A Wilderness of Miseries: War and Warriors in Early AmericaBloomsbury Academic, 3 dec 1980 - 250 pagina's |
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Pagina 64
... mean and contemptible appearance [ to ] do wonders . " But some feared , with Benjamin Franklin , that even ... means of assuring success in battle . One wag noted that the best means to victory was for a people to " end their Wars ...
... mean and contemptible appearance [ to ] do wonders . " But some feared , with Benjamin Franklin , that even ... means of assuring success in battle . One wag noted that the best means to victory was for a people to " end their Wars ...
Pagina 91
... mean Cringing and servile flatterer , crouching at the Col [ onel's ] Feet . " Finally , some lost esteem - though not necessarily with their subordinates - because they were thought to be too cautious . Thomas Paine once suggested that ...
... mean Cringing and servile flatterer , crouching at the Col [ onel's ] Feet . " Finally , some lost esteem - though not necessarily with their subordinates - because they were thought to be too cautious . Thomas Paine once suggested that ...
Pagina 108
... means of recrimination was to refuse to reenlist when one's term of service expired . Not that it was always pleasant or even safe to depart from the army under these perfectly legal means . Those packing to leave were the target of ...
... means of recrimination was to refuse to reenlist when one's term of service expired . Not that it was always pleasant or even safe to depart from the army under these perfectly legal means . Those packing to leave were the target of ...
Inhoudsopgave
The Nature of American | 1 |
War and Society | 3 |
The Indian Wars | 29 |
Copyright | |
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