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From "the finest historian of the American Revolution" comes the definitive account of the battle and unlikely triumph that led to American independence (Douglas Brinkley) In 1780, George Washington's army lay idle for want of supplies, food, and money. All hope seemed lost until a powerful French force landed at Newport in July. Then, under Washington's directives, Nathanael Greene began a series of hit-and-run operations against the British. The damage the guerrilla fighters inflicted would help drive the enemy to Yorktown, where Greene and Lafayette would trap them before Washington and Rochambeau, supported by the French fleet, arrived to deliver the coup de gracirc;ce. Richard M. Ketchum illuminates, for the first time, the strategies and heroic personalities-American and French-that led to the surprise victory, only the second major battle the Americans would win in almost seven horrific years. Relying on good fortune, daring, and sheer determination never to give up, American and French fighters-many of whom walked from Newport and New York to Virginia-brought about that rarest of military operations: a race against time and distance, on land and at sea. Ketchum brings to life the gripping and inspirational story of how the rebels defeated the world's finest army against all odds.
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Broad Strategic View of What Led to Yorktown .......2007-07-04
Victory at Yorktown is a highly readable book that captures the Yorktown campaign with a broad strategic view with a long run up to Yorktown. If you are looking for a detailed book on the Yorktown campaign that includes a tactical study, then this book is not for you as the author only addresses the campaign over the final chapters of the book. But, if you want to read a book about the overall events that lead up to the Yorktown campaign, then this book will not disappoint. The bulk of the book deals with the sad fragile condition of the Continental Army, the financial impotent congress who cannot support it, the emergence of the strong French support in troops, the mobilization of the allies' troops and navy and perhaps most fascinating, the harmful discord within the British Command, from Generals Clinton and Cornwallis to Admiral Graves. The author starts with circumstances from 1780 forward providing a strategic understanding of how Yorktown came into being, thus the southern campaigns are necessary and the author provides the detail in summary form. The book does stray a bit as in the interesting detail on Benedict Arnold's betrayal and the maps are limited (3 buried in the middle of the book) but overall an enjoyable read finishing up with a touching portrayal of Washington's final days as commander while he stifles his army's planned march on congress. What is quite amazing, as my friend's son observed, is how Yorktown was a matter of miraculous timing. The Continental and French Armies made a very long and complicated journey to reach the peninsula blessed with the dramatic and necessary appearance of the French fleet that traveled quite a ways itself. Another interesting note in this book was the number of black soldiers in the militias who fought throughout the campaign that is described here and not otherwise noted in other books. It would have been even more interesting if the author elaborated more particularly as the British attempted to utilize blacks as well in avariety of roles with the temptation ofa better life. A more appropriate title for potential readers for this book would have been, "The Last Years of the Revolution that Ended at Yorktown". The book is a very good read particularly if you know and want what you are getting.
Good info on Allied contributions to the Revolutionary War.......2006-12-01
If your weren't up on how much the French and other European powers assisted with Washington's victory at Yorktown, please read this book. Excellent account of the French ground and naval contributions to the battle at Yorktown. Also, continues to highlight what other authors have discussed regarding the precarious nature of the American troops at Washington's disposal. The book also brings up some interesting anecdotes about how disorganized and unsupportive the majority of the Congress at the time was. If you are just an interested reader on the Revolutionary War, this book will be for you; great read.
Well done.......2006-10-14
Some criticism here that the author jumps around somewhat and is not a slave to chronology. Let me suggest books with bigger print and more illustrations for those who find themselves thus challenged. This was in fact the most complicated campaign, requiring more coordination, stones and pure luck than any other. For those who retort "Trenton" let me merely respond "scale". Two fleets (one in Newport and the other in the West Indies) had to arrive at the York/James at precisely the same time as an army which traveled 700+ miles mostly on foot on horrible roads from New York. It is well-written, with many interesting new details and a suspense that builds despite the fact the outcome is well known. If you consider yourself a buff you have to add this one to your personal library.
