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The West Point Atlas of American Wars: 1900-1918 (West Point Atlas of American Wars)
Vincent J. Esposito Manufacturer: Henry Holt & Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0805053050 |
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THE cohesive book of maps WW1--totally indispensable .......2005-10-21
For previous reviews..........2005-02-23
Not For Everyone.......2001-11-16
Excellent Book About War.......2001-09-03
Confused by Reviews.......2000-05-26
If the date is 1900-1918 in the title, how does this cover Bismarck's Germany, which would be before 1900? Similarly how serious is the league of nations coverage (which I would guess would be 1918-1939 approximately)
One of the reviews mentions WWII - but again, how does this fit in the 1900-1918 range?
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Military Atlas of the First World War
Arthur Banks Manufacturer: Pen and Sword ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0850525632 |
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Arthur Banks' classic map study of World War I has been out of print for some years, at a time when interest in the Great War is very much on the increase. Banks' 250 maps present both broad general surveys of political and military strategy and closely detailed treatments of individual campaigns and engagements. Introductions to each major stage and aspect of the war have been written by the distinguished military historian Alan Palmer.Customer Reviews:
The one book about WWI you have to buy.......2001-09-18
Accurate, detailed and complete graphic account of WWI.......1999-04-30
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Atlas of World War I
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0195210778 |
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"Every map, with its accompanying notes, is almost a chapter of history in itself....General readers as well as history students will value the atlas for its meticulously detailed information."-- Times Educational SupplementCustomer Reviews:
An Excellent companion.......2002-11-27
Atlas of World War I.......2001-09-04
Gilbert clearly has a thorough understanding of his subject and knows what makes for an effective war atlas. Color maps would have been more aesthetically pleasing, but something must remain for the eventual third edition. This book virtually eliminates any need for another rival atlas to be compiled, and any serious scholar of the war should endeavor to purchase this fine volume.
Absolutely indispensable.......1999-08-21
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The Routledge Atlas of the First World War: The Complete History (Routledge Historical Atlases)
Martin Gilbert Manufacturer: Routledge ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0415285089 |
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This atlas offers a definitive visual history of World War I. In 164 finely detailed, easy-to-read maps, it covers the origins of the war, the quarrels of the great European powers and the mobilization of 1914, plus the major battles and all the individual campaigns including the war at sea and in the air--putting them in the wider context of strategy. Beyond its thorough and precise military coverage, the atlas also explores the diplomatic, economic, and social aspects of the conflict. Many of the maps--such as a map of German food riots in 1916, a state-by-state map of opposition to the war in the United States in April, 1917--have put together normally scattered and diverse information with exceptional clarity.
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A Real Gem of a Reference Tool.......2003-07-26
The Routledge Atlas of the First World War consists of ten sections, five covering a single year of the war, one covering the prelude to war, one each on the war at sea and in the air, a section on the global war, and an aftermath. The section on prelude to war covers many well-known issues - such as the alliance system in Europe, the Berlin-Baghdad Railway, and ethnic politics in the Balkans - but it is nice to have all these put together in one graphic package. Oddly, there is no map detailing the various crises that preceded the war, such as the 1908 Bosnian Annexation Crisis.
The section on 1914 is good, covering the main campaigns on the East and Western Fronts, as well as naval actions overseas and the fate of the German colonies. Two significant omissions are the lack of a map of the Austrian invasion of Serbia or the French Plan XVII offensive that led to the Battle of the Frontiers. The section on 1915 is rather lame, with over-focus on British operations in Gallipoli and Mesopotamia, but only a handful of maps on the Eastern Front. Even the Western Front is down-played in the 1915 section, with no mention of the British Loos or Neuve Chapelle offensives, or any French operations. The 1916 section is also skimpy on non-British issues, with only one simple map of Verdun and no coverage of the Brusilov offensive.
