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The Airedale is the undisputed King of Terriers, and this impressive courageous dog has a worldwide following. Bred primarily as a hunter, the Airedale has also been used as a police dog and as a dispatch bearer in war. In this comprehensive book of the breed, the author traces the origins of the Airedale, its development, and its spread worldwide. Also covered are all aspects of care, including exercise and dietary requirements.
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A good general description book.......2005-10-12
As an owner of an Airedale teenager who has already searched the earth for information, I was not too chuffed by this book. What it does is offer a lot of general information which I happened to know already before purchasing this book. It certainly is a good reading material for those who do not know that much about the breed but that was not me. Yet since there is not much of book resources on Airedales, it is good to have this one than to have nothing.
best airedale book available today.......2002-12-19
This is the most complete Airedale book, without a lot of the extraneous general dog information found in other Airedale books. Has a good history and description of the breed as well as general care, ie for their difficult terrier coat. Good advise for first time owners and good reference for even experienced oweners.
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Originating in the valley of England's Aire and Wharfe Rivers, the Airedale Terrier rightly deserves its moniker "the King of Terriers." A multi-talented and versatile superdog, the Airedale possesses the gameness of a terrier along with the retrieving and hunting abilities commonly associated with the sporting breeds. The tallest of the British terriers, the Airedale Terrier stands about 23 inches at the shoulders and is 100% athlete, a well-muscled, strongly boned working dog that has served in the military through both World Wars. Today the Airedale Terrier resides in pet homes around the world, highly regarded for his affectionate temperament and sweet nature as well as his ability to protect the home.
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Best book For Breeders by Accomplished Breeders!.......2000-03-30
One of the best airedale books written by 40+ year veteran breeders. Chapters include information on the breed today, both here and abroad, reports of specific medical developments, whelping, and the versatility of the Airedale as a hunting dog, obedience performer, show dog, and family companion.
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- Some good information about the Airedale
- Good beginning, bad ending
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Some good information about the Airedale.......2000-03-28
I have two Airedale Terriers,male and female. This book does give you the background of the Breed.I never knew the Airedale was a modern dog,being only a century or so old,and that the Otterhound was mated to either the now-extinct Tangrizzle Terrier,or the old Brokenhaired English Terrier to make the Airedale Terrier. I have bought other books on the dog that gives extra information,but this one is a must buy for anyone who owns a Airdale,or any dog.It gives all dog owners helpfull information about caring for your pet,and problems we all experience.
Good beginning, bad ending.......2000-01-01
This book's first chapter was good. It explained the complete history of Airedales. However, past page 32, they did not even mention "Airedale" (it was only written in the captions). There were Airedale pictures throughout, but they ended in the middle of the book. The rest seemed like an advertisement for Nylabone. In conclusion, if you are looking for a breed specific book about Airedales, I would not suggest buying this book.
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WATCH DOGS: THEIR TRAINING AND MANAGEMENT. By Lieut.-Col. E.H. Richardson. A VINTAGE DOG BOOKS CLASSIC REPRINT. Originally published in 1923, this extremely scarce early work on Guard Dogs is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. VINTAGE DOG BOOKS have republished it, using the original text and photographs, as part of their CLASSIC BREED BOOKS series. The author was Commandant of the British War Dog School during the Great War and was also responsible for several other books on War Dogs. Although he was familiar with the training and management of many different breeds, he will always be strongly associated with his favoured breed, the Airedale Terrier. The book's three hundred and sixteen pages contain sixteen detailed chapters and are well illustrated with vintage photographs. The Story of the Watch-Dog. - The Necessity for a Watch-Dog. - Uses of a Watch-Dog. - Purchasing a Dog. - Training Dogs. - Feeding, Exercising and Grooming. - A Dog on its Travels. - Breeding Dogs and Rearing Pups. - The Dog's Health. - Kenneling. - Man-Tracking as a Protection. - Dogs in the Great War. - Dogs for the Police. - British v. German Police Dogs. Etc. "The first to welcome, the foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, loves, breathes for him alone." -Byron. This is a fascinating read for any historian or enthusiast of the Guard and Watch-Dog types, but especially for lovers of the Airedale Terrier. The book also contains much information and advice that is still useful and practical today. Many of the earliest dog books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. VINTAGE DOG BOOKS are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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- The very best reference for the Airedale Terrier
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The New Complete Airedale Terrier
G. B. Edwards
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The very best reference for the Airedale Terrier.......2000-01-30
An excellent and thorough accounting of the Airedale Terrier. But its scope goes beyond just the history of the breed but tackled in detail the desirable physical characteristics and the proper grooming. Outstanding visual aids leave nothing to the imagination on the proper length of coat when stripping. Again and again, I come back to this book when I am grooming. It compares the bone structure with other canines as to fully explain and offer understanding as to what is desirable physically and why. This is a must for every Airdale Terrier owner's collection.
