Название: Samurai: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introduction) Автор: Michael Wert Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2021 Страниц: 144 Язык: английский Формат: pdf, epub Размер: 10.1 MB
The idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the samurai. As early as the late seventeenth century, they were heavily featured in literature, art, theater, and even comedy, from the Tale of the Heike to the kabuki retellings of the 47 Ronin. This legacy remains with us today in the legendary Akira Kurosawa films, the shoguns of HBO's Westworld, and countless renditions of samurai history in anime, manga, and video games. Acknowledging these common depictions, this book gives readers access to the real samurai as they lived, fought, and served. Much as they capture the modern imagination, the samurai commanded influence over the politics, arts, philosophy and religion of their own time, and ultimately controlled Japan from the fourteenth century until their demise in the mid-nineteenth century. This book traces the samurai throughout this history, exploring their roles in watershed events such as Japan's invasions of Korea at the close of the sixteenth century and the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877.
Название: Самый длинный день. Высадка десанта союзников в Нормандии Автор: Райан К. Издательство: М.: Центрполиграф Год: 2004 ISBN: 5-9524-0880-X Формат: fb2, mobi, epub Страниц: 228 Размер: 10,9 Мб Язык: Русский
Классическое произведение Корнелиуса Райана, одного из самых лучших военных репортеров прошедшего столетия, рассказывает об операции "Оверлорд" - высадке союзных войск в Нормандии. Эта операция навсегда вошла в историю как день "D". Командующий мощнейшей группировкой на Западном фронте фельдмаршал Роммель потерпел сокрушительное поражение.
Название: German Troops in the American Revolution (1): Hessen-Cassel (Osprey Men-at-Arms 535) Издательство: Osprey Publishing Год: 2021 Формат: True PDF Страниц: 51 Размер: 12 Mb Язык: English
During the American Revolution (1775-83), German auxiliary troops provided a vital element of the British war effort. Some 30,000 German troops served in North America, continuing a long-established relationship between Britain and various German principalities. These troops were widely referred to as mercenaries, implying that they sold their services individually, but they were in fact regular troops hired as a body by the British. Initially feared by the American population, the German troops came to be highly respected by their opponents.
Название: Wings Over Eastern England Автор: G.M. Dixon, J. Rippon Издательство: Minimax Books Год: 1992 Формат: PDF Страниц: 68 Размер: 102,6 МБ Язык: Английский
Название: A Military History of the Ottomans: From Osman to Atat?rk (Praeger Security International) Автор: Mesut Uyar ,? Edward J Erickson Издательство: Praeger ISBN: 0275988767 Год: 2009 Формат: PDF Страниц: 379 Размер: 10,3 МБ Язык: Английский
The Ottoman Army had a significant effect on the history of the modern world and particularly on that of the Middle East and Europe. This study, written by a Turkish and an American scholar, is a revision and corrective to western accounts because it is based on Turkish interpretations, rather than European interpretations, of events.
Название: The United States Air Force and Humanitarian Airlift Operations, 1947-1994 Автор: Daniel L. Haulman Издательство: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 0160496977 Год: 1998 Формат: PDF Страниц: 545 Размер: 48,7 МБ Язык: Английский
This book supplements previous reference works produced by the Air Force Historical Research Agency through the Air Force History Support Office for Air Force and general public use. These works include publications about Air Force organizations, unit lineage and honors histories, air bases, campaigns, chronologies, contingencies, and aerial victory credits. These materials provide data for those who will make decisions about future Air Force structures and operations and for service members who need reference information about the past. The present volume covers an often overlooked category of Air Force operations: humanitarian airlift. The USAF has participated in hundreds of major humanitarian airlift operations since its birth.
Название: Battle of Kursk A Lost Victory 5 July 1943 Illustrated Автор: Castle Rock Publishing Издательство: Castle Rock Publishing Год: 2015 Формат: EPUB/MOBI/PDF (conv) Страниц: 274 Размер: 11,3 МБ Язык: Английский
Although Hitler may have had much cause for concern after Germany's horrific defeat at Stalingrad, he was by no means ready to give up his struggle against the Soviet Union. After all, the defeat of communism and the supposedly subhuman Slavic peoples of the Soviet Union had always been a central goal of Nazi ideology.
Название: No Wider War: A History of the Vietnam War Volume 2: 1965–75 Автор: Sergio Miller Издательство: Osprey Publishing ISBN: 1472838513 Год: 2021 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 528 Размер: 10,3 МБ Язык: Английский
No Wider War is the second volume of a two-part, exploration of America's involvement in Indochina from the end of World War II to the Fall of Saigon. Following on from the first volume, In Good Faith, which told the story from the Japanese surrender in 1945 through America's involvement in the French Indochina War and the initial advisory missions that followed, it traces the story of America's involvement in the Vietnam War from the first Marines landing at Da Nang in 1965, through the traumatic Tet Offensive of 1968 and the gradual Vietnamisation of the war that followed, to the withdrawal of American forces and the final loss of the South in 1975.
Название: Вместе с русской армией. Дневник военного атташе. 1914–1917 Автор: Альфред Нокс Издательство: Центрполиграф Год: 2021 Формат: pdf, fb2, rtf Размер: 14 Мб Качество: Хорошее Язык: Русский
Дневник военного атташе британского посольства генерал-майора Альфреда Нокса освещает события, произошедшие на Восточном фронте – одном из наиболее важных театров военных действий Первой мировой войны. Автор описывает бои на территории Галиции, Германии, Польши, России, Белоруссии, Украины, сообщает подробности, касающиеся знаменитого Брусиловского прорыва, рассказывает о политических беспорядках, предшествующих Февральской революции, об Октябрьском перевороте 1917 года и последовавших затем переговорах о мире. Нокс не только документально точно воспроизводит события, очевидцем которых он являлся, но и дает им личную оценку.
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Название: Samurai: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introduction)
