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  • Gandhi, Smuts & Race in the British Empire

    Of Passive & Violent Resistance

    de Peter Baxter ...
    Towards the end of 1906, a meeting took place between two emerging giants of the age, Mohandas K. Gandhi and General Jan Christian Smuts. United under the same empire, but separated by distance and culture, Smuts was born in the Cape Colony, and Gandhi in Porbandar, a duchy of the Indian province of Gujarat. Both, however, went on to study law in Britain, and while developing a great admiration ... Leer más

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  • Yom Kippur

    No Peace, No War, October 1973

    de Peter Baxter ...
    Series series Cold War, 1945–1991
    It is 25 years since the end of the Cold War, now a generation old. It began over 75 years ago, in 1944long before the last shots of the Second World War had echoed across the wastelands of Eastern Europewith the brutal Greek Civil War. The battle lines are no longer drawn, but they linger on, unwittingly or not, in conflict zones such as Iraq, Somalia and Ukraine. In an era of mass-produced AK ... Leer más

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  • After the Lost Franklin Expedition

    Lady Franklin and John Rae

    de Peter Baxter ...
    A historian examines a disastrous, Victorian-era expedition in the Canadian Arctic, a shocking revelation, and the celebrity fallout that followed.The fate of the lost Franklin Expedition of 1847 is an enigma that has tantalized generations of historians, archaeologists, and adventurers. The expedition was lost without a trace, and all 129 men died in what is arguably the worst disaster in Britain ... Leer más

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  • Bush War Rhodesia

    1966-1980

    de Peter Baxter ...
    Series Libro 17 - Africa@War
    It has been over three decades since the Union Jack was lowered on the colony of Rhodesia, but the bitter and divisive civil war that preceded it has continued to endure as a textbook counterinsurgency campaign fought between a mobile, motivated and highly trained Rhodesian security establishment and two constituted liberations movements motivated, resourced and inspired by the ideals of communist ... Leer más

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  • Can Anyone Hear Me?

    Testing Times with Test Match Special on Tour

    de Peter Baxter ...
    For 34 years from 1973 Peter Baxter was BBC producer of the hugely popular Test Match Special, and during that time he reported on Test matches from around the world. This funny and revealing book takes us behind the scenes as Baxter and his much-loved TMS colleagues do battle with local conditions and sometimes bizarre red tape to bring back home the latest news of England's progress (or ... Leer más

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  • Biafra

    The Nigerian Civil War 1967-1970

    de Peter Baxter ...
    Series Libro 16 - Africa@War
    Nigeria was a unique concept in the formation of modern Africa. It began life as a highly lucrative if climatically challenging holding of the Royal Niger Company, a British Chartered Company under the control of Victorian capitalist Sir George Taubman Goldie. It was handed over to indigenous rule in 1960 with the best of intentions and a profound hope on the part of the British Crown that it ... Leer más

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  • Mau Mau

    The Kenyan Emergency 1952–60

    de Peter Baxter ...
    Series Libro 7 - Africa at War
    "[An] informative and readable account of the growth of the politically motivated and extremely violent Mau Mau in Kenya." — Military Historical SocietyThe Second World War forever altered the complexion of the British Empire. From Cyprus to Malaya, from Borneo to Suez, the dominoes began to fall within a decade of peace in Europe. Africa in the late 1940s and 1950s was energized by the grant of ... Leer más

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  • France in Centrafrique

    From Bokassa and Operation Barracude to the Days of EUFOR

    de Peter Baxter ...
    Series Libro 2 - Africa at War
    This military history of French Equatorial Africa examines the key players and operations from WWII to post-colonial conflicts.France in Centrafrique explores the history of French Equatorial Africa with a particular emphasis on the role of the Central African Republic in the Second World War and the Free French Movement. One of the key figures to emerge from this period was Jean-Bédel Bokassa, a ... Leer más

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  • Somalia

    US Intervention, 1992–1994

    de Peter Baxter ...
    Series Libro 9 - Africa@War
    The end of the Cold War introduced an altered global dynamic. The old bond of East/West patronage in Africa was broken, weakening the first crop of independent revolutionary leadership on the continent who no longer had the support of one or other of the superpowers. With collapse of the Soviet Union, all this changed. The question of global/strategic security devolved into regional peacekeeping ... Leer más

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  • SAAF's Border War

    The South African Air Force in Combat 1966-89

    de Peter Baxter ...
    Series Libro 8 - Africa@War
    South African Mirages and Cuban MiG-21s dogfighting over Cuito Cuanavale, the largest tank battle on African soil since El Alamein; Puma troopships shot out of the skies by Strela missiles and RPG-7 rockets; Alouette III gunships hovering menacingly above Koevoet tracker-combat teams as they close in for the kill; Hercules and Transall transports disgorging their loads of Parabats over Cassinga; ... Leer más

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  • Inside the Box

    My Life with Test Match Special

    de Peter Baxter ...
    A celebration of three decades of cricket and a unique insight into the world of radio and broadcasting. Test Match Special is both a sporting and broadcasting institution that has become synonymous with the British summertime. Since its first live broadcast back in 1957 it has proudly lived up to its original slogan 'Don't miss a Ball, we broadcast them all'. During much of this time the man ... Leer más

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  • Hunter's Diseases of Occupations

    Winnerof the 2011 BMA book awards: medicine categoryIn the five decades since its first publication, Hunter's Diseases of Occupations has remained the pre-eminent text on diseases caused by work, universally recognized as the most authoritative source of information in the field. It is an important guide for doctors in all disciplines who may encounter occupational diseases in their practice, ... Leer más

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