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Mid-Victorian Britain 1851–75
Häftad, 2008
195 kr
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One of the most approachable and useful books on the period.Life in the two decades after the Great Exhibition.
Churchill
A Study in Greatness
Häftad, 2005
368 kr
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One of the glorious triumvirate of World War II and founder of the strong Anglo-American friendship that is still apparent today, Winston Churchill stands out in history as a man who led his country through one of its most difficult times, with all of the steadfastness of a fierce and loyal …
War and Law since 1945
Häftad, 1997
1110 kr
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Civilization has long sought to limit the violence and ugliness of war. This book traces the recent history of these efforts and explores important contemporary issues in the area. Geoffrey Best shows how the Second World War prompted reconstruction of international law, and charts the fortunes of …
War, Economy and the Military Mind
Av Geoffrey Best, Andrew Wheatcroft
Inbunden, 2020
2190 kr
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Originally published in 1976, this book explores the relationship between European society and the military institutions it fostered from 1815–1918. In the period from the fall of Napoleonic imperialism to the outbreak of the First World War armies and navies grew in complexity, cost and size. The …
War, Economy and the Military Mind
Av Geoffrey Best, Andrew Wheatcroft
Häftad, 2022
515 kr
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Originally published in 1976, this book explores the relationship between European society and the military institutions it fostered from 1815–1918. In the period from the fall of Napoleonic imperialism to the outbreak of the First World War armies and navies grew in complexity, cost and size. The …
History Society Church
Av Derek Beales, Geoffrey Best m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
574 kr
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This book contains essays within a common theme by a group of distinguished historians (some of them acknowledged world leaders in their fields) in honour of the just-retired Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, whose contribution to religion, education and history has …
Temporal Pillars
Queen Anne's Bounty, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and the Church of England
Häftad, 2010
846 kr
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The histories of Queen Anne's Bounty, created in 1704, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, established in 1836, run so closely together, and their functions, until their amalgamation in 1948 as the Church Commissioners, were so similar, that it would be impossible to study them separately. In …
Honour Among Men and Nations
Transformations of an Idea
Häftad, 1982
209 kr
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To no group subject to sociological and political analysis has honour seemed to matter more than to the military. Their idea of it has commonly been accepted as the most superior, open to emulation to the limited extent that different circumstances and purposes in non-military life permit.The …
War, Economy and the Military Mind
Av Andrew Wheatcroft, Geoffrey Best
E-bok, 2020
593 kr
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Originally published in 1976, this book explores the relationship between European society and the military institutions it fostered from 1815–1918. In the period from the fall of Napoleonic imperialism to the outbreak of the First World War armies and navies grew in complexity, cost and size. The …
War, Economy and the Military Mind
Av Andrew Wheatcroft, Geoffrey Best
E-bok, 2020
593 kr
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Originally published in 1976, this book explores the relationship between European society and the military institutions it fostered from 1815–1918. In the period from the fall of Napoleonic imperialism to the outbreak of the First World War armies and navies grew in complexity, cost and size. The …
Honour Among Men and Nations
Transformations of an Idea
E-bok, 1982
302 kr
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To no group subject to sociological and political analysis has honour seemed to matter more than to the military. Their idea of it has commonly been accepted as the most superior, open to emulation to the limited extent that different circumstances and purposes in non-military life permit.The …
Honour Among Men and Nations
Transformations of an Idea
E-bok, 1982
228 kr
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To no group subject to sociological and political analysis has honour seemed to matter more than to the military. Their idea of it has commonly been accepted as the most superior, open to emulation to the limited extent that different circumstances and purposes in non-military life permit.The …
CHURCHILL:A Study in Greatness
Inbunden, 2001
1060 kr
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This work aims to make sense of the extraordinary man - whom many people feel they know well. His career, personal life and his role in Britain's survival during World War II, including her help in the defeat of Hitler, are investigated.