not rehashing, you can learn from this book.......2006-02-07
Ketchum's Yorktown is better than some crits on here are saying: it is not rehashing. Not only am I using it as a source for a fiction story, but I also have Fleming's Beat the Last Drum (1963) open beside it: they tell the same topic but very differently, just as they should do. Fleming is more a novelist so his Yorktown history is very flowing prose with stories of the people and in his own inimitable way, but Ketchum does his own Ketchum thing here with this, you know what I mean if you read his Bunker Hill, Saratoga and New York battle books. I see a lot of raves for Buchanan with his Guilford and Southron book on what all led to this, and Ketchum seems to rank right up there too, tells a ton and very readable, you can learn from this book which is why it's a source for my story; and to those who may say 'we don't get to Yorktown til the half-point, too much leading up' I say 'Remember, that which happens is formed by that which came before,' and this is especially true with Yorktown: those things the action figures did leading up to cause Yorktown is even more important than the siege, and Ketchum shows this in his own style of telling, just as did Fleming. What did Napoleon say?: win the battle before the battle starts.
I'm also using Burke's Yorktown (1970) and just flipping through before reading I can see his own style and telling, so Ketchum is not rehashing here. There comes a time an author must decide Not Tell the story because others have done and some may rant Rehashing, or Tell the story too, and since Ketchum has his series of revolution books going ... he made the right choice. This is not another's Yorktown, it's Ketchum's Yorktown with his unique style and language, his own telling; not only if you read the others before but a big purpose of the author is giving you the info and story if you never read the other Yorktown books: let's face it, most read one book on a topic, only die-hard studiers or those like me sourcing for a story read four books on one topic. (and how many wrote books on Gettysburg, or "nine-eleven" in NYC 2001?) And for those who say 'tell something new' I must report that I didn't see Tornquist quotes on his witnessing Virginia atrocities by the British, pregnant women bayonetted and such (I won't give those quotes here, pretty awful stuff) in the other works.
Ketchum's Saratoga is the work of his life, it's a monumental and deep work of things on which every American should read, but every author has one that is the best, and that does not take away from his Yorktown; both have a lot of sources with quotes from letters and journals, both have major research - this Yorktown does mention some anecdotes that others have done but that is expected in a major historical event, but he also has other stories and letters he has brought out and that is the history author's job to do so. He tells about the French like Rochambeau, navy admirals like de Grasse and Graves (though Fleming told more on Hood's recongnitions of the true situation and best strategies), on Arnold and his wife Peggy, Washington's meeting with de Grasse and the big Q&A (alone worth the read!), about Wayne and Morgan, and about Lafeyette like this quote: "To keep Conwallis from moving up the peninsula to cross the James near Richmond, Lafeyete met with the marquis de Saint-Simon as soon as the french fleet arrived and arranged for him to land his troops on Jamestown Island. There Lafayette and Wayne joined him, and the combined force, under Lafayette's command, marched to Williamsburg and took up a strong position across the peninsula. By the evening of September 7, between that force and the fleet, Cornwallis was hemmed in - 'in a pudding bag' as general Weedon had said - and it seemed unlikely that he could break out in either direction." [Saint-Simon was general of French army force with de Grasse; while Lafayette was Washington's general of Virginia force of combined continentals and militia to force and keep Cornwallis in the trap.] (though Fleming does more in telling all Lafayette went through in just surviving!, and pushing, and cajoling, in keeping an American force in the field against Cornwallis forcing the earl to the coast seeking supplies.)
One thing I'm noticing with Ketchum is that he doesn't boilerplate with all his revolution books, he tells each one in a way that fits the events to make a unique story even if it's a major event others have covered: in this Yorktown you get Ketchum's Yorktown, and well worth the read.
Entertaining but could be better.......2005-03-18
I did enjoy reading Victory at Yorktown. I did think the title of the book was a bit misleading. As other reviewers have pointed out, about one half of the the book deals with the southern campaign. What little time is devoted to the actual Yorktown engagement is broken up by frequent wanderings into other areas, some relevant, others not. I was also a bit disappointed by the very skimpy coverage devoted to the diplomatic dealings going on during the Yorktown battle. The book, entertaining as it was, could really have improved had more attention been given to the surrender negotiations.
Even with this criticisms I highly recommend Victory at Yorktown.
