Decisive battles : from Yorktown to Operation Desert Storm / / Jonathon Riley |
Autore | Riley J. P (Jonathon P.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Bloomsbury, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
Disciplina | 904.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Battles
Military history, Modern |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4411-2674-0
1-282-87663-5 9786612876639 1-4411-8792-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Maps; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 What Is Decisive?; 2 Yorktown, 1781: The World Turned Upside Down; 3 Ligny, Quatre Bras and Waterloo, 1815: The Hundred Days; 4 Gettysburg and the Siege of Vicksburg, 1863: Confederate High Tide; 5 Sedan, 1870: Birth and Death of Empire; 6 Third Gaza, 1917: Strategic Diversion, Tactical Deception; 7 Amiens, 1918: The Black Day of the German Army; 8 The Arakan, Imphal and Kohima, 1944: Smashing the Myth; 9 The Ardennes, 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble; 10 Dien Bien Phu, 1954: Wind of Change; 11 Kuwait, 1990-91: Desert Storm
12 The Twenty-first Century: Is Decisive Victory Still Possible?Bibliography; Index of Persons |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458810603321 |
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London, England : , : Bloomsbury, , 2010 | ||
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Decisive battles : from Yorktown to Operation Desert Storm / / Jonathon Riley |
Autore | Riley J. P (Jonathon P.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Bloomsbury, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
Disciplina | 904.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Battles
Military history, Modern |
ISBN |
1-4411-2674-0
1-282-87663-5 9786612876639 1-4411-8792-8 |
Classificazione | 15.50 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Maps; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 What Is Decisive?; 2 Yorktown, 1781: The World Turned Upside Down; 3 Ligny, Quatre Bras and Waterloo, 1815: The Hundred Days; 4 Gettysburg and the Siege of Vicksburg, 1863: Confederate High Tide; 5 Sedan, 1870: Birth and Death of Empire; 6 Third Gaza, 1917: Strategic Diversion, Tactical Deception; 7 Amiens, 1918: The Black Day of the German Army; 8 The Arakan, Imphal and Kohima, 1944: Smashing the Myth; 9 The Ardennes, 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble; 10 Dien Bien Phu, 1954: Wind of Change; 11 Kuwait, 1990-91: Desert Storm
12 The Twenty-first Century: Is Decisive Victory Still Possible?Bibliography; Index of Persons |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785216503321 |
Riley J. P (Jonathon P.)
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London, England : , : Bloomsbury, , 2010 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Decisive battles : from Yorktown to Operation Desert Storm / / Jonathon Riley |
Autore | Riley J. P (Jonathon P.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Bloomsbury, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
Disciplina | 904.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Battles
Military history, Modern |
ISBN |
1-4411-2674-0
1-282-87663-5 9786612876639 1-4411-8792-8 |
Classificazione | 15.50 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Maps; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 What Is Decisive?; 2 Yorktown, 1781: The World Turned Upside Down; 3 Ligny, Quatre Bras and Waterloo, 1815: The Hundred Days; 4 Gettysburg and the Siege of Vicksburg, 1863: Confederate High Tide; 5 Sedan, 1870: Birth and Death of Empire; 6 Third Gaza, 1917: Strategic Diversion, Tactical Deception; 7 Amiens, 1918: The Black Day of the German Army; 8 The Arakan, Imphal and Kohima, 1944: Smashing the Myth; 9 The Ardennes, 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble; 10 Dien Bien Phu, 1954: Wind of Change; 11 Kuwait, 1990-91: Desert Storm
12 The Twenty-first Century: Is Decisive Victory Still Possible?Bibliography; Index of Persons |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828666803321 |
Riley J. P (Jonathon P.)
