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Published by the direction of the commissioners of national education, marlborough street londona treatise on mensuration for the use of schools 2nd editionsome staining on some of the pages read morebeige cover a little worn
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Oxfam bookshop lincoln report of the working party on assistance with the cost of boarding education and produced by the ministry of education insee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Chances and choices exploring the impact of music education by stephanie pitts (paperback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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The title is the trials of evidence-based education: the promises, opportunities and problems of trials in educationfor example: idzthe item format is a book paperbackthe sleeve condition is new
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The book thus covers a wide range of topics in science education from various national and international perspectivesit ends on an optimistic note by looking at science education in 50 years' time with a recommendation, among others, for stakeholders to take the responsibility of preparing children towards a blossoming science education sector in an anticipated future worldthese include the nature of science, science and religion, evolution, curriculum and pedagogy, context-based teaching and learning, science and national development, socially-responsible science education, equitable access for women and girls in science and technology education, and the benefits of science education researchthis book is suitable for use by discerning researchers, teachers, undergraduate and postgraduate students in science education, and policy makers at all levels of educationits 17 chapters by an assemblage of seasoned and knowledgeable science educators from many parts of the world seek to bring to the fore current developments in science education and their implicationsoxfam bookshop reading science education: a global perspective is global' both in content and authorshipsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Based on a three-year, seven-campus study, the volume takes up the ongoing national debate about the quality of undergraduate education in these fields, offering explanations for net losses of students to non-science majorsthis book grew out of a three-year, seven-campus study aimed at explaining the national loss of 40 to 60 percent of undergraduates from science, mathematics, and engineering majors into nonscience disciplinesconcern about this waste of talent is heightened because these losses occur among the most highly qualified college entrants and are disproportionately greater among women and students of color, despite a serious national effort to improve their recruitment and retentionthis is a landmark study-an essential source book for all those concerned with changing the ways that we teach science, mathematics, and engineering education, and with opening these fields to a more diverse student bodyoxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear to cover, ex-academic library stamps and stickers, slightly warped spinethis intriguing book explores the reasons that lead undergraduates of above-average ability to switch from science, mathematics, and engineering majors into nonscience majorsworking from extensive interviews with undergraduates, the authors are able to offer explanations for the loss of able students, including students of color and womentalking about leaving is richly illustrated with students' accounts of their own experiences in the sciencessee oxfam website for delivery information read moregood overall conditiona landmark study, the volume is an essential source book for all those concerned with changing the ways that we teach science, mathematics, and engineering education, and with opening these fields to a more diverse student bodydata show that approximately 40 percent of undergraduate students leave engineering programs, 50 percent leave the physical and biological sciences, and 60 percent leave mathematicsthe authors' findings, culled from over 600 hours of ethnographic interviews and focus group discussions with undergraduates, explain the intended and unintended consequences of some traditional teaching practices and attitudes
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An essential read for anyone interested in the future of secondary educationoxfam bookshop brighton former secretary of state for education kenneth baker claims that secondary education has become a five-year programme with a single, narrow aim: to prepare pupils for high-stakes gcse exams at 16kenneth baker sees this as a historic opportunity to re-think the aims and structure of english educationfrom , all young people will be legally required to stay in education or training until they are 18he argues that the national curriculum should extend only to the age of 14 and that there should be four distinct pathways from to take account of young people's emerging interests talents and ambitions: liberal arts; technical; sports and creative arts; and careerin - a new vision for secondary education, kenneth baker builds a compelling case for reform, with contributions from a range of educationalists who draw on the history of english education, practice elsewhere in the world, and their experiencessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall pathways will provide a broad education, but each will have a distinctive character matched to the talents and ambitions of individual students
