Edward Shepherd Creasy

Each chapter of Creasy’s strategy book dissects a different battle. The fifteen chapters I - THE BATTLE OF MARATHON II - DEFEAT OF THE ATHENIANS AT SYRACUSE, B.C. 413 III - THE BATTLE OF ARBELA, B.C. 331 IV - THE BATTLE OF THE METAURUS, B.C. 207 V - VICTORY OF ARMINIUS OVER THE ROMAN LEGIONS UNDER VARUS, A.D. 9 VI - THE BATTLE OF CHALONS, A.D. 451 VII - THE BATTLE OF TOURS, A.D. 732 VIII - THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS, 1066 IX - JOAN OF ARC'S VICTORY OVER THE ENGLISH AT ORLEANS, A.D. 1429 X - THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA, A.D. 1588 XI - THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM, 1704 XII - THE BATTLE OF PULTOWA, 1709 XIII - VICTORY OF THE AMERICANS OVER BURGOYNE AT SARATOGA, A.D. 1777 XIV - THE BATTLE OF VALMY XV – THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, 1815

عن "جامعة حمد بن خليفة" و"دار الأهلية"، صدرت النسخة العربية من كتاب "تاريخ الأتراك العثمانيّين" للمؤرخ والمستشرق الإنكليزي إدوارد شيفرد كريسي بترجمة أحمد سالم سالم. ينقسم العمل إلى خمسة وعشرين فصلاً، اعتمد على تلخيص وشرح موسوعة "التاريخ العثماني للمؤرّخ والدبلوماسي الألماني جوزيف فون هامر (1774 - 1856) مع إضافة أحداث عديدة وقعت حتى نهاية القرن التاسع عشر، يستند المؤلّف في توثيقها بشكل أساسي إلى خلفيته في دراسه القانون، متناولاً صياغة السياسات العامّة للدولة العثمانية، خاصة في علاقاتها مع القوى الأوروبية

“Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.” - T. E. Lawrence. A short but comprehensive history of Scotland by one of the best-known newspapermen and writers of his day, a quasi-scientific analysis of a single battle from Edward Creasy, a bloody boots-on-the-ground Civil War memoir by a remarkably articulate Confederate cannoneer, an insightful Elbert Hubbard sketch of King Alfred, a history of the Ancient Greeks and a rare biography of Captain James Cook. Strategy Six Pack 8 is a historian’s haversack of tactical texts spanning two millennia of A Short History of Scotland by Andrew Lang. The Battle of Blenheim, 1704 by Edward Shepherd Creasy. The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson by Edward A. Moore. King Alfred by Elbert Hubbard. The Story of the Greeks by H. A. Guerber. The Life of Captain James Cook, the Circumnavigator by Arthur Kitson. Kindle edition includes image gallery.

The second volume of the History of the Ancient World, fully formatted for Kindle devices and the Kindle for iOS apps. Contents include: INSTITUTION AND FALL OF THE DECEMVIRATE IN ROME PERICLES RULES IN ATHENS GREAT PLAGUE AT ATHENS DEFEAT OF THE ATHENIANS AT SYRACUSE CONDEMNATION AND DEATH OF SOCRATES BRENNUS BURNS ROME TARTAR INVASION OF CHINA BY MEHA ALEXANDER REDUCES TYRE: LATER FOUNDS ALEXANDRIA THE BATTLE OF ARBELA FIRST BATTLE BETWEEN GREEKS AND ROMANS THE PUNIC WARS SCIPIO AFRICANUS CRUSHES HANNIBAL AT ZAMA AND SUBJUGATES CARTHAGE THE GRACCHI AND THEIR REFORMS CAESAR CONQUERS GAUL ROMAN INVASION AND CONQUEST OF BRITAIN ASSASSINATION OF CÆSAR ROME BECOMES A MONARCHY; DEATH OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA GERMANS UNDER ARMINIUS REVOLT AGAINST ROME

