Category: History

Riding to Arms: A History of Horsemanship and Mounted Warfare (Horses in History) by Charles Caramello
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Overview: Horses and horsemen played central roles in modern European warfare from the Renaissance to the Great War of 1914-1918, not only determining victory in battle, but also affecting the rise and fall of kingdoms and nations. When Shakespeare’s Richard III cried, “A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!” he attested to the importance of the warhorse in history and embedded the image of the warhorse in the cultural memory of the West.

In Riding to Arms: A History of Horsemanship and Mounted Warfare, Charles Caramello examines the evolution of horsemanship—the training of horses and riders—and its relationship to the evolution of mounted warfare over four centuries. He explains how theories of horsemanship, navigating between art and utility, eventually settled on formal manège equitation merged with outdoor hunting equitation as the ideal combination for modern cavalry. He also addresses how the evolution of firepower and the advent of mechanized warfare eventually led to the end of horse cavalry.

Riding to Arms tracks the history of horsemanship and cavalry through scores of primary texts ranging from Federico Grisone’s Rules of Riding (1550) to Lt.-Colonel E.G. French’s Good-Bye to Boot and Saddle (1951). It offers not only a history of horsemen, horse soldiers, and horses, but also a survey of the seminal texts that shaped that history.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History

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Disasters of the Deep: A History of Submarine Tragedies by Edwyn Gray
Requirements: .ePUB reader, 17 MB
Overview: This is the fully revised and updated edition of the first comphrensive account of every peacetime submarine disaster from 1774 to the present day. By examining many of the sinkings in considerable detail, analysing what went wrong and describing the attempts made to rescue the crew and the vessel, Edwyn Gray traces the development of the submarine from the earliest experimental submersibles of the late 18th century, to the nuclear powered monsters of today. The appendices include the most comprehensive and accurate list of submarine disasters ever printed, in the compilation of which the author has had the cooperation of the US, French, Italian, Danish and Japanese Navies, as well as the RN Submarine Museum and the German U-Boat Archive.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History

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Armies of Ivan the Terrible: Russian Troops 1505–1700 by V. Shpakovsky, D. Nicolle
Requirements: .PDF reader, 13.6 MB
Overview: It is generally assumed that the military reforms which propelled Russia into the modern world were due solely to the genius of Peter the Great. In fact, his reforms were built upon changes that had taken place during the previous 200 years, since the creation in 1550 of Russia’s first full-time military force (the streltsi) by Ivan IV the Terrible. This account traces Russia’s armies from that beginning, through the creation of paid regular regiments from1630, up to the reign of Peter the Great. It is illustrated with rare early drawings, photos of surviving artifacts, and dazzling colour reconstructions of exotic military costumes.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History

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Armies of the Medieval Italian Wars 1125-1325 (Osprey Men-at-Arms 523) by Gabriele Esposito
Requirements: .PDF reader, 10.9 MB
Overview: The great powers of medieval Europe fought continuously in the Italian peninsula between the 12th and 14th centuries as they sought to expand their territory. Invading armies from Germany – the Holy Roman Empire – saw the creation of the defensive Lombard League of northern Italian city-states. These struggles resulted in conflicts between rival confederacies, which in turn proved to be the catalysts for developments in organisation and tactics. Italian urban militias became better organised and equipped, the Imperial armies went from being mostly German to multi-national forces, and both sides became reliant on mercenary forces to prosecute their wars.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History

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Ancient Armies (Concord Fighting Men 6000) by Tim Newark, Angus McBride
Requirements: .PDF reader, 13.3 MB
Overview: This text by Tim Newark explores some of the fascinating peoples who comprised the ancient armies of the Middle East: the Sumerians, who were the first to introduce the use of bronze into warfare, and were centuries ahead of the Egyptians in the use of the wheel – The Akkadians, whose citizen army was composed almost entirely of light troops – The Babylonians, whose people were granted land in return for army service – the horned warriors of the Elamites – the Egyptians, with thier heavy spearmen and archers – the tribal and warlike Libyans – Nubians and Ethiopians – Hyksos – the armies of the Hittite Empire – the Sea People and others.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History

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