"When you get a job to do, do it" [[electronic resource] ] : the airpower leadership of Lt Gen William H. Tunner / / David S. Hanson |
Autore | Hanson David S. <1969-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : , : Air University Press, , [2008] |
Descrizione fisica | ix, 74 pages : digital, PDF file |
Collana | Drew paper |
Soggetto topico |
Generals - United States
Airlift, Military - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Biographies. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | "When you get a job to do, do it" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910694564503321 |
Hanson David S. <1969->
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21st century Patton : strategic insights for the modern era / / edited by J. Furman Daniel III |
Autore | Daniel J. Furman, III |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (127 pages) |
Disciplina | 355.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Military art and science - United States
Strategy Generals - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-68247-064-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: A warrior's honeymoon(s) -- An early view of a military mind -- The warrior mindset -- Technology and war -- Patterns of success -- Anticipating the next war -- Refining the concept of mechanized war -- Training the force -- Conclusion: An intimate glimpse into the Patton mind. |
Altri titoli varianti | Twenty-first century Patton, strategic insights for the modern era |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910158984303321 |
Daniel J. Furman, III
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Almost a miracle [[electronic resource] ] : the American victory in the War of Independence / / John Ferling |
Autore | Ferling John E |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (694 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.3/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Generals - United States
Soldiers - United States - History - 18th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-16246-9
9786611162467 0-19-804005-9 1-4294-9168-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Illustrations and Maps; Preface; Introduction: "My Country, My Honor, My Life": Bravery and Death in War; PART ONE: GOING TO WAR, 1775-1776; PART TWO: THE WAR IN THE NORTH, 1776-1779; PART THREE: THE WAR IN THE SOUTH, 1780-1781; PART FOUR: AMERICAN VICTORY, 1781-1783; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451864703321 |
Ferling John E
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Almost a miracle [[electronic resource] ] : the American victory in the War of Independence / / John Ferling |
Autore | Ferling John E |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (694 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.3/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Generals - United States
Soldiers - United States - History - 18th century |
ISBN |
0-19-771115-4
1-281-16246-9 9786611162467 0-19-804005-9 1-4294-9168-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Illustrations and Maps; Preface; Introduction: "My Country, My Honor, My Life": Bravery and Death in War; PART ONE: GOING TO WAR, 1775-1776; PART TWO: THE WAR IN THE NORTH, 1776-1779; PART THREE: THE WAR IN THE SOUTH, 1780-1781; PART FOUR: AMERICAN VICTORY, 1781-1783; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778128403321 |
Ferling John E
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Architect of air power : General Laurence S. Kuter and the birth of the US Air Force / / Brian D. Laslie |
Autore | Laslie Brian D. |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 pages) |
Disciplina | 358.40092 |
Collana | American Warriors |
Soggetto topico |
Generals - United States
World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations Air power - United States |
ISBN |
0-8131-7405-8
0-8131-7406-6 0-8131-7404-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Beginnings, West Point, and early assignments -- The Air Corps Tactical School -- The coming war -- The European Theater of Operations -- North Africa -- Back to Washington and Hap's stand-in -- The Pacific, war's end, and Air Transport Command -- Air University -- Fixing the Far East Air Forces and creating the Pacific Air Forces -- Commander in Chief, North American Air Defense Command. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794992803321 |
Laslie Brian D.
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Architect of air power : General Laurence S. Kuter and the birth of the US Air Force / / Brian D. Laslie |
Autore | Laslie Brian D. |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 pages) |
Disciplina | 358.40092 |
Collana | American Warriors |
Soggetto topico |
Generals - United States
World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations Air power - United States |
ISBN |
0-8131-7405-8
0-8131-7406-6 0-8131-7404-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Beginnings, West Point, and early assignments -- The Air Corps Tactical School -- The coming war -- The European Theater of Operations -- North Africa -- Back to Washington and Hap's stand-in -- The Pacific, war's end, and Air Transport Command -- Air University -- Fixing the Far East Air Forces and creating the Pacific Air Forces -- Commander in Chief, North American Air Defense Command. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824475603321 |
Laslie Brian D.