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This is the first volume of a two-volume text that focuses on three main topics: the struggle for and against political authority, the expansion and contraction of Russia and its dealings with non-Russian nationalities and foreign powers, and the life and culture of the Russian people. This approach contributes to the book's stress on the continuities in Russian history from its beginnings to the mid 1990's. The text provides a balanced and comprehensive coverage of political, economic, social, cultural, and intellectual history.
Distinctions · A two-volume format, with the material on Late Imperial Russia appearing in both volumes. · Incorporates the latest scholarly findings and briefly mentions scholarly controversies. · A clear overview stressing main themes is offered at the beginning of each historical period and the beginning of each chapter. · Chapters are organized in a chronological/topical manner and written in a clear style interweaving narrative and analysis. · Offers greater treatment of such topics as nationalities issues, political opposition, women, eating and drinking, health and sickness, law, crime and punishments, and popular culture. · Much stronger coverage of social history than its competitors. · Extensive and current list of sources at the end of each chapter. A more general source list at the end of each volume includes references to media sources and internet sources. · Primary source inserts drawn from memoirs, letters, foreign observers accounts, and Soviet dissident literature are all included in each chapter.
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An expertly presented and thoroughly informative narration.......2003-12-12
Now in a revised second edition reflecting the latest research findings and controversies on multiple subjects, A History Of Russia Volume I: To 1917 by Walter G. Moss (Department of History and Philosophy, Eastern Michigan University) is the first of a comprehensive two-volume set that, in addition to the sweeping events of Russian political history, takes note of the everyday life, women's studies, religion, literature, and art of Russia. A History Of Russia Volume I: To 1917 is an expertly presented and thoroughly informative narration recommended for a scholar's Russian History reference shelf, as well as accessibly informative reading for the non-specialist general reader with an interest in the historical development of Russia.
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History, the National Book Award for Nonfiction, the George Bancroft Prize, and the Francis Parkman Prize, this absorbing volume explores the complexities of the Soviet-American relationship between the November Revolution of 1917 and Russia's final departure in March 1918 from the ranks of the warring powers.
These four months, which witnessed the Bolshevik Revolution and Russia's departure from the warring powers, set the stage for future relations between the two emerging superpowers. Volume 2 of Soviet American Relations, entitled The Decision to Intervene (Princeton, 1958), explored U.S. intervention in northern Russia and Siberia between 1918 and 1920.The distinguished scholar and public servant George F. Kennan opens the way to an understanding not only of these events but of the subsequent pattern of Soviet-American relations and the complex process of international diplomacy generally.
Kennan became the U.S. government's key analyst of the Soviet Union after a two-year stint in the Foreign Service there (1944-1946), which had been preceded by service in the American embassy in Moscow before World War II. His "long telegram" to his superiors at the State Department, written in 1946 and published a year later in revised form in Foreign Affairs as the famous "X" article, was perhaps the most influential statement in the early years of the Cold War.
After leaving the Foreign Service, Kennan joined the faculty at the School for Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, where he wrote Russia Leaves the War and subsequent books.
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The Foundations of Soviet-American Diplomatic Relations.......2005-04-12
Russia Leaves the War, Volume I of George F. Kennan's history of Soviet-American Relations, 1917-1920, describes the chaos that the Bolshevik seizure of power produced in US diplomatic circles in the months immediately following the November 1917 revolution. Kennan, who passed away in March 2005, was a leading authority on Soviet-American diplomatic relations and the author of the policy of containment which served as the basis for American policy toward the Soviet Union from the late 1940s to the 1980s.
In Russia Leaves the War, Kennan provides many valuable insights into the earliest diplomatic relations between the US and Soviet governments. Some examples:
The Tsar was deposed in February 1917 and replaced by the Provisional Government led by Alexander Kerensky. This event appears to have been one source influencing the US decision to enter WWI in April 1917 because it allowed President Wilson to present his decision as one to support the forces of democracy against the forces of authoritarianism. (Naturally, Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare and attempts to incite Mexico against the US were also major factors in the decision.)
The perception of Russia by the US in the months following the February Revolution was based on the wildly idealistic and optimistic view that Russia would rapidly develop into a western democracy sharing our values and goals. In reality, Russia had no heritage of democracy and individual liberty remotely comparable to the one we received from England going back at least to Magna Carta (1215).