A great collision of armies under the banners of the crescent and the cross. The Battle of Tours (also called Poitiers) in 732 A.D. was one of the most significant battles fought during the last two millennia. This book is far more than just a description of the battle, it also recounts, through the writings of several academic contributors, the story of two emergent empires, drawn together on converging paths which resulted in a collision not simply between two armies, but between two uncompromisingly different cultures and faiths. Described in these pages is the violent and turbulent rise of the Franks in Europe who, by the time of the battle of Tours, were led by their warrior king, Charles Martel--'the Hammer'--whose dynasty brought forth the Emperor Charlemagne. From the Middle East, Islam was conquering and spreading its political influence, which are outlined as they bore upon the invasion of Europe. By the sixth century, Umayyad Caliphate armies had swept along the Mediterranean coastline of North Africa, crossed over into Spain and could see no impediment in the mountain barrier of the Pyrenees to their farther expansion. So France faced an invasion by an army accompanied by their families and belongings who had come to stay and rule. That army, under Abdul Rhaman al Ghafiqi, in the valley of the Loire and less than 140 miles from Paris collided with the Frankish and Burgundian battle host and was brought to ruin. In later centuries the Moors successfully ruled Spain and the Ottoman Turks also attempted to invade western Europe but were defeated before Vienna. However, after Tours never again did a Muslim army drive so far westwards and despite the sectarian blood-letting that lay ahead, for which the Europeans themselves were responsible, this fact defined the culture and dominant religion of the modern continent. Included are illustrations which did not accompany the original texts. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.

This book rescues and brings together two important essays by two renowned historians. Jeanne d'Arc's Victory at Orleans by Edward S. Creasy. And Trial and Execution of Jeanne d'Arc by Jules Michelet. The edition is completed by twelve images about different scenes in the life of Joan of Arc, as it has been idealized by several painters over time.

The battle of Waterloo is an enigma. It is as obscure to those who won it as to those who lost it. For Napoleon it was a panic; Blucher sees nothing in it but fire; Wellington understands nothing in regard to it. Look at the reports. The bulletins are confused, the commentaries involved. Some stammer, others lisp. Jomini divides the battle of Waterloo into four moments; Muffling cuts it up into three changes; Charras alone, though we hold another judgment than his on some points, seized with his haughty glance the characteristic outlines of that catastrophe of human genius in conflict with divine chance. All the other historians suffer from being somewhat dazzled, and in this dazzled state they fumble about. It was a day of lightning brilliancy; in fact, a crumbling of the military monarchy which, to the vast stupefaction of kings, drew all the kingdoms after it--the fall of force, the defeat of war. (Victor Hugo)

“A jolly good read….One of the great Victorian bestsellers…(reflected) in the frequency with which it was republished – thirty-eight times in the forty-eight years between 1851 and 1894.” -John Keegan Originally published in 1851, at the peak of British imperial power, The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World, Creasy's best known fundamental work of history, found an eager audience of readers who wanted to understand how Britain had achieved its tremendous influence and how long it would last. Since then, these chronicles of ancient and modern military confrontations have informed and inspired generations of students and armchair historians. “From Creasy’s book and other popular military histories, nineteenth-century Americans learned that in a single day on a single battlefield in a single crucial engagement a whole empire could be destroyed, a nation’s independence assured, and the fate of millions determined by the actions of a single army led by a brilliant commander.. This concept of war almost totally ignored logistics, political factors, strategy, and other aspects of military operations. What determined the outcome of the decisive battles that determined the outcome of wars in the popular mind was the brilliance of commanders and the courage of their armies. Victory inevitably went to the side that was superior in character and virtue.” -Ethan Sepp Rafuse, “A Single Grand The First Campaign and Battle of Manassas

