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The Early Study of Nigerian Languages: Essays and Bibliographies (Modern Revivals in African Studies)
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- CONGO CAPITAL IMFOMATION
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Historical Dictionary of Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
F. Scott Bobb
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (previously Zaire) is at Africa's center, both geographically and economically. The territory that is Congo contains the population and the resources to be one of the continents richest countries. However, its political history has limited the large potential. In 1997, Mobutu Sese Seko, the longtime dictator of Zaire was thrown out of power. His successor Laurent Kabila has changed the name of the country, returned to the pre-Mobutu flag, and generally attempted to erase the thirty years of Mobutu rule. However, his rule has been challenged by ethnic unrest in the east and an offensive by rebels who accuse him of the same faults as his predecessor. The history of Congo/Zaire is at a crossroads. F. Scott Bobb has taken this historic moment as an opportunity to look back at 30 years of Mobutu rule, nearly 40 years of independence, over a century of colonial rule, and even earlier kingdoms and groups that shared the territory. The care and effort which drove the creation of the earlier edition have been maintained in this revision. The "Dictionary" includes a useful introduction by the author, and is followed by a detailed bibliography. The text includes helpful visuals including six tables, several maps and chronologies. Reviews of the "Historical Dictionary of Zaire" by F. Scott Bobb: "...recommended as the only work of its kind in English about Zaire." --CHOICE "As a source of information of the first instance, this dictionary belongs to every public and academic library." --ARBA
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CONGO CAPITAL IMFOMATION.......2000-01-11
Would you shoe me a imfomation of congo include inside capital history. I want to use a interigency of this things for report of subject in university.
CONGO CAPITAL IMFOMATION.......2000-01-11
Would you shoe me a imfomation of congo include inside capital history. I want to use a interigency of this things for report of subject in university.
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Historical Dictionary of the Congo
Adloff Richard
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Expanded and updated by one of the foremost experts on Francophone Africa, the third edition of the "Historical Dictionary of the Congo" offers African scholars an easy-to-use reference source on this country.
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Historical Dictionary of the People's Republic of the Congo (African Historical Dictionaries)
Virginia Thompson , and
Richard Adloff
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Historical Dictionary of Zaire (African Historical Dictionaries)
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Travel through Britain's military history with a proud seafaring family, the Blackwoods, and the service tradition in which they make their careers—the Royal Marines. Captain Philip Blackwood of the Royal Marines rejoins his ship, the H.M.S. Audacious, in the summer of 1850. Sent out to Africa to eliminate the last strongholds of slavery, then on to the Crimean War.
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Good story, mediocre writing.......2006-03-17
Reeman has a talent for writing nautical fiction in unusual settings - for example, his novels about the British navy in the two World Wars range from commerce raiders to midget subs. The Royal Marines series is no different, with this book set during the transition from sail to steam. (The second valume takes place in China during the Boxer Rebellion, another interesting and overlooked period.)
However, the characters are a bit one-dimensional, and more importantly, Reeman's dialogue is incredibly choppy. Its as if he writes a complete conversation and then goes back and deletes every third line. He also has a habit of abruptly telling the reader what he wants them to know, rather than bringing it out through action or dialogue.
If you are interested in the time period, or in the history of the Royal Marines, you will probably enjoy this book in spite of its limitations. I just wish I could combine the imagination and historical perspective of Reeman with the storytelling ability of a Patrick O'Brien or Bernard Cornwell.
Per Mare-Per Terram.......2002-04-26
"...Hoarse drum of the regiment..." The story of a man and his world; a world that might seem incomprehensible to many: self sacrifice for the common good; the struggle between heart and tradition; fraternal love; the way some of us see duty towards flag and country;
The unbreakable bond that develops amongst men in battle; the inexplicable admiration and adoration for the leader; after all, isn't he the one leading them to their potential death? Yet, still ".... the unexplained glory flies above them...." and they try to forget that in that ".... field where a thousand corpses lie..." some of their most beloved friends ceased to exist;
There's not many ways that can project the majesty of a pure soldier's heart, yet this effort is more than successful; In a historical journey it wanders from sail to steam, from on-board soldiers to Royal Marines... And the unique way to present that "...these men were born to drill and die..." made "per Mare et per Terram". Superb!