The section on the air war is quite interesting, with maps depicting German zeppelin raids over England, London's air defenses, and British air raids on Germany. The section on the naval war has interesting maps of the British blockade, food riots in Germany, Allied merchant ship losses in the Mediterranean and in British waters, and American ship-building. The section on 1917 is better than the earlier sections on 1915-1916, with very nice maps of the underground mines at Messines Ridge, 3rd Ypres and several maps on the Eastern Front. The section on 1918 is also interesting, although the belated inclusion of a single map on the Italian Front is rather telling about the Anglo-centric nature of this volume. Certainly the most informative section of the Atlas is that covering the world at war, which has maps depicting the various war aims, India and the Commonwealth's contributions, British munitions production and British supplies to the Allies. The aftermath section is also useful for understanding the various treaties,
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The Historical Atlas of World War I (Henry Holt Reference Book)
Anthony Livesey , and H. P. Willmott Manufacturer: Henry Holt & Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0805026517 |
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Well set out and concise.......2002-07-01
Superb.......1999-08-19
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West Point Atlas for the Great War: Strategies and Tactics Of The First World War (West Point Military History)
Manufacturer: Square One Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Spiral-bound Similar Items:
ASIN: 0757001599 |
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West Point Atlas for the Great War.......2007-01-12
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The Children's Atlas of the 20th Century: Chart the Century from World War I to the Gulf War and from "Teddy" Roosevelt to Nelson Mandela
Sarah Howarth Manufacturer: Millbrook Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Library Binding ASIN: 0761310002 |
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The State of Atlanta?.......2003-07-18
These simple and obvious mistakes did not inspire confidence in me for the rest of the maps on which I might not so easily spot the mistakes. Therefore I put this book aside and told my nine-year old that it was unreliable.
Cary
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Historical Maps of the Napoleonic Wars
Simon Forty Manufacturer: PRC Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1856486516 |
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Historical Maps of World War I
Manufacturer: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0641663919 |
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These 125 rare and fascinating historical documents chart the boundaries of the Great War from its start in 1914 to the Armistice. Detailed maps show the trench lines of the major Western Front battlefields sitting side-by-side with Lawrence of Arabia's campaigns in Palestine and the Middle East. Naval battles in the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean appear alongside details of ANZAC's Gallipoli campaign or Canadian battles at Vimy Ridge. Plans for rolling barrages at Serre on the Somme contrast with details of operations in East Africa (the setting for the popular movie The African Queen). One section focuses entirely on the United States' involvement in the fighting, while the introduction provides a brief background of the war and an examination of military mapping.
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Historical Maps of World War I
Simon Forty Manufacturer: PRC Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 1856486508 |
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Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red-Black Peoples
Jack D. Forbes Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 025206321X |
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The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology
Langdon Winner Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0226902110 |
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recognition and reflection.......2006-03-24
This is a Great Book!!.......2003-02-27
This book clearly defines an interesting problem that is hidden underneath a complex facade of consumerism and innovation. Winner chooses not to offer alternatives to our pursuit of unlimited technology, but instead, he describes certain aspects of technology, such as politics, that should be taken into consideration as society blindly accepts technology on a product-by-product basis. How are we being limited?? This is an important question to ponder as you read this.
His way of citing examples is actually VERY humorous and embarrassing at times, which makes the book easy and enjoyable to read. Instead of being told WHAT to be aware of, he sets up a method that informs the reader on HOW to be MORE aware of the technology around us and the implications of it. I believe that this a very effective way to make people think without ranting about political views, etc.
I wish they would reissue this book with a beautiful cover design, it truly deserves more attention.
This is a Great Book!!.......2003-02-27
This book clearly defines an interesting problem that is hidden underneath a complex facade of consumerism and innovation. Winner chooses not to offer alternatives to our pursuit of unlimited technology, but instead, he describes certain aspects of technology, such as politics, that should be taken into consideration as society blindly accepts technology on a product-by-product basis. How are we being limited?? This is an important question to ponder as you read this.
His way of citing examples is actually VERY humorous and embarrassing at times, which makes the book easy and enjoyable to read. Instead of being told WHAT to be aware of, he sets up a method that informs the reader on HOW to be MORE aware of the technology around us and the implications of it. I believe that this a very effective way to make people think without ranting about political views, etc.
I wish they would reissue this book with a beautiful cover design, it truly deserves more attention...
Darkness of Technology.......2002-02-08
Winner makes a much more convincing case for his second form of politics in technology. Any technology requires a compatible environment to work in to achieve maximum efficiency. People who benefit from a specific technology will through political means strive to change society to achieve this compatibility. Specific technologies carry their own political imperatives.
