Download or read book The Rapier Or the Club written by Jeffrey A. Springman and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If wars of attrition are generally more costly than wars of maneuver, why do modern wars so often become wars of attrition? This project compares the relationship between attrition and maneuver warfare. The study considers whether there are times wars of attrition should be fought and whether there are conditions that force wars of attrition. The project employs two case studies to better understand the relationship and the risks of attempting to impose maneuver warfare when the conditions that favor attrition exist. The results of the study indicate four major reasons exist to explain why wars of attrition are common and are sometimes the preferred form of war despite the costs involved. A better understanding of the relationship between wars of attrition and maneuver provides the professional officer with a wider range of options while developing and executing operations. Additionally, leaders must realize that the cost of returning to maneuver may be greater than continuing to fight with an attrition based strategy.
Download or read book Venetian Rapier written by Nicoletto Giganti and published by Freelance Academy Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The only attribution I have seen concerning the illustrations ... is to the Bolognese engraver Edoardo Fialet."--Introd.
Download or read book The Academy of the Sword written by Gerard Thibault d'Anvers and published by Aeon Books. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most detailed and comprehensive treatise on swordsmanship ever written, Gerard Thibault's Academy of the Sword offers an extraordinary glimpse into a forgotten landscape of ideas, in which Pythagorean sacred geometry illuminated the lethal realities of rapier combat to create one of the Western world's only thoroughly documented esoteric martial arts. Translated by the widely respected occultist and scholar John Michael Greer, this stunningly illustrated and precisely detailed manual of Renaissance swordsmanship is a triumphant document of Renaissance culture-as well as a practical manual of a martial art that can still be studied and practiced today.
Download or read book Echoes from the Clubs written by and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Book of the Sword written by Sir Richard Francis Burton and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Midnight Monster Club written by Gerhard Gehrke and published by Gerhard Gehrke. This book was released on 2021-03-05 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fun and engaging. Well-written and with complex characters.”- Author Madeleine Holly-Rosing “Just plain fun.” - Goodreads review “Compelling characters and a satisfying balance of action and mystery.” – Bookbub review “Adventure, intrigue, dark humor and all around fun.”—Goodreads review “A fast, wild read.” –Goodreads review The Dragon and Rose should have been the perfect hideout… For who would search for a disgraced ranger like Digger or his fugitive brother inside a shuttered bar located in Diregloom’s worst neighborhood? But when Digger takes in a thief seeking refuge, he finds his hands full of assassins, mercenaries, and lawmen out to recover a stolen treasure and willing to kill anyone who’s ever laid eyes on it. He’ll have to navigate Diregloom’s streets, catacombs, and the mad queen’s castle to uncover the mystery of the pilfered prize while protecting his brother and the secrets they hoped would stay forever buried. His one advantage? Digger’s always known where to hide the bodies. Midnight Monster Club is a dark fantasy novel for fans of Carnival Row, The Witcher, and the Thieves’ World series, with plenty of action and grim humor. Get your copy now!
Download or read book The Rapier Brothers written by Megan Derr and published by Less Than Three Press, LLC. This book was released on 2010 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of brothers, swords, and the men they most desire... Main Gauche—Though he was born to nobility, the loss of first his father and then his mother has left Dagger a peasant. His stepfather is cruel and greedy and refuses to claim Dagger as his own. Instead of living the life for which he was meant, Dagger spends his days as the apprentice to a blacksmith. He spends his days sharpening the swords of others, rather than practicing with his own. He pines for the life he does not have—and for the handsome lord who frequents the smithy. Then the King calls for a tournament to show off his son, the Crown Prince. The chance to be a duelist again, to see the lord he so admires but can never have, is more than Dagger can resist... 1000 Victories—Epee loathes the noble life: his heartless father, his overbearing brother, the hypocrites he must call peers. He wants the simpler, ordinary life of a peasant. It is a life he is slowly working toward, and soon to hold in his grasp, no matter the consequences. All that holds him back is Lord Sharp, the man he has long loved but never been able to win. But he is very close to winning his thousandth victory over Lord Sharp in the dueling ring. With that 1000th victory, Epee hopes to win at last the man he loves more than even freedom... The Perfect Son—Sabre has always lived according to the wishes and desires of his father, to the exclusion of everyone and everything else. His father's eldest son, he strives to be what his father wants. He is affluent, educated, a talented duelist, respected, and feared. He is everything he is supposed to be. Except happy.
