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36 produkter
Uses and Abuses of History
Häftad, 2010
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
128 kr
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The past is capricious enough to support every stance - no matter how questionable. In 2002, the Bush administration decided that dealing with Saddam Hussein was like appeasing Hitler or Mussolini, and promptly invaded Iraq. Were they wrong to look to history for guidance? No; their mistake was to …
War that Ended Peace
How Europe abandoned peace for the First World War
Häftad, 2014
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203 kr
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WINNER of the International Affairs Book of the Year at the Political Book Awards 2014Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2013The First World War followed a period of sustained peace in Europe during which people talked with confidence of prosperity, progress and hope. But in 1914, Europe …
Paris 1919
Six Months that Changed the World
Häftad, 2019
188 kr
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Previously published as PeacemakersBetween January and July 1919, after the war to end all wars, men and women from all over the world converged on Paris for the Peace Conference. At its heart were the leaders of the three great powers - Woodrow Wilson, Lloyd George and Clemenceau. Kings, prime …
Peacemakers
Häftad, 2025
173 kr
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WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY MAX HASTINGSWINNER OF THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2001WINNER OF THE PEN HESSELL TILTMAN PRIZE 2002WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2003'A ground-breaking book . . . The story of Europe's diplomatic meltdown has never been better told' Spectator'Enjoyable and illuminating . . . …
Uses and Abuses of History
E-bok, 2010
123 kr
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The past is capricious enough to support every stance - no matter how questionable. In 2002, the Bush administration decided that dealing with Saddam Hussein was like appeasing Hitler or Mussolini, and promptly invaded Iraq. Were they wrong to look to history for guidance? No; their mistake was to …
Frihet : evolutionen av en idé
Av Kemi Badenoch, John Bew m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
201 kr
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Hur har idén om frihet utvecklats och förändrats under århundradena? Vad betyder frihet idag och vad behöver vi göra för att behålla de friheter som generationer män och kvinnor har kämpat, och till och med dött, för? Frihet är en grundförutsättning för att ett samhälle ska frodas och utvecklas. …
Barbara W. Tuchman: The Guns of August, The Proud Tower (LOA #222)
Av Barbara W. Tuchman, Margaret MacMillan m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
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516 kr
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Writing with a clarity, grace, and novelistic sweep rare among historians, Barbara W. Tuchman (1912-1989) distilled the complex interplay of personalities and events into gripping narratives that fuse rigorous scholarship with elegant literary art. An astute portraitist, she brilliantly laid bare …
War
How Conflict Shaped Us
Häftad, 2021
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178 kr
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New York Times 10 Best Books of 2020Sunday Times best books for Autumn 2020Guardian critics' pick for Autumn 2020Wall Street Journal notable book of 2020The time since the Second World War has been seen by some as the longest uninterrupted period of harmony in human history: the 'long peace', as …
Liberty : the evolution of an idea
Av Kemi Badenoch, John Bew m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
201 kr
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Hur har idén om frihet utvecklats och förändrats under århundradena? Vad betyder frihet idag och vad behöver vi göra för att behålla de friheter som generationer män och kvinnor har kämpat till och med dött för? Frihet är en grundförutsättning för att ett samhälle ska frodas och utvecklas. Dess …
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World
Häftad, 2003
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321 kr
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War
How Conflict Shaped Us
E-bok, 2020
154 kr
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New York Times 10 Best Books of 2020Sunday Times best books for Autumn 2020Guardian critics'' pick for Autumn 2020Wall Street Journal notable book of 2020The time since the Second World War has been seen by some as the longest uninterrupted period of harmony in human history: the ''long peace'', as …
Extraordinary Canadians:Stephen Leacock
E-bok, 2009
186 kr
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Stephen Leacock''s satiric masterpiece Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town captures "the Empire forever" mentality that marked Anglo-Canadian life in the early decades of the twentieth century. Historian Margaret Macmillan—whose books Women of the Raj and Paris 1919 cast fresh light on the colonial …
