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Andrews Roberts
Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2006 736 pages
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Hardback Illustrated 0297850768
Published Price £25.00 Our Price £5.99
If the 20th century presented the greatest trials and perils for the English-speaking peoples, it was also the century that would mark their triumph. In this much-acclaimed narrative, the conservative historian Andrew Roberts describes four world-historical struggles that have engaged the English-speaking peoples since 1900 - the confrontations with German nationalism, German fascism, Soviet communism and Islamic fundamentalism - and the mid-century handover of world leadership from British Empire and Commonwealth to the American Republic.
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History
Philip Morgan
Oxford University Press 2007 264 pages
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Hardback Illustrated 019280247X
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This account of Mussolini's fall from power in July 1943 shows how Italians coped with the extraordinary pressures of wartime and how the experience of war eventually distanced them from their dictator.
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Castro, Cuba, and Herbert L Matthews of The New York Times History
Anthony DePalma
Public Affairs 2006 310 pages
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Paperback Illustrated 1586484427
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In 1957, Herbert L Matthews, prominent reporter with the New York Times, tracked down Fidel Castro in Cuba's Sierra Maestra Mountains and made what was considered the scoop of the century. This re-investigation of Matthews' reports reveals a story not just of Castro's rise to power, but of how America determines who its enemies are.
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The Diaries of Sir Miles Lampson 1935-1937 History
ME Yapp (Edited by)
Oxford University Press 1997 1046 pages
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Hardback 0197261558
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The story of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 told through the diaries of British High Commissioner and Ambassador Sir Miles Lampson, detailing the tension between the nations since the 1882 British occupation of Egypt, how the treaty was made and the political, military and diplomatic arguments that arose.
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The History of the House of Windsor in Words and Music History
Dame Judi Dench (Narrated by)
British Library 2002
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audio CD 0712305157
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Including historic speeches, radio broadcasts, music and evocative sounds such as the bell of St Paul's tolling for the King's funeral, this CD traces the history of the House of Windsor over three generations.
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America Since the Sixties History
Jeremy Black
Reaktion 2006 256 pages
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Paperback 1861892888
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'A continent pretending to be a country,' writes Jeremy Black, 'the USA is not only the most powerful state in the world, but also a culture and society that commands attention around the globe'. In a study of that culture, Black examines the interplay of divisiveness and integration within the US and also offers a geographical perspective on its recent history. Other facets of American culture discussed include suburbanization, consumerism, immigration, Christian evangelicalism and America's role abroad.
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Surviving the Great American Dust Bowl History
Timothy Egan
Tempus 2006 288 pages
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Hardback 0752440675
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Pulitzer Prize winner Timothy Egan looks at the struggles of half a dozen families who survived the storms on America’s high plains during the Depression and who strove to continue their lives through blinding blizzards, crop failure and the deaths of loved ones.
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Self-made Monarch of Albania History
Jason Tomes
Sutton 2007 312 pages
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Paperback Illustrated 0750944390
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An absorbing study of the man who boasted he 'made Albania', Jason Tomes's book recounts the story of Europe's only Muslim king, whose obscure name alone ensured him a place in history. Variously labelled a cad, a patriot, 'an appalling gangster' and likened to Napoleon, King Zog is revealed as a bizarre modern European monarch who fired back at would-be assassins and paid his bills in gold bullion.
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A Concise History History
Keith Robbins
Oxford University Press 1998 278 pages
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Paperback 019280314X
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Focusing on global political interaction, Keith Robbins discusses the legacy of the Second World War, regionalization and globalization, wars and peacemaking, the collapse of Communism, and the steps towards a 'New World Order'.
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The Princes von Hessen in Nazi Germany History
Jonathan Petropoulos
Oxford University Press 2006 524 pages
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Hardback Illustrated 0199203776
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Using unprecedented access to royal archives, Petropoulos tells the story of Queen Victoria's great-grandsons, the Princes of Hesse, and the role they played in Hitler's Third Reich. He reveals how, lured by prominent positions in the Nazi regime and highly susceptible to nationalist appeals, the Princes - along with many other German aristocrats - became enthusiastic supporters of Hitler; and he follows the fortunes of the Hessen family, through the princes' betrayal by Hitler and post-war trials, up to the present.
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The Oxford English Literary History. Volume 12: 1960-2000 History
Randall Stevenson
Oxford University Press 2004 624 pages
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Hardback 0198184239
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As English literature threw off post-war weariness and the tepid influences of the 1950s, new voices, new vision and new commitments profoundly reshaped writing during the '60s and throughout the rest of the century. Drama thrived on rapidly rebuilt foundations; new freedoms of style revitalized fiction; and poetry gradually recovered variety and inventiveness. As well as charting these changes in the literary field, Stevenson pinpoints their origins in the historical, social and intellectual pressures of the times.
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History
Philip Robins
Cambridge University Press 2004 243 pages
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Paperback 0521598958
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Though a small state, Jordan has frequently found itself at the centre of conflict and crisis in the modern Middle East. It has been a central protagonist in the wars of the region, notably the 1948 and 1967 Arab-Israeli wars, and has been at the forefront of peace-keeping, signing a separate peace with Israel in 1994. Robins's incisive account of Jordan's political history begins in the 1920s, continues through the years of the British mandate, and traces events over the next half century to 2003. Felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge.
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The Rise and Fall of Ernst Hanfstaengl History
P Conradi
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd 2005 352 pages
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Hardback 0715633732
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Ernst Hanfstaengl was the only person to have worked directly for both Hitler and Franklin D Roosevelt. He was court jester, pianist and foreign press chief for Hitler during his political climb, he funded Mein Kampf and he helped create the monster of Nazism before working to destroy it as a leading player in Roosevelt's top-secret project to use disinformation and black propaganda against the Nazis. Conradi tells the amazing story of Hanfstaengl - a man torn apart by conflicting loyalties. Off-mint.
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Tribes, Colonialism and the Modern State History
Yoav Alon
IB Tauris 2007 214 pages
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Hardback 1845111389
Published Price £57.50 Our Price £23.00
At the beginning of the 20th century Jordan, like much of the Middle East, was a loose collection of tribes. By the time of its independence in 1946 it had the most firmly embedded state structures in the Arab world. Drawing on previously untapped sources, Yoav Alon examines how the disparate clan networks of Jordan were integrated into the Hashemite monarchy with the help of British colonial administrators.
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Islamism and Critical Theory on the Left History
Susan Buck-Morss
Verso 2003 148 pages
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Hardback Illustrated 1859845851
Published Price £15.00 Our Price £7.99
Renowned critical theorist Susan Buck-Morss argues convincingly that a global public needs to think past the twin insanities of terrorism and counter-terrorism in order to dismantle regressive intellectual barriers. Surveying the widespread literature on the relationship of Islam to modernity, she reveals that there is surprising overlap where scholars commonly and simplistically see antithesis.
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