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London, England : , : Bloomsbury, , 2010 | ||
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Napoleon and the World War of 1813 : lessons in coalition warfighting / / J.P. Riley |
Autore | Riley J. P (Jonathon P.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Frank Cass, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (485 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.27 |
Soggetto topico |
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - Diplomatic history
Wars of Liberation, 1813-1814 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-203-04481-9
1-299-28865-0 1-136-32135-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; NAPOLEON AND THE WORLD WAR OF 1813; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps and Figures; Foreword; Legend to Maps; PART ONE: COALITION AND WORLD WAR; I: INTRODUCTION; II: A NEW ORDER - THE 6TH COALITION IN EUROPE; III: NAPOLEON AS COALITION COMMANDER; IV: WORLD WAR - THE CONTINENTAL SYSTEM AND THE AMERICAS; i. The Louisiana Purchase; ii. The Continental System; iii. America; PART TWO: CENTRAL EUROPE; V: AFTER 1812 - EUROPE REARMS; i. France: The Empire at Bay; ii. A New Alliance; VI: JANUARY TO APRIL 1813; i. Allied Unity
ii. Eugene's Delaying Operationiii. The Grand Plan; VII: THE SPRING CAMPAIGN; i. The Approach to Liitzen; ii. Liitzen - The Meeting Battle; iii. Lutzen to Bautzen, 3-19 May 1813; iv. Bautzen; v. After Bautzen; VIII: THE TEN WEEKS' TRUCE; i. Why the Truce?; ii. The Austrian Mediation; iii. The Allies; iv. Napoleon; IX: DRESDEN; i. March and Counter-march; ii. At Dresden; iii. The Battle of 26 August; iv. The Battle of 27 August; iv. After Dresden; X: CLOSING IN; i. The Defeat of Ney; ii. Lost Opportunities; iii. Behind the Elbe; XI: LEIPZIG; i. The Nations Assemble ii. The Battles of 16 October - Wachau, Lindenau and Mockerniii. The Battle Lost; iv. The Storming of Leipzig; v. Aftermath; XII: ACROSS THE RHINE; PART THREE: SPAIN AND THE MEDITERRANEAN; XIII: IN FORTUNE'S WAY; i. The Spanish Ulcer; ii. The Allies; XIV: THE CAMPAIGN OF VITORIA; i. Surprise and Sea Power; ii. On the March; iii. The Defeat of Joseph; XV: ON THE FRONTIER; i. The Pursuit of Joseph; ii. A Dilemma; iii. The Coming of Soult; XVI: NINE DAYS IN THE PYRENEES; i. The Battles of 25 July: San Sebastian, Maya and Roncesvalles; ii. The Allied Concentration; iii. Sorauren iv. The Pursuit to EchalarXVII: NEWS FROM PRAGUE; i. Siege Warfare; ii. The Heights of San Marcial; iii. The Passage of the Bidassoa; XVIII: THE WAR IN THE MEDITERRANEAN; i. The Campaign in Catalonia; ii. Castalla; iii. Tarragona; iv. Suchet abandons Valencia; v. Bentinck's Advance to Tarragona; vi. Suchet and Soult; vii. Villafranca and the Combat of Ordal; viii.Bentinck in Sicily; XIX: UPON THE SACRED TERRITORY; PART FOUR: AMERICA; XX: MR MADISON'S WAR; i. A Matter of Marching; ii. Strange Bedfellows; XXI: THE INVASION OF THE NORTH-WEST; i. Raisin River; ii. Proctor's Counter-Offensive iii. MoraviantownXXII: DEARBORN'S INVASION OF THE NORTH; i. York; ii. The Invasion of the Niagara Peninsula; iii. Sackett's Harbor; iv. The Allied Counter-Attack; v. The Destruction of Buffalo; XXIII: MONTREAL AND THE ST LAWRENCE; i. Chateauguay; ii. Crysler's Farm; XXIV: THE ROAD TO GHENT; CONCLUSION; XXV: CONCLUSION: THE PARTNERSHIP OF UNEOUALS; i. The Politics of Coalition; ii. Allied Command; iii. Fighting Coalition War; Chronology of 1813; Bibliography; Index of Persons |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465583103321 |
Riley J. P (Jonathon P.)
