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  • British Somaliland

    An Administrative History, 1920-1960

    by Brock Millman ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History
    British Somaliland provides a history of the administration of the British Somaliland Protectorate from the time when Somaliland first became governable, following the defeat of Abdullah Hassan, to independence.Describing the interplay between general imperial policies, and greater realities and developments in Somaliland, the focus of the book remains on the mechanism by which the Protectorate ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Managing Domestic Dissent in First World War Britain

    by Brock Millman ...
    Series series British Politics and Society
    The author argues that the way the British Government managed dissent during World War I is important for understanding the way that the war ended. He argues that a comprehensive and effective system of suppression had been developed by the war's end in 1918, with a greater level in reserve. ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Pessimism and British War Policy, 1916-1918

    by Brock Millman ...
    Series series British Politics and Society
    This analysis of Britains war policy during the last years of the Great War argues that it was strongly affected by a mood of pessimism. The policy was revised after the defeats suffered by the allies in 1917, so much so that Britain almost "tumbled into peace" the following year. ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Polarity, Patriotism, and Dissent in Great War Canada, 1914-1919

    by Brock Millman ...
    Compared to the idea that Canada was a nation forged in victory on Vimy Ridge, the reality of dissent and repression at home strikes a sour note. Through censorship, conscription, and internment, the government of Canada worked more ruthlessly than either Great Britain or the United States to suppress opposition to the war effort during the First World War.Polarity, Patriotism, and Dissent in ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

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  • Churchill

    A Life

    by Martin Gilbert ...
    "A richly textured and deeply moving portrait of greatness" ( Los Angeles Times).In this masterful book, prize-winning historian and authorized Churchill biographer Martin Gilbert weaves together the research from his eight-volume biography of the elder statesman into one single volume, and includes new information unavailable at the time of the original work's publication.Spanning Churchill's ... Read more

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  • Darkest Hour

    How Churchill Brought England Back from the Brink

    by Anthony McCarten ...
    A biographical portrait of Great Britain's renowned Prime Minister during World War II—the basis for the film starring Oscar-winner Gary Oldman."McCarten's pulse-pounding narrative transports the reader to those springtime weeks in 1940 when the fate of the world rested on the shoulders of Winston Churchill. A true story thrillingly told. Thoroughly researched and compulsively readable." —Michael ... Read more

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  • A Nation and Not a Rabble

    The Irish Revolution 1913–1923

    by Diarmaid Ferriter ...
    The renowned Irish historian delivers "an excellent scholarly reevaluation" of the 1916 Easter Rebellion and the turbulent decade that followed ( Library Journal).On Easter Monday of 1916, the Irish Republican Brotherhood launched an armed uprising against British rule that would continue for six days. But Easter Rising was only the beginning of an ongoing revolutionary struggle. In A Nation and ... Read more

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  • Churchill

    by Paul Johnson ...
    From the “most celebrated and best-loved British historian in America” (Wall Street Journal), an elegant, concise, and revealing portrait of Winston ChurchillIn Churchill, eminent historian Paul Johnson offers a lively, succinct exploration of one of the most complex and fascinating personalities in history. Winston Churchill's hold on contemporary readers has never slackened, and Johnson’s ... Read more

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  • Winston Churchill

    A Life

    by John Keegan ...
    Series series Penguin Lives
    One of the greatest historians writing today gives us a defining portrait of the incomparable Winston ChurchillIn his landmark biography of Winston Churchill, acclaimed historian John Keegan offers a very human portrait of one of the twentieth century's enduring symbols of heroic defiance. From Churchill's youth as a poor student to his leadership during World War II, Keegan reveals a man whose ... Read more

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  • Having it So Good

    Britain in the Fifties

    by Peter Hennessy ...
    Winner of the Orwell Prize for Political Writing, Peter Hennessy's Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties captures Britain in an extraordinary decade, emerging from the shadow of war into growing affluence.The 1950s was the decade in which Roger Bannister ran the four-minute mile, Bill Haley released 'Rock Around the Clock', rationing ended and Britain embarked on the traumatic, disastrous Suez ... Read more

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  • Churchill: History in an Hour

    by Andrew Mulholland ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour…Sir Winston Churchill was a soldier, journalist, writer, Nobel Prize winner and, above all, a leader. Conservative then Liberal then Conservative again, his political instincts won him a sustained career at the summit of British government, while his resolve and politics of personality made him broadly regarded as one of the greatest wartime ... Read more

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