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15 produkter
Blood and Sand
Suez, Hungary, and Eisenhower''s Campaign for Peace
E-bok, 2016
113 kr
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"Artfully integrates the complex, simultaneous Suez and Hungarian crises of 1956 into a single story of Cold War conflict as no one has before." —Publishers WeeklyThe year 1956 was a turning point in history. Over sixteen extraordinary days in October and November, the Suez Crisis and the Hungarian …
Fallen Idols
Twelve Statues That Made History
Inbunden, 2021
301 kr
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An Economist Best Book of the Year In this timely and lively look at the act of toppling monuments, the popular historian and author of Blood and Sand explores the vital question of how a society remembers—and confronts—the past. In 2020, history came tumbling down. From the US and the UK to …
Fallen Idols
Twelve Statues That Made History
E-bok, 2021
173 kr
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A timely and lively look at the act of toppling monuments that explores the vital question of how a society remembers—and confronts—the past.An Economist Best Book of the YearIn 2020, history came tumbling down. From the US and the UK to Belgium, New Zealand, and Bangladesh, Black Lives Matter …
Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire
Häftad, 2008
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390 kr
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Indian Summer
The Secret History of the End of an Empire
E-bok, 2008
174 kr
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An extraordinary story of romance, history, and divided loyalties -- set against the backdrop of one of the most dramatic events of the twentieth century The stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, liberated 400 million people from the British Empire. With the loss of India, its greatest colony, …
Indian Summer
The Secret History of the End of an Empire
E-bok, 2012
121 kr
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The stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947 liberated 400 million Indians from the British Empire. One of the defining moments of world history had been brought about by a tiny number of people, including Jawaharlal Nehru, the fiery prime minister-to-be; Gandhi, the mystical figure who enthralled a …
Red Heat
Conspiracy, Murder and the Cold War in the Caribbean
E-bok, 2012
121 kr
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America''s secret war in the Caribbean during the Cold War is revealed as never before in this riveting story of the machinations and blunders of superpowers, and the daring of the mavericks who took them on. During the presidencies of Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson, the Caribbean was in crisis, …
Blood and Sand
Suez, Hungary and the Crisis That Shook the World
E-bok, 2016
121 kr
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Over sixteen extraordinary days in October and November 1956, the twin crises of Suez and Hungary pushed the world to the brink of a nuclear conflict and what many at the time were calling World War III. Blood and Sand is a revelatory new history of these dramatic events, for the first time setting …
Fallen Idols
History is not erased when statues are pulled down. It is made.
E-bok, 2021
44 kr
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Books of 2021, The Economist ''Alex von Tunzelmann is one of the most gifted historians writing today. Brilliant and trenchant, witty and wise, Fallen Idols is a book you will adore, devour, and talk about to everyone you know. Hesitate no longer; buy this book.'' Suzannah Lipscomb, author, …
Fallen Idols
History is not erased when statues are pulled down. It is made.
Häftad, 2022
173 kr
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Shortlisted for the 2022 Wolfson History Prize'Alex von Tunzelmann is one of the most gifted historians writing today. Brilliant and trenchant, witty and wise, Fallen Idols is a book you will adore, devour, and talk about to everyone you know. Hesitate no longer; buy this book.' Suzannah Lipscomb, …
Blood and Sand
Suez, Hungary and the Crisis That Shook the World
Häftad, 2017
146 kr
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'This is proper history. It is illuminating to pick up this book with the twenty-first century's crises of Brexit and Iraq in mind.' Jeremy Bowen (BBC correspondent, and author of Six Days).Over sixteen extraordinary days in October and November 1956, the twin crises of Suez and Hungary pushed the …
Reel History
The World According to the Movies
Häftad, 2016
187 kr
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'Reel History is a hoot! Alex von Tunzelmann writes with a blend of playful wit and delicious snark' Greg JennerFrom ancient Egypt to the Tudors to the Nazis, the film industry has often defined how we think of the past. But how much of what you see on the screen is true? And does it really matter …
Indian Summer
The Secret History of the End of an Empire
Häftad, 2017
123 kr
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‘This is history bursting at the seams with English eccentrics and Indian gentry…the charm of Tunzelmann’s approach is to restore her cast to full and vital life’ Observer‘A compelling narrative, sometimes controversial, occasionally perverse, never boring or unintelligent’ SpectatorFully revised …
