This book is the first to give a comprehensive and detailed overview of the complete geography of Slovenia in English. Only very few countries, even considerably larger ones, can boast the landscape diversity found in Slovenia since the Alps, the Pannonian Basin, the Dinaric Alp…
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Proporcionado por el editor: "Conflict Landscapes explores the long under-acknowledged and under-investigated aspects of where and how modern conflict landscapes interact and conjoin with pre-twentieth century places, activities, and beliefs, as well as with individuals and grou…
"Conflict Landscapes explores the long under-acknowledged and under-investigated aspects of where and how modern conflict landscapes interact and conjoin with pre-twentieth century places, activities, and beliefs, as well as with individuals and groups. Investigating and underst…
"Conflict Landscapes explores the long under-acknowledged and under-investigated aspects of where and how modern conflict landscapes interact and conjoin with pre-twentieth century places, activities, and beliefs, as well as with individuals and groups. Investigating and underst…
Forts Henry and Donelson -- The Confederacy strikes back -- The presidents take a hand -- From deadlock to decision -- From Tullahoma to Missionary Ridge -- Winter interlude, 1864 -- The Atlanta campaign -- To Durham Station
"The verdict is in: the Civil War was won in the West--that is, in the nation's heartland, between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. Yet, a person who follows the literature on the war might still think that it was the conflict in Virginia that ultimately deci…
Presenting the case for the decisiveness of the Civil War's western theater, Woodworth provides a fast-paced overview of the conflict between the Appalachians and the Mississippi.
Cities have evolved from small urban systems designed to withstand attack from without. The demands of the modern city have shifted the focus to the dangers of internal violence. War and the City analyses the role of cities in war and the effects of war on cities.
Cities have evolved from small urban systems designed to withstand attack to the modern demands of internal violence. This book analyses the role of the cities in war and the effects of war on cities.
Analyzes many puzzling aspects of the Civil War, from its mismatched sides to the absence of decisive outcomes for dozens of skirmishes, and offers insight into the war's psychology, ideology, and economics while discussing the pivotal roles of leadership and geography
North and South divide -- Will there be a war? -- Improvised armies -- Running the war -- The military geography of the Civil War -- The life of the soldier -- Plans -- Mcclellan takes command -- The war in middle America -- Lee's war in the East, Grant's war in the West -- Chan…
