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![Cover of Cannae [Illustrated Edition]](https://www.kuoky.com/images/2014/june/300x300/9781782892373-z7Qh_300x.jpg)
by Field-Marshal Alfred Graf Von Schlieffen
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Over 100 maps and diagrams are included.
As one of the foremost of a new generation of officers around the time of Prussian expansionism and the birth of a federal Germany, he was to experience much warfare first-hand. After graduating with honours from the famed Prussian Kriegsakadamie he was appointed...
by Ian Sumner, Francois Vauvillier
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
By 16 June 1940, De Gaulle, with the decisive support of Churchill, had come to the conclusion that, whatever happened, France could not stand to one side in the struggle against Nazi Germany. And so, Free France was born. In this companion volume to MAA 315: The French Army 1939-45 (I) , Ian Sumner...
The Right to Difference
French Universalism and the Jews
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2016
Universal equality is a treasured political concept in France, but recent anxiety over the country’s Muslim minority has led to an emphasis on a new form of universalism, one promoting loyalty to the nation at the expense of all ethnic and religious affiliations. This timely book offers a fresh...
French Tanks of World War II (2)
Cavalry Tanks and AFVs
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2014
The sequel to French Tanks of World War II (1), this title focuses primarily on France's cavalry armored vehicles, including the light reconnaissance tanks such as the AMR and AMC families, the famous Somua S.35 cavalry tanks and the extensive array of armored half-track and armored cars used by the...
by Steven J. Zaloga
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
This title examines the emergence of the first modern tank, the Renault FT. It is a little known fact that France fielded more tanks in World War I than any other army. However, France's early tanks suffered from poor mobility and armor compared to their contemporaries. Indeed, their initial use on...
History and Popular Memory
The Power of Story in Moments of Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
When people experience a traumatic event, such as war or the threat of annihilation, they often turn to history for stories that promise a positive outcome to their suffering. During World War II, the French took comfort in the story of Joan of Arc and her heroic efforts to rid France of foreign occupation....
The Exile's Song
Edmond Dédé and the Unfinished Revolutions of the Atlantic World
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
The extraordinary story of African American composer Edmond Dédé, raised in antebellum New Orleans, and his remarkable career in France In 1855, Edmond Dédé, a free black composer from New Orleans, emigrated to Paris. There he trained with France’s best classical musicians and went on to spend...
Paris Travel Guide
The Ultimate Paris, France Tourist Trip Travel Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
The capital city of France is one of the densely populated metropolises in Europe. The metropolis includes 2.2 million people; whereas the main city's population is near about 12 million. The city is one of the best in Europe, in terms of heritage, history, fashion and vintage. Hence it is a top attraction for all the tourists.
Before Voltaire
The French Origins of “Newtonian” Mechanics, 1680-1715
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2018
We have grown accustomed to the idea that scientific theories are embedded in their place and time. But in the case of the development of mathematical physics in eighteenth-century France, the relationship was extremely close. In Before Voltaire, J.B. Shank shows that although the publication of Isaac...
Monsieur le Vet
My Life with Animals in Rural France
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
The hilarious, poignant and sometimes bizarre stories of an extraordinary vet in rural France Sylvain Balteau works as a village vet in the Pyrenees. Equally at home with a sick hamster as with a pregnant Charolais cow, he is permanently on call, immersed in the daily dramas of animals and their people....
The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail
The GR70 through the Massif Central
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
A guidebook for walking in the footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson as he travelled through France's Velay and Cevennes regions, from Le Puy to St Jean de Gard, accompanied by his faithful donkey, Modestine. At 140km, this route is ideal for people new to walking holidays. Early one morning in the...
5/1/1968
Rethinking France's Last Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
The events of 1968 are often seen purely as a student revolution, but impacted on every aspect of French society – theatre, film, sexuality, race, the countryside, the factories. This volume explores the full diversity of this extraordinary upheaval, and shows how 1968 continues to reverberate in France today.
Écrins National Park
70 walking routes in the Écrins national park
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
This guidebook describes 70 mountain walking routes in the Écrins National Park in south east France. Easily reached from Grenoble, the Massif des Écrins is one of the most spectacular regions in all the Alps. Most of the area is a national park, containing bold mountains hung with glaciers, and...
100 Hut Walks in the Alps
Routes for day walks and overnight stays in France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Slovenia
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
This popular guidebook by expert Kev Reynolds describes 100 walks focusing on the mountain huts of the Alps. With walks in France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Slovenia, there are routes to suit every taste - from gentle and undemanding to long and tough, as well as all varieties of difficulty...