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London ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Frank Cass, , 2000 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Napoleon and the World War of 1813 : lessons in coalition warfighting / / J.P. Riley |
Autore | Riley J. P (Jonathon P.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Frank Cass, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (485 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.27 |
Soggetto topico |
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - Diplomatic history
Wars of Liberation, 1813-1814 |
ISBN |
1-136-32142-X
0-203-04481-9 1-299-28865-0 1-136-32135-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; NAPOLEON AND THE WORLD WAR OF 1813; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps and Figures; Foreword; Legend to Maps; PART ONE: COALITION AND WORLD WAR; I: INTRODUCTION; II: A NEW ORDER - THE 6TH COALITION IN EUROPE; III: NAPOLEON AS COALITION COMMANDER; IV: WORLD WAR - THE CONTINENTAL SYSTEM AND THE AMERICAS; i. The Louisiana Purchase; ii. The Continental System; iii. America; PART TWO: CENTRAL EUROPE; V: AFTER 1812 - EUROPE REARMS; i. France: The Empire at Bay; ii. A New Alliance; VI: JANUARY TO APRIL 1813; i. Allied Unity
ii. Eugene's Delaying Operationiii. The Grand Plan; VII: THE SPRING CAMPAIGN; i. The Approach to Liitzen; ii. Liitzen - The Meeting Battle; iii. Lutzen to Bautzen, 3-19 May 1813; iv. Bautzen; v. After Bautzen; VIII: THE TEN WEEKS' TRUCE; i. Why the Truce?; ii. The Austrian Mediation; iii. The Allies; iv. Napoleon; IX: DRESDEN; i. March and Counter-march; ii. At Dresden; iii. The Battle of 26 August; iv. The Battle of 27 August; iv. After Dresden; X: CLOSING IN; i. The Defeat of Ney; ii. Lost Opportunities; iii. Behind the Elbe; XI: LEIPZIG; i. The Nations Assemble ii. The Battles of 16 October - Wachau, Lindenau and Mockerniii. The Battle Lost; iv. The Storming of Leipzig; v. Aftermath; XII: ACROSS THE RHINE; PART THREE: SPAIN AND THE MEDITERRANEAN; XIII: IN FORTUNE'S WAY; i. The Spanish Ulcer; ii. The Allies; XIV: THE CAMPAIGN OF VITORIA; i. Surprise and Sea Power; ii. On the March; iii. The Defeat of Joseph; XV: ON THE FRONTIER; i. The Pursuit of Joseph; ii. A Dilemma; iii. The Coming of Soult; XVI: NINE DAYS IN THE PYRENEES; i. The Battles of 25 July: San Sebastian, Maya and Roncesvalles; ii. The Allied Concentration; iii. Sorauren iv. The Pursuit to EchalarXVII: NEWS FROM PRAGUE; i. Siege Warfare; ii. The Heights of San Marcial; iii. The Passage of the Bidassoa; XVIII: THE WAR IN THE MEDITERRANEAN; i. The Campaign in Catalonia; ii. Castalla; iii. Tarragona; iv. Suchet abandons Valencia; v. Bentinck's Advance to Tarragona; vi. Suchet and Soult; vii. Villafranca and the Combat of Ordal; viii.Bentinck in Sicily; XIX: UPON THE SACRED TERRITORY; PART FOUR: AMERICA; XX: MR MADISON'S WAR; i. A Matter of Marching; ii. Strange Bedfellows; XXI: THE INVASION OF THE NORTH-WEST; i. Raisin River; ii. Proctor's Counter-Offensive iii. MoraviantownXXII: DEARBORN'S INVASION OF THE NORTH; i. York; ii. The Invasion of the Niagara Peninsula; iii. Sackett's Harbor; iv. The Allied Counter-Attack; v. The Destruction of Buffalo; XXIII: MONTREAL AND THE ST LAWRENCE; i. Chateauguay; ii. Crysler's Farm; XXIV: THE ROAD TO GHENT; CONCLUSION; XXV: CONCLUSION: THE PARTNERSHIP OF UNEOUALS; i. The Politics of Coalition; ii. Allied Command; iii. Fighting Coalition War; Chronology of 1813; Bibliography; Index of Persons |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792032703321 |
Riley J. P (Jonathon P.)
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London ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Frank Cass, , 2000 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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