Download or read book Russia written by Gregory Carleton and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No nation is a stranger to war, but for Russians war is a central part of who they are. Their “motherland” has been the battlefield where some of the largest armies have clashed, the most savage battles have been fought, the highest death tolls paid. Having prevailed over Mongol hordes and vanquished Napoleon and Hitler, many Russians believe no other nation has sacrificed so much for the world. In Russia: The Story of War Gregory Carleton explores how this belief has produced a myth of exceptionalism that pervades Russian culture and politics and has helped forge a national identity rooted in war. While outsiders view Russia as an aggressor, Russians themselves see a country surrounded by enemies, poised in a permanent defensive crouch as it fights one invader after another. Time and again, history has called upon Russia to play the savior—of Europe, of Christianity, of civilization itself—and its victories, especially over the Nazis in World War II, have come at immense cost. In this telling, even defeats lose their sting. Isolation becomes a virtuous destiny and the whole of its bloody history a point of pride. War is the unifying thread of Russia’s national epic, one that transcends its wrenching ideological transformations from the archconservative empire to the radical-totalitarian Soviet Union to the resurgent nationalism of the country today. As Putin’s Russia asserts itself in ever bolder ways, knowing how the story of its war-torn past shapes the present is essential to understanding its self-image and worldview.
Download or read book The Cimmerian Gate written by Joseph Moore and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of Askore, a world that has known peace for decades, abruptly ends with the murder of the Branch Family by a rogue group of goblins. Thinking all goblinkin banished from the surface, Arrio Tavar, an elven exile, leads a group of heroes to find the source of this evil, bringing justice to the murderers of the Branch Family and stopping a war that will plunge all of Askore into darkness. Arrio Tavar is accompanied by several companions who must overcome internal struggles and seemingly insurmountable odds to attempt to restore peace to the world. From Tythan Home, through the wilderness and the enemy encampments, to the ancient prison of Styginar Keep, the decisions made by the companions will determine the fate of the world.
Download or read book Nomad written by James Swallow and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author James Swallow begins his espionage thriller series with Nomad featuring British desk jockey intelligence operative turned active agent. Marc Dane is a MI6 field agent at home behind a computer screen, one step away from the action. But when a brutal attack on his team leaves Dane the only survivor—and with the shocking knowledge that there are traitors inside MI6—he's forced into the front line. Matters spiral out of control when the evidence points toward Dane as the perpetrator of the attack. Accused of betraying his country, he must race against time to clear his name. With nowhere to turn to for help and no one left to trust, Marc is forced to rely on the elusive Rubicon group and their operative Lucy Keyes. Ex US Army, Lucy also knows what it's like to be an outsider, and she's got the skills that Dane needs. A terrorist attack is coming, one bigger and more deadly than has ever been seen before. With the eyes of the security establishment elsewhere, only Keyes and Dane can stop the attack before it's too late. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book A Memoir of the Rapier s written by Arlene Janoski and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-08-25 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories told at our family gatherings were interesting, fascinating, and amazing. Before these stories vanish from memory, I feel the need to set them down for the generations to come. Interwoven here are family traditions, Homespun yarns, facts, and history of our family. These ordinary people lived the trying days of wars, illness, the loss of loved ones, and the Great Depression. Nevertheless, they endured to the end.
Download or read book To Rouse Leviathan written by Neil Lynn Wise and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-21 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sequel to The Lost Warrior, Morgan Caeda continues his quest to uncover the secrets of the Mhoul. Morgan and his companions enter the mysterious forests of Aijalon where some of them are captured by Mhoul soldiers and taken to the citadel Ragoulgard. After escaping from Ragoulgard and the cruel experiments of the Mhoul scientist Dragoslav, they journey to the subterranean city of Shieldaig. To penetrate the defenses of the Mhoul capital Morgan and Maximilian must survive the labyrinth of Cnoc Thor and its deadly guardian. In the end, Morgan faces his worst fear, the return of the Lucca.
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Download or read book Wayfarers written by G. Vrill and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wayfarers is a table-top roleplaying game. Inside this book you will find everything you need to play. Whether you wish to play a wizard, mercenary, priest or rogue, or to create a distinctly unique persona, Wayfarers makes it possible. With dozens of skills, four types of magic, and over 500 spells, the possibilities for characters are limitless. For the Game Master, this source book includes hundreds of detailed creatures, enchanted items, and the vivid World of Twylos campaign setting. Useful analysis, optional rules, and a customizable system make creating and running adventures fun and exciting. So open these pages and grab your dice. Your destiny awaits, ...for good or ill. Visit the YOGC at: www.yeoldegamingcompanye.com
Download or read book Muskingum Legends written by Stephens Powers and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-02-19 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
