The Difference Engine:
http://tinyurl.com/4vyzu (Alternate History/Steampunk)
The computer age has arrived a century ahead of time with Charles Babbage's perfection of his Analytical Engine. The Industrial Revolution, supercharged by the development of steam-driven cybernetic Engines, is in full and drastic swing. Great Britain, with her calculating-cannons, steam dreadnoughts, machine-guns and information technology, prepares to better the world's lot ...
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The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road, 1567-1659: The Logistics of Spanish Victory and Defeat in the Low Countries' Wars:
http://tinyurl.com/6q4jt
The publication of The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road in 1972 marked the birth of the 'new military history', which emphasized military organization - mobilization, pay, supply, morale and, above all, logistics - rather than military 'events' such as sieges and battles. Geoffrey Parker studied one of the great logistical feats of early modern Europe: how Habsburg Spain managed to maintain and mobilize the largest army in Europe in an 80-year effort to suppress the Dutch Revolt, at 700 miles' distance. Using a unique combination of surviving records, he presented strikingly the logistical problems of fighting wars in early modern Europe, and demonstrated why Spain failed to suppress the Dutch Revolt. The book has been constantly cited since its first publication in English (with translations into Spanish and Dutch).
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The European Dream: How Europe's Vision of the Future Is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream:
http://tinyurl.com/3qajq
At one time the American Dream was the ideal and envy of the world. But today, at the dawn of the new Millennium, Europe is pointing a new way to the future. In this major new book, best-selling author Jeremy Rifkin argues that Europe has a vision of its own and is overtaking America as the worlds next superpower. The American Dream was based on economic growth, personal wealth and independence. It was synonymous with love of country and patriotism, frontier mentality and the unbridled exercise of power. Yet what were once considered prime virtues - cherished and idealised not only in America but throughout the world - are increasingly seen by many as drawbacks and even impediments. But while the American Dream tires and languishes in the past, a new European Dream is being born. Today we see a new set of values emerging which are focused on sustainable development, quality of life and multilateralism. More cosmopolitan and less concerned with the brute exercise of power, the European Dream is better positioned to accommodate the many forces that are propelling us into a more interconnected and interdependent world. Where does Britain fit into this story? The British find themselves betwixt and between a fading American Dream and a newly emerging European Dream which is gaining the upper hand in our contemporary global age. Rifkin argues that Britain is uniquely positioned to play a bridge role between Europe and America and has the potential to help create a synergy between the two superpowers of the 21st century. But in order to exercise any real influence in world affairs, Britain must choose to be part of a larger political entity. In a globally connected world, no people can exist any longer as an island unto themselves. The only question for Britain is whether it will make its home with America or with Europe.
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The Battle of the Golden Spurs: Courtrai, 11 July 1302 - Flanders' War of Liberation, 1297-1305:
http://tinyurl.com/6vbme
The Golden Spurs of Kortrijk: How the Knights of France Fell to the Footsoldiers of Flanders in 1302:
http://tinyurl.com/42haj
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zelf lees ik vooral Speculative Fiction (brede term including Sci-Fi, Cyberpunk, Hard-SF (no FTL travel, kosher science, .. the no thumbsucking genre), Space Opera, Alternate History, ... speculatief...) dus als ge daar wat meer aanraders uit wilt zeg het maar. maar aangezien ge interesse in history hebt.. op amazon zult ge uw goesting wel vinden dunkt mich. ge kunt ook kijken of de duitse amazon die boeken heeft, ook een anglo-sectie daar en soms goedkoper. de eerste 2 in mijn post heb ik zelf gelezen, de laatste (nog?) niet. have fun...
/edit/ aangezien ze toch over SF bezig zijn... aanraders: alastair reynolds (revelation space/chasm city/redemption ark/absolution gap), peter f. hamilton (night's dawn trilogy), bruce sterling (schismatrix+), alfred bester (the stars my destination), ian m. banks (the culture novels), gene wolfe (book of the new sun - duizned keer beter en dieper dan LoTR, Wheel of Time, ...)), ... teveel om op te noemen maar genoeg om met weg te dromen.