Category: History

Crisis and Rebellion in the Ottoman Empire: The Downfall of a Sultan in the Age of Revolution by Aysel Yildiz
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Overview: In 1807 the reformist Sultan Selim III was overthrown in a palace coup enacted by the elite special forces of the day – the Janissaries. The Ottomans were bankrupt and had been forced to make peace with Napoleon after Austerlitz, but it was Selim III’s efforts to reform an empire that had suffered successive military defeats, and to reform along the lines of modern principles – with an end to the privileged ‘feudal’ position of many in elite Ottoman civil-military society – which sealed his fate.

This book seeks to situate Turkey’s reactionary revolutions of 1807 into a wider European context, that of the French Revolution and the outbreaks of revolutionary activity in the German states, Britain and the US.

The Ottoman Empire was an interconnected and crucial part of this early-modern world, and therefore, Aysel Yildiz argues, must be analyzed in relation to its European rivals. Focusing on the uprising, and the socio-economic and political conditions which caused it, this book re-orientates Ottoman history towards Western Europe, and re-situates the late-Ottoman Empire as a key battle-ground of political ideas in the modern era.
Genre: Non-Fiction, History

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German Infantryman vs Soviet Rifleman: Barbarossa 1941 by David Campbell
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Overview: Featuring full-color artwork, specially drawn maps and archive photographs, this study offers key insights into the tactics, leadership, combat performance and subsequent reputations of six representative German and Soviet infantry battalions pitched into three pivotal actions that determined the course of the "Barbarossa" campaign at the height of World War II.
The Axis invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 pitted Nazi Germany and her allies against Stalin’s forces in a mighty struggle for survival. Three German army groups – North, Center and South – advanced into Soviet-held territory; Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock’s Army Group Center, the largest of these three, was tasked with defeating General of the Army Dmitry Pavlov’s Western Front in Belarus, and was assigned two Panzer Groups to achieve this. Bock’s command would complete the encirclement and destruction of vast numbers of Soviet personnel and materiel at battles such as Białystok-Minsk in June-July and Smolensk in July-August before being halted as German efforts centered on the conquest of the Ukraine, only to resume the offensive at the end of September. As the dust of summer gave way to the mud of autumn, the ensuing German drive on Moscow was slowed and then halted by a Soviet counteroffensive mounted by Konev’s Kalinin and Timoshenko’s Southwestern Fronts in December amid unusually harsh winter conditions, marking the failure of the German Blitzkrieg; Army Group Centre was forced back and Moscow remained in Soviet hands.
Genre: Non Fiction, History

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Sultana: Surviving the Civil War, Prison, and the Worst Maritime Disaster in American History by Alan Huffman
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Overview: The dramatic true story of the worst maritime disaster in U.S. history, Alan Huffman’s Sultana brings to breathtaking life a tragic, long forgotten event in America’s Civil War the sinking of the steamship Sultana and the loss of 1,700 lives, mostly Union soldiers returning home from Confederate prison camps. A gripping account that reads like a nonfiction Cold Mountain, Sultana is powerful, moving, rich in irony and fascinating historical detail a story no history aficionado or Civil War buff will want to miss.
Genre: Non Fiction, History

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Sea Harrier FRS 1 vs Mirage III/Dagger: South Atlantic 1982 by Doug Dildy and Pablo Calcaterra
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Overview: Following Argentina’s military operation to take possession of the Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s government launched a major naval operation to return them to British rule. Defending the Royal Navy task force were two small squadrons totalling 20 Sea Harriers (SHARs). Initial clashes between SHARs and Argentine Mirages and Daggers on 1 May 1982 failed to eliminate the Sea Harrier defenders. FAA fighter-bomber pilots relied on daring and courageous ultra-low level attacks, frequently escaping the Sea Harrier’s limited capabilities, against Royal Navy warships and auxiliaries, causing considerable damage during Operation Corporate, the large-scale amphibious operation to repossess the islands.
Publishing 35 years after the end of the conflict, this fully illustrated volume offers a balanced and objective examination of the SHAR and the Argentine Mirage and Dagger aircraft, highlighting the attributes of both and the skills and courage of the pilots flying them.
Genre: Non-fiction, History

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How Rivalries End Karen Rasler, William R. Thompson, Sumit Ganguly
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Overview: Rivalry between nations has a long and sometimes bloody history. Not all political opposition culminates in war-the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union is one example-but in most cases competition between nations and peoples for resources and strategic advantage does lead to violence: nearly 80 percent of the wars fought since 1816 were sparked by contention between rival nations. Long-term discord is a global concern, since competing states may drag allies into their conflict or threaten to use weapons of mass destruction. How Rivalries End is a study of how such rivalries take root and flourish and particularly how some dissipate over time without recourse to war.

Political scientists Karen Rasler, William R. Thompson, and Sumit Ganguly examine ten political hot spots, stretching from Egypt and Israel to the two Koreas, where crises and military confrontations have occurred over the last seven decades. Through exacting analysis of thirty-two attempts to deescalate strategic rivalries, they reveal a pattern in successful conflict resolutions: shocks that overcome foreign policy inertia; changes in perceptions of the adversary’s competitiveness or threat; positive responses to conciliatory signals; and continuing effort to avoid conflict after hostilities cease. How Rivalries End significantly contributes to our understanding why protracted conflicts sometimes deescalate and even terminate without resort to war.
Genre: Non-Fiction, History

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