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Great War and Medieval Memory Cambridge University Press
Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna
A genuinely comparative study of the cultural impact of the Great War on British and German societies in the first half of the twentieth century. Taking public commemorations as its focus, this book unravels the British and German search for historical continuity and meaning in the shadow of an unprecedented human catastrophe. In both countries, the survivors of the Great War pictured the conflict as the 'Last Crusade' and sought consolation in imagery that connected the soldiers of the age of total war with the knights of the Middle Ages. Stefan Goebel shows that medievalism as a mode of war commemoration transcended national and cultural boundaries. This is an invaluable contribution to the burgeoning study of cultural memory and collective remembrance which will appeal to researchers and students in the history of the First World War, social and cultural history of warfare and medieval studies.
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Great Civil War Indiana University Press
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"It may be that Confederate nationalism died so abruptly and so completely because it was never a true nationalism, that the fatal split in the confederate psyche prevented the national spirit from ever flowering fully enough to nourish a resolve that would have persevered in the contest after all the romance was gone. All the more tragic was a war fought with so much bloodshed around a flag whose opponents did not really want to pull it down." "If the liberation of African Americans could have been achieved in no way except through war, then the Civil War calls for a rethinking of the attitude toward war that has become widespread, even predominant, in the United States since the Vietnam War: the belief that war is always futile, that its rewards never match its cost, that any conflict that is accepted at all must assuredly be briefly, immediately decisive and virtually without loss of American lives. Neither side would have gone to war in 1861 had there existed then the refusal to accept American risks of death or injury in battle that appears to prevail in the mid-1990s.Neither side would have gone to war had there existed the current insistence that America must never fight unless it is certain of victory beforehand." "Which does not imply that our generation is so much wiser or more civilised than the generation that initiated the Great War of 1861-1865 for the destiny of America. To balance the loss in war of over 400,000 largely white American lives against the gain of freedom for nearly 4 million slaves requires a higher than human capacity to weigh conflicting values. Still, the liberating of so many, and of their descendants, along with the preservation of the American experiment in democracy, may well appear to our rough human calculations as gains not falling short after all of justification for the terrible price of the Civil War." -- Russell F. Weigley A Great Civil War is a major new interpretation of the events which continue to dominate the American imagination and identity nearly 150 years after the war's end. Our Civil War. The Civil War. "A great Civil War," as Lincoln phrased it in the Gettysburg Address.In personal as well as historical terms, more even than the war for independence, the Civil War has been the defining experience of the American democracy. No one knows more about warfare, ancient and modern, than Russell Weigley. A lifelong student of both strategy and tactics, he also brings to his accounts a deep understanding of the importance of individuals from generals to captains to privates. He can put the reader on the battlefield as well as anyone who has ever written about war, and he does it countless times in A Great Civil War. From Fort Sumter to the early ill-organised clashes in the West and border states to the naval encounters in the East and on through the great and horrible battles whose names resound in American history--Shiloh, Corinth, Bull Run, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, Antietam, Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Appomattox--all the great battles and many lesser engagements are described and analysed. A brilliant narrator of battle action and historical events, Weigley is never content merely to tell a good story. Every student of war will find new insights and interpretations at the strategic and the tactical level.There are firm judgements throughout of the leaders on both sides of the conflict. A Great Civil War also analyses the politics of both sides in relationship to battlefield situations. Weigley is unique in his ability to put all of the pieces on the board at once the reader understands as never before how war and politics (and individuals) interacted to produce the infinitely complex story which is the Civil War. As with any major work, there are themes and subtexts, explicit and implicit: Both sides began the war with strategic and tactical concepts based on Napoleon which were already obsolete because of changes in technology--and both sides struggled throughout the war to develop new strategic and tactical procedures. The Civil War was great not only in the massiveness of the slaughter and destruction. It was, for all its horror, a war about values--democracy and the freeing of the slaves--that was worth the effort. The South, despite its powerful defence, was ultimately ambivalent about leaving the Union and gave up more easily than might have been expected. Finally, there is an intimacy, a sense of personal urgency, in Weigley's grand account.He is connected by blood as well as profession. Jacob Weigley, the author's great grandfather, visited Gettysburg soon after the battle and wrote about it to his brother Francis, who was serving with the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry Francis later died in a Confederate prison camp. Then and now the Weigleys live in Pennsylvania, and the war and its lessons remain part of the family's living memory, as it is also the nation's.
