The post war years
List the post war years
-
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-statethe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathas 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 presidentssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic powerusing 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"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 leadersat 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 vietnamin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominence
5 €
-
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 scaleoxfam 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 americasee 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
9 €
-
17mm brown alligator leather strap with signed gold plaque buckle iwc's calibre 89 stands out as one of the most important calibers to emerge from the post war yearsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis standard, dubbed 6b/346, required a chronometer-grade, anti-magnetic movementthe caliber 89 owes its existence to the british ministry of defense, who set forth a new standard for military-grade timepiecesoriginal case back and unsigned crownour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepellaton cut his teeth at vacheron constantin, but went to schaffhausen as iwc's technical director iniwc with a 37mm case is in excellent condition with sharp lugsthough not the most complex movement in terms of construction, the caliber 89 combined state-of-the-art technology--such as double-barrels and a newly-patented drive-train for the sweeping seconds hand--with a plain, unadorned appearance that spoke to the movement's reliabilityfor his first major project the calibre 89, which would signify a renewal of production for the war-torn watch industry in post-war europeiwc met the antimagnetic properties by covering the movement with a soft iron cageplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitematte silver dial is in similarly excellent condition with no signs of refinishingthe calibre 89 began its life inside the mind of movement designer albert pellatoncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
1255 €
-
Vintage post war step ladders (refurbished) these step ladders have been sympathetically restored to a lightly used item with small paint marks and scrapesthey have been lightly varnished to bring out the wood patter nation and the ropes have been renewed with original natural jute hessian ropethe legs are marked with pf (unknown origin) 170cm tall can deliver 30 miles radius halesworth or in suffolk read more
150 €
-
Job lot of large scale metal triang trucks all post war cs/60s lot includes a couple of rare ones including mobile cafeteria and car transporter with two original cars,a thames trader recovery truck and various others and a s bedford truck, there will be the odd part missing but generally good for agecollection only or possible delivery read more
795 €
-
Original post war 's british paratrooper smock and beretberet has some moth holes but overall great conditionsmock has been heavily used with some stains here and thereÂŁ400 paypal +4%, bank transfer or cash on collection
400 €
-
177 post war batch number 943 on frontall working and in fairly good condition ÂŁ
95 €
-
Excellent original condition for its age,external thread post war type,very nice original exampleautomobilia items purchased for cash
395 €
-
Bargain! collection cardiff cf11 or happy to post £3“the soldiers war” by richard van emden, hardback book in excellent condition
3 €
-
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
9 €
-
Blood and glory the civil war in colourblood and gloryover the course of four years, more than military and civilian lives were sacrificed topitting north against south brother against brother
24 €
-
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
3 €
-
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
99 €
-
This volume tells the story of the four eventful years which immediately preceded the civil war, years which transformed the tranquil dominions of king charles into a land rent by mistrust and menaced by fire and swordthe tragedy of strafford is linked with the terrible insurrection in irelandsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit tells of parliament's opposition to the king under the skilful leadership of john pymit tells of the rise of the covenanters in scotland with such leaders as the gallant montrose and the mysterious argyllmiss wedgewood has sought to convey the vivid day sequence of events as they flooded down on the men & women of the time, and to restore as far as possible the immediacy of their experienceoxfam shop macclesfield some slight scuffing to cover and browning of pages
14 €
-
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 borderthe 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 waroxfam 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 yaluhe provides a fresh analytical framework within which to understand the foreign policy and security strategy of the people's republic of chinafirst edition book, annotated in green highlighted pen, examples of which shown in photographs see oxfam website for delivery information read more
19 €
-
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
99 €
-
There are interviews with war veterans and extracts from diaries, letters and reports from the warthe complete s bbc documentary series on the great war, with all 26 episodesoxfam shop kendal sleeve and box in good condition, showing some shelf wearnarrated by sir michael redgrave, this series features the best archive footage from one million feet of film and photographs collected from 37 individual sources worldwidesee oxfam website for delivery information read moredisks in excellent conditionsmall tear on bottom of spine of one of the inner sleeves
15 €
-
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
3 €
-
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
3 €
-
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
3 €
-
The faces of world war i: the great war in words & picturesbook binding:n/aauthor:arthur, maxbook condition:likenewworld of books ltd was founded in , recycling books sold to us through charities either directly or indirectly
182 €
-
There are interviews with war veterans and extracts from diaries, letters and reports from the waroxfam shop hull the complete s bbc documentary series on the great war, with all 26 episodesnarrated 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 more
50 €
-
There are interviews with war veterans and extracts from diaries, letters and reports from the waroxfam bookshop brighton the complete s bbc documentary series on the great war, with all 26 episodesnarrated by sir michael redgrave, this series features the best archive footage from one million feet of film and photographs collected from 37 individual sources worldwidesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
45 €
-
Title: the atlantic and its enemies: a history of the cold wartitle: the atlantic and its enemies: a history of the cold wardust jacket: falsecondition: goodauthors: stone, normanproduct category: books
4 €
-
Title: the iran-iraq wardust jacket: falsebinding: hardcoverlist price (msrp)condition: very goodauthors: elliott, nicholas,razoux, pierreproduct category: books
23 €
-
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 warlee and stonewall jackson, and moresee oxfam website for delivery information read more
4 €
-
No date given, but this is the post war edition from the sno dustwrapperssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop exmouth a practical handbook of modern electrical engineering for working engineers four volume complete set in smart red mottled binding with gilt lettering on spines, looking very good, and full of information, drawings, diagrams and illustrations
29 €
-
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
6 €
-
It remains the only war involving the superpowers, china and usa, have faced each otherthe book is clean and bright and tightly boundsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music bedford 'the korean war' is an account of this important conflict of the 20th centurymax hastings is one the best writers of military history and this book is one of his earlier works this is a hardback version of this book, it has its dustjacket, which is in very good condition, with no damageit is illustrated with black and white photos
7 €