The Great World War, 1914-45
The Great World War, 1914-45

Author: Peter Liddle

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 558

ISBN-13:

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The emphasis of this book is on the human experience that binds together the history of the two World Wars: v.2. The peoples' experience -- The cultural experience -- The moral experience -- Reflections.

Beneath Flanders Fields
Beneath Flanders Fields

Author: Peter Barton

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9780773529496

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"The product of over twenty-five years of research, Beneath Flanders Fields illustrates the evolution of military mining, leading to its deployment in the greatest siege in military history - in the trenches of the Western Front." "In the words of the tunnellers themselves, and through previously unpublished photographs - many in colour - as well as contemporary plans and drawings, this book reveals how this most intense of battles was fought - and won. Few on the surface knew the horrific details of the tunnellers' work, yet this silent, claustrophobic conflict was a barbaric struggle that raged day and night for almost two and a half years, and one which generated mental and physical stresses often far beyond those suffered by the infantry in the trenches. On 7 June 1917 at Messines Ridge, the tension was broken with the opening of the most dramatic mine offensive in history."--BOOK JACKET.

The War in the Air, 1914-1994
The War in the Air, 1914-1994

Author: Alan Stephens

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13:

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This book contains the proceedings of a conference held by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in Canberra in 1994. Since its publication by the RAAF's Air Power Studies Center in that year, the book has become a widely used reference at universities, military academies, and other educational institutions around the world. The application of aerospace power has seen significant developments since 1994, most notably through American-led operations in Central Europe and continuing technological advances with weapons, uninhabited vehicles, space-based systems, and information systems. But notwithstanding those developments and the passing of six years, the value of this anthology of airpower in the twentieth century seems undiminished.

Neo-Tories
Neo-Tories

Author: Bernhard Dietz

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-05-31

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1472570030

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The danger to British democracy in the interwar period came from a different source to that which has thus far been assumed. It came from a network of radical conservatives who challenged the political system and sought to replace it with an authoritarian corporate state. In this book, Bernhard Dietz provides the first systematic analysis of this network and its members, which are called Neo-Tories. With strong links to the European right, yet a minority back home, this group of British conservatives are all the more fascinating today because it is on their ultimate failure that the success of British democracy rested.

The British Army 1939–45 (1)
The British Army 1939–45 (1)

Author: Martin Brayley

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2013-06-20

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1472804422

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The Second World War was Britain's last conflict as a world power. For a year it saw Britain standing alone against the fascist dictatorships; winning it demanded the sacrifice of the entire national wealth. This first book of three describes the uniforms developed for European service. It traces the appearance of the 'Tommy' from pre-war mobilization, through the years of defeat and endurance, to D-Day and the long fighting advance to Northern Germany. The book also includes a campaign summary, infantry organization tables, lists of arms and services and basic specifications of a number of heavy weapons.

Who's who
Who's who

Author: Henry Robert Addison

Publisher:

Published: 1958

Total Pages: 3416

ISBN-13:

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An annual biographical dictionary, with which is incorporated "Men and women of the time."