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THE MODERN AIREDALE By W. J. Phillips A VINTAGE DOG BOOKS CLASSIC REPRINT This scarce early work on the "King of Terriers" was first published in 1921. First editions are now extremely expensive and very hard to find. VINTAGE DOG BOOKS have republished it, using the original text and photographs. The author was a well known personality in the Airedale world of his day, and writes from many years of experience. In these pages he has spared no information likely to be of beneficial help to the Airedale lover. The first portion of this work deals with the origin and earliest period of the Airedale, under its three names: Waterside Terriers, Bingley Terriers, and finally Airedale Terriers. The book's one hundred and sixty pages contain fifteen detailed chapters, including three by other authors: "Stone Age" of the Airedale. - From Waterside Terrier to Airedale Terrier. - Arrival of the Airedale. - Twenty Years with the Champions. - Breeding and Preparation for Shows. - Stripping the Airedale by C.W. Buttles. - Anatomy of the Dog. - Diseases. - Handling and Ring Etiquette. - Whelping, Rearing, Feeding. - Pedigrees and Inbreeding. - Standard and Points. - Training the Airedale and Hunting Big Game by J.G. Keefe. - Airedales on the Farm by W.H. Lingo. - A Directory of Leading Breeders. The contents are well illustrated by dozens of vintage photos of famous Airedales, and many line drawings. This is a fascinating read for any Airedale enthusiast or historian of the breed, with much of the information still useful and practical today. Many of the earliest dog breed books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. VINTAGE DOG BOOKS are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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Airedale Terrier Champions: 1952-1986
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Airedale Terrier Champions : 1952-1986.......2000-09-23
Great dog gave me a good idea of this loving dog. I browed the book from friend and glad i did.
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A detailed description of the German soldier's field tunic throughout the Second World War, in all its aspects: history, symbolism, manufacturing, evolution, insignia, etc., from the pre-war dress uniform to the shabby utilitarian garment of 1945.
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This book will be an essential reference work for all collectors of Third Reich uniforms as well as World War II military history enthusiasts.
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- A Specialist Book
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A Specialist Book.......2002-04-06
You have to really enjoy this subject to find value in this book. Overall the author did a good job, although I would have liked to have more background on some of the topics. I have found the book to be a good guide while visiting WW 2 museums that have uniform collections.
Excellent reference.......1998-07-24
Very thorough, very detailed, plenty of pictures. Indispensible if you are more than casually interested in the subject.
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Hitler's Green Army: The German Order Police & Their European Auxiliaries, 1939-1945. Volume II. 189122767X. Hard cover, oversized, with full color covers, 512 pages, hundreds of color and black and white photos, line drawings, tables, charts, maps, sketches, and full color uniform plates depicting the history of the German Ordnungspolizei (Order Police) & their collaborationist Axis allied police forces throughout Europe and the USSR. This second volume covers Eastern Europe & the Balkans (Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Greece). This volume is selling for as much as 75,00 (pounds British) in Europe!
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It will shake up the ideas of all those who regard the staff of the Nazi-dominated German Army as paragons of military competence.--The Economist
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Dubious judgment........2007-04-11
I lost faith in Cooper's book before I even got to 1933. If you want the German Army's self-portrait, look here & in Barnett's "Hitler's Generals." Otherwise, read elsewhere.