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Oxfam bookshop hove thirty years after lyndon johnson declared a war on poverty, the united states still lags behind most western democracies in national welfare systems, lacking such basic programs as national health insurance and child care supportturning to lyndon johnson's "unconditional war on poverty," she contends that though anti-poverty programs for job training, community action, health care, housing, and education have accomplished much, they have not been fully realized because they became inextricably intertwined with the civil rights movement of the s, which triggered a white backlashhe realized that his grand plan for welfare reform, the family assistance plan, threatened to undermine wages in the south and alienate the republican party's new constituency-white, southern democrats-and therefore dropped itin the color of welfare, jill quadagno takes exception to these claims, placing race at the centre of the "american dilemma," as swedish economist gunnar myrdal did half a century agothis shift of emphasis eventually alienated white, working-class americans, who had some of the same needs-for health care, subsidized housing, and job training opportunities-but who got very little from these programsjob training programs, for instance, became affirmative action programs, programs to improve housing became programs to integrate housing, programs that began as community action to upgrade the quality of life in the cities were taken over by local civil rights groups" yet instead of finally instituting full democratic rights for all its citizens, the policies enacted in that turbulent decade failed dismallythe color of welfare reveals the root cause of this failure-the inability to address racial inequalitydrawing on extensive primary research, quadagno shows, for instance, how roosevelt, in need of support from southern congressmen, excluded african americans from the core programs of the social security actit is racism that has undermined the war on poverty, and america must come to terms with this history if there is to be any hope of addressing welfare reform todayquadagno shows that nixon, who initially supported many of johnson's programs, eventually caught on that the white middle class was disenchantedin the s, the united states embarked on a journey to resolve the "american dilemmasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe "american creed" of liberty, justice, and equality clashed with a history of active racial discrimination, says quadagnosome critics have explained the failure of social programs by citing our tradition of individual freedom and libertarian values, while others point to weaknesses within the working classfrom reconstruction to lyndon johnson and beyond, quadagno reveals how american social policy has continually foundered on issues of raceat the same time, affirmative action clashed openly with organized labor, and equal housing raised protests from the white suburban middle-class, who didn't want their neighborhoods integrated
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Corresponding secretary of the american board of commissioners for foreign missions from to , anderson effectively set the terms of debate on missionary policy on both sides of the atlantic and indeed long after his deathsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford paul william harris book examines the career of rufus anderson, the central figure in the formation and implementation of missionary ideology in the middle decades of the nineteenth centuryin telling his story, harris also speaks to basic questions in nineteenth-century american history and in the relationship between american culture and the cultures of what later came to be known as the third world
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Oxfam bookshop lincoln this book deals with the decision to create a european higher education areathis book is of great value to those interested in the development of higher education at a global levelnot restricting itself to europe, this book also discusses developments in asia and the pacific, and higher education policies of global organizations, such as unesco, the world bank, and the wtothere are minor marks on the page edgesthe text is in very good condition and the binding is soundsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe bologna process started with the bologna declaration and led to regular ministerial meetings involving nearly all european countries, both eu and non-eu membersthe book includes a number of original documents from inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations up to the bergen ministerial meeting of the bologna process in may
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Oxfam bookshop raeburn place with its inevitable dependency on the essential, and often contested, nature of art, the subject of assessment or evaluation in art and design education remains a matter of continuing controversysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis collection of essays examines the principal issues as they relate to the main phases of formal education, from primary to post-compulsorytogether, the papers provide an historical and philosophical analysis of the present state of assessment in art and design in our schools and colleges, and significantly, they map out some possible directions for reform
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From the mid-sixteenth century, northern europeans justified travel to the south in terms of educationalthough traditionally associated with the eighteenth century, when wealthy englishmen would complete their education on the continent, the grand tour is here investigated in a wider context, from the decline of the roman empire to recent timesauthors from chaucer to erasmus came to mock the custom but even the reformation did not stop the urge to travelit has very minor fading but is otherwise in very good conditionoxfam shop devizes the grand tour has become a subject of major interest to scholars and general readers interested in exploring the historic connections between nations and their intellectual and artistic productiondocumenting the lives and travels of these personalities, professor chaney's remarkable book provides a complete picture of one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of western civilisationthis copy is complete with uncut dust jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe english had previously travelled to italy to study the classics; now they travelled to learn italian and study medicine, diplomacy, dancing, riding, fencing, and, eventually, art and architecturefamous men, and an increasing proportion of women, all contributed to establishing a convention which eventually came to dominate european culture
