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The crimean war royal mail stamps presentation pack was issued in the yearthe buyer is to collect
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Royal mail mint stamps the crimean war issued in yearthe buyer is to collect
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Condition: pre owned brand: king & country – retired and sold out reference: crimean war - exclusive edition - crw001 + crw002 + crw006 they have been exhibited at the museo l´iber - valencia, spain comes with a custom handmade box and a handmade foam padding suitable for historical scenes and dioramas read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Condition: pre owned brand: king & country – retired and sold out reference: crimean war - exclusive edition - crw003 + crw005 they have been exhibited at the museo l´iber - valencia, spain comes with a custom handmade box and a handmade foam padding suitable for historical scenes and dioramas read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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He served in hms algiers from and saw action in the crimean war, receiving the english and turkish crimean medalsfrom to he served in the sloop hms stromboli off the coast of south americaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin good conditionincluding frontispiece and folding map of patagoniageorge chaworth musters - at home with the patagonians: a year's wanderings over untrodden ground from the straits of magellan to the rio negro - the very rare first editionthe following year he joined the navyhis explorations were the subject of his book at home with the patagonian“george chaworth musters was born in naples, where his parents were travelling(nd ed, ), and led to his being awarded a gold watch in by the royal geographical societyour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehis nickname 'the king of patagonia' also dates from this time” read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehe was orphaned by the age of 4, and was cared for by his uncles captain philip hamond, and robert nicholas hamondgreen cloth binding with gilt printhe was promoted to commander, but took half-pay in and took the opportunity to explore the regionplates are completein he went on a tour of southern spain with his uncle philip and brother johnhe travelled with a tribe of patagonian indians for around a yearcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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But solving crimes against literature isn't easy when you also have to find time to halt the crimean war, persuade the man you love to marry you, and figure out who really wrote shakespeare's playsthere are shades of douglas adams, lewis carroll, 'clockwork orange' and ''and that's just for starters' - time outmeet thursday next, literary detective without equal, fear or boyfriend'always ridiculous, often hilariousthursday sets out to find a way into the book to repair the damageoxfam shop colne road the first book in the phenomenally successful thursday next series, from number one bestselling author jasper ffordesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is another , where london's criminal gangs have moved into the lucrative literary market, and thursday next is on the trail of the new crime wave's mr bigjane eyre is gonejoin her on a truly breathtaking adventure, and find out for yourselffiction will never be the same againblink and you miss a vital narrative leapperhaps today just isn't going to be thursday's dayacheron hades has been kidnapping certain characters from works of fiction and holding them to ransom
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Oxfam bookshop skipton  a year-by-year illustrated account from the crimean war to the present dayfirm binding see oxfam website for delivery information read morecorners lightly bumped pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincefor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubt" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warthe 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 destructionnow 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 economyfrom 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-statein the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominence"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 morewe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic poweras 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 presidentsthe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathusing 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 worldat 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 vietnam
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China's involvement in the korean war in late october inevitably drew soviet pilots into the wara total of 52 soviet pilots scored five or more victories in the korean war" this book uncovers soviet combat experiences during the korean war from detailed unit histories and rare first-hand accountswith access to extensive russian archives, the authors offer an enthralling insight into an air war that has been largely covered up and neglected, illustrated with previously unpublished photographs and detailed full-color profilesthe history of these covert actions has been a long-buried secret and this book will be the first english publication to detail the only instance when the cold war between russia and the us became "hotsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop truro the soviet union began assisting the people's republic of china in its establishment of a modern air force in , when soviet air force regiments were sent to train local pilots
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It will be an essential reference for students of world war 2oxfam bookshop cheltenham the war in italy was characterized by a host of special forces actionson the night of april , the last operational jump of world war 2 took placeae"operation herringthe action did presage the end of the italian campaign and the war in italy, but until now little has been written about this, and other secret operations, on the italian frontthe fact that the italians had formed two governments, one backing the allies and one a puppet german government, meant that the secret war was vital to the allies conventional forces and partisans, the sas, soe, the us oss (precursor to the cia) all played important rolessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoperation herring lasted over 72 hours instead of the 36 initially foreseen, but it turned out to be a success
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Oxfam shop arnold in wealthy scottish socialite dorothy brooke followed her new husband to cairo, where she discovered thousands of suffering former british war horses leading lives of toil and miserythe legacy of the old war horse memorial hospital and its founder endures today in the dozens of international brooke animal-welfare facilities dedicated to improving the lives of working horses, donkeys and mules across africa, asia and latin america grant hayter-menzies chronicles not only the lives and eventual rescue of these noble creatures, who after years of deprivation and suffering found respite in the old war horse memorial hospital established by dorothy, but also the story of the challenges of founding and maintaining an animal-rescue institution on this scalesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebrought to the middle east by british forces during the great war, these ex-cavalry horses had been left behind at the war's end, abandoned as used equipment too costly to send home
