Автор: Venter Bruce M. Название: Kill Jeff Davis: The Union Raid on Richmond, 1864 ISBN: 0806151536 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780806151533 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 27550.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The ostensible goal of the controversial Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid on Richmond (February 28-March 3, 1864) was to free some 13,000 Union prisoners of war held in the Confederate capital. But orders found on the dead body of the raid's subordinate commander, Colonel Ulric Dahlgren, point instead to a plot to capture or kill Confederate president Jefferson Davis and set Richmond ablaze. What really happened, and how and why, are debated to this day. Kill Jeff Davis offers a fresh look at the failed raid and mines newly discovered documents and little-known sources to provide definitive answers. In this detailed and deeply researched account of the most famous cavalry raid of the Civil War, author Bruce M. Venter describes an expedition that was carefully planned but poorly executed. A host of factors foiled the raid: bad weather, poor logistics, inadequate command and control, ignorance of the terrain, the failures of supporting forces, and the leaders' personal and professional shortcomings. Venter delves into the background and consequences of the debacle, beginning with the political maneuvering orchestrated by commanding brigadier general Judson Kilpatrick to persuade President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin Stanton to approve the raid. Venter's examination of the relationship between Kilpatrick and Brigadier General George A. Custer illuminates the reasons why the flamboyant Custer was excluded from the Richmond raid. In a lively narrative describing the multiple problems that beset the raiders, Kill Jeff Davis uncovers new details about the African American guide whom Dahlgren ordered hanged; the defenders of the Confederate capital, who were not just the ""old men and young boys"" of popular lore; and General Benjamin F. Butler's expedition to capture Davis, as well as Custer's diversionary raid on Charlottesville. Venter's thoughtful reinterpretations and well-reasoned observations put to rest many myths and misperceptions. He tells, at last, the full story of this hotly contested moment in Civil War history.
Автор: Venter Irma Название: Sondebok ISBN: 0798170336 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780798170338 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 22620.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Ranna Abramson skuil van die gereg na die dood van drie mans na aan haar. As 'n guns aan die geheimsinnige Adriana de Klerk gebruik sy en Alex Derksen hul dekmantel as joernaliste om 'n aanval op 'n vrou onder Adriana se beskerming te ondersoek. Dit lei hulle na 'n skokkende ontdekking - 'n nuwe leidraad oor die verdwyning van 'n talentvolle matriekmeisie ses jaar gelede.
Автор: Venter Irma Название: Skoenlapper ISBN: 0798156732 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780798156738 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 22620.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Iewers tussen Dar es Salaam en Arusha ontmoet die joernalis Alex Derksen vir Ranna, 'n vryskutfotograaf wat nie oor haar verlede wil praat nie. Wanneer die lyk van 'n IT-biljoener na vloede op 'n strand uitspoel, blyk dit Ranna is met rede geheimsinnig. Waarom anders stel die polisie skielik in haar belang?
Автор: Venter Irma Название: Skrapnel ISBN: 0798162562 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780798162562 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 22620.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: J, Venter, Al Название: Al qaeda in the islamic maghreb ISBN: 1526728737 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781526728739 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 13720.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Insurgencies in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and elsewhere-the majority linked to al Qaeda-are in the news on an almost daily basis. But very little surfaces about a festering insurgency that has been on the go for six years in West Africa under the acronym of AQIM, or al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
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Автор: Al J. Venter & Friends Название: Combat: South Africa at War Along the Angolan Frontier ISBN: 1911628739 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781911628736 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 46200.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: Al Venter's latest book on South Africa's 23-year Border War along the Angolan frontier offers a host of new perspectives. These include details about units like the South African Air Force 44 Squadron which converted Dakota aircraft into flying gun platforms similar to those used in America's war in South-East Asia. He also has American nuclear specialist David Albright - one of the leading authorities on nuclear proliferation - take a long hard look at Pretoria's atom bomb program. Elsewhere he deals with the medium-range intercontinental ballistic missile programme that was developed (with Israeli help) in conjunction with building the bomb. Most salient, Venter takes a fresh look at the enemies that were ranged against the SADF, and in particular how SWAPO guerrillas fared. They were obviously a gutsy, well-trained and well-motivated guerrilla force to have survived almost a quarter century of hostilities: indeed, as an insurgent force they were streets ahead of other guerrilla groups such as those who fought the Portuguese and the Rhodesians. Combat-wise, South Africa's ANC military wing does not even begin to compare. There is also, within more than 20 chapters - written either by the author or by specialist friends - a fascinating chapter on covert communications during the war which stretched almost all the way across Africa and into the Indian Ocean. Another chapter looks at what gave the six-wheeled 'thin-skinned' Ratel Infantry Combat Vehicle the ability to tackle Soviet main battle tanks in combat during the course of several Angolan conventional bush war battles and thrash them, a world first that remains unbeaten.
Автор: Venter Al J Название: Salvador ISBN: 1526708140 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781526708144 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 15830.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The El Salvador conflict remains a classic example of how a communist insurgency or any other popular large-scale revolution, including those launched by al-Qaeda or ISIS can be defeated.
Автор: J, Venter, Al Название: Angolan war of liberation ISBN: 1526728419 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781526728418 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 13190.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The story of how an ailing colonial power comprehensively defeated a communist-inspired insurgency.
Автор: Venter, Al J. Название: Battle for angola ISBN: 1911096419 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781911096412 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 36960.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Following the publication of Al Venter's successful Portugal's Guerrilla Wars in Africa - shortlisted by the New York Military Affairs Symposium's 'Arthur Goodzeit Book Award for 2013' - his Battle for Angola delves still further into the troubled history of this former Portuguese African colony. This is a completely fresh work running to almost 600 pages including 32 pages of color photos, with the main thrust on events before and after the civil war that followed Lisbon's over-hasty departure back to the metr pole. There are also several sections that detail the role of South African mercenaries in defeating the rebel leader Dr Jonas Savimbi (considered by some as the most accomplished guerrilla leader to emerge in Africa in the past century). There are many chapters that deal with Pretoria's reaction to the deteriorating political and military situation in Angola, the role of the Soviets and mercenaries in the political transition, as well as the civil war that followed. With the assistance of several notable military authorities he elaborates in considerable detail on South Africa's 23-year Border War, from the first guerrilla incursions to the last. In this regard he received solid help from the former the head of 4 Reconnaissance Regiment, Colonel Douw Steyn, who details several cross-border Recce strikes, including the sinking by frogmen of two Soviet ships and a Cuban freighter in an Angolan deepwater port. Throughout, the author was helped by a variety of notable authorities, including the French historian Dr Ren P lissier and the American academic and former naval aviator Dr John (Jack) Cann. With their assistance, he covers several ancillary uprisings and invasions, including the Herero revolt of the early 20th century; the equally troubled Ovambo insurrection, as well as the invasion of Angola by the Imperial German Army in the First World War. Former deputy head of the South African Army Major General Roland de Vries played a seminal role. It was he - dubbed 'South Africa's Rommel' by his fellow commanders - who successfully nurtured the concept of 'mobile warfare' where, in a succession of armored onslaughts 'thin-skinned' Ratel Infantry Fighting Vehicles tackled Soviet main battle tanks and thrashed them. There is a major section on South African Airborne - the 'Parabats' -by Brigadier-General McGill Alexander, one of the architects of that kind of warfare under Third World conditions. Finally, the role of Cuban Revolutionary Army receives the attention it deserves: officially there were almost 50,000 Cuban troops deployed in the Angolan war, though subsequent disclosures in Havana suggest that the final total was much higher.
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