary to a just understanding of the struggle and its outcome to bear this fact in mind. Otherwise the entire attitude and conduct of the Federal government toward its antagonist must be inexplicable, inconsistent and wanting in dignity. The Southern States asserted and undertook to maintain by a resolute appeal to arms, their right to an independent place among the nations of the earth. In the end they failed in that endeavor. But while the conflict lasted they so far maintained their contention as to win from their adversary a sufficient recognition of their attitude to serve all the purposes of public rather than civil war. They instituted and maintained a government, with a legislature, an executive, a judiciary, a department of state, an army, a navy, a treasury, and all the rest of the things that independent nations set up as the official equipment of their national housekeeping. Not only did foreign powers recognize their right to make war, not as rebels but as legitimate belligerents entitled to all the consideration that the laws of civilized war guarantee to nations, but the United States government itself made similar recognition of the South's status as a power possessed of the right to make war.
Author : George Cary Eggleston
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct (Vol.1&2) written by George Cary Eggleston and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-13 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Cary Eggleston's 'The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct' is a meticulously researched and comprehensive two-volume book that delves into the complex historical context surrounding the American Civil War. The author skillfully navigates through the political, social, and economic factors that led to the conflict, providing readers with a nuanced understanding of the events that transpired. Eggleston's writing style is clear and engaging, making this scholarly work accessible to a wide audience interested in Civil War history. The detailed accounts of battles and military strategies offer a glimpse into the wartime experiences of both the Union and Confederate forces. This book is a valuable resource for anyone seeking to deepen their knowledge of this pivotal period in American history. George Cary Eggleston's background as a journalist and historian lends credibility to his authoritative account of the Confederate War, making this a must-read for history enthusiasts and academics alike.
Author : George Eggleston
Publisher : Litres
ISBN 13 : 5040564007
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)
Download or read book The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct. Volume 1 of 2 written by George Eggleston and published by Litres. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Cary Eggleston
Publisher : STURGIS & WALTON COMPANY
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, Vol.1 (of 2) written by George Cary Eggleston and published by STURGIS & WALTON COMPANY. This book was released on with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the years from 1861 to 1865, one of the greatest wars in all history was fought in this country. There were in all three million three hundred and seventy-eight thousand men engaged in the fighting of it. There are not that many men in all the regular standing armies of Europe combined, even if we include the unpaid hordes of Turkey and the military myriads of the armed camp known to geography as Russia. The actual fighting field of this war of ours was larger than the whole of western Europe, and all of it was trampled over and fought over by great armies. The men killed or mortally wounded in our war numbered on the Northern side alone 110,000. The total number of deaths resulting from military operations on the Northern side alone was 350,000. The figures for the Southern side are not accessible, owing to the loss of records. But as the fighting was equally determined on both sides, and as other conditions were substantially equal, it is certain that the losses of life were relatively about the same on both sides. It is well within the facts, therefore, to say that this war of ours directly caused the death of more than half a million men. No other war in modern history has cost so many lives or half so many. We hear much of our recent war with Spain. Let us take it as a basis of comparison. The total number of men even nominally called into the field in that war was less by nearly two to one than the deaths alone during the Confederate war. The number of men who were actually engaged in the Spanish war numbered only about one tenth as many as those who were buried as victims of the Confederate war's battle fields. Again, the total number of men killed and wounded during the Spanish war—including every man who was touched by a bullet or scratched by a sword or bayonet thrust or hurt by a splinter at sea—was only two hundred sixty-eight. That is fewer than the number who were stricken in each of many before-breakfast skirmishes of the Confederate war, some of which were deemed too insignificant to be reported to headquarters with precision. Looking for higher standards of comparison, we find that 43,449 men fell killed or wounded at Gettysburg alone. That is almost double the loss of the allied forces at Waterloo and probably equal to the total losses on both sides at that greatest and most decisive of European battles. There were more than a dozen other battles of the Confederate war which in slaughter fairly deserved comparison with Waterloo. These included the Seven Days' battle before Richmond, and the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Antietam, Shiloh, Chickamauga, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, the Second Manassas (or Bull Run), Stone River, Petersburg, Franklin, Lookout Mountain, Nashville and several others. Still another measure of the magnitude of a war is its duration. It is duration indeed that chiefly determines the amount of human suffering caused by a war, especially to the women and children who are war's chief victims. Measured by this test of duration the Confederate war exceeded all other recent conflicts in the magnitude of the suffering it inflicted. Its first gun was fired at Fort Sumter in April, 1861: its last armed conflict did not occur until May, 1865. Thus for four years and a month the war endured. The Crimean war—one of the longest of nineteenth century conflicts—endured for less than half that length of time and the actual fighting of it lasted less than one fourth as long. The duration of the Confederate war was seven times as great as that of the stupendous Franco-Prussian conflict of 1870, which overthrew the second Napoleonic empire, consolidated Germany and made the republic an enduring fact in France. It was twenty-four times as long as that of the French-Austrian war, which set Italy free, or as the War of 1866 between Austria and Prussia which laid the foundations of the present German empire...
