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NELSON – VANDIVER : Fields of glory (fülszöveg)

 

Seldom before has any aspect of American history been covered with the authority, pace, excitement and color of this superb volume. Far from being just another picture book, this is a first-rate, compact history of American land warfare from King Philip's War, when a series of massacres almost drove the settlers from New England, to the Korean conflict.

The authors are writers as well as scholars and, though the text is extensively researched and amazingly comprehensive, it is, first and foremost, immensely readable. A great wealth of material has been distilled into a fresh, concise, fast-paced narrative that illuminates American military history from its earliest beginnings to the present. To supplement the fine text, there are 16 maps of campaigns and battles and over 300 magnificent illustrations selected from many hitherto neglected sources.

To avoid the confusion of a strictly chronological arrangement of wars and battles, the authors have presented their material by the nature of the conflicts. The first section is devoted to wars of "Liberty and Union," and covers the colonial wars, the Revolution, the War of 1812, the War for Texan independence and the Civil War. These pages show graphically the growth of America's army from a group of raw recruits to a trained fighting force. The Battle of the Alamo and other high points of these conflicts are re-created with stirring authenticity.

 

Katalógus Nelson – Vandiver Tartalom
KATALÓGUS TARTALOM

 


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