Bøger af Angus Hamilton

Dieses Buch ist eine faszinierende Einführung in die Kultur und Geschichte Koreas. Der Autor Angus Hamilton nimmt uns mit auf eine Reise durch die Epochen und erzählt uns die Geschichten, die dieses Land zu dem machen, was es heute ist. Von der Kultur und Kunst über die Architektur und Traditionen bis hin zur modernen Politik und Technologie - dieses Buch bietet einen umfassenden Einblick in das Leben, die Geschichte und die Zukunft Koreas.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

NOTHING Is more natural than the circumstance that war should be the outcome of the existing crisis; yet, equally, nothing is less certain. If the area of hostilities were not confined to the Far East, and the Power confronting Japan were any other than Russia, the outbreak of war might be predicted positively. But with Russia, consideration of the strategic qualities of her position in Manchuria must exercise a paramount influence upon her movements. To those who are not close students of military history, as well as to those who do not possess an extensive knowledge of the situation, the position in which Russia is placed equally affords the keenest interest. Certainly in the annals of military history, excluding the march of Napoleon upon Moscow, there is no war which may be said to have developed a parallel to the task which besets Russia in Manchuria and Korea. Her position at sea, moreover, is no better than that which she holds on land. Upon land, a single line of railway traversing the heart of an enemy's country terminates at Port Arthur.

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" Rien ne serait plus naturel que la guerre fût le résultat de la crise présente ; pourtant on peut dire également que rien n¿est moins certain. Si le terrain des hostilités n¿était pas limité à l¿Extrême-Orient, et si la puissance qui se trouve en face du Japon était une autre que la Russie, on pourrait prédire positivement que la guerre éclatera. Mais avec la Russie, la considération de la valeur stratégique de sa position en Mandchourie doit exercer une influence prédominante sur ses résolutions. Pour ceux qui n¿ont pas étudié de près l¿histoire militaire, aussi bien que pour ceux qui n¿ont pas une connaissance étendue de la situation, la position dans laquelle la Russie se trouve placée offre le plus grand intérêt. Il n¿existe certainement, en dehors de la marche de Napoléon sur Moscou, aucune guerre, dans les annales de l¿histoire militaire, qui puisse se comparer aux difficultés qui assiègent la Russie en Mandchourie et en Corée. De plus, sa position navale n¿est pas meilleure que sa position sur terre. Sur terre, un chemin de fer à voie unique, traversant le c¿ur d¿un pays ennemi, se termine à Port- Arthur."

This 1912 book by Angus Hamilton (1874-1913), a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, is an account of the British military expeditions to quell uprisings among remote tribes in north-eastern India in 1911-12. Famous for his earlier books on Afghanistan, the problems of the Middle East, and Somaliland, Hamilton gives a full account of the various phases of the 'Abor expedition' which resulted in a crushing defeat of the local tribes. The book begins with a survey of the geography of the area, and a description of the Abor people, explaining the turbulent background to the murder in March 1911 of two British officials. A highly detailed and illustrated account then follows of the murders, and of the punitive response of the government in Delhi, which sent an expedition both to bring the area back under control and also to carry out geographical surveys of a relatively unknown area.