Saga of the Royal Marines.......1997-11-09
This is the story of a young officer in the Royal Marines during the transition from sail to steam. The hero is from a Marine family, yet is thinking of leaving the Service. This is the background for the adventures off the African coast and in the Med. You see some of the resistance to change in the outlook of the Navy to steam and the new and strange machines. Possibly the start of a series. If you have read any of Alexander Kent's Bolitho series, you will like this.
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Captain David Blackwood is embroiled in the Boxer Rebellion. Ordered to escort a beautiful German countess on a dangerous journey up the Hoshun River, Blackwood sees death and slaughter unlike anything he has known. Finally, standing before the walls of Tientsin, he must hold on against a torrent of frenzied Chinese warriors.
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Ho- hum!.......1998-05-04
The plot was very shallow with little detail given to support the flow of the fictional content or the historical background of the story. Movement from one event to another was often bumpy. Character development, in most cases, was weak. The book was a disappointment considering the excitment of the historical backdrop.
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The Mediterranean, 1943: At long last the British Army has won a victory, and Rommel's Afrika Korps is in retreat. Into this new phase of the war comes Captain Mike Blackwood, Royal Marine Commando. Already bloodied in the disastrous retreat from Burma, Blackwood goes to Alexandria as part of an elite unit, poised to strike the first blows against the Nazi fortress of mainland Europe.
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The Royal Marine Commando contribution to WWII.......2007-08-13
A thoroughly convincing account of World War II from the Royal marine Commando point of view. I highly recommend this book for people who enjoy wartime/military adventures.
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World War I, 1915, Jonathan Blackwood fights from the sea, supported by the Royal Navy in the battlefields of the Dardanelles and Gallipoli, watching the slaughter mounting around him, helpless to save either himself or his men. The days of the scarlet-coated marines of his forefathers are gone, giving way to a new warfare of grim trenches and ruthlessly efficient machine-guns.
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Royal Marines in WW One........2007-08-13
A very convincing account of the Gallipoli campaign, and trench warfare in France. This should be read by every schoolchild, to fix in their minds the horrors of military combat.
Excellent treatment of little known aspect of World War One.......2003-08-18
The Horizon is the third volume of the Blackwood series. In this book we meet Jonathan Blackwood as he and the Royal Marines learn to adapt themselves to the new ways of war in World War I. Jonathan is a Royal Marine from a long line of Royal Marines - two of whom have won the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for valor in combat in the British awards scheme. His family is known throughout the Royal Marines it is sometimes something of a disadvantage.
Jonathan has been an observor on the Western Front but his experiences are not always appreciated by Royal Marines senior to him and without his experience. 1915 finds Jonathan and his men are on the beach at Gallipoli fighting the Turks in a no quarter given or asked for war. The Royal Marines are clinging to scraps of ground, loosing men constantly to snipers, booby traps and fruitless battles. Jonathan is wounded as he tries to prevent his own ships from shelling is men and is returned to Great Britain.
He recuperates and meets a young woman as he does so. The wrinkle is that this woman loved his older brother who died early in World War I. Yet they both learn to love one another in a world that is turned upside down.
After he is recovered from his wounds, Jonathan is sent to a newly activated battalion of Royal Marines bound for the Western Front. Now it is 1917 and the vast majority of the British Army is located in France and Flanders. Here is the real war now that the running sore of Gallipoli has been ended. The Royal Marines are mixed in with the British Army and both need to adjust to the forced marriage. Here on the Western Front the same problems face Jonathan as at Gallipoli - the losses of men due to enemy snipers, raids and assaults that are expected to gain miles of ground and end up gaining only yards, if that. It is as if the generals have gotten to the point where all they can do is throw more men into battle - that is all they seem to know.
Reeman has captured the grinding despair of Gallipoli and France. You can almost feel the heat of Gallipoli and the smell of rotting corpses (British, ANZAC and Turk). You can hear the sound of sniper shot and flies. You can almost feel the penetrating cold of the mud of France as the men stand in it day after day. As they assault prepared positions with little hope of success.
