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14 produkter
Churchill's Grand Alliance
The Anglo-American Special Relationship, 1940-1957
Häftad, 2009
343 kr
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The Anglo-American alliance was the cornerstone of Churchill's foreign policy after 1940, and from then up to the present, the 'special relationship' has always been a feature of Anglo-American relations. This controversial study ruthlessly strips away the myth to reveal the unsentimental …
History of Conservative Politics Since 1830
Häftad, 2008
504 kr
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The second edition of this successful text has been thoroughly updated to take into account recent research, and now begins at 1830. Charmley examines the history of the party and takes the story through the recent 'wilderness years' following the 1997 election fiasco, right up to David Cameron's …
History of Conservative Politics Since 1830
Inbunden, 2008
1616 kr
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The second edition of this successful text has been thoroughly updated to take into account recent research, and now begins at 1830. Charmley examines the history of the party and takes the story through the recent 'wilderness years' following the 1997 election fiasco, right up to David Cameron's …
Churchill: The End of Glory
A Political Biography
Häftad, 2009
413 kr
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Of the three revisionist works John Charmley has written about British foreign policy in the mid-twentieth century this is the centrepiece. The author argues that Churchill deserves more credit for 'their finest hour' than has been granted, but just as his virtues were built on the heroic scale, so …
Chamberlain and the Lost Peace
Häftad, 2009
293 kr
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In this controversial and challenging study based on extensive new work on Chamberlain's papers, John Charmley argues against the commonly held view that Chamberlain's policy of appeasement towards Hitler was naïve and weak. By presenting the conflicting views of Chamberlain, Eden and Churchill …
Splendid Isolation?
Britain, the Balance of Power and the Origins of the First World War
Häftad, 2009
346 kr
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Splendid Isolation? is at once a portrait of British politics and diplomacy at the height of British power and a revisionist account of the First World War. John Charmley argues a powerful and challenging case, forcing a fresh look at a period long held to be part of the glorious British past.
Duff Cooper
The Authorized Biography
Häftad, 2009
261 kr
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Politician, diplomat, scholar, lover, gambler and bon viveur, Duff Cooper lived life to the full. After winning the DSO in the First World War, he wooed and married the greatest beauty of the day, Lady Diana Manners. Becoming a politician, Duff Cooper had an important ministerial career until his …
Splendid Isolation?
Britain, the Balance of Power and the Origins of the First World War
E-bok, 2013
173 kr
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Splendid Isolation? is at once a portrait of British politics and diplomacy at the height of British power and a revisionist account of the First World War. John Charmley argues a powerful and challenging case, forcing a fresh look at a period long held to be part of the glorious British past.
Churchill: The End of Glory
A Political Biography
E-bok, 2014
187 kr
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Of the three revisionist works John Charmley has written about British foreign policy in the mid-twentieth century this is the centrepiece. The author argues that Churchill deserves more credit for 'their finest hour' than has been granted, but just as his virtues were built on the heroic scale, so …
Documents on Conservative Foreign Policy, 1852-1878
Av Geoff Hicks, John Charmley m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
838 kr
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This edited collection brings together over 550 documents relating to the foreign policy of the British Conservative governments formed in 1852, 1858, 1866 and 1874. Produced by key policy-makers such as Benjamin Disraeli and successive Earls of Derby, they consider the major issues of the day, …
History of Conservative Politics Since 1830
E-bok, 2008
546 kr
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The second edition of this successful text has been thoroughly updated to take into account recent research, and now begins at 1830. Charmley examines the history of the party and takes the story through the recent ''wilderness years'' following the 1997 election fiasco, right up to David …
History of Conservative Politics Since 1830
E-bok, 2008
546 kr
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The second edition of this successful text has been thoroughly updated to take into account recent research, and now begins at 1830. Charmley examines the history of the party and takes the story through the recent ''wilderness years'' following the 1997 election fiasco, right up to David …
Chamberlain and the Lost Peace
Häftad, 1999
267 kr
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An important new reappraisal of the immediate origins of World War II. Entertaining and absorbing....Chamberlain hardly emerges a hero from these pages, but at least there is no excuse left for regarding him as no more than a wimp in a wing-collar. —The Guardian