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Battles and leaders of the Civil War . Volume 6 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Peter Cozzens |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (631 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.73 |
Altri autori (Persone) | CozzensPeter <1957-> |
Soggetto topico |
Generals - United States - History - 19th century
Generals - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-15560-5
9786613155603 0-252-09089-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""CONTENTS""; ""List of Maps""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Editorial Method""; ""PART 1: PRELUDE TO WAR""; ""1. From West Point to the Battlefield""; ""2. The Seventh Regiment at the Capital, 1861""; ""PART 2: THE WAR IN 1861""; ""3. Alexandria, a Graphic Account of Its Capture""; ""4. The Battle of Rich Mountain""; ""5. At the Battle of Bull Run with the Second New Hampshire Regiment""; ""6. What I Saw at Wilson's Creek""; ""PART 3: LEADERS, CIVILIAN AND MILITARY""; ""7. Lincoln and Grant""; ""8. Robert E. Lee""
""PART 4: THE WAR IN 1862""""9. Stonewall Jackson't Discontent""; ""10. My Campaign in East Kentucky""; ""11. A Boy at Shiloh""; ""12. A Soldier's Letter from Shiloh""; ""13. Sketching under Fire at Antietam""; ""14. The Battle of Perryville""; ""15. In the Ranks at Stones River""; ""PART 5: THE WAR IN 1863""; ""16. Grierson's Cavalry Raid""; ""17. Recollections of Marye's Heights and Salem Church""; ""18. Criminal Blundering at Chancellorsville""; ""19. With Hood at Gettysburg""; ""20. Further Recollections of Gettysburg""; ""21. Another View of Gettysburg"" ""22. General ""Jeb"" Stuart at Gettysburg""""23. Port Hudson: The Forlorn Hope and the Siege""; ""24. Plain Living at Johnson's Island""; ""25. A Romance of Morgan's Rough Reider""; ""26. The Assault on Fort Wagner""; ""27. The Mistakes of Grant in Relation to the Chickamauga Campaign""; ""28. Grant at Chattanooga""; ""PART 6: THE WAR IN 1864""; ""29. Dahlgren's Raid""; ""30. The Siege of Petersburg""; ""31. The Battle of Petersburg""; ""32. The Crater""; ""33. With Sherman at Atlanta""; ""34. The Price Campaign of 1864""; ""35. Sheridan at Winchester""; ""36. General Schofield at Franklin"" ""PART 7: FIRESIDE AND FIELD of BATTLE""""37. The Railroad Brigade""; ""38. Telegraphing in Battle""; ""39. A View of the Confederacy from the Inside""; ""PART 8: THE WAR IN 1865""; ""40. The Failure of the Hampton Conference""; ""41. The Fall of Fort Fisher""; ""42. The Burning of Columbia""; ""43. The Last Days of the Rebellion""; ""44. The Last Days of Lee's Army""; ""45. An Effort to Rescue Jefferson Davis""; ""46. The Last Chapter in the History of the War""; ""PART 9: EPILOGUE""; ""47. Why the Confederacy Failed""; ""Notes on Sources and Contributors""; ""Map and Illustration Credits"" ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457543903321 |
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Battles and leaders of the Civil War . Volume 6 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Peter Cozzens |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (631 pages) |
Disciplina | 973.73 |
Altri autori (Persone) | CozzensPeter <1957-> |
Soggetto topico |
Generals - United States - History - 19th century
Generals - United States |
ISBN |
1-283-15560-5
9786613155603 0-252-09089-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""CONTENTS""; ""List of Maps""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Editorial Method""; ""PART 1: PRELUDE TO WAR""; ""1. From West Point to the Battlefield""; ""2. The Seventh Regiment at the Capital, 1861""; ""PART 2: THE WAR IN 1861""; ""3. Alexandria, a Graphic Account of Its Capture""; ""4. The Battle of Rich Mountain""; ""5. At the Battle of Bull Run with the Second New Hampshire Regiment""; ""6. What I Saw at Wilson's Creek""; ""PART 3: LEADERS, CIVILIAN AND MILITARY""; ""7. Lincoln and Grant""; ""8. Robert E. Lee""
