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Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent
Volume I: From the V-Bomber Era to the Arrival of Polaris, 1945-1964
Häftad, 2019
721 kr
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Volume I of The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent provides an authoritative and in-depth examination of the British government’s strategic nuclear policy from 1945 to 1964.Written with full access to the UK documentary record, this volume examines how British governments after …
Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent
Volume II: The Labour Government and the Polaris Programme, 1964-1970
Häftad, 2019
742 kr
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Volume II of The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent provides an authoritative and in-depth examination of the British government’s strategic nuclear policy from 1964 to 1970.Written with full access to the UK documentary record, Volume II examines the controversies that …
Authorised History of British Defence Economic Intelligence
A Cold War in Whitehall, 1929-90
Av Peter Davies
Häftad, 2020
742 kr
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This book is the first history of UK economic intelligence and offers a new perspective on the evolution of Britain's national intelligence machinery and how it worked during the Cold War.British economic intelligence has a longer pedigree than the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) and was the …
Official History of the British Civil Service
Reforming the Civil Service, Volume I: The Fulton Years, 1966-81
Av Rodney Lowe
Häftad, 2020
742 kr
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This first volume of the Official History of the UK Civil Service covers its evolution from the Northcote-Trevelyan Report of 1854 to the first years of Mrs Thatcher’s government in 1981.Despite current concerns with good governance and policy delivery, little serious attention has been paid to the …
Official History of Britain and the European Community, Volume III
The Tiger Unleashed, 1975-1985
Av Stephen Wall
Häftad, 2020
692 kr
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Volume III of The Official History of Britain and the European Community covers the divisions over Europe of the Labour Government (1975–79) and the controversies surrounding Britain’s relations with her EEC partners under Margaret Thatcher.As the UK prepares to leave the European Union, this book …
Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales
Volume III: The Rise and Fall of Penal Hope
Av David Downes
Inbunden, 2021
2588 kr
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Volume III of The Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales draws on archival sources and individual accounts to offer a history of penal policymaking in England and Wales between 1959 and 1997.The book studies the changes underlying penal policymaking in the period, from a belief …
Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales
Volume III: The Rise and Fall of Penal Hope
Av David Downes
Häftad, 2023
712 kr
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Volume III of The Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales draws on archival sources and individual accounts to offer a history of penal policymaking in England and Wales between 1959 and 1997.The book studies the changes underlying penal policymaking in the period, from a belief …
Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales
Volume II: Institution-Building
Av Paul Rock
Häftad, 2020
636 kr
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Volume II of The Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales traces, for the first time, the genesis and early evolution of two principal institutions in the criminal justice system, the Crown Court and the Crown Prosecution Service.This volume examines the origins and shaping of two …
Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales
Volume I: The 'Liberal Hour'
Av Paul Rock
Häftad, 2020
636 kr
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Volume I of The Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales frames what was known about crime and criminal justice in the 1960s, before describing the liberalising legislation of the decade.Commissioned by the Cabinet Office and using interviews, British Government records, and papers …
Official History of Britain and the Channel Tunnel
Inbunden, 2006
2198 kr
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Commissioned by the Cabinet Office and using hitherto untapped British Government records, this book presents an in-depth analysis of the successful project of 1986-94. This is a vivid portrayal of the complexities of quadripartite decision-making (two countries, plus the public and private …
Churchill's Man of Mystery
Desmond Morton and the World of Intelligence
Av Gill Bennett
Inbunden, 2006
1941 kr
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The mysterious life and career of Desmond Morton, Intelligence officer and personal adviser to Winston Churchill during the Second World War, is exposed for the first time in this study based on full access to official records. After distinguished service as artillery officer and aide-de-camp to …
SOE in France
An Account of the Work of the British Special Operations Executive in France 1940-1944
Av M.R.D. Foot
Häftad, 2006
772 kr
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SOE in France was first published in 1966, followed by a second impression with amendments in 1968. Since these editions were published, other material on SOE has become available. It was, therefore, agreed in 2000 that Professor Foot should produce a revised version. In so doing, in addition to …
Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 2
War and Diplomacy
Häftad, 2007
847 kr
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In the second volume of his official history of the Falklands Campaign, Lawrence Freedman provides a detailed and authoritative account of one of the most extraordinary periods in recent British political history and a vivid portrayal of a government at war.After the shock of the Argentine invasion …
Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 1
The Origins of the Falklands War
Häftad, 2007
847 kr
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Drawing on a vast range of previously classified government archives as well as interviews with key participants, this first volume of the official history of the Falklands Campaign is the most authoritative account of the origins of the 1982 war. In the first chapters the author analyses the long …
Secrecy and the Media
The Official History of the United Kingdom's D-Notice System
Inbunden, 2009
1546 kr
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Secrecy and the Media is the first book to examine the development of the D-Notice system, which regulates the UK media's publication of British national security secrets. It is based on official documents, many of which have not previously been available to a general audience, as well as on media …
