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Marshal Joffre

Author : André Bourachot
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473838266
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Marshal Joffre written by André Bourachot and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A century ago General Joffre, as Chief of the French General Staff, led the armies that blocked the German invasion at the First Battle of the Marne. He saved Paris from occupation and France from probable defeat. His calm demeanour when faced with a disaster, his ruthless dismissal of incompetent subordinates, and his skilled redeployment of his forces contributed to a historic victory. At the time many saw him as the saviour of the nation, but what should we make of him now? For Joffre contributed to the failures of the French army and its strategy before the war and during the first battles of 1914. Also his conduct of the war after the Marne futile offensives that cost thousands of lives and gained no ground, followed by near defeat at Verdun - undermined his position and led to his dismissal.Although he remained immensely popular in France, his reputation has been under a cloud ever since, and he has been overshadowed by the French generals - Ptain and especially Foch - who commanded the French army at the time of the final victory over Germany.Andr Bourachot, in this lucid and highly readable study of Joffre's career, focuses on his performance during the opening phase of the Great War. He offers a fresh and carefully considered view of the man and the soldier.

Napoleon's Marshals

Author : R. F. Delderfield
Publisher : Cooper Square Press
ISBN 13 : 1461661196
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Napoleon's Marshals written by R. F. Delderfield and published by Cooper Square Press. This book was released on 2002-03-04 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The masterful saga of Bonaparte's twenty-six military Marshals by Napoleonic authority Delderfield is set against the dramatic backdrop of the French Revolution, Napoleon's rise and his conquests, and the restoration of the Bourbon monarchs.

Three Marshals of France

Author : Anthony Clayton
Publisher : Brassey's
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Three Marshals of France written by Anthony Clayton and published by Brassey's. This book was released on 1992 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Three Marshals of France is a biography of Alphonse Juin, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny and Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque--three outstanding French commanders all created Marshal by the Fourth Republic after successful campaigns in the Second World War and important commands in the post-war years." "Set against the backdrop of a fragile empire stretching from the Maghreb to Indochina, it is also the history of a whole generation of Frenchmen traumatised by the debacle of May-June 1940 and divided by allegiance to Petain or de Gaulle. Anthony Clayton's examination of the passion displayed in the Marshals highlights the tensions and divisions of a nation during these troubled years, providing at the same time a captivating story of three truly charismatic men." "Each a special mixture of Cartesian rationality, firm Christian beliefs and volatile emotions, their complex characters at times proved unfathomable to the Allied commanders who fought alongside them. Yet their reckless courage and great generosity endeared them both to their fellow generals and the men in their command." "These powerful personalities do not, however, in any way dilute what is also an illuminating study of the general's art. All three, to some extent, followed Marshal Lyautey's philosophy that the officer's role extended beyond simple tactical ability to much wider social and national responsibilities for the moral and physical welfare of the troops below him; all three followed Foch's closely reasoned and pragmatic approach to problem solving with its emphasis on imagination." "A welcome corrective to the Anglo-American bias that has played down the contribution of the French forces in the Second World War, Three Marshals of France is a compelling tale of three remarkable men and their pivotal role in the rebirth of a nation."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Napoleon's Marshals

Author : R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Napoleon's Marshals written by R. P. Dunn-Pattison and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Napoleon's Marshals" by R. P. Dunn-Pattison. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Napoleon's Marshals

Author : Ronald Frederick Delderfield
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0812860551
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book Napoleon's Marshals written by Ronald Frederick Delderfield and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1966 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This masterful saga of Bonaparte's 26 military marshals is set against the brutal and dramatic backdrop of the French Revolution; Napoleon's rise to power, conquests, and fall; and the Bourbon restoration. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

The Bravest of the Brave, Michel Ney

Author : Andrew Hilliard Atteridge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Bravest of the Brave, Michel Ney written by Andrew Hilliard Atteridge and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Marshal of France

Author : Jon Manchip White
Publisher : London : Hamish Hamilton
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Marshal of France written by Jon Manchip White and published by London : Hamish Hamilton. This book was released on 1962 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Døbt navnet Moritz, som illigitim søn af Aurora af Königsmarck og August den Stærke, kurfyrste af Sachsen og konge af Polen, tog han tidligt navnet Maurice de Saxe. Blev ansat under den franske konge Louis XV, hvor han hurtigt forfremmedes til marskal og var den ansvarlige for, at Frankrig vandt de mange slag i den periode. Forfatteren fortæller en hel del om bastioner, glacis, barbetter og paralleller m.v., mere end om de slag marskallen førte. Bogen er skrevet i romanform.

Turenne, Marshal of France

Author : Maxime Weygand
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Turenne, Marshal of France written by Maxime Weygand and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Joachim Murat

Author : Andrew Hilliard Atteridge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Joachim Murat written by Andrew Hilliard Atteridge and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Marshal Ney

Author : A. H. Atteridge
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 178340213X
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book Marshal Ney written by A. H. Atteridge and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2005-09-19 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stirring biography of the fiery marshal who led Napoleon’s forces—from his swift rise to fame to his tragic fall from grace and death by firing squad. A.H. Atteridge’s biography of Michel Ney, Napoleon’s most famous marshal, is a classic work of its kind. He describes Ney’s meteoric career in vivid detail, from his enlistment as a hussar in the army of Louis XVI, his rapid promotion through the ranks of the revolutionary armies and his long service under Napoleon. Ney’s pugnacious character and his capacity for inspiring leadership come across strongly in innumerable actions across 25 years of almost constant warfare. Particularly striking are the author’s accounts of Ney’s contribution to Napoleon’s most famous campaigns—Ulm and Austerlitz, Jena, Eylau and Friedland and the catastrophic march on Moscow. Ney’s last battle, Waterloo, and his subsequent execution by the returning Bourbons form the last chapter of this fascinating story.

