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UNINA9910463105703321 |
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Couch Dick <1943-> |
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The sheriff of Ramadi : Navy SEALs and the winning of al-Anbar / / by Dick Couch |
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Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , 2008 |
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1 online resource (311 p.) |
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Campaigns - Iraq - Anb©ar (Province) |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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The Ramadi SEALs : evolution of the warrior -- The terrain -- The first SEAL task unit in Ramadi -- The second task unit and the battle for Ramadi -- The battle turns -- The last Ramadi task unit -- Epilogue : the lessons of Ramadi. |
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In this ground-breaking book, best-selling author and former U.S. Navy SEAL Dick Couch reports on the actions of the SEAL Task Unit during the Battle of Ramadi in Iraq s al-Anbar Province between 2005 and 2007. When he began his research, the author thought he would be writing about the SEALs courage in the face of a losing cause. Instead, he discovered a startling success story whose importance has gone unrecognized in the war against al-Qaeda. Couch argues that the lessons of Ramadi, with SEALs fighting alongside regular forces in an urban war zone, call for using this strategy more widely. |
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UNINA9910424951503321 |
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Schiller Friedrich |
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Maria Stuart / Friedrich Schiller |
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Cambridge, : Open Book Publishers, 2021 |
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1 online resource (xvi-124 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Literature (General) |
translation |
Germany |
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Friedrich Schiller |
play |
Roger Paulin |
Maria Stuart |
classical tragedy |
historic drama |
Flora Kimmich |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Maria Stuart, described as Schiller’s most perfect play, is a finely balanced, inventive account of the last day of the captive Queen of Scotland, caught up in a great contest for the throne of England after the death of Henry VIII and over the question of England’s religious confession. Hope for and doubt about Mary’s deliverance grow in the first two acts, given to the Scottish and the English queen respectively, reach crisis at the center of the play, where the two queens meet in a famous scene in a castle park, and die away in acts four and five, as the action advances to its inevitable end. The play is at once classical tragedy of great fineness, costume drama of the highest order-a spectacle on the stage-and one of the great moments in the long |
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tradition of classical rhetoric, as Elizabeth’s ministers argue for and against execution of a royal prisoner. Flora Kimmich’s new translation carefully preserves the spirit of the original: the pathos and passion of Mary in captivity, the high seriousness of Elizabeth’s ministers in council, and the robust comedy of that queen’s untidy private life. Notes to the text identify the many historical figures who appear in the text, describe the political setting of the action, and draw attention to the structure of the play. Roger Paulin’s introduction discusses the many threads of the conflict in Maria Stuart and enriches our understanding of this much-loved, much-produced play. Maria Stuart is the last of a series of five new translations of Schiller’s major plays, accompanied by notes to the text and an authoritative introduction, and made freely available to read and download for free on the publisher’s website. Printed and digital editions, together with supplementary digital material, can also be found at www.openbookpublishers.com |
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