Official History of Privatisation Vol. I
The formative years 1970-1987
Av David Parker
Inbunden, 2009
2513 kr
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This first volume of the Official History studies the background to privatisation, and the privatisations of the first two Conservative Governments led by Margaret Thatcher from May 1979 to June 1987. First commissioned by the then Prime Minister Tony Blair as an authoritative history, this volume …
Churchill's Man of Mystery
Desmond Morton and the World of Intelligence
Av Gill Bennett
Häftad, 2009
688 kr
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The mysterious life and career of Desmond Morton, Intelligence officer and personal adviser to Winston Churchill during the Second World War, is exposed for the first time in this study based on full access to official records. After distinguished service as artillery officer and aide-de-camp to …
Official History of Britain and the European Community, Vol. II
From Rejection to Referendum, 1963-1975
Av Stephen Wall
Inbunden, 2012
2513 kr
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This is the second volume in The Official History of Britain and the European Community, and describes the events from 1963 up until the British referendum on the Common Market in 1975.In 1963, General de Gaulle dashed Prime Minister Macmillan’s hopes of taking Britain into the European Community …
Official History of the British Civil Service
Reforming the Civil Service, Volume I: The Fulton Years, 1966-81
Av Rodney Lowe
Inbunden, 2011
2588 kr
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This first volume of the Official History of the UK Civil Service covers its evolution from the Northcote-Trevelyan Report of 1854 to the first years of Mrs Thatcher’s government in 1981.Despite current concerns with good governance and policy delivery, little serious attention has been paid to the …
Official History of Privatisation, Vol. II
Popular Capitalism, 1987-97
Av David Parker
Inbunden, 2012
2588 kr
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This is Volume II of Professor Parker's authoritative Official History of Privatisation, covering the period from the re-election of Margaret Thatcher in 1987 to the election of Tony Blair in 1997.Volume II considers in detail several of the major privatisations, including those of airports, steel, …
Rise and Fall of a National Strategy
The UK and The European Community: Volume 1
Häftad, 2012
772 kr
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This text analyzes British official thinking behind the UK's standing aloof from the moves after 1945 towards European economic collaboration, leading to the establishment of ECSC and the EEC in the 1950s. It deals with the later change of tack (1961), covers the organization in Whitehall for the …
Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee
Volume I: From the Approach of the Second World War to the Suez Crisis
Inbunden, 2014
2828 kr
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Volume One of the Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee draws upon a range of released and classified papers to produce the first, authoritative account of the way in which intelligence was used to inform policy.For almost 80 years the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) has been a …
Rise and Fall of a National Strategy
The UK and The European Community: Volume 1
Inbunden, 2002
2588 kr
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This text analyzes British official thinking behind the UK's standing aloof from the moves after 1945 towards European economic collaboration, leading to the establishment of ECSC and the EEC in the 1950s. It deals with the later change of tack (1961), covers the organization in Whitehall for the …
Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 1
The Origins of the Falklands War
Inbunden, 2005
2588 kr
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Drawing on a vast range of previously classified government archives as well as interviews with key participants, this first volume of the official history of the Falklands Campaign is the most authoritative account of the origins of the 1982 war. In the first chapters the author analyzes the long …
Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 2
War and Diplomacy
Inbunden, 2005
2588 kr
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In this official history of the Falklands Campaign, Lawrence Freedman provides a detailed and authoritative account of one of the most extraordinary periods in recent British political history and a vivid portrayal of a government at war.After the shock of the Argentine invasion of the Falklands in …
Secret Flotillas
Vol. II: Clandestine Sea Operations in the Western Mediterranean, North Africa and the Adriatic, 1940-1944
Inbunden, 2004
2588 kr
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This authoritative publication by the official historian, the late Sir Brooks Richards, vividly describes and analyses the clandestine naval operations that took place during World War II. The account has been made possible through Sir Brooks' access to closed government archives, combined with his …
Secret Flotillas
Vol. I: Clandestine Sea Operations to Brittany, 1940-1944
Inbunden, 2004
2588 kr
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With the fall of France, almost the entire coastline of Western Europe was in German hands. Clandestine sea transport operations provided lines of vital intelligence for wartime Britain. These 'secret flotillas' landed and picked up agents in and from France, and ferried Allied evaders and …
SOE in France
An Account of the Work of the British Special Operations Executive in France 1940-1944
Av M.R.D. Foot
Inbunden, 2004
2588 kr
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SOE in France was first published in 1966, followed by a second impression with amendments in 1968. Since these editions were published, other material on SOE has become available. It was, therefore, agreed in 2000 that Professor Foot should produce a revised version. In so doing, in addition to …
Official History of Britain and the European Community, Volume III
The Tiger Unleashed, 1975-1985
Av Stephen Wall
Inbunden, 2018
2513 kr
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Volume III of The Official History of Britain and the European Community covers the divisions over Europe of the Labour Government (1975–79) and the controversies surrounding Britain’s relations with her EEC partners under Margaret Thatcher.As the UK prepares to leave the European Union, this book …
Official History of the British Civil Service
Reforming the Civil Service, Volume II: The Thatcher and Major Revolutions, 1982-97
Av Rodney Lowe, Hugh Pemberton
Häftad, 2021
721 kr
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This second volume of The Official History of the British Civil Service explores the radical restructuring of the Civil Service that took place during the Thatcher and Major premierships from 1982 until 1997, after a period of confusion and disagreement about its future direction. The book brings a …
