Three Victories and a Defeat - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Three Victories and a Defeat write by Brendan Simms. This book was released on 2008-12-09. Three Victories and a Defeat available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Follows the British House of Hanover from its rise based on strong relationships with European powers to its fall due to the political damge of the American Revolution.
Three Victories and a Defeat
Three Victories and a Defeat - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Three Victories and a Defeat write by Brendan Simms. This book was released on 2008-12-09. Three Victories and a Defeat available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the eighteenth century, Britain became a world superpower through a series of sensational military strikes. Traditionally, the Royal Navy has been seen as Britain's key weapon, but in Three Victories and a Defeat Brendan Simms argues that Britain's true strength lay with the German aristocrats who ruled it at the time. The House of Hanover superbly managed a complex series of European alliances that enabled Britain to keep the continental balance of power in check while dramatically expanding her own empire. These alliances sustained the nation through the War of the Spanish Succession, the War of the Austrian Succession, and the Seven Years' War. But in 1776, Britain lost the American continent by alienating her European allies. An extraordinary reinterpretation of British and American history, Three Victories and a Defeat is a masterwork by a rising star of the historical profession.
Three Victories and a Defeat
Three Victories and a Defeat - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Three Victories and a Defeat write by Brendan Simms. This book was released on 2007. Three Victories and a Defeat available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Never Call Retreat
Never Call Retreat - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Never Call Retreat write by Newt Gingrich. This book was released on 2010-04-01. Never Call Retreat available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. New York Times bestselling authors Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen conclude their inventive trilogy with Never Call Retreat, a remarkable answer to the great "what if" of the American Civil War: Could the South have indeed won? After his great victories at Gettysburg and Union Mills, General Robert E. Lee's attempt to bring the war to a final conclusion by attacking Washington, D.C., fails. However, in securing Washington, the remnants of the valiant Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of the impetuous General Dan Sickles, is trapped and destroyed. For Lincoln there is only one hope left: that General Ulysses S. Grant can save the Union cause. It is now August 22, 1863. Lincoln and Grant are facing a collapse of political will to continue the fight to preserve the Union. Lee, desperately short of manpower, must conserve his remaining strength while maneuvering for the killing blow that will take Grant's army out of the fight and, at last, bring a final and complete victory for the South. Pursuing the remnants of the defeated Army of the Potomac up to the banks of the Susquehanna, Lee is caught off balance when news arrives that General Ulysses S. Grant, in command of more than seventy thousand men, has crossed that same river, a hundred miles to the northwest at Harrisburg. As General Grant brings his Army of the Susquehanna into Maryland, Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia maneuvers for position. Grant first sends General George Armstrong Custer on a mad dash to block Lee's path toward Frederick and with it control of the crucial B&O railroad, which moves troops and supplies. The two armies finally collide in Central Maryland, and a bloody week-long battle ensues along the banks of Monocacy Creek. This must be the "final" battle for both sides. In Never Call Retreat, Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen bring all of their critically acclaimed talents to bear in what is destined to become an immediate classic.
Europe
Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Europe write by Brendan Simms. This book was released on 2013-04-30. Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With "verve and panache," this magisterial history of Europe since 1453 shows how struggles over the heart of the continent have shaped the world we live in today (The Economist). Whoever controls the core of Europe controls the entire continent, and whoever controls Europe can dominate the world. Over the past five centuries, a rotating cast of kings, conquerors, presidents, and dictators have set their sights on the European heartland, desperate to seize this pivotal area or at least prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. From Charles V and Napoleon to Bismarck and Cromwell, from Hitler and Stalin to Roosevelt and Gorbachev, nearly all the key power players of modern history have staked their titanic visions on this vital swath of land. In Europe, prizewinning historian Brendan Simms presents an authoritative account of the past half-millennium of European history, demonstrating how the battle for mastery of the continent's center has shaped the modern world. A bold and compelling work by a renowned scholar, Europe integrates religion, politics, military strategy, and international relations to show how history -- and Western civilization itself -- was forged in the crucible of Europe.