Few probably know of the exploits of the Royal Marines in World War I - they have been overshadowed by the sheer weight of numbers of the British and Commonwealth Armies. Yet serve they did with great distinction.
I recommend this book as a must read for those involved in the story of the Blackwood family. It is also an excellent book on it's own as a book about World War I by a very special segment of the British forces. It is an excellent work giving great detail about the campaings in Gallipoli and France. It is well written with exceptional charecters - from generals down to newly recruited Royal Marines who have barely learned how to shave. It is a powerful book.
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After the murder of his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Mike Blackwood, Ross Blackwood finds himself assigned to the Far East, taking on rebels and illegal-arms dealers in Hong Kong and Malaysia. Along the way he meets another Balckwood, his cousin Steve, who has made a life for himself in the Corp, as an explosives expert. The two Blackwoods uphold the honor of their family and their chosen profession while negotiating the fallout of Britain's post-colonial politics.
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- Family and world politics collide in this biography
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- King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins Who Led the World to War
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King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins Who Led the World to War
Catrine Clay
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The extraordinary family story of George V, Wilhelm II, and Nicholas II: they were tied to one another by history, and history would ultimately tear them apart.
Known among their families as Georgie, Willy, and Nicky, they were, respectively, the royal cousins George V of England, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and Nicholas II of Russia—the first two grandsons of Queen Victoria, the latter her grandson by marriage. In 1914, on the eve of world war, they controlled the destiny of Europe and the fates of millions of their subjects. The outcome and their personal endings are well known—Nicky shot with his family by the Bolsheviks, Willy in exile in Holland, Georgie still atop his throne. Largely untold, however, is the family saga that played such a pivotal role in bringing the world to the precipice.
Drawing widely on previously unpublished royal letters and diaries, made public for the first time by Queen Elizabeth II, Catrine Clay chronicles the riveting half century of the royals’ overlapping lives, and their slow, inexorable march into conflict. They met frequently from childhood, on holidays, and at weddings, birthdays, and each others’ coronations. They saw themselves as royal colleagues, a trade union of kings, standing shoulder to shoulder against the rise of socialism, republicanism, and revolution. And yet tensions abounded between them.
Clay deftly reveals how intimate family details had deep historical significance: the antipathy Willy’s mother (Victoria’s daughter) felt toward him because of his withered left arm, and how it affected him throughout his life; the family tension caused by Otto von Bismarck’s annexation of Schleswig and Holstein from Denmark (Georgie’s and Nicky’s mothers were Danish princesses); the surreality surrounding the impending conflict. “Have I gone mad?” Nicholas asked his wife, Alexandra, in July 1914, showing her another telegram from Wilhelm. “What on earth does Willy mean pretending that it still depends on me whether war is averted or not?” Germany had, in fact, declared war on Russia six hours earlier. At every point in her remarkable book, Catrine Clay sheds new light on a watershed period in world history.
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Family and world politics collide in this biography.......2007-10-17
Over the years, I've discovered that reading history is just about as fun as reading fiction. More often than not, the most fantastical things happen in the real world that most writers wouldn't dream of putting into a novel -- they'd be laughed at as being 'unrealistic' or 'over the top.' Looking at the history of Europe as seen through the eyes of its monarchs, it's nearly unbelievable that these three men, all related together, and who wrote affectionate letters to each other, would launch one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history -- the first World War.
Author Catrine Clay takes the documentary that she did*, and expands it into a scholarly study of the three men involved, and their families. While this is a topic that has been very well covered in other works, Clay takes the interesting step of exploring the childhoods, education and familial ties between the three men to see how Europe and eventually the United States were on an inevitable path to conflict. It's an intriguing premise.
All three of the cousins were related either by marriage or by blood to one another, and less than a decade would separate them in age. Of the three, one would manage to survive WWI and stay on his throne, one would die in exile after being ousted from his throne, and the third would be murdered. Each one would face unique difficulties, and each one had a spouse that would influence their direction in life.
