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Book The Lafayette Campaign

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andrew Updegrove
  • Publisher : Starboard Rock Press
  • Release : 2016-06-20
  • ISBN : 0996491929
  • Pages : 424 pages

Download or read book The Lafayette Campaign written by Andrew Updegrove and published by Starboard Rock Press. This book was released on 2016-06-20 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America is rushing headlong into another election year, but something is wrong – the polls don’t match reality. It’s up to cybersecurity super sleuth Frank Adversego to find the Black Hats who are trying to hack the presidential election, and stop them before they do. The Lafayette Campaign provides a satirical take on American politics and our infatuation with technology that will make readers pause and wonder: could this really happen? "Andrew Updegrove brings a rare combination of drama, satire and technical accuracy to his writing. The result is a book you can't put down that tells you things you might wish you didn't know" - Admiral James G. Stavridis, retired Commander, U.S. European Command and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and current Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy "Andy Updegrove's Frank Adversego thrillers are realistic page-turners, making it clear that if you're not worried about cybersecurity you're not paying attention" - Bruce Schneier, of Schneier on Security

Book Lafayette s Campaign in Virginia  April 1781 Oct  19  1781

Download or read book Lafayette s Campaign in Virginia April 1781 Oct 19 1781 written by Marcus Joseph Wright and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Lafayette s Virginia Campaign  1781

Download or read book Lafayette s Virginia Campaign 1781 written by Henry Beebee Carrington and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution   Selected Letters and Papers  1776   1790

Download or read book Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution Selected Letters and Papers 1776 1790 written by Le Marquis de Lafayette and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth volume in this distinguished series is a documentary chronicle of the 1781 campaign that culminated in the October surrender of Cornwallis and his army to the joint American and French forces at Yorktown. As leader of the American troops in Virginia from April through September 1781, Lafayette played a major role in planning this campaign; the greatest American victory of the war was also an outstanding personal triumph. In this volume Lafayette's correspondents include American military figures such as Washington, Greene, Steuben, and Wayne; the British commanders Phillips and Cornwallis; and such civil authorities as Jefferson, Thomas Nelson, William Davies, and Thomas Sim Lee. Their exchanges provide a vivid picture, with all the immediacy and authenticity that only documents can give, of the problems and frustrations of the campaign, and they draw attention to the specific decisions that led to the allied containment of the British forces.

Book Frank Adversego Thrillers  Books 1   3   The Alexandria Project   The Lafayette Campaign   The Doodlebug War

Download or read book Frank Adversego Thrillers Books 1 3 The Alexandria Project The Lafayette Campaign The Doodlebug War written by Andrew Updegrove and published by Starboard Rock Press. This book was released on 2019-04-25 with total page 1013 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now you can buy the first three Frank Adversego technothrillers for one low price! In this boxed set, you’ll follow the introverted cybersecurity sleuth through a series of harrowing, surprise-filled adventures that pit his unique skills against foes ranging from rogue states to international terrorists. In The Alexandria Project, Frank finds himself trapped in a power play between the FBI and the CIA. Only by uncovering the mysterious Alexandria Project can he clear himself and save the country from a North Korean nuclear attack. In The Lafayette Campaign, America is rushing headlong into a raucously contentious presidential election year. Frank is tasked with finding the Black Hats trying to steal the election and stop them before they do. In The Doodlebug War, a post-ISIS terrorist organization has taken control of much of the Mid East. Now it’s threatening to launch a horrific attack that will bring the United States and Europe to their knees. In a race against time, Frank must not only reveal the plot, but convince his handlers of the threat in time to thwart it. In the words of Admiral James G. Stavridis, retired Commander, U.S. European Command and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe: Andrew Updegrove brings a rare combination of drama, satire and technical accuracy to his writing. The result is a book you can't put down that tells you things you might wish you didn't know.

Book Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution

Download or read book Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution written by Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier marquis de Lafayette and published by Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth volume in this distinguished series is a documentary chronicle of the 1781 campaign that culminated in the October surrender of Cornwallis and his army to the joint American and French forces at Yorktown. As leader of the American troops in Virginia from April through September 1781, Lafayette played a major role in planning this campaign; the greatest American victory of the war was also an outstanding personal triumph. In this volume Lafayette's correspondents include American military figures such as Washington, Greene, Steuben, and Wayne; the British commanders Phillips and Cornwallis; and such civil authorities as Jefferson, Thomas Nelson, William Davies, and Thomas Sim Lee. Their exchanges provide a vivid picture, with all the immediacy and authenticity that only documents can give, of the problems and frustrations of the campaign, and they draw attention to the specific decisions that led to the allied containment of the British forces.

