amazon.co.uk has been visited by 1M+ users in the past month
Browse new releases, best sellers or classics & find your next favourite book. Low prices on millions of books. Free UK delivery on eligible orders
Navigation Links:
Search results
In The War that Forged a Nation, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson considers why the Civil War remains so deeply embedded in our national psyche and identity.
- (669)
- James M. McPherson
Mar 8, 2015 · As James M. McPherson observes in his brisk and engrossing book, “The War That Forged a Nation,” if the same percentage of Americans were killed in a war today, “the number of war dead...
The war fought to preserve the Union created a modern nation, McPherson reminds, thus changing the nature of the federal government, altering the expectations of its citizenry, and paving the way for industrial capitalism and twentieth century American economic and military predominance.
Sep 4, 2024 · James I, king of Scotland (as James VI) from 1567 to 1625 and first Stuart king of England from 1603 to 1625, who styled himself ‘king of Great Britain.’. He was a strong advocate of royal absolutism, and his conflicts with Parliament set the stage for the rebellion against his successor, Charles I.
- James I was king of Scotland (as James VI) before he became king of both England and Scotland. He acceded to the English throne upon the death of t...
- James I was not a popular king. Although he had ruled as king of Scotland, he was unprepared for the challenges he faced upon assuming the English...
- King James I’s “favourites” were his closest courtiers and confidantes. They wielded a huge amount of influence in James’s court, which earned them...
- James had been tutored by Presbyterians and publicly professed his support for Puritanism while sitting on the Scottish throne, but English Catholi...
- King James I did not write the King James Bible (also called the King James Version or the Authorized Version). He did commission it, however. Jame...
The English Civil Wars were a series of battles fought between the Cavaliers, who supported the king, and the Roundheads, who supported Parliament. King Charles I believed, like all the kings and...
Feb 1, 2005 · The Language of War examines the relationship between language and violence, focusing on American literature from the Civil War, World War I, and World War II. James Dawes proceeds by developing two primary questions: How does the strategic violence of war affect literary, legal, and philosophical representations?
People also ask
Is the language of war a good book?
What is the war in the west about?
What is the language of war?
Why was James I a king?
Why should I read the language of war?
Why was James a conflict with the English Parliament?
The War in the West is a truly monumental history of the war on land, in the air, and at sea. In it, James Holland has created a captivating and epic narrative which redefines and enhances our understanding of one of the most significant conflicts in history.