The treaties creating the Triple Entente (Britain, France and Russia) contained secret provisions regarding territorial adjustments, spheres of influence, and indemnities to be paid by the Central Powers after their defeat. The US was not a party to these treaties and, in fact, insisted on referring to itself as an "associated" rather than "allied" power after entering the war.
In late 1917, Russia was a defeated power. The army was demoralized both by military defeat and Bolshevik agitation; the troops were deserting. The Provisional Government was incapable of simultaneously continuing to fight the Central Powers and establishing itself as the new government of Russia. The Bolsheviks exploited this situation by openly calling for a general peace without annexations or indemnities, without prior consultation with Russia's allies, and by openly publishing and denouncing the secret treaty provisions as imperialist plots. The Bolshevik goals were to rapidly negotiate a separate peace with Germany, consolidate their power in Russia, drive a wedge between their former allies to prevent them from pressuring Russia to continue the war, and to promote communist revolutions throughout Europe by appealing to the masses to rise up against their governments.
The US diplomatic presence in Petrograd in November 1917 was almost as chaotic as the Russian political situation. The US Ambassador, David Francis, the former Mayor of St Louis, Governor of Missouri, and Secretary of the Interior, had little knowledge of either Russia or diplomatic service. Although Francis was, as ambassador, the official representative of the US President to the Russian Government, President Wilson apparently had sufficient misgivings about his ambassador's qualifications that he designated as many as four additional representatives of the US Government to Russia who were to various degrees independent of the Ambassador. The most striking of these independent representatives was "Colonel" Raymond Robins, head of the American Red Cross mission to Russia who attempted, at every opportunity, to influence and maneuver American policy into recognition and support of the Bolshevik regime. The most complimentary description of Robbins is the one provided by Felix Dzerzhinski, head of the Cheka, the Bolshevik secret police, who described Robbins as "...the only true and faithful friend we had among the foreigners...who understood our aims and fully sympathized with us and was ready to support our government...".
Having destroyed the Russian army, Lenin was in a bind. He reached a truce with the Germans to temporarily halt fighting on the eastern front. In the negotiations of a peace treaty at Brest-Litovsk, the Bolsheviks under Trotsky's lead took a hard negotiating position demanding no annexations of formerly Russian controlled territory. When the Germans refused, Trotsky declared the negotiations ended and that there would be "no war, no peace" in the naïve belief that the Germans would not pursue their military advantage. As the Germans approached the then-capital of Petrograd (St Petersburg), Lenin had to step in to demand that his colleagues accept whatever terms the Germans chose to offer.
In the meantime, the Allied powers had been shipping huge amounts of military supplies to Russia via Vladivostok in the Far East. As the Bolsheviks consolidated their power over other Russian factions while caving in to all German demands, fear grew that these supplies might be seized and transferred to the Germans. The British and French both approached the Japanese, also an allied power, to suggest an allied occupation of Vladivostok and a portion of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The Japanese were only too eager to cooperate but wanted an American approval or, at least, a statement of no objection. After a significant period of dithering in March 1918, in which a statement of "no objection" was drafted and shown to the British and French, President Wilson notified the Japanese that the US could not support an intervention in Russian affairs because it might antagonize the Russian people and drive them into alliance with the Germans. To prevent or delay this intervention, the Bolsheviks were actively hinting through Robins that if the US would keep the Japanese from intervening in the Far East, they might not ratify the Brest-Litovsk Treaty which would result in a Russian resumption of the war with Germany. Kennan leaves no doubt that this was a tactical maneuver without any intent to actually delay ratification. As long as Lenin was leading the Bolsheviks, the US, Britain, and France were viewed as enemies along with Germany. At this point, the Bolsheviks ratified the Brest-Litovsk Treaty and the book ends. Presumably the tale continues in Volume II, The Decision to Intervene.
Kennan is not only a master diplomat; he is also an accomplished historian and superb writer. Russia Leaves the War is a valuable addition to the history of the formation of the Soviet Union and ranks along with Richard Pipes' The Russian Revolution and Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime as essential to understanding this period.
