History's great military blunders and the lessons they teach by Aldrete, Gregory S., Aldrete, Gregory S., Aldrete, Gregory S.

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History's great military blunders and the lessons they teach by Aldrete, Gregory S., Aldrete, Gregory S., Aldrete, Gregory S.

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Divide and rule : the partition of Africa, 1880-1914 by Wesseling, H. L.

Table of Contents: “…Kruger -- Toward the Second Boer War -- The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 -- Epilogue : The partition of Morocco, 1905-1912. …”


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Rags of glory. by Cloete, Stuart, 1897-1976

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A dangerous deceit by Eccles, Marjorie

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You will be safe here by Barr, Damian

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A dangerous deceit by Eccles, Marjorie

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Mafeking 1899-1900 by Yorke, Edmund James

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A dangerous deceit by Eccles, Marjorie

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Drift : a novel by Robillard, Leo Brent, 1973-

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You will be safe here by Barr, Damian

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Human shields : a history of people in the line of fire by Gordon, Neve, 1965-, Perugini, Nicola

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Civil war : humane warfare in the United States -- Irregulars : the Franco-German War and the legal use of human shields -- Settlers : the Second Boer War and the limits of liberal humanitarianism -- Reports : World War I and the German use of human screens -- Peace army : international pacifism and voluntary shielding during the Sino-Japanese War -- Emblem : the Italo-Ethiopian War and Red Cross medical facilities -- Nuremberg : Nazi human shielding and the lack of civilian protections -- Codification : the Geneva Conventions and the passive civilian -- People's war : casting Vietnamese resistance as human shielding -- Environment : green human shielding -- Resistance : antimilitary activism in Iraq and Palestine -- Humanitarian crimes : the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia -- Manuals : military handbooks as lawmaking tools -- Scale : human shielding in Sri Lanka and the principle of proportionality -- Hospitals : the use of medical facilities as shields -- Proximity : civilians trapped in the midst of the war on ISIS -- Info-war : the Gaza wars and social media -- Posthuman shielding : drone warfare and new surveillance technologies -- Women and children : gender, passivity, and human shields -- Spectacle : viral images that dehumanize or humanize shields -- Computer games : human shields in virtual wars -- Protest : civil disobedience as an act of war.…”


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History's great military blunders and the lessons they teach by Aldrete, Gregory S.

Table of Contents: “…Adwa: Italy's fiasco in Ethiopia, 1896 -- 18. Colenso: The second Boer War, 1899 -- disc 4: 19. Tannenberg: ineptitude in the East, 1914 -- 20. …”


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Volunteers on the Veld : Britain's citizen-soldiers and the South African War, 1899-1902 by Miller, Stephen M., 1964-

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Battle a visual journey through 5,000 years of combat by Grant, R. G.

Table of Contents: “…Warfare in the ancient world -- Between history and legend -- The might of Mesopotamia -- Greek triumphs -- Greek-Persian wars -- Greek versus Greek -- The conquests of Alexander -- After Alexander -- The conquests of the legions -- Early Rome -- The Punic wars -- Imperial Rome -- The shift to the East -- Asian empires -- Chinese warfare -- Indian warfare -- Warfare in the Middle Ages -- Invaders and feudal Lords -- Byzantium survives -- Frankish power -- Vikings and Northmen -- Warriors of Islam -- Arab advance -- Islamic impact -- The Crusades -- The First and Second Crusades -- Decline of the Crusades -- The Spanish Reconquista -- Mongol power -- Conquests in Asia and Europe -- Conquests of Timur -- East Asian warfare -- Kublai and the Ming -- Southeast Asia -- Samurai warfare -- Knights, castles, and bowmen -- Popes and emperors -- Heresy and revolt -- The Hundred Years War -- Triumph of the infantry -- Northern wars -- Rise of the Ottomans -- Early modern warfare -- Islamic empires -- Ottoman glory and decline -- Mogul India -- African empires -- Power and religion -- France's Italian wars -- Wars on religion -- The Thirty Years War -- The English Civil War -- Dynastic wars -- The great Northern wars -- Warfare in the Americas -- Conquest of the Aztecs and Incas -- Conflicts in North America -- Japan, Korea, and China -- Pacifying Japan -- Korea resists Japan -- Manchu Conquest -- Empires and revolutions -- The Seven Years War -- The French and Indian War -- War in Europe and India -- The Revolutionary War -- France : revolution to empire -- French Revolutionary wars -- Napoleon takes over -- French supremacy -- The Peninsular War -- Napoleon vanquished -- Napoleon's final defeat -- Wars in the Americas -- America fights Britain -- Fighting American Indians -- War in South America -- Mexico at war -- The Civil War -- Imperial conflicts -- British India -- The conquest of Africa -- Zulu wars -- The Second Boer War -- Wars of Imperial expansion -- China, Japan, and Europe -- China in turmoil -- The rise of Japanese power -- Nationalism and modernization -- Italian unification -- Rise of the German empire -- The Crimean War and Russia in Asia -- Ottoman decline and the Balkans -- Era of world wars -- World War I -- 1914 -- The Western Front 1915 -- 1916-1917 -- Ottomans in World War I -- The Eastern Front -- 1918 -- Between the wars -- Russia and China at War -- Spanish Civil War -- Hitler's war -- Blitzkrieg -- War in the Mediterranean -- War at sea -- Invasion of the Soviet Union -- Bomber offensive -- Germany defeated in the West -- Germany defeated in the East -- The Pacific War -- Japan's high tide -- Fight back -- Conflicts since 1945 -- The Chinese Civil War -- The Korean War -- Post-Colonial wars -- The Vietnam War -- Israel's wars -- Guerrillas and terrorists -- Wars since 1980.…”


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Washed with sun : landscape and the making of white South Africa by Foster, Jeremy (Jeremy A.), 1955-

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War : from ancient Egypt to Iraq

Table of Contents: “…The Crimean War -- Wars of Italian unification -- The rise of Prussia -- Franco-Prussian War -- Mexican wars -- Start of the US Civil War -- End of the US Civil War -- Imperial wars in Africa -- Wars in China -- Plains Indians wars -- The Zulu wars -- The second Boer War -- Spanish-American War -- The Russo-Japanese War -- War in the Balkans -- Era of the World Wars, 1914-1945. …”


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War : from ancient Egypt to Iraq

Table of Contents: “…The Crimean War ; Wars of Italian unification ; The rise of Prussia ; Franco-Prussian War ; Mexican wars ; Start of the US Civil War ; End of the US Civil War ; Imperial wars in Africa ; Wars in China ; Plains Indians wars ; The Zulu wars ; The second Boer War ; Spanish-American War ; The Russo-Japanese War ; War in the Balkans -- Era of the World Wars, 1914-1945. …”


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