Paris 1919
Six Months That Changed the World
E-bok, 2007
30 kr
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Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize Winner of the PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize Between January and July 1919, after “the war to end all wars,” men and women from around the world converged on Paris to shape the peace. Center stage, for the first time in history, was an …
Seize the Hour
Häftad, 2007
232 kr
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In 1972 Nixon amazed the world by going to China. The first trip ever by a US President was an immense gamble but a brilliant stroke of policy. It marked the end of deep freeze in Sino-American relations and changed the international balance of power for ever. This turning point in history was …
Women of the Raj: The Mothers, Wives, and Daughters of the British Empire in India
Häftad, 2007
305 kr
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Rhyme of History
Lessons of the Great War
E-bok, 2013
35 kr
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As the 100th anniversary of World War I approaches, historian Margaret MacMillan compares current global tensionsrising nationalism, globalization’s economic pressures, sectarian strife, and the United States’ fading role as the world’s pre-eminent superpowerto the period preceding the Great War. …
Peacemakers
E-bok, 2025
108 kr
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WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY MAX HASTINGS WINNER OF THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2001 WINNER OF THE PEN HESSELL TILTMAN PRIZE 2002 WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2003 ''A ground-breaking book . . . The story of Europe''s diplomatic meltdown has never been better told'' Spectator ''Enjoyable and illuminating …
History's People
Personalities and the Past
Häftad, 2017
125 kr
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What difference do individuals make to history? Are we all swept up in the great forces like industrialisation or globalisation, or is the world we inhabit shaped just as much by real people - leaders for example - and the decisions that they make? For better or for worse, the personalities of the …
History's People
Personalities and the Past
E-bok, 2016
132 kr
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What difference do individuals make to history? Are we all swept up in the great forces like industrialisation or globalisation, or is the world we inhabit shaped just as much by real people - leaders for example - and the decisions that they make? For better or for worse, the personalities of the …
War that Ended Peace
How Europe abandoned peace for the First World War
E-bok, 2013
162 kr
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WINNER of the International Affairs Book of the Year at the Political Book Awards 2014Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2013The First World War followed a period of sustained peace in Europe during which people talked with confidence of prosperity, progress and hope. But in 1914, Europe …
Paris 1919
Six Months that Changed the World
E-bok, 2011
45 kr
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Previously published as Peacemakers Between January and July 1919, after the war to end all wars, men and women from all over the world converged on Paris for the Peace Conference. At its heart were the leaders of the three great powers - Woodrow Wilson, Lloyd George and Clemenceau. Kings, prime …
Krieg
Wie Konflikte die Menschheit prägten
E-bok, 2022
295 kr
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Von den Stammeskämpfen der Frühgeschichteüber die Feldzüge Alexanders, Cäsars und Napoleons, den desaströsen Zweiten Weltkrieg bis zu den blutigen Konflikten unserer Gegenwart: Kaum etwas hat die Geschichte der Menschheit, ihre Institutionen, Werte und Ideen so geprägt wie die gewalttätigen …
Razboiul
E-bok, 2022
116 kr
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Margaret MacMillan analizează modalitățile în care războiul a influențat societatea umană și cum transformările ce au marcat organizarea politică, tehnologia sau ideologiile au afectat felul în care – și rațiunile pentru care – luptăm. Lucrarea de față explorează o serie de chestiuni mult dezbătute …
Fauritorii pacii
Șase luni care au schimbat lumea
E-bok, 2023
132 kr
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„O fascinantă lucrare de istorie" – Tony Blair, Guardian Recomandată de editorii ziarului New York Times Carte distinsă cu premiile SAMUEL JOHNSON • DUFF COOPER • HESSELL-TILTMAN • ARTHUR ROSS, acordat de Council on Foreign Relations (Medalia de argint) și PREMIUL GUVERNATORULUI GENERAL AL CANADEI …
Războiul care a pus capăt păcii. Drumul spre 1914
E-bok, 2016
123 kr
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Cum a renunțat Europa la pace și a ales Primul Război Mondial „O strălucită expunere a lungului, atât de lungului marș către catastrofa europeană din 1914.“ – MAX HASTINGS Carte distinsă cu International Affairs Book of the Year 2014 la Political Book Awards Nominalizată la Samuel Johnson Prize …