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Makdisi's book is important to our understanding of lebanese society today, but it also makes a significant contribution to the discussion of the importance of religious discourse in the formation and dissolution of social and national identities in the modern worldmakdisi highlights how european colonialism and orientalism, with their emphasis on christian salvation and islamic despotism, and ottoman and local nationalisms each created and used narratives of sectarianism as foils to their own visions of modernity and to their own projects of colonial, imperial, and national developmenthis study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groupsmakdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposesthe religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres in , was a complex, multilayered, subaltern expression of modernization, he says, not a primordial reaction to itthe ottoman reform movement launched in and the growing european presence in the middle east contributed to the disintegration of the traditional lebanese social order based on a hierarchy that bridged religious differences condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital imagesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular country
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Taking a comparative national perspective, the book examines agricultural practices in a broad sense, including the practices and disciplines devoted to land management, forestry, soil science, and the improvement and management of crops and livestockwithout close attention to this zone it is not possible to understand the emergence of new disciplines and transformation of old disciplines, to evaluate the role and impact of such major figures of science as humboldt and mendel, or to appreciate how much of the history of modern biology has been driven by national ambitions and imperialist expansion in competition with rival nationsthe life sciences considered include genetics, microbiology, ecology, entomology, forestry, and deal with us, european, russian, japanese, indonesian, chinese contextsoxfam books & music crouch end this volume explores problems in the history of science at the intersection of life sciences and agriculture, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centurythe book shows that the investigation of the border zone of life sciences and agriculture raises many interesting questions about how science developssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein particular it challenges one to re-examine and take seriously the intimate connection between scientific development and the practical goals of managing and improving - perhaps even recreating - the living world to serve human ends
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At this point getting a man in space became a national imperative, leading to the creation of the national aeronautics and space administration, otherwise known as nasanasa's history is a familiar story, one that typically peaks with neil armstrong taking his small step on the moon inin the s, rockets were all the rage in germany, the focus both of scientists hoping to fly into space and of the german armed forces, looking to circumvent the restrictions of the treaty of versaillesbut america's space agency wasn't created in a vacuumoxfam bookshop swanage the incredible story of spaceflight before the establishment of nasasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the war came to its chaotic conclusion, von braun escaped from the ruins of nazi germany, and was taken to america where he began developing missiles for the us armymeanwhile, the us air force was looking ahead to a time when men would fly in space, and test pilots like neil armstrong were flying cutting-edge, rocket-powered aircraft in the thin upper atmospherebreaking the chains of gravity tells the story of america's nascent space program, its scientific advances, its personalities and the rivalries it caused between the various arms of the us militaryone of the key figures in this period was wernher von braun, an engineer who designed the rockets that became the devastating v-2it was assembled from pre-existing parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-soviet world had to offer
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They all appropriated, and in some cases perverted, the regionalist message showing that strong regional identities would ultimately reinforce national unityregional identities, like national identities, were created and sometimes even invented; and this was equally the case in france, germany and spainartists, architects and international exhibitions played a highly influential role in this processby using a novel comparative perspective it gives a fresh view of the relationship between cultural regionalism, political regionalism and nationalismduring the s painters began to apply the regionalist ideology by producing images of a presumably harmonious and authentic rural societystorm further illuminates how during the first decades of the twentieth century the culture of regionalism slowly lost the battle against its main rival: the avant-gardeshortly afterwards they were followed by architects, who constructed villas and garden cities inspired by vernacular cottagessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book offers new perspectives to specialists of regionalism and nationalism, but will also be of interest to students of the cultural history of france, germany and spain and to specialists from the fields of politics, ethnology, art history, cultural studies and architectural historylater on regionalism was used at international exhibitions by widely differing regimes, such as the primo de rivera dictatorship in spain, the popular front government in france, and the hitler-regime in germanyoxfam bookshop kingston upon thames this pioneering book studies the rise, heyday and demise of regionalism from the belle aepoque until the eve of the second world war
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Oxfam bookshop newport the story of a yorkshire woman who was called upon by the ministry of labour and national service to be directed to work of national importanceshelf wear to top and bottom edges of spinerear free endpaper has been torn outgiven the choice between working in a factory or going into transport, she chose the latter and became a conductress on a tramblue cloth covered boards with gilt text to spineminor foxing to edges of text block, which is otherwise lightly but evenly tannedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea heart-warming and touching collection of anecdotes about life as a clippie, and how it impacted upon her life at homevarious scuffs, marks and discolourationendpapers discoloured
