The First Victory

Author: Andrew Stewart
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300208553
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
A riveting new account of the long-overlooked achievement of British-led forces who, against all odds, scored the first major Allied victory of the Second World War Surprisingly neglected in accounts of Allied wartime triumphs, in 1941 British and Commonwealth forces completed a stunning and important victory in East Africa against an overwhelmingly superior Italian opponent. A hastily formed British-led force, never larger than 70,000 strong, advanced along two fronts to defeat nearly 300,000 Italian and colonial troops. This compelling book draws on an array of previously unseen documents to provide both a detailed campaign history and a fresh appreciation of the first significant Allied success of the war. Andrew Stewart investigates such topics as Britain's African wartime strategy; how the fighting forces were assembled (most from British colonies, none from the U.S.); General Archibald Wavell's command abilities and his difficult relationship with Winston Churchill; the resolute Italian defense at Keren, one of the most bitterly fought battles of the entire war; the legacy of the campaign in East Africa; and much more.

George Washington's First Victory

Author: Stephen Krensky
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689859422
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Describes an incident in the early life of George Washington, which provides a glimpse of his relationship with his mother.

A Single Grand Victory

Author: Ethan Sepp Rafuse
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0842028765
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
This series offers to students of the Civil War, either those continuing or those just beginning their exciting journey into the past, concise overviews of important persons, events, and themes in that remarkable period of America's history."--BOOK JACKET.

Patton's First Victory

Author: Leo Barron
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0811766071
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313

Book Description
American troops invaded North Africa in November 1942, but did not face serious resistance until the following February, when they finally tangled with Rommel’s Afrika Korps—and the Germans gave the inexperienced Americans a nasty drubbing at Kasserine Pass. After this disaster, Gen. George Patton took command and reinvigorated U.S. troops with tough training and new tactics. In late March, at El Guettar in Tunisia, Patton’s men defeated the Germans. It was a morale-boosting victory—the first American success versus the Germans and the first of Patton’s storied World War II career—and proved to the enemy, the British, and the Americans themselves that the U.S. Army could fight and win.

The Confident Mind

Author: Nathaniel Zinsser
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1529159024
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
You don't have to be born confident. You can learn to be confident. Here's how. Dr Nate Zinsser works with the cream of the US military to prepare them mentally for leadership and for action. He also trains top sportsmen and women to develop the self-belief essential for world-class performance. Now he shares the tried and tested techniques he has perfected over many years to help anyone who wants to acquire the confidence that will enable them to perform at their very best, whatever the environment, however stressful the situation. In the process he shows how to make positive use of nervousness, what acquiring a 'success cycle' involves, and why self-assurance, like all skills, requires constant practice. Drawing on the latest research, and packed with real-life examples, this is a supremely practical - and inspirational - guide to achieving bullet-proof confidence.

Victory in the East

Author: John France
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521589871
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448

Book Description
A paperback of John France's new analysis of the strategies and battles of the First Crusade.

Ethan Allen & the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

Author: Richard B. Smith
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614231087
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
The author of Vermont Firsts and Other Claims to Fame examines the pivotal American Revolutionary War skirmish and the men behind it. In April 1775, a small band of men set out from Hartford and traveled swiftly north toward the shore of Lake Champlain, recruiting men to their expedition along the way. Within only a few days, this loyal group of volunteers arrived in Vermont and, joining forces with Ethan Allen and his legendary Green Mountain Boys, launched a daring attack to capture more than one hundred cannons stored at Fort Ticonderoga. In this comprehensive look at “America's First Victory,” Richard Smith traces the Patriots’ route from Connecticut, through the towns of western Massachusetts and the Berkshire hills and north to Bennington, Vermont, and Lake Champlain. He chronicles the rival expedition led by Benedict Arnold, his confrontation with Allen, and the surprise attack that changed the course of the American Revolution.

The First Victory

Author: Nathaniel Zinsser
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473579260
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The First Victory is a complete guide to confidence for professionals in any field: how to understand it, how to build it, how to protect it and how to apply it when your performance matters. Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu once observed: 'Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.' No athlete, performer or professional can step into the arena and win without first achieving victory over doubt, worry and uncertainty. The First Victory distils Nathaniel Zinsser's years of experience helping Army elites and top-tier Olympic and professional athletes achieve their 'first victories' with a step-by-step logical approach. The idea that confidence is elusive and intangible will be removed, its components broken down into learnable steps and the process of applying those steps when it's time to step into the spotlight clearly described. Throughout the book, readers will hear from champion athletes such as Michael Phelps, from Army combat veterans and other elite performers and professionals to show how the reader can adopt the same mental strategies to control what can be controlled and to be unfazed by what can't.

Zero-Sum Victory

Author: Christopher D. Kolenda
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813152836
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400

Book Description
Why have the major post-9/11 US military interventions turned into quagmires? Despite huge power imbalances in the United States' favor, significant capacity-building efforts, and repeated tactical victories by what many observers call the world's best military, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq turned intractable. The US government's fixation on zero-sum, decisive victory in these conflicts is a key reason why military operations to overthrow two developing-world regimes failed to successfully achieve favorable and durable outcomes. In Zero-Sum Victory, retired US Army colonel Christopher D. Kolenda identifies three interrelated problems that have emerged from the government's insistence on zero-sum victory. First, the US government has no organized way to measure successful outcomes other than a decisive military victory, and thus, selects strategies that overestimate the possibility of such an outcome. Second, the United States is slow to recognize and modify or abandon losing strategies; in both cases, US officials believe their strategies are working, even as the situation deteriorates. Third, once the United States decides to withdraw, bargaining asymmetries and disconnects in strategy undermine the prospects for a successful transition or negotiated outcome. Relying on historic examples and personal experience, Kolenda draws thought-provoking and actionable conclusions about the utility of American military power in the contemporary world—insights that serve as a starting point for future scholarship as well as for important national security reforms.

Toulon 1793

Author: Robert Forczyk
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 9781841769196
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In August 1793 of the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802), Republican France teetered on the brink of collapse. On every front her enemies' armies swept forward across her borders – the very survival of the Revolution itself was at stake. In Toulon, the strategically vital home port of France's Mediterranean fleet, a coup had overthrown the Republican government and handed over the city to the blockading British navy. In this, perhaps her darkest hour, France's saviour was at hand in the shape of a Captain of Artillery whose name all Europe would soon know - Napoleon Bonaparte. This title describes the Republican victory at Toulon that not only saved the Revolution but also saw the young Napoleon Bonaparte begin his meteoric rise to power.