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Espionage in British Fiction and Film since 1900
The Changing Enemy
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
Espionage in British Fiction and Film Since 1900 traces the history and development of the British spy novel from its emergence in the early twentieth century, through its growth as a popular genre during the Cold War, to its resurgence in the early twenty-first century. Using an innovative structure,...
A British Profession of Arms
The Politics of Command in the Late Victorian Army
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2018
“You offer yourself to be slain,” General Sir John Hackett once observed, remarking on the military profession. “This is the essence of being a soldier.” For this reason as much as any other, the British army has invariably been seen as standing apart from other professions—and sometimes...
Great British Soups
120 tempting recipes from Britain's master soup-makers
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
Great British Soups from the New Covent Garden Soup Company is the perfect recipe book for soup lovers!
With classic recipes lovingly sourced from all over the British Isles and further afield, Great British Soups is full of ideas for using local ingredients and regional flavours to create...
British Power and International Relations during the 1950s
A Tenable Position?
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2009
This book examines BritainOs role and influence in a pivotal decade. The postwar international order was still taking shape in the 1950s. Much was unsettled, and in these circumstances Britain could realistically expect to remain, and be treated as, one of the 'Big Three' world powers along with the...
Of Empire and the City
Remapping Early British Cinema
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
This book explores the cinematic representation of the city in British film from 1895 to 1914, featuring depictions of London, Glasgow, Dublin, Delhi and other British colonial cities. The author argues that the films are not only an invaluable record of the economic, social and cultural life of these...
by Sir Lees Knowles
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
During the Seven Years War, British troops had been committed sparingly to continental Europe, the English war effort being made overseas in conjunction with the preeminent Royal Navy. However in 1759 the British troops under Ferdinand of Brunswick would achieve a remarkable victory against the French...
Churchill’s Abandoned Prisoners
The British Soldiers Deceived in the Russian Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
Churchill's Secret Prisoners tells the previously suppressed story of fifteen British prisoners captured during the Russian civil war. The Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 seriously compromised the Allied war effort. That threat, rather than an ideological wish to defeat the Bolsheviks, was the driving...
by Sarah Stockwell
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
How did decolonization impact on Britain itself? And how did Britain manage its transition from colonial power to postcolonial nation? Sarah Stockwell explores this question principally via the history of the overseas engagements of key institutions that had acquired roles within Britain's imperial...
The Fear of Invasion
Strategy, Politics, and British War Planning, 1880-1914
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2017
The Fear of Invasion presents a new interpretation of British preparation for War before 1914. It argues that protecting the British Isles from invasion was the foundation upon which all other plans for the defence of the Empire were built up. Home defence determined the amount of resources available...
The British and French in the Atlantic 1650-1800
Comparisons and Contrasts
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2019
The British and French in the Atlantic 1650-1800 provides a comprehensive history of this complex period and explores the contrasting worlds of the British and the French Empires as they strove to develop new societies in the Americas.
Charting the volatile relationship between the British...
Ireland and the End of the British Empire
The Republic and its Role in the Cyprus Emergency
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
In 1949, Ireland left the Commonwealth and the British Empire began its long fragmentation. The relationship between the new Republic of Ireland and Britain was a complex one however, and the traditional assumption that the Republic would universally support self-determination overseas and object...
Disciplining the Empire
Politics, Governance, and the Rise of the British Navy
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2018
“Rule Britannia! Britannia rule the waves,” goes the popular lyric. The fact that the British built the world’s greatest empire on the basis of sea power has led many to assume that the Royal Navy’s place in British life was unchallenged. Yet, as Sarah Kinkel shows, the Navy was the subject...
Imperial Reckoning
The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
A major work of history that for the first time reveals the violence and terror at the heart of Britain's civilizing mission in Kenya
As part of the Allied forces, thousands of Kenyans fought alongside the British in World War II. But just a few years after the defeat of Hitler, the British...
by Richard Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2013
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“An excellent book to read at this time during the anniversary of the bombing of the German dams by what seemed impossible odds.” Review.
Guy Gibson: Legend of the Dam Busters tells the dramatic story of a renowned British flying legend and his leadership of the infamous...