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Syria: from the great war to civil war by john mchugo (paperback / softback)title: syria: from the great war to civil war format: paperback / softback type: book publisher: saqi uk release date: language: english
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The author places the making of the sino-american collision in korea in the broader context of both the continuous development of the chinese communist revolution after its nationwide victory and the emerging cold war based on extensive use of newly available chinese sources, however, this study argues that china's entry into the korean war was brought about by concerns much more complex than simply safeguarding the chinese-korean borderoxfam bookshop knutsford why did china enter the korean war? what made mao zedong, only one year after the establishment of the people's republic of china, decide to assist north korea in fighting a coalition of nearly all of the western industrial powers?;many scholars have traditionally regarded beijing's decision to enter the war as a reaction to washington's mistake in crossing the 38th parallel and marching towards the yalufirst edition book, annotated in green highlighted pen, examples of which shown in photographs see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe provides a fresh analytical framework within which to understand the foreign policy and security strategy of the people's republic of china
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The myth of the great war: a new military history of world war i by john mosiertitle: the myth of the great war: a new military history of world war i format: paperback / softback type: book publisher: profile books uk release date: language: english
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There are interviews with war veterans and extracts from diaries, letters and reports from the warnarrated by sir michael redgrave, this series features the best archive footage from one million feet of film and photographs collected from 37 individual sources worldwidesmall tear on bottom of spine of one of the inner sleevesdisks in excellent conditionoxfam shop kendal sleeve and box in good condition, showing some shelf wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe complete s bbc documentary series on the great war, with all 26 episodes
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The book is part of the imperial war museum's oral archiveoxfam shop dumfries forgotten voices of the great war is a collection of interviews with people who lived through the first world warin , the imperial war museum began a momentous and important task see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The book is part of the imperial war museum's oral archiveoxfam bookshop victoria forgotten voices of the great war is a collection of interviews with people who lived through the first world warin , the imperial war museum began a momentous and important task see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Vhs videos - the great war, the world at war and reader's digest world war ii videos 23 vides in all i think i am selling these to raise funds for girlguiding
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The faces of world war i: the great war in words & picturesauthor:arthur, maxbook condition:likenewworld of books ltd was founded in , recycling books sold to us through charities either directly or indirectlybook binding:n/a
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There are interviews with war veterans and extracts from diaries, letters and reports from the warnarrated by sir michael redgrave, this series features the best archive footage from one million feet of film and photographs collected from 37 individual sources worldwidethis box set still contains the original viewing notes see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop hull the complete s bbc documentary series on the great war, with all 26 episodes
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There are interviews with war veterans and extracts from diaries, letters and reports from the warnarrated by sir michael redgrave, this series features the best archive footage from one million feet of film and photographs collected from 37 individual sources worldwideoxfam bookshop brighton the complete s bbc documentary series on the great war, with all 26 episodessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Title: the atlantic and its enemies: a history of the cold wartitle: the atlantic and its enemies: a history of the cold wardust jacket: falseproduct category: bookscondition: goodauthors: stone, norman
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It remains the only war involving the superpowers, china and usa, have faced each otheroxfam books & music bedford 'the korean war' is an account of this important conflict of the 20th century this is a hardback version of this book, it has its dustjacket, which is in very good condition, with no damagesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is clean and bright and tightly boundmax hastings is one the best writers of military history and this book is one of his earlier worksit is illustrated with black and white photos
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Though the war has spilled into many other planescape products, the full story of the roaring conflict has never been detailed - until nowcreated for both players and dungeon masters, hellbound: the blood war is a comprehensive resource on the infernal clash that has torn the planes apart for millenniaproduct line: planescape
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Title: the iran-iraq warbinding: hardcoverdust jacket: falseproduct category: booksauthors: elliott, nicholas,razoux, pierrecondition: very goodlist price (msrp)
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Includes 25 names the war was known by, personal quirks of robert eoxfam bookshop cheltenham wonderfully entertaining look at some intriguing oddities, unusual incidents, and colorful personalities connected with the civil warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelee and stonewall jackson, and more
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Oxfam shop ross-on-wye this book is an impressive collection of essays from some of the most prominent american historians discussing the various reasons the civil war came about, and also addressing whether or not the war was inevitablesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop tavistock including a civil war tour of chester this very rare book charts the history of the civil war of to and chester's role in it see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is in very good condition, with clean, bright pages and cover
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Purnell's 'history of the world wars' special - the first war planes64 pages of history, description, photos and analysis explores the fascinating development of early air power during the first world warvery good condition - some edge wear but no tears/ripsno notes, underlinings etcpublished by bpc insuperb colour images by john batchelor
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The peace war is quintessential hard-science adventurethe peace authority conquered the world with a weapon that never should have been a weapon--the
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