This text provides a study of how Arthur Wellesley; Duke of Wellington; structured; equipped; utilized and adapted the forces under his command in his various campaigns. Philip Haythornthwaite has also written "World War I Source Book" and "Napoleonic Source Book".
#1195881 in Books Oneworld Publications 2007-07-14Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.72 x 1.93 x 6.64l; 3.00 #File Name: 1851683771800 pages
Review
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Short on Modern History; Passable pre-70'sBy Tom DOK for history and partial comparison of "Abrahamic" religions (Judaism; Christianity; Islam). The most comprehensive; say pre-1980; Islamic history available in English. Kung mentions events post 9/11 but not much detail from the 70's on; and the history has a charitable; optimistic "peace" bias. Kung works to avoid controversy and the difficult issues. This is a well documented; interesting tome but the author's spin contaminates it. It is not an "objective" history.I took three stars off for the failure to deal with the hard issues and modern history in any substantive detail; particularly the rise of fundamentalism under the influence of people such as Sayyid Qutb (executed in 1966) and the near dismissal of the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood. This is billed as "Past; Present and Future." It is about the past; it was not about the present even when it was published; and based upon what's happened since it was published; Kung's vision for the future has no practical scenario.Kung does not explore the hard issues within Islam; he fleetingly alludes to them as the difference between the "Mecca period" and the "Medina period." He equates the emergence of Islamic fundamentalism to the Protestant reformation.Understand Kung is looking for a way to peacefully co-exist in a world of mutual respect among religions and people; so he largely ignores the divisive issues that exist even among Muslims; much less between Muslims and non-Muslims. His ending words are: "No peace among the nations without peace among the religions. No peace among the religions without dialogue between the religions. No dialogue between the religions without global ethical standards. No survival of our globe without a global ethic; a world ethic; supported by both the religious and the non-religious."1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. get for a reading challengeBy Lucian A. SpertaA complete and concise piece of work; over 700 pages of pure history of the rise of the Islamic Empire and faith....1 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Daniel E VargasAn excellent theological book.
