World After the War. America Confronts the British Superpower, 1945-1957, Paperback - Derek Leebaert

The true story of the British Empire's fall and America's rise in the aftermath of World War II

Reducere. DescriptionA new understanding of the post World War II era, showing what occurred when the British Empire wouldn't step aside for the rising Ameri...

The story of the post-World War Two course of events that can now be understood as the British Empire's fall and America's rise.

The first and only book that covers the whole range of British ex-servicemen's experiences in the interwar period in a single volume

The Road to 1945 is a rigorously researched study of the crucial moment when political parties put aside their differences to unite under Churchill...

Mid-Century Gothic offers a fresh perspective on the cultural moment that followed World War II, and discovers a deep sense of unease mingling with...

The extraordinary story of a propaganda campaign like no other: the covert British operation to manipulate American public opinion and bring Americ...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the operations written by Nazi scientists and Allied forces *Includes online resources and a bi...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the operations written by Nazi scientists and Allied forces *Includes online resources and a bibliography ...

'To say that Atkinson can tell a story is like saying Sinatra can sing ... A powerful new voice has been added to the dialogue about [America's] or...

For many, Germany's post-war economic power was based on liberal market reforms and the Marshall Plan. This book disputes this old myth. Quantitati...

Bridging Pen and Swords existing military and genealogy readerships, this book will provide an interesting perspective on the experience of the Bri...

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More than 170, 000 British prisoners of war (POWs) were taken by German and Italian forces during the Second World War. Guests of the Third Reich w...

DescriptionStep-by-step building and painting guides illustrate vehicles in 1/35, 1/72 and 1/76 scale. Modelling British World War II Armoured Vehi...

A visually stunning history of global conflict from 1914 to 1945, from Dan Jones and Marina Amaral - the team who created The Colour of Time.Publis...

Reducere. The Ultimate Battle is the full story of the last great clash of World War II as it has never before been told. With the same "grunt's-eye-view" na...

Reducere. In this dramatic first-hand account of military intelligence triumphs, secretive detective work, and true-life espionage dramas, R.V. Jones reveals...

What does Cymru mean? What did Emperor Hadrian build in England nearly 2000 years ago? What do competitors throw at the Highland games? Why do peop...

DescriptionIn 1949, as Cold War tensions in Europe mounted, French intellectual and former Buchenwald inmate David Rousset called upon fellow conce...

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Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The extraordinary story of the World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its s...

Reducere. From Table of Contents: Overview of Romanian Emigration to America during Communism and Postcommunism. Changing Perspectives and Contemporary Re-Ad...

Reducere. Winner of the Pritzker Prize for Military HistoryA New York Times Notable BookFrom one of our finest military historians, a monumental work that sh...

Publisher: Crecy PublishingAuthor(s): W.R. ChorleyNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 1998Dimensions: 232 x 156 x 17Cover type: Paperback / softb...

Reducere. As a new president takes over in Washington, three intertwined threats imperil the world. One is internal. The others are external. The internal th...

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A follow-up to the author's bestselling British Pacific Fleet, a timely publication as the Royal Navy's new carriers come into service.Illustration...

Jonathan Fennell captures for the first time the true wartime experience of the ordinary soldiers from across the empire who made up the British an...

DescriptionThis text provides an innovative global military history that joins three periods--World War I, the interwar years, and World War II. Je...

Originally published in 1985, this book provides an important insight into the principal aspects of the history of the policy and practice of polit...

Civil defence was an integral part of Britain's modern history. Throughout the cold war it was a central response of the British Government to the ...

When Britain stood alone in the early years of the Second World War, a British woman began a letter-writing campaign to prove her nation remained s...

This reference book contains the uniforms of the women's services during World War II. Nearly 200 colour photographs of rare, original uniforms fro...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: Jeffrey A. EngelEditor: Mark Atwood LawrenceEditor: Andrew PrestonHow should America wield its enormous power beyond its bo...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary records *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "There were, I suppo...

It's snapshot of the time between the austerity at the end of the Second World War and the beginning of the Swinging Sixties, a bit of social histo...