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Britten War Requiem
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Opis - Lovaas, Kari - War Requiem Op. 66 Requiem Aeternam (Requiem Aeternam) What Passin-bells Kyrie Eleison Dies Irae, Dies Illa (Dies Irae) Bugles Sang Liber Scriptus Proferetur Out There, We Walked Quite Friendly Up To Death Recordare, Jesu Pie Be Slowly Lifted Up Dies Irae, Dies Illa Lacrimosa - Move Him Into The Sun Pie Jesu Domine Domine Jesu Christe (Offertorium) Sed Signifer Sanctus Michael So Abraham Rose Quam Olim Abrahae Sanctus (Sanctus) Hosanna - Benedictus - Hosanna After The Blast Płyta 2. One Ever Hangs (Agnus Dei) Libera Me (Libera Me) It Seemed Let Us Sleep Now Kegel, Herbert - Threnody To The Victims Of Hiros Scherzer, Manfred - Konzert Fuer Violine Und Orche 1. Andante - Allegretto 2. Allegro, Ma Sempre Rubato, Frei Wie Eine Kadenz " The common theme of the three works presented on these 2 CD is Death, the transience of earthly existence. Britten"s famous and substantial War Requiem was written in commemoration of the 2nd World War victims, dedicated to the people of the destroyed city of Coventry, Penderecki"s Threnody is dedicated to the victims of Hiroshima, and Alban Berg"s moving Violin Concerto is written "to the memory of an angel", the death of the 19 year old daughter of Alma Mahler. " Performances conducted by the great East-German conductor Herbert Kegel, a specialist in 20th century masterworks. He conducts the Dresdner Philharmonie and the Leipzig Radio-Sinfonieorchester, soloists include the great Kari Lövaas and Theo Adam. " A reissue from the rich archives of Berlin Classics, treasures from the DDR. Nazwa - Britten War Requiem Autor - B. BRITTEN Wydawca - Brilliant Classics Kod EAN - 5028421953540 Język - angielski Nośnik - Płyta CD Podatek VAT - 23%
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World's Great Speeches Dover Publications Inc.
Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna
PART IGREAT SPEECHES OF EARLIER TIMESI. Greece and Rome PERICLES Funeral Oration SOCRATES On His Condemnation to Death ISOCRATES On the Union of Greece to Resist Persia DEMOSTHENES On the Crown The Second Oration Against Philip "CATO, THE ELDER" In Support fo the Oppian Law HANNIBAL To His Soldiers CICERO First Oration Against Catiline The Fourth Philippic CATILINE To the Conspirators To His Troops JULIUS CAESAR On the Treatment of the Conspirators "CATO, THE YOUNGER" The Catilinarian Conspirators MARK ANTONY Oration on the Dead Body of Julius CaesarII. The European Continent ST. BERNARD A Second Crusade ST. FRANCIS Sermon to the Birds MARTIN LUTHER Before the Diet of Worms JOHN CALVIN On Suffering Persecution FREDERICK THE GREAT Before Invading Silesia Before the Battle of Leuthen DESMOULINS Advocating the Execution of Louis XVI MIRABEAU Against the Charge of Treason DANTON "To Dare Again, Ever to Dare!" "Let France Be Free!" MARAT Defense Against the Charges ROBESPIERRE The Festival of the Supreme Being NAPOLEON BONAPARTE At the Beginning of the Italian Campaign On Entering Milan On Beginning the Russian Campaign Farewell to the Old Guard CARNOT Against Imperialism VICTOR HUGO Voltaire GIUSEPPE MAZZINI To the Young Men of Italy GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI To His Soldiers CAVOUR Rome and Italy LOUIS KOSSUTH America's Welcome LEON GAMBETTA To the Delegate from Alsace EMILE ZOLA Appeal for Dreyfus LEO XIII Christian Democracy OTTO VON BISMARCK War and Armaments in Europe BETHMANN-HOLLWEG Germany and the War KAISER WILHELM II Address to the German People JEAN JAUR
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Britten War Requiem MAC
Sztuka i kultura / Muzyka
Lovaas, Kari - War Requiem Op. 66 Requiem Aeternam (Requiem Aeternam) What Passin-bells Kyrie Eleison Dies Irae, Dies Illa (Dies Irae) Bugles Sang Liber Scriptus Proferetur Out There, We Walked Quite Friendly Up To Death Recordare, Jesu Pie Be Slowly Lifted Up Dies Irae, Dies Illa Lacrimosa - Move Him Into The Sun Pie Jesu Domine Domine Jesu Christe (Offertorium) Sed Signifer Sanctus Michael So Abraham Rose Quam Olim Abrahae Sanctus (Sanctus) Hosanna - Benedictus - Hosanna After The Blast PĹyta 2. One Ever Hangs (Agnus Dei) Libera Me (Libera Me) It Seemed Let Us Sleep Now Kegel, Herbert - Threnody To The Victims Of Hiros Scherzer, Manfred - Konzert Fuer Violine Und Orche 1. Andante - Allegretto 2. Allegro, Ma Sempre Rubato, Frei Wie Eine Kadenz ? The common theme of the three works presented on these 2 CD is Death, the transience of earthly existence. Brittenâs famous and substantial War Requiem was written in commemoration of the 2nd World War victims, dedicated to the people of the destroyed city of Coventry, Pendereckiâs Threnody is dedicated to the victims of Hiroshima, and Alban Bergâs moving Violin Concerto is written âto the memory of an angelâ, the death of the 19 year old daughter of Alma Mahler. ? Performances conducted by the great East-German conductor Herbert Kegel, a specialist in 20th century masterworks. He conducts the Dresdner Philharmonie and the Leipzig Radio-Sinfonieorchester, soloists include the great Kari LĂśvaas and Theo Adam. ? A reissue from the rich archives of Berlin Classics, treasures from the DDR.
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BRITTEN WAR REQUIEM Brilliant Classics
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Lovaas, Kari - War Requiem Op. 66Requiem Aeternam (Requiem Aeternam)What Passin-bellsKyrie EleisonDies Irae, Dies Illa (Dies Irae)Bugles SangLiber Scriptus ProfereturOut There, We Walked Quite Friendly Up To DeathRecordare, Jesu PieBe Slowly Lifted UpDies Irae, Dies IllaLacrimosa - Move Him Into The SunPie Jesu DomineDomine Jesu Christe (Offertorium)Sed Signifer Sanctus MichaelSo Abraham RoseQuam Olim AbrahaeSanctus (Sanctus)Hosanna - Benedictus - HosannaAfter The BlastPłyta 2.One Ever Hangs (Agnus Dei)Libera Me (Libera Me)It SeemedLet Us Sleep NowKegel, Herbert - Threnody To The Victims Of HirosScherzer, Manfred - Konzert Fuer Violine Und Orche1. Andante - Allegretto2. Allegro, Ma Sempre Rubato, Frei Wie Eine Kadenz? The common theme of the three works presented on these 2 CD is Death,the transience of earthly existence. Britten?s famous and substantial WarRequiem was written in commemoration of the 2nd World War victims,dedicated to the people of the destroyed city of Coventry, Penderecki?sThrenody is dedicated to the victims of Hiroshima, and Alban Berg?smoving Violin Concerto is written ?to the memory of an angel?, the deathof the 19 year old daughter of Alma Mahler.? Performances conducted by the great East-German conductor HerbertKegel, a specialist in 20th century masterworks. He conducts the DresdnerPhilharmonie and the Leipzig Radio-Sinfonieorchester, soloists include thegreat Kari Lövaas and Theo Adam.? A reissue from the rich archives of Berlin Classics, treasures from the DDR.
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Age of Decadence Cornerstone
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'A riveting account of the pre-First World War years . . . The Age of Decadence is an enormously impressive and enjoyable read.' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times'A magnificent account of a less than magnificent epoch.' Jonathan Meades, Literary Review The folk-memory of Britain in the years before the Great War is of a powerful, contented, orderly and thriving country. She commanded a vast empire. She bestrode international commerce. Her citizens were living longer, profiting from civil liberties their grandparents only dreamt of, and enjoying an expanding range of comforts and pastimes. The mood of pride and self-confidence is familiar from Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance marches, newsreels of George V's coronation and the London's great Edwardian palaces.Yet things were very different below the surface. In The Age of Decadence Simon Heffer exposes the contradictions of late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain. He explains how, despite the nation's massive power, a mismanaged war against the Boers in South Africa created profound doubts about her imperial destiny. He shows how attempts to secure vital social reforms prompted the twentieth century's gravest constitutional crisis and coincided with the worst industrial unrest in British history. He describes how politicians who conceded the vote to millions more men disregarded women so utterly that female suffragists' public protest bordered on terrorism. He depicts a ruling class that fell prey to degeneracy and scandal. He analyses a national psyche that embraced the motor-car, the sensationalist press and the science fiction of H. G. Wells, but also the Arts and Crafts of William Morris and the nostalgia of A. E. Housman. And he concludes with the crisis that in the summer of 1914 threatened the existence of the United Kingdom - a looming civil war in Ireland.He lights up the era through vivid pen-portraits of the great men and women of the day - including Gladstone, Parnell, Asquith and Churchill, but also Mrs Pankhurst, Beatrice Webb, Baden-Powell, Wilde and Shaw - creating a richly detailed panorama of a great power that, through both accident and arrogance, was forced to face potentially fatal challenges.'A devastating critique of prewar Britain . . . disturbingly relevant to the world in which we live.' Gerard DeGroot, The Times'You won't put it down . . . A really riveting read.' Rana Mitter, BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking
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Goodbye, Eastern Europe Random House Publishing
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In light of Russia's aggressive 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Goodbye, Eastern Europe is a crucial, elucidative read, a sweeping epic chronicling a thousand years of strife, war, and bloodshed, from pre-Christianity to the fall of Communism illuminating the remarkable cultural significance and richness of a place perpetually lost to the margins of history.Eastern Europe, the moniker, has gone out of fashion since the fall of the Soviet Union. Ask someone now, and they might tell you that Estonia is in the Baltics, or Scandinavia, that Slovakia is in Central Europe and Croatia is in the Eastern Adriatic or the Balkans. In fact, Eastern Europe is a place that barely exists at all, except in cultural memory. Yet it remains a powerful marker of identity for many, with a fragmented and wide history, defined by texts, myths, and memories of centuries of hardship and suffering.Goodbye, Eastern Europe is a masterful narrative about a place that has survived the brink of being forgotten. Beginning with long-lost accounts of early pagan life, Mikanowski offers a kaleidoscopic tour recounting the rise and fall of the great empires Ottoman, Hapsburg, and Russian the dawn of the modern era, the ravages of Fascism and Communism, as well as Capitalism, the birth of the modern nation-state, and more. A student of literature, history, and the ghosts of his own family s past, Mikanowski paints a magisterial portrait of a place united by diversity, and eclecticism, and a people with the shared story of being the dominated rather than the dominating.The result is a loving and ebullient celebration of the distinctive and vibrant cultures that stubbornly persisted at the margins of Western Europe, and a powerful corrective that re-centers our understanding of how the modern Western world took shape.
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