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12 produkter
Swordbearers
Supreme Command in the First World War
Häftad, 2010
291 kr
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Von Moltke and 'quick victory': Jellicoe and the Battle of Jutland: Pétain and the wave of mutinies: Ludendorff and the 1918 offensives. Four key men, four key moments in the Great War. Corelli Barnett, in his famous study, writes with brilliant insight about these flawed men grappling with events …
Audit of War
The Illusion and Reality of Britain as a Great Nation
Häftad, 2011
252 kr
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Correlli Barnett described his Audit or War as an 'operational study' to 'uncover the causes of Britain's protracted decline as an industrial country since the Second World War.' First published in 1986, the book swiftly became one of the most controversial and influential historical works of its …
Lost Victory
British Dreams, British Realities, 1945-1950
Häftad, 2011
385 kr
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In 1945 Britain emerged from war triumphant. On July 26, after Labour won a landslide election victory, Churchill resigned, Attlee became Prime Minister and the nation awaited Labour's 'New Jerusalem' in which poverty, unemployment, ill health and poor housing would be abolished. However Correlli …
Verdict of Peace
Häftad, 2011
435 kr
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Correlli Barnett's 'Pride and Fall' sequence on the decline of British power and influence in the twentieth century concludes with this majestic, controversial study. Between the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950 and the Suez debacle of 1956, Barnett argues, Britain squandered every chance to …
Britain and Her Army
A Military, Political and Social History of the British Army, 1509–1970
Häftad, 2013
385 kr
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First published in 1970, Britain and Her Army was Correlli Barnett's sixth published book and earned him the Royal Society of Literature's W.H. Heinemann Award. It is a unique general study of the historical development of the British Army, from the reign of King Henry VIII to the end of the Second …
Engage the Enemy More Closely
The Royal Navy in the Second World War
Häftad, 2013
466 kr
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The accepted interpretation of Britain's wartime role as an island sea power is challenged by Correlli Barnett's brilliant demonstration that the dependence on seashore imports of food and raw materials, together with the obligations of Empire, were less a form of strength to Britain than a …
Audit of War
The Illusion and Reality of Britain as a Great Nation
E-bok, 2014
162 kr
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Correlli Barnett described his Audit or War as an 'operational study' to 'uncover the causes of Britain's protracted decline as an industrial country since the Second World War.' First published in 1986, the book swiftly became one of the most controversial and influential historical works of its …
Leadership in War
From Lincoln to Churchill
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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In this controversial study, Correlli Barnett examines the strengths and weaknesses of twenty wartime leaders in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He considers the extraordinary difficulties they faced, and analyses how they performed and what they achieved. Were they successful, or …
Desert Generals
E-bok, 2011
45 kr
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A classic account of the Desert Campaign of 1940-43, by a renowned military historian. The distinguished historian Correlli Barnett gives here a complete and full account of the Desert Campaign 1940-43, an epic story set in a wasteland where soldiers fought for victory in a tumult of mechanical …
The Lords of War
Supreme Leadership from Lincoln to Churchill
E-bok, 2021
131 kr
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In this compelling study of leadership, Correlli Barnett examines the strengths and weaknesses of twenty leaders in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He examines how the difficulties they faced and the political and strategic backgrounds of their days and analyses how they performed and …