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Collector's item! this is probably one of the most famous photos on the front of national geographic and we just relocated it in the attic! bids over 50 considered
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Of national trust of scotlandbritish landscapes mnh ** sg am happy to ship with carrier of your choice read moregreat-britain th anniv
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Board of educationrevisiting historical icons so familiar that schoolchildren learn to take them for granted, he makes surprising connections that enable readers to see old stories in a new lightthe republic of nature points to a startlingly different version of history that calls on readers to reconnect with fundamental forces that shaped the american experienceamong the historical moments revisited here, a revolutionary nation arises from its environment and struggles to reconcile the diversity of its people with the claim that nature is the source of libertyfor more information, visit the author's website: http://republicofnaturein these pages, the nation's birth and development, pain and sorrow, ideals and enduring promise come to life as never before, making a once-familiar past seem newby focusing on materials and processes intrinsic to all things and by highlighting the nature of the united states, fiege recovers the forgotten and overlooked ground on which so much history has unfoldedin topeka, kansas, transformations of land and life prompt a lawsuit that culminates in the momentous civil rights case of brown voxfam bookshop knutsford in the dramatic narratives that comprise the republic of nature, mark fiege reframes the canonical account of american history based on the simple but radical premise that nothing in the nation's past can be considered apart from the natural circumstances in which it occurredcom/ see oxfam website for delivery information read moreabraham lincoln, an unlettered citizen from the countryside, steers the union through a moment of extreme peril, guided by his clear-eyed vision of nature's capacity for improvement
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From an author who has described all of henry's queens comes a deeply intimate portrayal of the last: a woman who longed for passion, power and education at the court of a medieval killerkateryn parr, a thirty-year-old widow in a secret affair with a new lover, has no choice when a man old enough to be her father who has buried four wives - king henry viii - commands her to marry himbut is this enough to keep her safe? a leader of religious reform and the first woman to publish in english, kateryn stands out as an independent woman with a mind of her ownbut she cannot save the protestants, under threat for their faith, and henry's dangerous gaze turns on herbut henry adores his new bride and kateryn's trust in him grows as she unites the royal family, creates a radical study circle at the heart of the court, and rules the kingdom as regentthe traditional churchmen and rivals for power accuse her of heresy - the punishment is death by fire and the king's name is on the warrantsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road why would a woman marry a serial killer? because she cannot refusekateryn has no doubt about the danger she faces: the previous queen lasted sixteen months, the one before barely half a year
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Those in the next part address the history of mathematics education and its importance to current modes of teachingcondition: covers and spine very good, pages clean and tightsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe essays in the first part of the book discuss the history of mathematics as a field and its central philosophical issuesorganized thematically, these essays ponder the intellectual underpinnings of the field, examine the major topics in the history of mathematics, and recount the bizarre history of pseudomathoxfam books & music bury stthis collection includes several essays that are difficult to find anywhere elsein the last section grattan-guinness investigates various understudied aspects of math, including numerology, masonic symbols in classical music, and the links between mathematics and christianityedmunds this seminal collection gathers together many general writings of one of the world's leading historians of mathematics
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An overarching theme is the role of deliberate intervention in the development of german, whether it took the form of education, prescriptivism, purism or political manipulationothers are studies of particular periods, places or groups which have not found their place in more narrative accounts: standardisation in the nineteenth century, the role of low german, the state of german at the stunde null insee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome of these 'landmarks' are individuals or groups of people who have exerted influence over the language: charlemagne, luther, the early modern grammarians and lexicographersoxfam books & music beeston peter lang, , paperback very good condition the contributions to this volume explore eleven key developments in the external history of the german language, that is, the combination of social, political and cultural circumstances which influenced the language and its speakersthe essays, a number of which were originally delivered as lectures in the university of cambridge and all of which are by specialists in the field, combine to provide a history of the german language in its social context
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Founded in to preserve peace between its member-states, the league inspired a rich, participatory culture of political protest, popular education and civic ritual which found expression through the establishment of voluntary societies in dozens of countries across europe and beyondoxfam bookshop chelmsford in the decades following europe's first total war, millions of british men and women looked to the league of nations as the symbol and guardian of a new world order based on international co-operationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebased on extensive archival research, the british people and the league of nations offers a vivid account of this popular league consciousness and in so doing reveals the vibrant character of associational life between the warsforemost amongst the league societies, the union became one of britain's largest voluntary associations and a powerful advocate of democratic accountability and popular engagement in the making of foreign policyembodied in the hugely popular league of nations union, this pro-league movement touched britain in profound ways