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Ekonomicheskaia Zhizn' SSSR: Khronika Sob'itii i Faktor 1917-1965 v Dvukh Knigakh (Volumes I and II)
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Volumes I (1917-1950) and II (1951-1965) included. Books are in the Russian language. Exlibrary markings. Volumes are in similar condiiton. Square, tight binding and hinges. Clean but age-darkened pages. Cloth over boards with bumped corners, general shelf wear. 932 pp. combined between the two volumes. Economic-related events and facts arranged chronologically, beginning with October 1917 and the Bolshevik Revolution and ending with December 1965 in the early post-Khrushchev era. Subject index at end of Volume II.
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The definitive work on the Krakatoa volcano and eruption.......2006-04-18
This book far outdoes any of its rival works on the Krakatoa volcano, particularly with respect to its stupendous eruption of 1883. Instead of selectively culling lay and expert observations and reports about this phenomenal event, nearly all available reports are reproduced, verbatim, in chronological order, giving the reader an excellent view into the prologue to the great blast that was heard 3,000 miles away on August 27, 1883.
Of particular interest is Professor VerBeek's post-eruption analysis of what took place at the climax of the explosions. Although the events were unprecedented in terms of formal scientific experience, VerBeek's report has largely stood the test of time and subsequent discovery, and remains a singularly epochal advance in the science of volcanology.
The book requires some background in volcano study to be most completely understood, but any person with a high school background in physical science will comprehend most of it easily.
Illustrations and diagrams are somewhat wanting. However, the excellence and organization of the textual materials overcomes this for the most part.
I greatly enjoyed this book, which came as a surprise Christmas present, and I will reread it a number times. I recommmend it highly to all readers, even the rofessional geologist.
Technical but VERY Interesting.......2005-05-01
Though this book goes deeper into the technical aspects of the eruption, it is a fascinating read composed of many witness accounts. All areas of the event are covered in great detail, yet it is thoroughly explained so the average reader will understand. Lots of reading here, but I highly recommend it for anyone with a fascination for one of history's most notable natural disasters.
highly technical.......2004-10-10
How much did you want to know?
This book has a lot of information. Countless accounts from witnesses. Plenty of technical data, though it is well explained. Some of the theories are a little passe, but I think it is well worth reading anyway. Theories come and go, but the hard data will always be good.
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Humanature
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The slow growth of redwood forests . . . the annual migration of Canada geese . . . winter's first snowfall . . . things such as these persuade us that nature carries on its cycles regardless of human activities--and always will. Yet, a closer look reveals that all around us nature is becoming an illusion created by human ingenuity. As we control our rivers and shores, manage the forests, and develop habitats for endangered species, it becomes increasingly hard to think of nature as something "out there" that exists independently of us. Humanature asks us to intelligently consider the far-reaching ways in which we are reshaping nature on a planet-wide scale. In his eloquent essay, Peter Goin writes about land usage, pesticides and pollution, genetic engineering, resource consumption, and other indicators to show the dramatic range of human impact in the natural world. His photographs, the vital core of the book, provide convincing confirmation of the extent to which people and nature have become a continuum--humanature. Having influenced, altered, and designed nature, it behooves us to try to understand the cultural construction of wildness and of the role of nature as a cultural paradigm. Humanature will be an important and challenging contribution to this process of learning about our relationship to the environment in which we live.
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Humanature's river. (Kissimmee River in Florida): An article from: The Geographical Review
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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Review, published by American Geographical Society on January 1, 1997. The length of the article is 2036 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
From the author: Although the canal project on the Kissimmee River in central Florida facilitated navigation and more effective flood control, it clearly resulted in ecological degradation of the Kissimmee habitat. Since 1984 the Kissimmee River has been the focus of an intensive restoration program. The managers now responsible for creating a functioning river and floodplain are attempting to restore sections of the Kissimmee to some semblance of "nature," This, the first nationwide attempt to restore a river of such size and ecological importance, is examined in a photographic essay. Keywords: Florida, Kissimmee River, landscape photography, nature management, restoration.
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Title: Humanature's river. (Kissimmee River in Florida)
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- Warfare in the Classical World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons, Warriors and Warfare in the Ancient Civilisations of Greece and Rome
- Waterloo: New Perspectives: The Great Battle Reappraised
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