An example from memory: discussing WW1, Cooper trots out as if they were true the platitudes about the army's remaining steadfastly non-political. This works if you forget that Ludendorff was *running the country* in 1917-18, having arrogated dictatorial powers to himself, cowed the Kaiser, run off Bethmann-Hollweg, etc., etc.
Needless to say, the "non-political" bit is nonsense, in WW1, during Weimar, and after Hitler's accession.
The German Army 1933-1945.......2006-09-22
I am relativly late in reviewing this book in that many have reviewed it before me. The previous reviews run from Wonderful to Awful. I am in the wonderful camp. I found it extremely illumimating although, as others have pointed out there are flaws. I definitely found out things I did not know before and I am somewhat of a WWII buff.
Mr Cooper probably did rely heavily on memoirs but they can be useful to the historian as well as to the writer of those memoirs.
For example, discussions of particular battles may have some use but they may sugarcoat discussions about things for which they could be punished, such as the Wehrmacht's participation in the extermination of the jews. Mr Cooper doesn't even mention that. I can understand his not covering the holocaust, but the Wehrmacht had a definite role in rounding up Jews and at times, participating in their extermination.
Also, my impression is that the book wasn't about the army so much as it was about its Generals and their relations with Hitler. I saw very little on the German soldier except for broad generalities. That said, his description of what the Russian weather did to the german soldiers when they were outside Moscow in the winter of 1941 was graphic.
Usually in a book or manual, order of battle information is presented in a table. Mr Cooper put this information into prose and sometimes it got a little tedious wading through all that information.
On the positive side, it is a very detailed examination of how the Wehrmacht fared during the war. Their trials and tribulations as well as their successes. And it does, generally, read well.
It also filled in many gaps in my knowledge. Others may know these things. I didn't. For example, The Germans invaded Russia on June 22, 1941. By July they were already having second thoughts about the wisdom of that decision and in August, he quotes one General as saying they have greatly underestimated their Soviet enemy.
It is well known that it was Hitler who ordered "no retreat" at Stalingrad but Mr. Cooper documents just how often Hitler interfered with his Generals with the "no retreat" order. In fact, you get the impression that it was Hitler's amateurish meddling with strategy and tactics that was the primary cause of the Germans losing the war. I believe it.
Overall, I found this book to be both interesting and readable and that puts me in the "wonderful" column. I would recommend that anyone interested in WWII read it. It does have some flaws but so does virtually every book one would read.
An excellent book.......2006-09-18
I found this to be a great book, it covers everything someone intrested in the German army of WW2 would want to know. I personally found the chapters dealing with the pre-war German army to be very illuminating. I havent found another book that covers the birth of the WW2 Wermhact in such detail. The absolute weakness and unreadiness of the German army is coverd very well, and it will suprise those who have the usal misconceptions about the mighty German war machine.
My only gripe is that I agree with other posters who say that the book relied to much on senior German officers memoirs who sought to project thier own failures on to Hitler. But for those who say this book dosen't cover the holocaust I say there are tons of other books that do that. Don't critisize this book because it dosen't cover something outside of it's own subject. And people who are mad that the book occasionely complaments the German soldier in the field aren't worth even listening to because their own bias is to much to be objective.
Decent Book with Flaws.......2005-05-07
There are several excellent points made in the other reviews which I won't rehash here, but I'll attempt to present another view of the book.
The book reads easily, and Cooper has a certain elegance to his language. He does not get bogged down in technical jargon that would not be accessible to the non-expert. He has done considerable research utilizing primary sources. His major themes are the German officer corps and its principles of Duty, Honor, Country, and how those principles affected the Wehrmacht's dealings with Hitler and its strategic approach to the subsequent war. A secondary theme is the strategic course of the Wehrmacht and the influence of the Generals and Hitler on that course. An interesting thesis in which he makes eloquent arguments but one that to some reveals a neglect of strategic factors outside of Germany. As Cooper himself states, however, in his introduction, "I deal solely with the themes outlined above," hence presenting a narrow field of view.
