This is the first English language account of the 1809 campaign for Vienna to weave stories of individual persons into the larger motif of the struggle to dominate Europe. The book explores three themes: the decline of Napoleon's powers, the rise of German nationalism, the end of the era of cavalry dominance of the battlefield and the ascendance of artillery. The campaign for Vienna led to Napoleon's first defeat on the battlefield. In May, Napoleon sat with his defeated army at the end of a long and imperiled line of communications. At the moment of crisis, he displayed his formidable...
This is the first English language account of the 1809 campaign for Vienna to weave stories of individual persons into the larger motif of the stru...
Osprey's examination of the 'Battle of the Bulge, ' which was the last major German offensive in the West during World War II (1939-1945). Three armies attacked through the Ardennes, the weakest point in the American lines, and almost broke through. This title describes the planning of the attack and the course of events, including the defence of Bastogne and the heroic delaying actions fought by GIs supposed to be in a 'quiet' sector of the front. In spite of serious American disadvantages, Hitler's offensive was stopped. James Arnold explains exactly how this was achieved, and how Germany's...
Osprey's examination of the 'Battle of the Bulge, ' which was the last major German offensive in the West during World War II (1939-1945). Three armie...
Jim Arnold begins his integration of science and religion by reciting how an independent voice medium brought about conversations with spirits and changed his life. He also tells of his own, single experience of being the medium. Later he had a profound mystical experience of God. He attempts biographically to establish his personal credibility. He sees Moses as a voice medium and explains how a Judean academy voided this and substituted its own tribal-god concept in the biblical books attributed to be authentic Moses. This Judean make-believe but enticing concept of God needs to be expunged...
Jim Arnold begins his integration of science and religion by reciting how an independent voice medium brought about conversations with spirits and cha...