Book The Call of Liberty

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joanne Randolph
  • Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
  • Release : 1979-12-15
  • ISBN : 9780823943692
  • Pages : 36 pages

Download or read book The Call of Liberty written by Joanne Randolph and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 1979-12-15 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In September, 1781, the young Marquis de Lafayette of France and other leaders of colonial troops prepare to battle British troops led by Lord Charles Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia.

Book Lafayette in the Somewhat United States

Download or read book Lafayette in the Somewhat United States written by Sarah Vowell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Assassination Vacation and The Partly Cloudy Patriot, an insightful and unconventional account of George Washington’s trusted officer and friend, that swashbuckling teenage French aristocrat the Marquis de Lafayette. Chronicling General Lafayette’s years in Washington’s army, Vowell reflects on the ideals of the American Revolution versus the reality of the Revolutionary War. Riding shotgun with Lafayette, Vowell swerves from the high-minded debates of Independence Hall to the frozen wasteland of Valley Forge, from bloody battlefields to the Palace of Versailles, bumping into John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Lord Cornwallis, Benjamin Franklin, Marie Antoinette and various kings, Quakers and redcoats along the way. Drawn to the patriots’ war out of a lust for glory, Enlightenment ideas and the traditional French hatred for the British, young Lafayette crossed the Atlantic expecting to join forces with an undivided people, encountering instead fault lines between the Continental Congress and the Continental Army, rebel and loyalist inhabitants, and a conspiracy to fire George Washington, the one man holding together the rickety, seemingly doomed patriot cause. While Vowell’s yarn is full of the bickering and infighting that marks the American past—and present—her telling of the Revolution is just as much a story of friendship: between Washington and Lafayette, between the Americans and their French allies and, most of all between Lafayette and the American people. Coinciding with one of the most contentious presidential elections in American history, Vowell lingers over the elderly Lafayette’s sentimental return tour of America in 1824, when three fourths of the population of New York City turned out to welcome him ashore. As a Frenchman and the last surviving general of the Continental Army, Lafayette belonged to neither North nor South, to no political party or faction. He was a walking, talking reminder of the sacrifices and bravery of the revolutionary generation and what the founders hoped this country could be. His return was not just a reunion with his beloved Americans it was a reunion for Americans with their own astonishing, singular past. Vowell’s narrative look at our somewhat united states is humorous, irreverent and wholly original.

Book The Hermione

    Book Details:
  • Author : Emmanuel de Fontainieu
  • Publisher : Editions Jean-Pierre de Monza
  • Release : 2015
  • ISBN : 9782916231358
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Hermione written by Emmanuel de Fontainieu and published by Editions Jean-Pierre de Monza. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enhanced by illustrations, maps, and letters, this book provides a museum-quality experience detailing the thrilling accomplishments of Lafayette and his legendary warship, the Hermione, in support of the colonists' cause during the American Revolutionary War. Lafayette, on a secret mission from King Louis XVI, was to inform George Washington and the Congress that France would support the American colonies in their conflict with Great Britain. Once on American soil, Lafayette shed his diplomatic role for an important military assignment, helping to mastermind the decisive Virginia campaign that brought hostilities to an end. While Lafayette excelled on the battlefield, his ship, the Hermione, was burnishing its own legend as part of the crucial maneuvers that led to the defeat of the much larger British navy--and ensured the American victory. The descriptions offer fascinating insights into the building of the arsenal in Rochefort under Louis XIV and Colbert, the development of the French navy, 18th-century naval strategy, and shipbuilding techniques. Also profiled is the ambitious undertaking of the nearly two decades-long project to meticulously recreate the Hermione and prepare it for a new transatlantic voyage, again on a mission of friendship and goodwill.

