Category: History

Byzantine Warship vs Arab Warship: 7th-11th Centuries by Angus Konstam
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Overview: This engaging study pits the the Byzantine dromōn against the Arabic shalandī in the prolonged struggle for mastery in the Mediterranean in the four centuries after 630 AD.

For four hundred years the Byzantine Empire’s naval forces vied with the warships of the Islamic world for mastery of the Mediterranean. At the heart of this confrontation were the fighting vessels of the two powers, the Byzantine dromōn and the Arabic shalandī, both oared warships. In those four centuries of warfare between two major maritime powers, both the Byzantines and the Arabs left us records of their doctrine and tactics, as well as of how their ships were built. Featuring full-colour artwork and rigorous analysis from an authority on naval warfare, this enthralling book offers a glimpse of the long-lost world of war at sea in the age of Byzantium.
Genre: Non Fiction History

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By Sword and Plow: France and the Conquest of Algeria by Jennifer E. Sessions
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Overview: In 1830, with France’s colonial empire in ruins, Charles X ordered his army to invade Ottoman Algiers. Victory did not salvage his regime from revolution, but it began the French conquest of Algeria, which was continued and consolidated by the succeeding July Monarchy. In By Sword and Plow, Jennifer E. Sessions explains why France chose first to conquer Algeria and then to transform it into its only large-scale settler colony. Deftly reconstructing the political culture of mid-nineteenth-century France, she also sheds light on policies whose long-term consequences remain a source of social, cultural, and political tensions in France and its former colony.

In Sessions’s view, French expansion in North Africa was rooted in contests over sovereignty and male citizenship in the wake of the Atlantic revolutions of the eighteenth century. The French monarchy embraced warfare as a means to legitimize new forms of rule, incorporating the Algerian army into royal iconography and public festivals. Colorful broadsides, songs, and plays depicted the men of the Armée d’Afrique as citizen soldiers. Social reformers and colonial theorists formulated plans to settle Algeria with European emigrants. The propaganda used to recruit settlers featured imagery celebrating Algeria’s agricultural potential, but the male emigrants who responded were primarily poor, urban laborers who saw the colony as a place to exercise what they saw as their right to work. Generously illustrated with examples of this imperialist iconography, Sessions’s work connects a wide-ranging culture of empire to specific policies of colonization during a pivotal period in the genesis of modern France.
Genre: Non Fiction History

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Bloody Skies: U.S. Eighth Air Force Battle Damage in World War II (Stackpole Military Photo Series) by Nicholas A. Veronico
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Overview: A visual history of the US Eighth Air Force in World War II
Hundreds of photos of American aircraft damaged or shot down by the German Luftwaffe
Photos of damaged bomber and fighter planes, plus information on their crews and missions
Perfect complement to the narrative accounts in the Stackpole Military History Series
Ideal reference for military history fans, scholars, and modelers
Genre: Non Fiction History Military

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A Blood-Dimmed Tide: The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought It by Gerald Astor
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Overview: Drawing on firsthand accounts by survivors of the bloody Battle of the Bulge, diaries, letters, and official documents, this study describes the events of the campaign, hardships faced by the soldiers, the battle’s horrifying costs, and the controversy surrounding the campaign.
Genre: Non Fiction History Military

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Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture: A Very Short Introduction by Christina Riggs
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Overview: From Berlin to Boston, and St Petersburg to Sydney, ancient Egyptian art fills the galleries of some of the world’s greatest museums, while the architecture of Egyptian temples and pyramids has attracted tourists to Egypt for centuries. But what did Egyptian art and architecture mean to the people who first made and used it – and why has it had such an enduring appeal?
In this Very Short Introduction, Christina Riggs explores the visual arts produced in Egypt over a span of some 4,000 years. The stories behind these objects and buildings have much to tell us about how people in ancient Egypt lived their lives in relation to each other, the natural environment, and the world of the gods. Demonstrating how ancient Egypt has fascinated Western audiences over the centuries with its impressive pyramids, eerie mummies, and distinctive visual style, Riggs considers the relationship between ancient Egypt and the modern world.
Genre: Non Fiction History

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