Автор: Watson, Tom Название: Downsizing for life ISBN: 1914239210 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781914239212 Издательство: Conran Octopus Рейтинг: Цена: 0.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A guide to losing weight - and keeping it off - as well as improving health, from someone who has done both.
Автор: Watson, Alexander Название: Fortress ISBN: 0141986336 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141986333 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 11430.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: WINNER OF THE SOCIETY FOR MILITARY HISTORY'S DISTINGUISHED BOOK AWARD 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORY AND THE BRITISH ARMY MILITARY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD A BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019, AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'A masterpiece. It deserves to become a classic of military history' Lawrence James, The TimesFrom the prize-winning author of Ring of Steel, a gripping history of the First World War's longest and most terrible siegeIn the autumn of 1914 Europe was at war. The battling powers had already suffered casualties on a scale previously unimaginable.
On both the Western and Eastern fronts elaborate war plans lay in ruins and had been discarded in favour of desperate improvisation. In the West this resulted in the remorseless world of the trenches; in the East all eyes were focused on the old, beleaguered Austro-Hungarian fortress of Przemysl. The siege that unfolded at Przemysl was the longest of the whole war.
In the defence of the fortress and the struggle to relieve it Austria-Hungary suffered some 800,000 casualties. Almost unknown in the West, this was one of the great turning points of the conflict. If the Russians had broken through they could have invaded Central Europe, but by the time the fortress fell their strength was so sapped they could go no further.
Alexander Watson, prize-winning author of Ring of Steel, has written one of the great epics of the First World War. Comparable to Stalingrad in 1942-3, Przemysl shaped the course of Europe's future. Neither Russians nor Austro-Hungarians ever recovered militarily from their disasters.
Using a huge range of sources, Watson brilliantly recreates a world of long-gone empires, broken armies and a cut-off community sliding into chaos. The siege was central to the war itself, but also a chilling harbinger of what would engulf the entire region in the coming decades, as nationalism, anti-semitism and an exterminatory fury took hold. 'If you read one military history book this year, make it Alexander Watson's The Fortress' Tony Barber, Financial Times
Автор: Macbain Alexander, Watson William J. Название: Place names, Highlands & Islands of Scotland ISBN: 9353867967 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789353867966 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 30610.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Автор: Watson Alexander Название: Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I ISBN: 0465094880 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780465094882 Издательство: Little Brown Цена: 53630.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: "Remarkable.... The first comprehensive history of the war written from the perspective of the Central Powers." --Los Angeles Review of Books For the Central Powers, the First World War started with high hopes for an easy victory. But those hopes soon deteriorated as Germany's attack on France failed, Austria-Hungary's armies suffered catastrophic losses, and Britain's ruthless blockade brought both nations to the brink of starvation. The Central powers were trapped in the Allies' ever-tightening Ring of Steel. In this compelling history, Alexander Watson retells the war from the perspective of its losers: not just the leaders in Berlin and Vienna, but the people of Central Europe. The war shattered their societies, destroyed their states, and imparted a poisonous legacy of bitterness and violence. A major reevaluation of the First World War, Ring of Steel is essential for anyone seeking to understand the last century of European history.
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