Cooper believes that the Officer Corps' abrogation of responsibility and acceptance of Hitler's orders led to Germany losing the war. The book relies heavily on post war memoirs and collections, notably those of Kesselring, von Manstein, Guderian, and Keitel, and their hindsight opinions affect Cooper's conclusions. This is why other reveiewers have mentioned a "pro-german" bias. Cooper makes no deliberate attempt to discuss in detail the influence and effectiveness of Allied armies, mainly because he intended to stay focused on the one topic.
For the everyman, its an interesting look at the German Army during the pre-war years, the internal politics of its Officer Corps and General Staff, and how those interactions affected the course of the war. For the historian or gifted amatuer it lacks impact. It would be well suited as a general read, but it would behoove the reader to contrast this book with one that focuses on the Soviet side of the Front and then make one's own assessment.
not too good.......2005-02-21
Mr. Cooper relies too much on the memoirs of German generals, which are not a reliable source. Naturally, they try to find a scapegoat for their failures. After the War Hitler became an easy target. Besides, as a professional historian, Mr. Cooper should have realized that defeated generals ALWAYS blame the defeat on the "overwhelming" material and numerical superiority of the enemy. I am yet to hear of a general who would blame a defeat on his poor skills. Germans make no exception. They would see hundreds of enemy tanks when only a few dozen were actually present; they would see millions of Soviet infantrymen across the battlefield when the Red Army was barely able to put 300,000 - 400,000 men. It should have been no secret for Cooper that by 1942 The Third Reich (including all the occupied areas in Europe and its satellite states) was one of the most populous states in the World. A very large percentage of its population was composed of Germans and other so called "super humans" or whatever they thought they were. Not to mention the vast industrial and natural resources available in occupied Europe. Soviet Union, on the other hand had lost 40% of its densely populated territories and millions of soldiers were either killed or captured. The numerical superiority of the Red Army during the War is a myth that persists to this day in popular history.
Mr. Cooper also has a very narrow idea of how armored warfare should have been waged. His idea boils down to "tank attacks with unprotected flanks". Any attempt to protect the flanks is considered a blasphemy! Is there any modern army that advocates such a tactic? I doubt. Cooper is no expert on strategy and tactics.
Another thing that strikes me is the author's sympathy with the Germans. German soldiers are constantly described as "fighting bravely, heroically, and with great skil". The Soviets are just "the enemy". I always thought that the Nazi inspired German soldier was the villain not the Siberian peasant who fought for the life of his children.
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Hitler's Green Army: The German Order Police and their European Auxiliaries, 1933-1945 - Volume I "Western Europe & Scandinavia". This first volume covers the complete history of the German Order Police and their actions in Western Europe and Scandinavia. A history of the pre-war German police and how the Nazi Party changed it is also included. Hundreds of photos, b&w and color maps, uniform plates, tables, charts and line drawings support the text. A history of the collaborationist Axis allied police forces is also included in this study.
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A novel, analytical look at the development of the German army under Hitler, incorporating maps, battle analysis, and candid discussion.
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Interest in the momentous events of World War ll seems never to decrease, despite the fact that the 1939-45 period is beyond the memory of a great number of those who now study it. The greatest fascination is almost always reserved for the arms and achievements of the country that was instrumental in starting the war and ultimately, losing it.The emphasis of the book is on what was and is most commonly seen - for example, through contemporary newsreels, hence rarely seen or less important uniform variations are not included. A listing of key items is given in a series of appendices. This is a detailed handbook to the German army of the period, its history, its organization, its uniform and its equipment.
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Very Informative.......2003-06-30
Though the book does a good job of laying out the chain of command, army structure,rank structure,and a history of how the army came to be what it was in that period, thats not really what I was personally looking for in a book about uniforms. It does have general descriptions of shoulder straps and their meanings as well as some general issue and commonly seen decorations, but these are all in black and white photos. I think a paragraph was given to headwear and footwear. It focused mainly on the tunic and its trimmings. Half the book was history, half pictoral descriptions.
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