The eldest of the three was the Kaiser, Wilhelm II, or as he was known in the family, Willy. The eldest grandson of England's Queen Victoria, Willy had a less than amiable relationship with his parents, Fritz of Prussia, and Victoria, England's Princess Royal. Born with a crippled left arm from complications, Willy grew up with a determination to succeed, and a craving need of approval from his parents, made all the worse by a mental struggle that centered around his identity -- was he German or English? Surrounded by flatterers, distained by his English relations for his bad manners (at his uncle Bertie's wedding, he bit one of his uncles on the leg), Willy lacked the social skills to successfully navigate through the tact that being a ruler in early twentieth century Europe, and the wisdom to know when to back off.
The middle one was the King, George, whom no one had expected to become king. His elder brother Eddy was trained to become King of England, and ruler of the British Empire, but was rather slow-witted; Georgie was expected to be supportive, and was destined to join the Royal Navy -- indeed, he loved serving in the Navy, proving himself to be a capable leader of men. While he certainly wasn't a brilliant mind, he did have the capacity to learn, and when his elder brother suddenly died, Georgie, as he was known, was in the direct line for the throne. Not only did he inherit the destiny of a crown, he also inherited a bride -- Princess May of Teck, a woman who was determined and steadfast, and would prove to be just the right wife for him. Unlike his two cousins, George was to a constitutional monarch, not welding true political power, but he would have an enormous influence on the public.
And the third one was the Tsar, Nicholas II. His mother and George's mother were sisters -- Alexandra and Dagmar of Denmark. Alix would marry the future Edward VII of England, and was considered the most beautiful princess in Europe. Dagmar -- or Minnie, as she was known -- was the clever one, and was able to enchant both her husband, Alexander III of Russia, and the Russian people, around her tiny fingers. She and Alix also shared the trait of wanting to keep their children as children for as long as possible. Unfortunately for Russia, this was the case especially with her eldest son, Nicky. History has painted him as a dull weakling, unable to stand up to anyone, and dominated by his wife -- Alix of Hesse. A great deal has been written about Nicholas and his family, some of it very good, and a great deal very average, and Clay pretty much does a retread here. But one aspect that I found very interesting and new is that Nicholas was anything but stupid -- he had problems with being decisive, and had a genuine urge to please people, but the letters and comments that he wrote show that he had a smart brain inside of that head. Like Georgie, he detested cousin Willy, and the king and the tsar would remain the very best of friends throughout their lives.
How all of this plays out is what makes this book so interesting. Clay takes the time to describe the experiences these men and their families shared, and the wider political repercussions that it would bring about. Most interesting was the emphasis set on Wilhelm II, and his personal life. I had no idea of his latent homosexuality and how scandal would shake up his regime, nor that he suffered from mental breakdowns. It's this that divides this study from the usual collections about European royalty.
Clay's writing is very clear, and full of detail, making this a very enjoyable read. To untangle the relationships, there is a genealogical chart, and an insert of black and white photographs. Both the index and the bibliography are extensive and worthy of further exploration. For those who are interested in the history of Europe before WWI and some of the causes of that conflict, or are just interested in the lives of Royals, this is worth finding.
Four stars overall. Recommended.
A soap opera with devasting results........2007-10-11
I thoughly enjoyed this book. These three royal families have the makings of a true life soap opera, too bad this soap opera resulted in the loss of millions of innocent people's lives.
Nice comparative Bio but oversimplifies topic.......2007-10-05
I think the author did a nice job of writing a well balanced, comparative biography of the three reigning monarchs of the late 19th and early 20th century. She also did a nice job of probing their insecurities and the familiy histories and rivalries that in their own time could have international repercussions.
Where the story is weakest is where the author tries to place the 3 rulers at the heart of World War I. While granted they all had tremendous influence, the idea that or their families problems were direct causes of the War just does not hold water. It oversimplifies the raging nationalism that, among other things, lead to the war.
King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins Who Led the World to War.......2007-09-27
If you want to read about the lives of royals behind palace walls, this is the book for you. Catrine Clay keeps the story flowing between the three rulers and give you a better understanding of the family dynamic that effected turn of the century diplomacy.
King, Kaiser, Tsar, three Royal cousins.......2007-09-18
Very interesting book, sometimes slow reading, but all in all great summary of actions that led to WW 1
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