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Zwischen Dschungelkrieg und Atombombe
Hamburger Edition HIS 2012; US$ 30.18Hauptbeschreibung War Großbritannien 1945 noch eine der Hauptsiegermächte des Zweiten Weltkrieges und Zentrum des größten Weltreichs der Geschichte, so wurde das Land bis 1971, als es seine letzten Truppen aus Übersee abzog, auf den Status einer europäischen Mittelmacht in der NATO reduziert. Die 25 Jahre zwischen diesen beiden Zäsuren waren für... more...
Thatcher's Diplomacy
Palgrave Macmillan 1999; US$ 64.00A wide-ranging, readable and controversial assessment of Thatcher's foreign policy throughout her years in office, 1979-90. Successive chapters cover her partnership with Lord Carrington, the Falklands War, her American policy, her fights with the EC over money and institutional development, her relationship with Gorbachev, and the failure of her German... more...
London
A&C Black 2009; US$ 9.10Found in our archives, the Black's Sketchbooks are a series of books produced in the early 20th century by a group of well-known artists. Each book contains pen sketches of iconic English and Scottish cities and counties. There are also some books on famous Continental cities such as Paris and Venice. The result is a charming series of books that... more...
Churchill, Whitehall and the Soviet Union 1940-45
Palgrave Macmillan 2000; US$ 160.00World War II threw Britain and the Soviet Union together as unlikely allies. This book examines British policy-makers' attitudes to cooperation with the USSR and shows how views of internal developments in the USSR and of Stalin himself influenced Churchill, the War Cabinet and the Foreign Office to believe that long-term collaboration was a desirable... more...
English Hours
I.B.Tauris 2011; US$ 16.00Spring was already in the air, in the town; there was no rain but there was still less sun - one wondered what had become of it, on this side of the world - and the grey mildness, shading away into black at any pretext, appeared in itself a promise.' Henry James left America for England in 1876 and remained in his adopted country for the next three... more...
Britain and Cyprus
I.B.Tauris 2011; US$ 96.00Cyprus after World War II was - and continues to be - a focal point for diplomatic and military negotiations and disagreements between both local and international powers. In 'Britain and Cyprus', William Mallinson, a former British diplomat, has selected from a wealth of documents drawn from the National Archives, skilfully combining the chronology... more...
Little Book of Surrey
The History Press 2010; US$ 14.57The Little Book of Surrey is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which no-one will want to be without. more...
The Man Who Gave Away His Island
Birlinn 2011; US$ 15.21?Sensitive and moving? ? Country Life ?A wonderfully rounded portrait? ? Scots Magazine In 1938 John Lorne Campbell bought the Isle of Canna. He wanted to prevent an island described as the 'jewel of the Hebrides' from becoming a rich man's playground like so many other islands and Highland estates. He wanted to preserve part of the traditional... more...
Little Book of Essex
The History Press 2010; US$ 14.57Offers entertaining bite-sized pieces of historic and contemporary trivia about Essex. This title is suitable for visitors and locals. more...
Little Book of the East End
The History Press 2010; US$ 14.57The Little Book of The East End is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which no-one will want to be without. Here we find out about the most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants, famous sons and daughters and literally hundreds of wacky facts (plus some authentically... more...









