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Late in 1808 Sir John Moore, virtually alone with his small British army deep inside Spain and facing the French Army led by Napoleon, fell back towards Corunna. The retreat is documented here, with its arduous trials and stories of a last stand.

Inhaltsangabe:Gang der Untersuchung: Die vorliegende Diplomarbeit gliedert sich in insgesamt sechs Kapitel, die dem Leser Schritt für Schritt das Vorgehen bei der Planung und Umsetzung eines Internetauftritts beschreiben sollen. In Kapitel 2 werden zunächst einige Grundlagen zum besseren Verständnis des Internet erläutert. Neben der Entwicklung sowie dem Aufbau und der Struktur sollen die vier Hauptdienste des Internet im Vordergrund dieses ...

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Die Entwicklung des deutschen Bankgewerbes wurde während der letzten Jahre durch das verstärkte Renditebewußtsein und die steigende Risikobereitschaft zahlreicher Privatkunden geprägt, die zunehmend in Aktien und Aktienfonds investierten. Angesichts einer immer umfangreicheren und unübersichtlicheren Palette von Aktienfonds sollen Fonds-Rankings eine Hilfestellung bei der Anlageentscheidung bieten. In der vorli...

Inhaltsangabe:Problemstellung: Unternehmensberatungen, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaften und vor allem Invest-mentbanken greifen zum Zweck der Festlegung eines fundamental gerechtfertigten Börsenpreises bereits gehandelter Titel oder zur Ermittlung der Emissionsspanne bei Internet-Firmen nicht auf das gesamte Spektrum traditioneller Bewertungsmethoden zurück. Grund dafür sind die besonderen Merkmale solcher Gesellschaften, die in vielen Fälle...

Inhaltsangabe:Problemstellung: Die gängigen Kategorien Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Soziologie, Politologie und Kulturwissenschaft erklären in nur eingeschränktem Maße die kulturellen und materiellen Verstrickungen heutiger Waren- und Markenwelten mit Populärkulturen, Medien, Avantgarden sowie ästhetischen und politisch-ökonomischen Entwicklungen. Die netzwerkartig verbundenen Aktionen von Individuen, Gemeinschaften, Kulturen und Unternehmen bed...

Details the key battle in one of the most destructive wars in history - the 30 years war between Catholic and Protestant armies. By 1632 the Protestant powers were in trouble, until King Adolphus II of Sweden came to their rescue and with his troops defeated the Imperial army.

When the UN called for the end of the British mandate and the partition of Palestine into two independent states, the RAF found itself under attack from both sides. Tracing the development of hostilities in the Middle East, this book covers the period from the establishment of the first proper Israeli Air Force in 1948 to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. Israel's War of Independence against its Arab neighbours, the inevitable 'round tw...

With numbers 13 and 14 the Osprey Modelling Series sees the start of a regular subseries on modelling specific AFVs. The second covers the Allies' most important tank of WW2, the US M4 Sherman, of which 49, 234 gun tanks were built. With detailed step-by-step model photography, specially commissioned walkround photography, scale drawings and wartime shots, these books will provide all the details needed to model the main M4 Sherman version - t...

What makes humans unique? What makes us the most successful animal species inhabiting the Earth today? Most scientists agree that the key to our success is the unusually large size of our brains. Our large brains gave us our exceptional thinking capacity and led to humans' other distinctive characteristics, including advanced communication, tool use, and walking on two legs. Or was it the other way around? Did the challenges faced by early hum...

Living alone has become inevitable for most women, the U.S. Census Bureau reports that 73% of females will die single. With climbing divorce rates and increased female life expectancy, the reality of living without a significant other becomes more and more common for women. A Woman's Guide to Living Alone: 10 Ways to Survive Grief and Be Happy offers practical advice and personal stories to help women successfully ease into a new and full life...

This controversial, convincing, and highly original book is important reading for everyone concerned about the origins, present, and future of the American experiment in self-government.

One of the decisive battles of the Second World War in the Pacific, Iwo Jima was described by Lieutenant-General Holland Smith, Commander Fleet Marine Forces Pacific, as "The most savage and most costly battle in the history of the Marine Corps" - a titanic struggle that eclipsed all that had gone before. Situated halfway along the B-29 Superfortress route to the Japanese mainland, the island was of major strategic importance to the US Air For...

This, the first ever Osprey campaign title to deal with the English Civil War, looks at the battle of Edgehill, the first major clash of the Wars. In 1642 both Royalists and Parliamentarians expected that one great contest of arms would see the crushing of their enemies. When their field armies blundered into contact on the evening of 22 October 1642, Prince Rupert urged King Charles to array his army on the great ridge of Edgehill and give ba...