Centuries of warfare in Europe between the western and eastern worldsIt is difficult for many contemporary readers to imagine a time when the European and Christian world was constantly at threat from the huge invading armies of the East and the Islamic world. In 732 AD the Umayyad Moors were defeated in battle between Poitiers and Tours just 12 miles from Paris. However, the principal incursions of the ensuing 800 years came from the Ottoman Turkish empire, which fought to establish its grip on Europe well into the 18th century. For example, Eugene of Savoy, Marlborough’s famous military ally, first fought in those wars. This book, taken from Creasy’s more expansive work on the history of the Ottoman Empire, concentrates on the period from the first invasions of Europe by the Turks, to the period of imperial stagnation and the slow decline of Ottoman power. Within this pages are accounts of the sieges of Constantinople and the fall of Byzantium, the sieges of Vienna, the fall of Rhodes and the resistance of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto and the many other battles and conflicts fought across eastern Europe by the Austrians, Hungarians, Poles, Serbs and others in order to hold the advancing crescent banner at bay. This is a fascinating account of the collision between the cultures and faiths of east and west that has been all but forgotten by those who were not on its perennial front line.Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.

Two years after the accession of Queen Elizabeth to the throne of England, the Geneva Confession of Faith (Calvinistic) was adopted by the Scottish nation, which thus formally became Protestant. The aim of Mary, Queen of Scots, to restore the Catholic religion in that kingdom added many complications to her royal task, as well as to her personal fortunes. Her final condemnation and execution, 1587, for conspiracy against Elizabeth, occurred at a time when the shadow of Spanish supremacy was being cast broadly over Europe. The Spanish power was still attempting the subjugation of the Netherlands, and it was the ambition of Philip II to bring England also under his own sway and that of Rome. Elizabeth had given aid to Philip's rebellious subjects in the Netherlands, and Sir Francis Drake had committed many depredations upon Spain and her colonies. For the purpose of avenging these acts, as well as the death of Mary Stuart, and of overthrowing the Reformation in Great Britain, Philip gathered up all his strength and prepared to hurl a mighty naval force, the "Invincible Armada," against England. Creasy's masterly survey of the European situation at this period unfolds the Anglo-Spanish complications. His exhaustive account of the Armada and its ill-fated enterprise makes clear everything important in this famous passage of history.

The Invasions and the Projected Invasions of England, from the Saxon times. With remarks on the present British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF BRITAIN & IRELAND collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. As well as historical works, this collection includes geographies, travelogues, and titles covering periods of competition and cooperation among the people of Great Britain and Ireland. Works also explore the countries' relations with France, Germany, the Low Countries, Denmark, and Scandinavia. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition ++++ British Library Creasy, Edward Shepherd; 1852. 312 p.; 8 . 1325.d.18.

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Decisive Battles The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World from Marathon to Waterloo By Sir Edward Creasy, M.A. It is an honourable characteristic of the Spirit of this Age, that projects of violence and warfare are regarded among civilized states with gradually increasing aversion. The Universal Peace Society certainly does not, and probably never will, enrol the majority of statesmen among its members. But even those who look upon the Appeal of Battle as occasionally unavoidable in international controversies, concur in thinking it a deplorable necessity, only to be resorted to when all peaceful modes of arrangement have been vainly tried; and when the law of self-defence justifies a State, like an individual, in using force to protect itself from imminent and serious injury. For a writer, therefore, of the present day to choose battles for his favourite topic, merely because they were battles, merely because so many myriads of troops were arrayed in them, and so many hundreds or thousands of human beings stabbed, hewed, or shot each other to death during them, would argue strange weakness or depravity of mind. THE FIFTEEN DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WORLD. CHAPTER I.—THE BATTLE OF MARATHON. CHAPTER II. — DEFEAT OF THE ATHENIANS AT SYRACUSE, B.C.413. CHAPTER III. — THE BATTLE OF ARBELA, B.C. 331. CHAPTER IV. — THE BATTLE OF THE METAURUS, B.C. 207. CHAPTER V. — VICTORY OF ARMINIUS OVER THE ROMAN LEGIONS UNDER VARUS, CHAPTER VI — THE BATTLE OF CHALONS, A.D. 451. CHAPTER VII. — THE BATTLE OF TOURS, A.D. 732, CHAPTER VIII. — THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS, 1066. CHAPTER IX. — JOAN OF ARC'S VICTORY OVER THE ENGLISH AT ORLEANS, A.D. CHAPTER X. — THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA, A.D. 1588. CHAPTER XI. — THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM, 1704. CHAPTER XII. — THE BATTLE OF PULTOWA, 1709. CHAPTER XIII. — VICTORY OF THE AMERICANS OVER BURGOYNE AT SARATOGA, CHAPTER XIV. — THE BATTLE OF VALMY. CHAPTER XV. — THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, 1815.

