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Secret War Against the Arts
How MI5 Targeted Left-Wing Writers and Artists, 1936-1956
Inbunden, 2020
271 kr
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During the 1930s, the British Intelligence agencies became increasingly concerned about Communist influence in the country. They reacted by spying on thousands of ordinary British citizens. Amongst them were many artists and writers who, in tune with the spirit of the times', had become sympathetic …
Fire from the Sky
Seawolf Gunships in the Mekong Delta
E-bok, 2013
436 kr
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Fire from the Sky is the first complete history of the most decorated Navy squadron of the Vietnam War. Richard C. Knott tells the dramatic history of the HAL-3 Seawolves, the U.S. Navy''s first and only helicopter gunship squadron of the Vietnam War. The squadron was established “in country” to …
Selected Poems of Clive Branson
Av Clive Branson, Richard Knott
Häftad, 2023
114 kr
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Clive Branson (1907-1944) was born in Ahmednagar, India, the son of a major in the Indian army. He studied at the Slade School of Art and exhibited at the Royal Academy when he was just 23. Five of his paintings are today in the Tate. His daughter is the painter Rosa Branson. The Selected Poems of …
Black Night for Bomber Command
The Tragedy of 16 December 1943
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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“I am not pressing you to fight the weather as well as the Germans, never forget that.” So wrote Winston Churchill to Arthur Harris, the Commander-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command, after the terrible events of 16 December 1943. In the murky dusk almost five hundred heavy bombers, almost entirely …
All-India and Down Under
Peace, Partition and the Game of Cricket
Inbunden, 2023
198 kr
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All-India and Down Under is the dramatic story of two cricket tours undertaken in the aftermath of the Second World War. For seven years the war had put the careers of England’s cricketers on hold. Then, in 1946, England played three Tests against ‘All-India’. However, it proved to be the last such …
Far from Lord's
England’s Cricketers and Correspondents on Tour
Inbunden, 2026
278 kr
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Far from Lord’s follows England’s demanding overseas tours between 1953 and 1969, a period when cricketers – and the writers who shadowed them – spent months at a time far from home. These were politically fraught years. The weather could be punishing, the opposition fiercely competitive and the …
Sketchbook War
Saving the Nation's Artists in World War II
Häftad, 2014
122 kr
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During the Second World War, British artists produced over 6,000 works of war art, the result of a government scheme partly designed to prevent the artists being killed. This book tells the story of nine courageous war artists who ventured closer to the front line than any others in their …