""PART 4: THE WAR IN 1862""""9. Stonewall Jackson't Discontent""; ""10. My Campaign in East Kentucky""; ""11. A Boy at Shiloh""; ""12. A Soldier's Letter from Shiloh""; ""13. Sketching under Fire at Antietam""; ""14. The Battle of Perryville""; ""15. In the Ranks at Stones River""; ""PART 5: THE WAR IN 1863""; ""16. Grierson's Cavalry Raid""; ""17. Recollections of Marye's Heights and Salem Church""; ""18. Criminal Blundering at Chancellorsville""; ""19. With Hood at Gettysburg""; ""20. Further Recollections of Gettysburg""; ""21. Another View of Gettysburg"" ""22. General ""Jeb"" Stuart at Gettysburg""""23. Port Hudson: The Forlorn Hope and the Siege""; ""24. Plain Living at Johnson's Island""; ""25. A Romance of Morgan's Rough Reider""; ""26. The Assault on Fort Wagner""; ""27. The Mistakes of Grant in Relation to the Chickamauga Campaign""; ""28. Grant at Chattanooga""; ""PART 6: THE WAR IN 1864""; ""29. Dahlgren's Raid""; ""30. The Siege of Petersburg""; ""31. The Battle of Petersburg""; ""32. The Crater""; ""33. With Sherman at Atlanta""; ""34. The Price Campaign of 1864""; ""35. Sheridan at Winchester""; ""36. General Schofield at Franklin"" ""PART 7: FIRESIDE AND FIELD of BATTLE""""37. The Railroad Brigade""; ""38. Telegraphing in Battle""; ""39. A View of the Confederacy from the Inside""; ""PART 8: THE WAR IN 1865""; ""40. The Failure of the Hampton Conference""; ""41. The Fall of Fort Fisher""; ""42. The Burning of Columbia""; ""43. The Last Days of the Rebellion""; ""44. The Last Days of Lee's Army""; ""45. An Effort to Rescue Jefferson Davis""; ""46. The Last Chapter in the History of the War""; ""PART 9: EPILOGUE""; ""47. Why the Confederacy Failed""; ""Notes on Sources and Contributors""; ""Map and Illustration Credits"" ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778911103321 |
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Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 5 . Volume 5 / / edited by Peter Cozzens |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 714 p. :) : ill., maps ; |
Disciplina | 973.7/3 |
Altri autori (Persone) | CozzensPeter <1957-> |
Soggetto topico |
Generals - United States
Generals - United States - History - 19th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-252-09850-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Recollections of the John Brown raid / Colonel Alexander R. Boteler -- Mob violence in Baltimore / General John C. Robinson -- the first battle of the war : Big Bethel / General John B. Magruder -- With generals Bee and Jackson at First Manassas / Major William M. Robbins -- Folly and fiasco in West Virginia / General William B. Taliaferro -- Missouri's unionists at war / Montgomery Blair -- Avenging First Bull Run : the Port Royal Expedition / General Egbert L. Viele -- Life in the White House with President Lincoln / John Hay -- Reminiscences of General Grant / General James Harrison Wilson -- The Real Stonewall Jackson / General Daniel Harvey Hill -- Recollections of Nathan Bedford Forrest / General Dabney H. Maury -- In the Air above Yorktown / General George Armstrong Custer -- Our first battle, Bull Pasture Mountain [McDowell] / Captain Alfred E. Lee -- An undeserved stigma : Fitz John Porter at Second Bull Run / General Ulysses S. Grant -- A witness to mutiny at Antietam / George W. Smalley -- The reserve at Antietam / Colonel Thomas M. Anderson -- My story of Fredericksburg / General Joshua L. Chamberlain -- Lee at Fredericksburg / Major J. Horace Lacy -- Desperation and heroism at the Battle of Valverde / Lieutenant Franklin Cook -- The Shiloh Campaign / General Pierre G. T. Beauregard -- The Great Locomotive Chase / Private Jacob Parrott -- The attack on Corinth / Captain Clinton H. Parkhurst -- Losing a Division at Stones River / General Richard W. Johnson -- When the Rappahannock ran red / General James R. O'Beirne -- The Campaign and battle of Gettysburg / General Oliver Otis Howard -- Gettysburg : a reply to General Howard / General Winfield S. Hancock -- Why Lee lost at Gettysburg / General Henry Heth -- Lincoln at Gettysburg / Isaac Wayne MacVeagh -- A winter at Vicksburg / General Dabney H. Maury -- Defending Port Hudson / Colonel P. F. de Gournay -- From Tullahoma to Chattanooga / General William S. Rosecrans -- Chickamauga / Colonel Benjamin F. Sawyer -- Holding Burnside in check in East Tennessee / General Samuel Jones -- Charging with Sheridan up Missionary Ridge / General Michael V. Sheridan -- The Forgotten fight on Tunnel Hill / General Green B. Raum -- Grant's conduct of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Campaigns / General Edward Porter Alexander -- Lee's response to Grant's overland Campaign of 1864 / Colonel William R. Livermore -- Grant and Sheridan in 1864 : a study in contrasts / President Rutherford B. Hayes -- A tough tussle with Sheridan / Colonel Jacob Weddle -- Boys in battle at New Market / John S. Wise -- Fighting for Petersburg / Thomas T. Roche -- A terrible day : The Battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864 / General John W. Fuller -- The March to the Sea, an Armed Picnic / General William P. Carlin -- The Red River Expedition / Captain William S. Burns -- A question of command at Franklin / Generals David S. Stanley and Jacob D. Cox, and Colonel Henry Stone -- "Little Jim," the pride of the regiment / Harry M. Kieffer -- They followed the army : the anguish of runaway slaves / Lieutenant John Walton -- The victory at Fort Fisher / General John W. Ames -- The conference at city point / General William T. Sherman -- Lee at appomattox / General Edward Porter Alexander -- My negotiations with General Sherman / General Joseph E. Johnston -- The last days of the confederate government / Stephen R. Mallory -- An interview with General Longstreet / Henry W. Grady. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154638003321 |
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Benedict Arnold [[electronic resource] ] : a traitor in our midst / / Barry K. Wilson |
Autore | Wilson Barry <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | xvii, 271 p. : ill., maps ; ; 24 cm |
Disciplina |
973.3/82/092
B |
Soggetto topico |
American loyalists
Generals - United States Loyalistes américains Généraux - États-Unis |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-85909-9
9786612859090 0-7735-6897-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: 1 Young Trader, Canadian Connections 3 -- 2 The Rustle of Revolutionary Winds 18 -- 3 Arnold the Revolutionary 32 -- 4 Preparing to Invade Canada 42 -- 5 The March through Maine I 52 -- 6 The March through Maine II: America's Hannibal 62 -- 7 Quebec Awaits 78 -- 8 The Battle for Quebec loi -- 9 Siege and Retreat 111 -- 10 Heroics and Enemies Within 130 -- 11 Politics and Treason 145 -- 12 The Streets of Saint John 164 -- 13 Born-Again Trader 183 -- 14 Arnold vs the Lawyers 191 -- 15 After New Brunswick 217 -- Epilogue 237 -- Notes 239 -- Index 265. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452495403321 |
Wilson Barry <1948->
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