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In typically candid style, he also weighs in on the role the bbc itself has played in our national life - for good and ill - and the broader health of the political system todayjohn was also the first journalist to present the nine o'clock news on televisiona day like today charts john's journey from the poverty of his post-war childhood in cardiff, leaving school at fifteen, to the summits of broadcastinghumphrys pulls no punches and now, freed from the restrictions of being a bbc journalist, he reflects on the politicians he has interrogated and the controversies he has reported on and been involved in, including the interview that forced the resignation of his own boss, the director generala day like today is both a sharp, shrewd memoir and a backstage account of the great newsworthy moments in recent history - from the voice behind the country's most authoritative microphonesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas presenter of radio 4's today, the nation's most popular news programme, he is famed for his tough interviewing, his deep misgivings about authority in its many forms and his passionatecommitment to a variety of causes humphrys was the bbc's youngest foreign correspondent; he was the first reporter at the catastrophe of aberfan, an experience that marked him for ever; he was in the white house when richard nixon became the first american president to resign; in south africa during the dying years of apartheid; and in war zones around the globe throughout his careeroxfam bookshop knutsford for more than three decades, millions of britons have woken to the sound of john humphrys' voice
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Sarah kennel is curator of photographs at the national gallery of art, washington, dputney is an art historian and head of the art museum practices program at the university of toledo and consulting curator of medieval art at the toledo museum of artguillaume fonkenell is curator of sculpture and museum historian at the musee du louvreabout the author laura dcorey is consulting curator at the high museum of artpaula deitz is editor of the hudson reviewbruce guenther is chief curator and robert and mercedes eichholz curator of modern and contemporary art at the portland art museum
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The fourth instalment of this hugely popular series sees harry potter (daniel radcliffe) board the train to hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, where he will attend his fourth year of magical educationshortly after his reunion with his best friends, ron (rupert grint) and hermione (emma watson), harry is introduced to yet another defence against the dark arts teacher: the grizzled mad-eye moody (brendan gleeson)discs and case in good conditionof course, harry's wishes for an uneventful school year are almost immediately shattered when he is unexpectedly chosen, along with fellow student cedric diggory (robert pattinson), as hogwarts' representative in the tri-wizard tournament, which awards whoever completes three magical tasks the most skilfully with a thousand-galleon purse and the admiration of the international wizard communitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle fantasy adventure
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Oxfam shop kendal case condition: very good sleeve condition: very good disc condition: very good directed by mike newell, the fourth instalment of the hugely popular series sees harry potter (daniel radcliffe) board the train to hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, where he will attend his fourth year of magical educationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshortly after his reunion with his best friends, ron (rupert grint) and hermione (emma watson), harry is introduced to yet another defence against the dark arts teacher: the grizzled mad-eye moody (brendan gleeson)of course, harry's wishes for an uneventful school year are almost immediately shattered when he is unexpectedly chosen, along with fellow student cedric diggory (robert pattinson), as hogwarts' representative in the tri-wizard tournament, which awards whoever completes three magical tasks the most skilfully with a thousand-galleon purse and the admiration of the international wizard community
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Oxfam shop salisbury directed by mike newell, the fourth instalment of the hugely popular series sees harry potter (daniel radcliffe) board the train to hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, where he will attend his fourth year of magical educationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshortly after his reunion with his best friends, ron (rupert grint) and hermione (emma watson), harry is introduced to yet another defence against the dark arts teacher: the grizzled mad-eye moody (brendan gleeson)of course, harry's wishes for an uneventful school year are almost immediately shattered when he is unexpectedly chosen, along with fellow student cedric diggory (robert pattinson), as hogwarts' representative in the tri-wizard tournament, which awards whoever completes three magical tasks the most skilfully with a thousand-galleon purse and the admiration of the international wizard community
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As the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentsin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominenceusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary world" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warfrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-stateat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamthe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breath"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leaderssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destructionfor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubtoxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincewe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic powernow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economy
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