Book Fatal Sunday

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mark Edward Lender
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • Release : 2016-04-18
  • ISBN : 0806155132
  • Pages : 625 pages

Download or read book Fatal Sunday written by Mark Edward Lender and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians have long considered the Battle of Monmouth one of the most complicated engagements of the American Revolution. Fought on Sunday, June 28, 1778, Monmouth was critical to the success of the Revolution. It also marked a decisive turning point in the military career of George Washington. Without the victory at Monmouth Courthouse, Washington's critics might well have marshaled the political strength to replace him as the American commander-in-chief. Authors Mark Edward Lender and Garry Wheeler Stone argue that in political terms, the Battle of Monmouth constituted a pivotal moment in the War for Independence. Viewing the political and military aspects of the campaign as inextricably entwined, this book offers a fresh perspective on Washington’s role in it. Drawing on a wide range of historical sources—many never before used, including archaeological evidence—Lender and Stone disentangle the true story of Monmouth and provide the most complete and accurate account of the battle, including both American and British perspectives. In the course of their account it becomes evident that criticism of Washington’s performance in command was considerably broader and deeper than previously acknowledged. In light of long-standing practical and ideological questions about his vision for the Continental Army and his ability to win the war, the outcome at Monmouth—a hard-fought tactical draw—was politically insufficient for Washington. Lender and Stone show how the general’s partisans, determined that the battle for public opinion would be won in his favor, engineered a propaganda victory for their chief that involved the spectacular court-martial of Major General Charles Lee, the second-ranking officer of the Continental Army. Replete with poignant anecdotes, folkloric incidents, and stories of heroism and combat brutality; filled with behind-the-scenes action and intrigue; and teeming with characters from all walks of life, Fatal Sunday gives us the definitive view of the fateful Battle of Monmouth.

Book Adopted Son

    Book Details:
  • Author : David A. Clary
  • Publisher : Bantam
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 0553383450
  • Pages : 594 pages

Download or read book Adopted Son written by David A. Clary and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2008 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical analysis of the unique friendship between American general George Washington and the young French Marquis de Lafayette describes how their bond resulted in extraordinary success on the battlefield and in diplomatic circles, aided an American victory in the Revolutionary War, and paved the way for the French Revolution. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

Book The Marquis

Download or read book The Marquis written by Laura Auricchio and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2015 American Library in Paris Book Award The Marquis de Lafayette at age nineteen volunteered to fight under George Washington and became the French hero of the American Revolution. In this major biography Laura Auricchio looks past the storybook hero and selfless champion of righteous causes who cast aside family and fortune to advance the transcendent aims of liberty and fully reveals a man driven by dreams of glory only to be felled by tragic, human weaknesses. Drawing on substantial new research conducted in libraries, archives, museums, and private homes in France and the United States, Auricchio, gives us history on a grand scale revealing the man and his complex life, while challenging and exploring the complicated myths that have surrounded his name for more than two centuries

Book 1781 in 1981

Download or read book 1781 in 1981 written by John E. Damerel (Jr) and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consists of a three-part original typescript about the marches of the Marquis de Lafayette and the Virginia campaigns during the Revolutionary War, written by John Damerel. The manuscript is part of a project about both the Lafayette and the Cornwallis routes in Virginia. It is based on Damerel's walking one day each week, over the course of 16 years, and covering 9,000 miles, where he followed the local routes of a Revolutionary or Civil War army.

Book Lafayette  Lessons in Leadership from the Idealist General

Download or read book Lafayette Lessons in Leadership from the Idealist General written by Marc Leepson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an account of the life and military career of the Marquis de Lafayette, a French aristocrat who, enamored with the ideals of the American Revolution, traveled to the colonies to join the fight for democracy, and became lifelong friends with George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

Book Revolutionary Friends

Download or read book Revolutionary Friends written by Selene Castrovilla and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Society of School Librarians International Book Award Honor California Reading Association Eureka! Nonfiction Honor Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year Booklist Top Ten Biography for Youth Young fans of the smash Broadway hit "Hamilton" will enjoy this narrative nonfiction picture book story about the important friendship between George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette during the Revolutionary War. Lafayette has come to America to offer his services to the patriotic cause. Inexperienced but dedicated, he is a much-needed ally and not only earns a military position with the Continental Army but also Washington's respect and admiration. This picture book presents the human side of history, revealing the bond between two famous Revolutionary figures. Both the author and illustrator worked with experts and primary sources to represent both patriots and the war accurately and fairly.

Book The Story of the Life of Lafayette

Download or read book The Story of the Life of Lafayette written by Mrs. John Farrar and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: