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  Regular Army O!

  Regular Army O! ab 53.49 € als Taschenbuch: Soldiering on the Western Frontier 1865-1891. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Geist & Wissen,

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  Bugs in Armor

  Bugs in Armor ab 22.99 € als Taschenbuch: A Tale of Malaria and Soldiering. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Geist & Wissen,

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  Regular Army O!: Soldiering on the Western Frontier, 1865 - 1891 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1561min

  At once panoramic and intimate, Regular Army O! uses the testimony of enlisted soldiers - drawn from more than 350 diaries, letters, and memoirs - to create a vivid picture of life in an evolving army on the western frontier.After the volunteer troops that had garrisoned western forts and camps during the Civil War were withdrawn in 1865, the regular army replaced them. In actions involving American Indians between 1866 and 1891, 875 of these soldiers were killed, mainly in minor skirmishes, while many more died of disease, accident, or effects of the natural environment. What induced these men to enlist for five years and to embrace the grim prospect of combat is one of the enduring questions this book explores.Douglas C. McChristian plumbs the regulars’ accounts for frank descriptions of their training to be soldiers; their daily routines, including what they ate, how they kept clean, and what they did for amusement; the reasons a disproportionate number occasionally deserted, while black soldiers did so only rarely; how the men prepared for field service; and how the majority who survived mustered out.In this richly drawn, uniquely authentic view, men black and white, veteran and tenderfoot, fill in the details of the frontier soldier’s experience, giving voice to history in the making.The book is published by University of Oklahoma Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Philip Benoit. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/151398/bk_acx0_151398_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Bugs in Armor

  Bugs in Armor ab 3.49 € als epub eBook: A Tale of Malaria and Soldiering. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Medizin,

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  Pilgrim Days

  Pilgrim Days ab 16.49 € als epub eBook: A Lifetime of Soldiering from Vietnam to the SAS. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Belletristik, Erzählungen,

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  Sharpe's Devil, Hörbuch, Digital, 180min

  Richard Sharpe believes that his soldiering days are over, but his retirement is interrupted by a request from Donna Louisa Vivar for Sharpe to discover the truth about the disappearance of her husband, the Captain-General of Chile. Sharpe's quest takes him to St Helena and an encounter with Napoleon, and on to Chile where he soon finds himself caught up in the rebellion against Spanish rule and fighting alongside the flamboyant rebel admiral, Lord Thomas Cochrane. Sharpe's Devil is an adventure story in the classic tradition, a tale of loyalty and treachery, secret scheming and daredevil exploits, and bloody battles fought at sea and on land. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Bean. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/000109/bk_hcuk_000109_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Sharpe's Fury, Hörbuch, Digital, 343min

  In the winter of 1811, the war seems lost. All of Spain has fallen to the French, except for Cadiz, which is now the Spanish capital and is under siege. Wellington and his British army are in Portugal, waiting for spring to spark the war to life again. Richard Sharpe and his company are part of a small expeditionary force sent to break a bridge across the River Guadiana. What begins as a brilliant piece of soldiering turns into disaster, thanks to the brutal savagery of the French Colonel Vandal, who is leading his battalion to join the siege of Cadiz. Sharpe extricates a handful of men from the debacle and is driven south into the threatened city. There, in Cadiz, he discovers more than one enemy. Many Spaniards doubt Britain's motives and believe their future would be brighter if they made peace with the French. And one of them, a baleful priest, secures a powerful weapon to break the British alliance. He will use a beautiful whore and the letters she received from a wealthy man in a blackmail attempt. Sharpe must defeat him in a sinister war of knife and treachery in the dark alleys of the city. The alliance will only survive if the French siege can be lifted. An allied army marches from the city to take on the more powerful French and, once again, a brilliant piece of soldiering turns to disaster, this time because the Spanish refuse to fight. A small British force is trapped by a French army, and the only hope lies with the outnumbered redcoats who, on a hill beside the sea, refuse to admit defeat. And there, in the sweltering horror of Barossa, Sharpe finds Colonel Vandal again. Sharpe's Fury is based on the real events of the winter of 1811 that led to the extraordinary victory of Barossa, the battle which saw the British capture the first French eagle of the Napoleonic Wars. Language: English. Narrator: Paul McGann. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/000273/bk_hcuk_000273_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Tales of Soldiers from 'The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 2' , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 293min

  And this was, O so long ago! How they come back to me - dimly and brokenly, but with what a magic spell - those years of youth when I was soldiering! Again I hear the far warble of blown bugles. Again I see the tall, blue smoke of camp-fires ascending from the dim valleys of Wonderland. (Ambrose Bierce, "What I Saw at Shiloh") Here, a collection of 15 short stories by Ambrose Bierce. Bierce's participation in the Battle of Shiloh forever shaped his writing and his life. The short stories in this audiobook, although fiction, are - for the most part - based on some fact. They stand as a testament to the horror of the American Civil War. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Michaels. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/000101/bk_mike_000101_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  We Kill Because We Can

  We Kill Because We Can ab 14.49 € als epub eBook: From Soldiering to Assassination in the Drone Age. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Politikwissenschaft,

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  Scarlet Sash , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 504min

  Ensign Sebastian Early is a young soldier sent to South Africa with his regiment, the 24th Foot. The death of his friend results in Seb taking over the job of Provost-Marshal, the policeman for Lieutenant-General Lord Chelmsford’s army. Seb has taken the post out of regard for his dead friend, but would really prefer to be soldiering with his regiment on the front line. Instead he finds himself investigating a bizarre murder of a captain, even though his C.O. believes the man committed suicide, and the theft of a major’s gold watch. In the course of his investigations he gets caught up in the illegal killing of Zulu warriors and has to do some anonymous fighting of his own. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Keeble. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/001509/bk_isis_001509_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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