World After the War, Hardcover - Derek Leebaert

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

After five agonizing years as a prisoner of war and five months on a grueling march homeward, Rene Tardi, the legendary cartoonist's father, is awa...

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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...

Reducere. A rollicking tour of the English country home after World War II, when swinging London collided with aristocratic valuesAs the sun set slowly on th...

Organized in the immediate aftermath of World War II to try the former Nazi leaders for war crimes, the Nuremberg trials, known as the Internationa...

DescriptionAn incisive, comparative study of the development of Post-World War II progressive politics in Britain, France, and the United States To...

DescriptionPoland was re-created as an independent nation at the end of the First World War, but it soon faced problems as Nazi Germany set about e...

BBC Bureau Chief Paul Danahar sets out the new order in the Middle East following the Arab Spring in this revised and updated paperback edition, wi...

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

This thorough account of the postwar search for 150 suspected Nazi collaborators in the United States explains how they immigrated into the United ...

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Reducere. 1. Dunluce (Part 1) 2. After The War 3. Speak for Yourself 4. Livin' on Dreams 5. Led Clones 6. The Messiah Will Come Again 7. Running from the Sto...

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...

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

Reducere. How it happened that technological prowess and national glory (or "radiance, " which also means "radiation" in French) became synonymous in France ...

Reducere. DescriptionAs the People's Republic's seemingly inexorable rise to economic and military power continues, never has the need for a better grasp of ...

Drawing on recently declassified Soviet sources, this examines Soviet Ukraine's transition from war to 'peace' in the long aftermath of World War I...

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

Reducere. See E.B. Sledge's story in the HBO miniseries The Pacific China Marine is the extraordinary sequel to E.B. Sledge's memoir, With the Old Breed, whi...

Offers a lively military history and overview of Reconstruction that illuminates the new war fought immediately after the American Civil War. This ...

Weaving national narratives from stories of the daily lives and familiar places of local residents, Francoise Hamlin chronicles the slow struggle f...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an 'Iro...

Leading historians and political scientists explore the changes and continuities in world politics that emerged from the end of the Cold War. Using...

The Sound of Modern Polish Poetry unearths recordings from Polish poets such as Czeslaw Milosz, Wislawa Szymborska, and Zbigniew Herbert. Analyzing...

Reducere. World War II created enemies and friends among nations. When it ended, how did the involved parties rise up from the rubles? This history book will...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of Nazis' escapes *Discusses the question of whether ODESSA actually existed *Includes online reso...

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Reducere. Other Losses caused an international scandal when first published in 1989 by revealing that Allied Supreme Commander Dwight Eisenhower's policies c...

A major new history of post-war EuropePublisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Paul BettsIllustration(s): Black and white photos throughoutNumber of ...

This new book traces the histories of navies and ships of the defeated powers from the months leading up to the relevant armistices or surrenders t...

The traumatic surreal is the first major study to examine the leading role Germanophone women artists have played in deploying surrealism to respon...

The thrilling new fantasy adventure from the world of Adrian Tchaikovsky's Redemption's Blade The Tzarkomen necromancers sacrificed a thousand wome...

Master storyteller Tom Palmer returns with a deeply moving and beautifully told novel of friendship and belonging, inspired by the incredible true ...

DescriptionThe Somme sector of the Western Front was held by French forces until early 1916, when the British and Dominions Third and Fourth Armies...

Reducere. The groundbreaking investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about A...

* A collection of poetry and essays on war by one of the most prominent women writers from that period, author of the famous TESTAMENT OF YOUTH. A ...

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

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

Right-wing violence is undergoing a revival on both sides of the Atlantic. In Europe, much of this violence has been a backlash against migrants an...

Reducere. If you want to discover captivating stories of people and events of World War 1, then keep reading...Three captivating manuscripts in one book: Wor...

Reducere. A deep dive into the period after the Civil War, when the country struggled to both heal and find a way forward. An essential read for students age...

Forget glossy period dramas, here is the real story of Britain's super-rich from the First World War to the end of the 'roaring' twenties.

This book is a sociological exploration of the process of returning to the ordinary world after extraordinary experiences.

Reducere. The Soviet Union was not renowned for its fashionable clothing. However, after the World War II the Soviet Government opened several parallel organ...

This edited collection explores memories and experiences of genocide, civilian casualties, and other atrocities that occurred after the Second Worl...

Explores Jewish emigration from Palestine and Israel during the critical period between 1945 and the late 1950s by weaving together the perspective...

DescriptionThe story of the cocktail --"the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet, " according to H.L. Mencken --featuring 45 recipes fo...