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  • - Other Combatants and Other Fronts, 1914-1918
     
    544,95 kr.

    The Greater War is an international history of the First World War. Comprising of thirteen chapters this collection of essays covers new aspects of the French, German, Italian and American efforts in the First World War, as well as aspects of Britain's colonial campaigns.

  • - A Study in Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War
    af J. Maiolo
    1.061,95 - 1.077,95 kr.

    This book focuses on the Royal Navy's response to the rise of the German navy under Hitler within the broad context of the ongoing debate about Britain's policy of appeasement.

  • af David A. Charters
    1.995,95 kr.

    The first comprehensive scholarly study of the British Army's campaign against the Jewish insurgency in postwar Palestine, this book shows how outdated doctrine, traditional resistance to change, and postwar turbulence hampered the army's efforts to modify its counter-insurgency tactics.

  • - Britain's Home Army 1908-1919
    af K. W. Mitchinson
    1.070,95 kr.

    Defending Albion is the first published study of Britain's response to the threat of invasion from across the North Sea in the first two decades of the Twentieth Century.

  • - Officer-Man Relations, Morale and Discipline in the British Army in the Era of the First World War
    af G. Sheffield
    1.614,95 - 1.651,95 kr.

    Why, despite the appalling conditions in the trenches of the Western Front, was the British army almost untouched by major mutiny during the First World War?

  • - Redefining British Strategy in an Era of Imperial Decline
    af P. Bell
    1.749,95 kr.

    This book examines the role of Chamberlain and the National Government in responding to the strategic problems created by the emergence of a two-front danger from Germany and Japan.

  • - The Indian Army, 1860-1940
    af David Omissi
    1.605,95 - 1.705,95 kr.

    This is the first scholarly study of the subject for twenty years, and the only one based on extensive archival research. In this evocative and compassionate work, David Omissi examines the origins, motives and protests of the several million Indian peasant- soldiers who served the colonial power.

  • af A. Best
    1.151,95 - 1.391,95 kr.

    This is the first full-length study of the role played by British Intelligence in influencing policy towards Japan from the decline of the Alliance to the outbreak of the Pacific War.

  • - From Fashoda to Jospin
     
    1.050,95 kr.

    From the Fashoda incident in 1898 to the current Blair-Jospin 'entente', this book reviews one century of Franco-British relations. Yet, as this collection of papers show, they have always had more things in common than suspected in the first place, and there has always been a strong case for cooperation.

  •  
    880,95 kr.

    This collection gathers many of the best-known names in the field of Anglo-French relations and provides an authoritative survey of the field. Starting with the crucial period of the First World War and ending with the equally complex question of the second Iraq War, the study has an emphasis on British perceptions of the Entente.

  • af T. Moreman
    1.062,95 kr.

    This comprehensive study is the first scholarly account explaining how the British and Indian armies adapted to the peculiar demands of fighting an irregular tribal opponent in the mountainous no-man's-land between India and Afghanistan.

  • af William J. Philpott
    542,95 kr.

    This book is a study of Anglo-French relations and military policy making in the First World War, which considers the strategic policies and operational planning of the British and French armies in the joint campaign fought on the western front.

  • - Essays on the Military, Political and Social History of the First World War
     
    1.049,95 kr.

    The Great War is a collection of seven original essays and three critical comments by senior scholars dealing with the greatest conflict in modern history to its time - the 1914-18 World War. The Great War is edited by the distinguished historian of the First World War, R.J.Q.Adams.

  • - Other Combatants and Other Fronts, 1914-1918
     
    1.063,95 kr.

    The Greater War is an international history of the First World War. Comprising of thirteen chapters this collection of essays covers new aspects of the French, German, Italian and American efforts in the First World War, as well as aspects of Britain's colonial campaigns.

  • - British Perspectives, 1912-21
    af G. R. Conyne
    1.052,95 - 1.399,95 kr.

    This is a narrative study of British diplomatic perceptions of Woodrow Wilson during his presidential campaign and presidency. Using archival material not previously explored for this purpose, George Conyne is able to challenge the conventional view of British reactions to Wilson and American policy at the Paris Peace Conference.