Marshal Pétain

Author : Richard Griffiths
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571279090
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Marshal Pétain written by Richard Griffiths and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-05-19 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marshal Philippe Pétain was, in the words of historian Andrew Roberts, 'the most controversial Frenchman of the twentieth century.' A truly distinguished soldier who rose from humble origins, he commanded French forces at Verdun in 1916 and became a national hero. But though by 1940 he had become French Deputy Prime Minister his political abilities were meagre. And after France fell to the Nazis it was Pétain who signed the armistice and, from the spa town of Vichy, ruled over the Etat Francais Hitler had left him. Richard Griffiths tells this sorry story in outstanding detail, all the way to Pétain's ignominious end, and not stinting to show his culpability in the Vichy persecution of French Jews and its suppression of the internal Resistance. 'Petain, utterly obscure until the age of 58, was hurled to fame by his defence of Verdun in 1916. This saved his country's bacon (he would say her honour) at a crisis point of the Great War. Thereafter he became an almost monarchical figure, more revered than any living Frenchman, even after the disaster of 1940. But then, as head of the puppet Vichy government, he slid into ignominy after failing to square honour with military humiliation. Griffiths's durable biography... paints not a devil but a courageous, misguided man with a hole where others keep their political acumen.' Robin Blake, Independent

The Bravest of the Brave

Author : A. Hilliard Atteridge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780857069337
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (693 download)

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Download or read book The Bravest of the Brave written by A. Hilliard Atteridge and published by . This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of one of the most notable of Napoleon's marshals There are few students of the Napoleonic epoch who require much introduction to the character of Marshal Ney. In an empire of many courageous men who would stand at the emperor's side, Ney was one of the most charismatic and outstanding. Though he rose to the highest rank, he ever had the sensibilities of a cavalryman and with his raw courage, blunt manner, ruddy complexion and habit of exposing himself to the heart of the action he justifiably earned his sobriquet, 'the Bravest of the Brave.' As with most of the soldiers who were closest to Napoleon, Ney was present on many fields of conflict throughout the period of the Napoleonic Wars, but it is perhaps telling that for many it is the image of Ney standing in the snows of the disastrous retreat from Moscow, among the very last men of the rearguard fending off the harassing Cossacks, that resonates in the mind. Ney it was too who continually hurled himself among the futile waves of massed cavalry as they tried to sweep Wellington's infantry of the ridge at Waterloo. And it was Ney, of course, perhaps finally a victim of his own reckless impulses, who faced the firing squad for his volte face and support for Napoleon during the fateful 'Hundred Days.' This biography by Atteridge is a well regarded classic and an essential addition to any library of the Napoleonic era. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.

The Economic Doctrines of Karl Marx

Author : Karl Kautsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Economic Doctrines of Karl Marx written by Karl Kautsky and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ney

Author : Antoine Bulos
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781846776632
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Ney written by Antoine Bulos and published by . This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume two of Ney's early career The second volume of Bulos' account of Marshal Ney's early career is Ney: Marshal of France. It picks up the story in 1799 and concludes in 1805. Ney's star is rising and he is more and more coming to the attention of the First Consul, Napoleon Bonaparte. This volume covers the battle of Hohenlinden, his administration of Switzerland before turning to the camp at Boulogne and the preparations for the invasion of England and the subsequent campaign leading to victory at Ulm. These essential volumes for those interested in the Napoleonic epoch are available in soft back and hard cover with dust jacket for collectors.

The French MacDonald

Author : Etienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald (duc de Tarente)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781907443015
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The French MacDonald written by Etienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald (duc de Tarente) and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the 1825 travel diary of Marshal MacDonald, recording his visit to Scotland and the Islands.

Marshal of France

Author : Max Weygand
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (852 download)

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Download or read book Marshal of France written by Max Weygand and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Certain Idea of France

Author : Julian Jackson
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 1846143527
Total Pages : 866 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (461 download)

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Download or read book A Certain Idea of France written by Julian Jackson and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2018-06-18 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR, FINANCIAL TIMES, TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Masterly ... awesome reading ... an outstanding biography' Max Hastings, Sunday Times The definitive biography of the greatest French statesman of modern times In six weeks in the early summer of 1940, France was over-run by German troops and quickly surrendered. The French government of Marshal Pétain sued for peace and signed an armistice. One little-known junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England. On 18 June he spoke to his compatriots over the BBC, urging them to rally to him in London. 'Whatever happens, the flame of French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished.' At that moment, Charles de Gaulle entered into history. For the rest of the war, de Gaulle frequently bit the hand that fed him. He insisted on being treated as the true embodiment of France, and quarrelled violently with Churchill and Roosevelt. He was prickly, stubborn, aloof and self-contained. But through sheer force of personality and bloody-mindedness he managed to have France recognised as one of the victorious Allies, occupying its own zone in defeated Germany. For ten years after 1958 he was President of France's Fifth Republic, which he created and which endures to this day. His pursuit of 'a certain idea of France' challenged American hegemony, took France out of NATO and twice vetoed British entry into the European Community. His controversial decolonization of Algeria brought France to the brink of civil war and provoked several assassination attempts. Julian Jackson's magnificent biography reveals this the life of this titanic figure as never before. It draws on a vast range of published and unpublished memoirs and documents - including the recently opened de Gaulle archives - to show how de Gaulle achieved so much during the War when his resources were so astonishingly few, and how, as President, he put a medium-rank power at the centre of world affairs. No previous biography has depicted his paradoxes so vividly. Much of French politics since his death has been about his legacy, and he remains by far the greatest French leader since Napoleon.