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Excerpt from Memoirs of Eminent EtoniansI have endeavoured to prepare and collect in this volume a series of memoirs of the most eminent men who have been connected with Eton, by education or office, during the four centuries that have elapsed since the foundation of the.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

En Cuadernos de Historia Militar (en adelante CHM) vamos a presentarles los más diversos temas de esta especialidad, mostrando sus diferentes tendencias, así como el uso de una multiplicidad de disciplinas auxiliares de la Historia. HRM Ediciones nos planteamos la Historia Militar (en adelante HM) como una Historia Total en la que la Historia Social, la Política, la Económica, la Sociología y un largo etcétera, enriquecen y complementan lo que, con Edward Creasy, nació como narración de batallas y análisis de la estrategia y la táctica. Consideramos que, como decía Keegan, el fin último de los ejércitos es la batalla. Por lo cual, la narración y análisis de las mismas sigue siendo el eje de estudio fundamental de esta especialidad, sin embargo, los ejércitos no surgen por generación espontánea, pertenecen a una sociedad determinada, con una cultura específica, inmersa en un sistema económico particular, y con una estructura política que marca a sus fuerzas armadas unos objetivos y una metodología. En definitiva, para entender la HM, hoy por hoy, es necesario afrontarla con una perspectiva multidisciplinar y totalizadora. Bien es verdad que, en este preciso momento, falta una tradición que establezca una metodología: hay diversas iniciativas aisladas que trabajan algún aspecto o disciplina concreta. Sin un elemento unificador, sin algo que las potencie y las ponga en contacto entre sí, corremos el peligro de que este nuevo modo de escribir y analizar la HM desaparezca antes de que tenga posibilidad de cristalizar, y así, seguir dependiendo del mundo anglosajón principalmente para poder disfrutar de la misma. Centrándonos en este primer número de CHM, que tiene una distribución cronológica de sus capítulos, comenzaremos con el estudio que Edward Creasy realiza de la batalla de Maratón, la primera batalla de su Fifteen decisive battles of the World que, sorprendentemente, verá por primera vez la luz en nuestro idioma. Con él nos acercaremos al nacimiento de la HM moderna que creó una tradición que, tras pasar por varios autores, ha llegado hasta nuestros días de la mano de Peter Paret en su Creadores de la estrategia moderna. Continuaremos con el capítulo de Arturo Sánchez dedicado a Genghis Khan y la conquista del imperio Jin, para luego saltar a la Guerra de los Treinta Años llevados de la mano de Alex Claramunt; una guerra que se caracterizó por el sufrimiento que provocó en la población civil, en eso se centra el capítulo. El cuarto ensayo se enmarca dentro de la tradición historiográfica, versa sobre la toma de Pensacola a finales del Siglo XVIII por Bernardo de Gálvez. Su autor, Tomás San Clemente, hace uso de la más extensa fuente documental sobre ese hecho de armas. Seguimos con la implicación social y las consecuencias para ciertos elementos de la sociedad de la Guerra de la Independencia española: con Félix Gil, tomando como núcleo central Andalucía, es capaz de extrapolar sus conclusiones al resto del territorio nacional. Terminamos con las consecuencias del Desastre de Annual de la mano de Antonio García. Capítulo que aúna HM, Política y Social.

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