  • af Willy Jou & M. Kolinsky
    1.618,95 kr.

    As Britain struggled to find a balance between Arab and Jewish demands the middle years of the Mandate proved to be crucial for the survival of the Jewish National Home.

  • af Brian Holden Reid
    777,95 kr.

    Brian Holden Reid now considers afresh the military thought of Major-General J.F.C.Fuller - a pioneer of tank warfare and one of the most important military thinkers of the twentieth century.

  • - Strategy, Diplomacy and Intelligence in the Eastern Mediterranean
    af Nicholas Tamkin
    550,95 - 834,95 kr.

    This book draws on the latest archival releases - including those from the secret world of British intelligence - to offer the first comprehensive analysis of Anglo-Turkish relations during the Second World War, with a particular emphasis on Turkey's place in the changing relationship between Britain and the Soviet Union.

  • - A History of the Victoria Cross and the Evolution of British Heroism
    af Melvin Charles Smith
    485,95 - 493,95 kr.

    Based on primary source research, this is the most comprehensive history of the Victoria Cross available, tracing the evolution of the award from its inception in 1856 to the most recent bestowals. The study also examines the evolution of the concept of heroism and how the definition of heroism changed along with the nature of warfare.

  •  
    924,95 kr.

    This collection gathers many of the best-known names in the field of Anglo-French relations and provides an authoritative survey of the field. Starting with the crucial period of the First World War and ending with the equally complex question of the second Iraq War, the study has an emphasis on British perceptions of the Entente.

  • af C. Kitching
    1.100,95 kr.

    In this fascinating study, Carolyn Kitching examines the role which Britain played at the Geneva Disarmament Conference, an event which marked a watershed in inter-war international relations.

  • - A Study in International History
    af P. G. A. Orders
    990,95 kr.

    This book relates the development of Anglo-Australian-New Zealand relations during and immediately after the second world war to the role of the United States in the South-west Pacific.

  • af Dr. Bob Moore & Kent Fedorowich
    976,95 - 1.055,95 kr.

    During the Second World War, British and Imperial forces captured more than half a million Italian soldiers, sailors and airmen.

  • af William Philpott & Martin S. Alexander
    1.051,95 - 1.100,95 kr.

    As well as examining the relationship between the two nations' armed services, the book's contributors also analyse key themes in Anglo-French inter-war defence politics - disarmament, intelligence and imperial defence - and joint military, political and economic preparations for a second world war.

  • af T. Moreman
    1.277,95 kr.

    This comprehensive study is the first scholarly account explaining how the British and Indian armies adapted to the peculiar demands of fighting an irregular tribal opponent in the mountainous no-man's-land between India and Afghanistan.

  • - Essays on the Military, Political and Social History of the First World War
     
    1.282,95 kr.

    The Great War is a collection of seven original essays and three critical comments by senior scholars dealing with the greatest conflict in modern history to its time - the 1914-18 World War. The Great War is edited by the distinguished historian of the First World War, R.J.Q.Adams.

  • - Army and Society in the Conflict with China, 1894-5
    af S. Lone
    1.612,95 kr.

    This is the first ever English-language study of the war which established Japan's image as a warrior nation, an image which in many ways persists today.

  • - From Fashoda to Jospin
     
    1.210,95 kr.

    From the Fashoda incident in 1898 to the current Blair-Jospin 'entente', this book reviews one century of Franco-British relations. Yet, as this collection of papers show, they have always had more things in common than suspected in the first place, and there has always been a strong case for cooperation.

  • af Ashley Jackson
    1.052,95 - 1.320,95 kr.

    By examining Mauritius and the Indian Ocean, this unique synthesis of imperial and naval/military history, reveals the depths of colonial involvement in the Second World War and the role of colonies in British strategic planning from the eighteenth century.

  • af Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
    548,95 - 880,95 kr.

    An examination of how the logistical demands of the British military campaigns in Palestine and Mesopotamia led to a more intrusive and authoritarian form of imperial control in 1917-18. This early example of Western military intervention in the Middle East provoked a localized backlash in 1919-20 whose effects continue to be felt today.

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