Author : Austin Willard Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book War's Folly and Futility written by Austin Willard Wright and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Austin Willard Wright
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781022242838
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (428 download)
Download or read book War's Folly and Futility written by Austin Willard Wright and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a critical analysis of war and the factors that lead nations into armed conflict. The author argues that war is a futile and wasteful endeavor that results in the loss of human lives and resources. The book examines the political, economic, and cultural factors that contribute to war and suggests alternatives to resolve international conflicts. The book is a valuable resource for peace advocates, policymakers, and scholars of international relations. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : George Cary Eggleston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The History of the Confederate War written by George Cary Eggleston and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745655262
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)
Download or read book War in the Nineteenth Century written by Jeremy Black and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-26 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an accessible and up-to-date account of the rich military history of the nineteenth century. It takes a fresh approach, making novel links with conflict and coercion, and moving away from teleological emphases. Naval developments and warfare are included, as are social and cultural dimensions of military activity. Leading military historian Jeremy Black offers the reader a twenty-first century approach to this period, particularly through his focus on the dynamic drive provided by different forms of military goals, or "tasking". This allows echoes with modern warfare to come to the fore and provides a fuller understanding of a period sometimes considered solely as background to the total war of 1914-45. Alongside state-to-state warfare and the move toward "total war", Black's emphasis on different military goals gives due weight to trans-oceanic conflict at the expense of non-Europeans. Irregular, internal and asymmetric war are all considered, ranging from local insurgencies to imperial expeditions, and provide a deliberate shift from Western-centricity. At the very cutting edge of its field, this book is a must read for all students and scholars of military history and its related disciplines.
Author : Daniel Akande
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The Folly of Unbelief written by Daniel Akande and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-08-25 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The fool says in his heart, "There is no God""-Psalms 14:1 "Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made foolish the wisdom of the world?-1 Corinthians 1:20 Is the Bible engaging in name-calling? Definitely not! The Bible refers to the "fool" as someone who is morally deficient, dense, and refuses to accept the truth. The unbeliever is foolish because he rejects God's Word. The wisdom of the world is foolish because God has made it so. This foolishness is not only moral or religious, but intellectual as well! Without God, man is utterly lost both morally and philosophically! This is because all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Christ! (Colossians 2:3) The Folly of Unbelief presents the strongest possible defense of Christian belief. Going on the offensive, it shows that all forms of unbelieving thought end up in intellectual and philosophical foolishness! The unbeliever has no place to stand intellectually in his war against the Christian faith. The Folly of Unbelief explores and illustrates the various philosophical failures of unbelieving thought. It is the Christian worldview alone, based on God's Word, that can guarantee the coherence of all human experience! Therefore all the unbeliever's attempts to argue against Christianity are futile. The failures of unbelieving systems of thought are presented in a fashion that is easy to understand and a clear style that can be followed by anyone regardless of their philosophical training. Only the Christian faith is rational and defensible, all contrary systems end in foolishness and futility of thought! The Folly of Unbelief is a philosophical expression of a fundamental Christian truth. GRAB YOUR COPY TODAY!
Author : Austin Willard 1847 Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781372466663
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)
Download or read book WARS FOLLY & FUTILITY written by Austin Willard 1847 Wright and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Samuel Daniel Schmalhausen
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Humanizing Education written by Samuel Daniel Schmalhausen and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 550 pages
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Download or read book Mind and Body written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George W. Horn
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
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Download or read book God's Battle for Democracy written by George W. Horn and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Loukides
Publisher : Popular Press
ISBN 13 : 9780879727017
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (27 download)
Download or read book Beyond the Stars: Themes and ideologies in American popular film written by Paul Loukides and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third of five volumes of new scholarship on American movie conventions. The 19 essays explore cinematic representations of such material items as food, weapons, clothing, tools, technology, and art and literature. Not illustrated. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $13.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
