The RAF in Cold War Germany, Hardback - Ian Smith Watson

With the end of the Second World War Britain needed time to recover; it could not face another war, but the new threat of Soviet hegemony put paid ...

Starting at the end of the First World War, this book follows Sir Hugh Trenchard's attempt to fend off disparaging attacks by the other services on...

Focusses on the McDonnell Douglas F4 Phantom's role as an air defence fighter.

This study demonstrates how the social consequences of mass immigration became intertwined with the ideological battles of Cold War Germany and how...

Reducere. ``Remarkable.... The first comprehensive history of the war written from the perspective of the Central Powers.`` --Los Angeles Review of BooksFor ...

This is the story of West Malling airfield, from its earliest days through its role in the Second World War.

The author of this book believes passionately in the National Health Service and through his work offers the government recommendations for how its...

Reducere. In the aftermath of World War II, American policymakers turned to the task of rebuilding Europe while keeping communism at bay. In Germany, formall...

Reducere. Tales from the Cold War is one man's memoir about his service time in Germany during the Cold War. Colonel Michael D. Mahler (Ret.) first went to G...

In Wages of Guilt, Ian Buruma explores the duplicity of feeling towards World War II amongst the people of two very different participant countries...

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Reducere. Cold War Reckonings shows how the Cold War shaped culture and political power in the decolonizing world and gave rise, paradoxically, to authoritar...

A Full Back Slower Than Your Average Prop is a hymn to the golden age of amateur rugby, full of warmth and charm and great humour

This book examines the reality behind the myths of the legendary RAF fighter aces during the Battle of Britain. Includes experiences of fighter pil...

Written at the end of the Second World War by those involved in the planning and operation of the Royal Observer.

In this thought-provoking and alarming book, veteran China specialist and foreign correspondent Ian Williams examines how China's aggressive foreig...

An acclaimed journalist and novelist makes history personal, painting a rich and vivid portrait of the time when America become modern by tracing t...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): John D. RowbottomIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 408Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 156 x 233 ...

Written at the end of the Second World War by those involved in the planning and operation of the Royal Observer.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAu...

Reducere. Cold reading can be loosely defined as 'how to talk to people so you sound psychic'. This is the definitive guide to how cold reading is used in th...

Britain at War in Colour showcases 100 of the best rare and original colour images of the Second World War from the IWM photograph collection. Feat...

This is the story of the USAF Tactical Air Command units that were resident in the United Kingdom during the Cold War from 1952 to 1992. An extensi...

Presenting the history of German youth in the First World War, this book investigates the dawn of the era of mobilizing teenagers and schoolchildre...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Michael NapierIllustration(s): Fully illustrated throughout in colour and black and whiteNumber of p...

Discover a fresh approach to Pearson Edexcel GCSE History, developed by bestselling author Ben Walsh while working with hundreds of students and te...

Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction The Cold War was not just a contest of power. It was also about ideas, in the broadest s...

Successfully cover Unit Group 2 with the right amount of depth and pace. This bespoke series from the leading History publisher follows our proven ...

Reducere. Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa offers the first complete biography in English of the dynamic revolutionary leader from Burkina ...

Unusual and rarely-seen images taken from aircraft gun cameras

Amid the Cold War and global student protests, transnational forces significantly shaped the modernization of educational systems in Spain and Lati...

Through an analysis of Cold War Era films including Border Incident , Where Danger Lives , and Touch of Evil , Stephanie Fuller illustrates how cin...

In the years after World War II, Georgetown's leafy streets were home to an unlikely group of Cold Warriors who helped shape American strategy. Thi...

This intellectual biography of Nikolai N. Bolkhovitinov (1930-2008), the prominent Russian historian who was a leading scholar of US history and Ru...

Investigates the intertwining of fiction, documentary and memory in filmPublisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): Maurizio CinquegraniIllustr...

In 1952, John T. "Jack" Downey, a twenty-three-year-old CIA officer, was shot down over Manchuria. He was captured by the Chinese and held for the ...

Reducere. Bestselling historian Andrew Nagorski "brings keen psychological insights into the world leaders involved" (Booklist) during 1941, the critical yea...

In this ground-breaking and fascinating book, Duncan White illuminates a period in history in which literature became one of the most potent of wea...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): James D. HornfischerIllustration(s): Three 16-PP photo inserts; mapsNumber of pages: 640Publication date:...

Publisher: Coda Books LtdAuthor(s): W. H. L. WatsonIllustration(s): 1, black & white illustrationsNumber of pages: 206Collection: Military History ...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Jussi M. (Professor of International History and Politics, Professor of International History and ...

Pulp Vietnam argues that Cold War-era men's adventure magazines crafted a particular version of martial masculinity that shaped GIs' expectations a...

Reducere. In a voice both timeless and distinctly greatest generational, Parke F. Smith writes about being the last US pilot accepted into the ranks of the R...

DescriptionThe BAOR of 1945 - like its largely forgotten 1919 namesake-began as an army of occupation in a defeated Germany. However, with the Cold...

DescriptionThis is the story of 2 Group RAF during World War II. Much of it is told by the men who flew the Blenheim, Boston, Mitchell and Mosquito...

Publisher: Crecy PublishingAuthor(s): Philip BirtlesIllustration(s): IllustrationsNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 261 x 209 x...

A major new history of the Cold War: exploring the conflict through the minds of the people who lived it.Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Mar...

Publisher: Sussex Academic PressIllustration(s): colour illusNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 235 x 158 x 16Cover type: Hardba...

A compulsive page-turner about the battle for Berlin and control of the Western world in the aftermath of the Second World War from 'the master of ...

'Arming for Accuracy' examines the early development of dropping aerial ordinance and Bomber Command's undertaking to create a unique member of air...

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