Steven E Maffeo

Seize, Burn, or Sink

The Thoughts and Words of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Organized chronologically by topic, Seize, Burn, or Sink contains over 3,000 quotations from Sir Horatio Nelson. Moreover, the addition of a chronology of Lord Nelson's life, a bibliography, and maps and photos further enhance the usefulness of Sir Horatio's quotes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scarecrow Press
• Seitenzahl: 672
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 160mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 1057g
• ISBN-13: 9780810857810
• ISBN-10: 0810857812
• Artikelnr.: 22040506

Autorenporträt

Steven E. Maffeo is currently Associate Director of the U.S. Air Force Academy Library in Colorado; the Director of the part-time Postgraduate Intelligence Program at the U.S. National Defense Intelligence College (NDIC); and with the rank of Captain, the Commanding Officer of Navy Reserve Unit NDIC 0966. He is also visiting history instructor for the "Age of Nelson"-era frigrate USS Constitution in Boston MA, as well as the author of Most Secret and Confidential: Intelligence in the Age of Nelson.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 List of Illustrations Part 2 Foreword Part 3 Preface and
Acknowledgments Part 4 Chronology of Lord Nelson's Life Part 5 Maps Part 6
THE QUOTATIONS Part 7 Famous Passages Chapter 8 General Chapter 9 "Services
Performed This War by Captain Nelson, of Hier Majesty's Ship Agamemnon,"
1797 Chapter 10 "Sketch of My Life," 1799 Chapter 11 "General Order" Prior
to the Battle of the Nile, 1798 Chapter 12 "Letter to Admiral Sir Hyde
Parker" Prior to the Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 Chapter 13 "Plan of
Attack," Mediterranean Fleet, 1805 Chapter 14 "Memorandum" Prior to the
Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 Part 15 Others on Nelson Part 16 Principal
Correspondents Part 17 Bibliography Part 18 Index Part 19 About the Author