Now in itself the co-evolution of society and technology is not necessarily harmful to human society. Modern technology requires and educated work force and hence drives a political imperative for an educated middleclass population. The needs of technology and a beneficial state of society are compatible in this case. However Winner does not see it this way. He sees technology as an independent force for change that will indifferently discard traditions and social structures that are incompatible with it. Reading his descriptions of society, one realizes that Winner appreciates what could be called the ýdarkness of societyý in analogy to the ýdarkness of god.ý
The darkness of god is the sense of ineffable mystery when one contemplates the power and intentions of god. The magnificence of god is tied to the fact that he is infinitely good and beyond human comprehension. His ineffable mystery provides comfit to his believers. In the same way, Winner wants to find a sense of belonging in society. He objects to the technological view that society is a purely instrumental means of achieving some desirable end. For his society is the thing that gives meaning. Depriving it of this renders the individual helpless and alone.
Winner attempts to understand why others do not see society in this way. In particular he tries to understand why people are quite willing to adapt themselves and their society to the needs of technology. Winner sees that this acceptance of technological change has brought prosperity but cannot see how shallow economic prosperity is preferable to a stable meaning-giving society. Hence the Whale and the Reactor of his title.
What Winner seems to miss is that while technology has political imperatives, as he correctly observes, it is also subject to political imperatives. There is no monolithic thing called technology. Rather there are various technologies that all compete to fit into what would best be called a ecosystem of technological and societal arrangements. Successful technologies then must be aware and adapt to the needs of the larger ecosystem of society. Societal and technological arrangements co-evolve and a successful arrangement must be sensitive to larger needs outside of itself.
This co-evolution is best done in a open educated affluent society that is tolerant of change and divergent views. Technology rather than being a straightjacket requiring conformity from members of society is a slave to societyýs needs. It will be By fostering an open educated society it creates the conditions that foster the dignity of the individual. The very political imperatives that control technological development are the reasons why people are willing to adapt to technology. They adapt in an open educated way that provides frees them from obsolete constraints while emphasizing long held beliefs of individual dignity and freedom.
The movies ýModern Timesý and ýMetropolisý show technology in the way it is viewed by Winner. Technology is shown as an over-powering force that indifferently shapes mankind to its needs. However the dystopias presented in these movies and seen by Winner has not come about. Society has become more open. Society has become freer with the political changes driven by technology.
Winner decries the lack of meaning and tradition he sees around him. To him meaning comes from society and change eliminates meaning. For others, meaning comes from an eternal process of which change is a part. Meaning is not fixed but a continual striving for understanding. Technology is accepted because it is part of that process. Technology is then part of an ineffable darkness by which mankind evolves its meaning.
This is a book well worth reading. Winner's views have wide consonance in society. His feeling of unease in the face of technological change is shared by many. There is a wide gulf in understanding between those who share Winner's view and the bulk of society which finds that its beliefs are compatible with technological change. This gulf can be seen by the mutual incomprehension on both sides of the globalization debate. I disagree with Winner's views and find his view of technology as political incomplete. However he masterfully describes the issues that a5re driving these worldwide protests. Most of these protests are inarticulate expressions of an emotional horror at the loss of meaning. Winner provides us with an insightful analysis of the issues that is clear and thoughtful.
This is a book well worth reading.
Stop and Think About It!.......2001-08-09
As technology as we now know it seems steamrolling always into new area never ventured and most react with "can't stop progress," this book delivers the good gift of "we'd better start, stopping and thinking more carefully about it." The "it" is the impact of technologies upon society.
Discussions of risk analysis, tradeoffs, environment and ecology, and of course, economics and politics and social sciences and philosophy are all here.
I came away at times frustrated with the critique going on which didn't truly provide great alternatives, but certainly one obtains from reading this profitable work the valuable premise, i.e. shouldn't we be engaging more seriously in setting limits on technology?
Stem cells, and medical technology regarding life & death issues have clearly pushed the technological envelope to the breaking point for all of society. Engage with this subject. This book is good place to enter the dialogue.
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Insect Conservation: An Australian Perspective (Series Entomologica)
Tim R. New Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 9061935075 |
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