Автор: Leung Shum
Издательство: Kai Tak Printing Press
Год издания: 1985
Количество страниц: 132
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
THE LONG FORM (GAH GEE) - The long form is the foundation of the Wu system and is taught with Sifu Shum's precise instruction. When performed correctly the long form takes over 40 minutes. LEUNG SHUM is a highly respected instructor of Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan. He learned Wu style from Ng Wai Ngun who learned the style in the Ching Mo Gymnasium and trained with Master Cheng Wing Kwong, a famous Wu style Tai Chi Chuan instructor in Hong Kong. Master Shum is one of the very few qualified teachers of traditional Wu Style in the U.S.
Автор: Chris Coulthard-Clark
Издательство: Allen & Unwin
Год издания: 2001
isbn: 1865086347
Количество страниц: 321
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
A chronological reference work describing all the major battles fought in Australia or by Australians overseas, providing the 'where, when, who, what and how' of each action.
Автор: John C. Fredriksen
Издательство: ABC-CLIO
Год издания: 2001
isbn: 1576073645
Количество страниц: 407
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Invaluable for specialists, accessible to enthusiasts, International Warbirds: An Illustrated Guide to World Military Aircraft, 1914–2000 puts the most legendary fighter aircraft of the 20th century developed outside the United States on vivid display. It offers 336 illustrated "biographies" of the most significant warplanes used in squadron service from World War I to the Balkan conflict, including numerous models from Great Britain, France, Russia, and Japan, as well as notable machines from Israel, Canada, China, India, Brazil, and other nations. Entries span the history and scope of military aircraft from bombers and fighters to transports, trainers, reconnaissance craft, sea planes, and helicopters, with each capsule history combining nuts-and-bolts technical data with the story of that model's evolution and use. Together, these portraits offer an exciting, well-researched tribute to visionary designers and builders as well as courageous pilots and crews across the globe, and tell a vivid tale of how air power became such a decisive factor in modern warfare.
Автор: Otis C. Mitchell
Издательство: McFarland
Год издания: 2008
isbn: 0786439122, 9780786439126
Количество страниц: 201
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
"Hitler was Nazi Germany and Nazi Germany was Hitler." Thus it is often presented. While this perspective is true to the extent that Hitler's personality, leadership, and ideological convictions played a massive role in shaping the nature of government and life during the Third Reich, the perspective has led most writers since the end of World War II to ignore other aspects of Nazism in favor of biographies or historical works centered solely around Hitler's contributions to the Nazi Party. This book seeks to fill a significant gap in the literature by concentrating particularly on the Nazi Party and its growth during the years of the Weimar Republic, examining the paramilitary presence in Germany and Bavaria after World War I. Most of the book concentrates on the development of the Nazi Storm Detachment (Sturmabteilung, or SA) before and after the failed Beer Hall Putsch in 1923. By the time Hitler came to power in January 1932, there were perhaps as many as 400,000 of these brown-shirted men creating violence on a daily basis and destroying the shaky underpinnings of the Weimar Republic. These young storm troopers, often self-styled revolutionaries, made unparalleled contributions to the ascendancy of the Nazi Party and Hitler's explosive rise to power. The book features several photographs captured from the Nazi Party's Central Publishing Facility in Munich and passed to the author in the late 1950s.
Автор: Waldemar Heckel
Издательство: Blackwell Publishing
Год издания: 2006
isbn: 1405112107
Количество страниц: 419
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
This book contains concise biographies of over 800 individuals known from the literary and epigraphic sources for the age of Alexander. Covers significant figures, ranging from leading commanders in Alexander's army to the nobles and regional leaders of the Persian empire whom he encountered on his epic campaign The only complete collection of its kind in English Gives complete and balanced biographies, extending beyond the death of Alexander in 323 BC where relevant Contains a full index and a concordance giving the variant names found in the ancient sources.
Автор: David Eggenberger
Издательство: Dover Publications
isbn: 0486249131
Количество страниц: 543
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Essential details of every major battle on land and sea in recorded history, from the first battle of Megiddo in 1479 B.C. to the Grenada conflict in 1984. Included: strategic situations, roles played by political/military leaders, troop numbers and training, tactics and objectives, casualties and losses and military/political consequences. Index. 99 illustrations.
Автор: Frank McLynn
Издательство: Pimlico
isbn: 0712662472
Количество страниц: 767
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Napoleon Bonaparte's character and achievements have always divided critics and commentators. In this compelling new biography Frank McLynn draws on the most recent scholarship and throws a brilliant light on this most paradoxical of men - as military leader, lover and emperor. Tracing Napoleon s extraordinary career, Mc Lynn examines the Promethean legend from the Corsican roots, through the years of the French Revolution and the military triumphs, to the coronation in 1804 and ultimate defeat and imprisonment. Napoleon the man emerges as an even more fascinating character than previously imagined, and McLynn brilliantly reveals the extent to which he was both existential hero and plaything of Fate; mathematician and mystic; intellectual giant and moral pygmy; Great Man and deeply flawed human being.
Автор: Feng Zhiqiang
Издательство: Hunyuantaiji Academy, Priority Printing
Год издания: 2001
Количество страниц: 54
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
This small (54 pages) book was written by GM Feng, and translated by his student from Canada, Master Chen Zhonghua. An introduction describes the various components of the Hunyuan Taijiquan system. The next part of the book goes into each section of the form, including the movements, mind-intent while performing them, key points and hints, and the function of each movement. A beginner wouldn't need to know all of this to get started, but it would allow one to deepen their practice by layering it in over time. The movements are illustrated with color photos. The last part of the book consists of a very interesting biography of Grandmaster Feng, who just died a few years ago. Charts illustrating the acupuncture points mentioned in the text are included.
Автор: George Cawkwell
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Год издания: 2005
isbn: 0198148712
Количество страниц: 325
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The Greek Wars treats of the whole course of Persian relations with the Greeks from the coming of Cyrus in the 540s down to Alexander the Great's defeat of Darius III in 331 BC. Cawkwell discusses from a Persian perspective major questions such as why Xerxes' invasion of Greece failed, and how important a part the Great King played in Greek affairs in the fourth century. Cawkwell's views are at many points original: in particular, his explanation of how and why the Persian invasion of Greece failed challenges the prevailing orthodoxy, as does his view of the importance of Persia in Greek affairs for the two decades after the King's Peace. Persia, he concludes, was destroyed by Macedonian military might but moral decline had no part in it; the Macedonians who had subjected Greece were too good an army, but their victory was not easy.
Автор: Christopher E. Larsen
Издательство: AuthorHouse
Год издания: 2005
isbn: 1418472085, 1418472077
Количество страниц: 248
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Finally! Step-by-step tactics for teams of three to 30 members. Tired of collecting a library of military manuals just to teach light infantry patrolling tactics? Military manuals are notoriously confusing and boring! More often than not, they are written for company and battalion commanders. This book is written for truly small unit leaders - at the fireteam, squad, and platoon level. This book includes several other advantages over military manuals: Common sense explanations of each tactical battle drill. Simple to understand schema and illustrations 'Lessons Learned' comments that offer experienced insight. A glossary to get everyone speaking in the same terminology. With a 'no non-sense' approach, every skill and tactical battle drill in this book is specifically focused on light infantry patrolling tactics. For the experienced military professional, this book will be valued reference. For every other small unit leader - whether military, modern military re-enactors, or paintball and air soft competitors this book is sure to become your 'field bible'.
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