The soviet empire
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The west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathfrom 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 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 warat 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"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 destructionas 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 presidentsfor 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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Joseph stalin's history of the communist party of the soviet union, first published in see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe contents are clean and the binding is securethe gilt titles are fadedcolloquially known as "the short course," it was the most widely disseminated book during the reign of joseph stalinoxblood red boards with titles in gilt on front and spinecorners lightly bumped and a 3cm split of the hinge between the top of the spine and front boardit's commonly cited along with "the foundations of leninism" as the most important work expressing the ideology of the ussr under stalinincludes a red ribbon page markeroxfam shop darlington hardbackpublished by foreign languages publishing house, moscow
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Conceptually, a japanese invasion of the soviet union would be in conjunction with the german attack on the ussr (operation barbarossa) on 22 junethe strategic possibilities of this alternative course are incredible; the soviets will be under the pressure of fighting a two-front war
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Oxfam shop hebden bridge the electrification of the soviet union see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Dissident histories in the soviet union from de-stalinization to perestroika by drinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for detailsbarbara martin (hardback, ) delivery uk delivery is within 3 to 5 working days
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The british empire collection was founded in (year of the diamond jubilee) by the order of the british empirethe british empire brooch gilbey jubilee collection silver award medal cthis is hallmarked silver gilt and enamelit was created by lady penelope gilbey, who was the daughter of the 4th earl of stradbrokeÂŁ55 including uk postthe stated purpose of producing items inspired by the order were for wear or display by holders and medallists and by members of their families
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Oxfam shop kendal on glazed card, in vgc, this map shows the roman empire as it was in ad 106, in the reign of the emperor trajan, and illustrates the physical setting that greatly influenced how the roman empire grew the map indicates provincial boundaries, roman roads and roman walls, and a description beneath the map explains how and why the empire expanded in the directions shownsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Title: the scramble for china: foreign devils in the qing empiretitle: the scramble for china: foreign devils in the qing empireproduct category: bookscondition: very good
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An exceptionally beautiful early page from the trigan empireonly the early trigan empire pages have these wonderful deep colourswill be carefully packaged and sent by insured mailnice deep colours (even more beautiful in reality)page without obtrusive speech bubbles, exactly as painted by don lawrencedate is approximateare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe work has been beautifully framed in a yellow wooden framespeech balloons were added later, which lessened the quality of the pagedon lawrence at his besteach image is of superb quality (see photos)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Product category: bookstitle: crisis of the british empire: turning points aftercondition: very goodlist price (msrp)title: crisis of the british empire: turning points after
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Folio society the history of the decline and fall of the roman empire i have the full 8book collection here for sale all in very good condition presented in two 4 book hard protective covers the price is ÂŁ115 if you require delivery this is at an additional cost to you collection is also welcome
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Beautiful, original page from the trigan empire series by don lawrenceold painted page with very beautiful deep coloursplease take a good look at the picturesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikieverything in good conditioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletechnique gouache painted on illustration board, as don lawrence always did, drawn/painted in great detailour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethis plate features the main characters of the albumthis page is from the story "the invisible ray" from the yearplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetexts on the back
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle a unique work of reference, this book is the first serious attempt to describe and illustrate the military badges of all the forces of the british empire involved in the great warthe result is a body of information that the military historian, too, will find of enormous valuethere are accounts of the badges worn by each unit of every country - australia, britain, canada, the colonies, india, new zealand and south africa - and a total of around badges are illustrated full size by first class photographs and line drawingsit is, however, much more than a catalogue of military badgesthe author has not simply identified each military formation by the title it held during the great war, but has shown when it originated and, when not disbanded, the manner in which it has been preparedthe description of each unit also includes mention of the theatres of war in which it was engagedpages are in good condition, boards are in good condition dust jacket is in good condition with some wear and tear see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book is an invaluable aid to the serious collector and an essential work of reference for every dealer in militariathe illustrations include hundreds of badges not previously listed
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The pieces remain in very good conditionin , the franklin mint began a 50-piece series “warriors of the british empire” of 54mm hand painted lead soldiersthe details of the soldier and date issued () are stamped under the basei am selling the remains of my collection and will be happy to do a deal on multiple purchaseswith no issue number, i am listing according to the soldier’s dates within the complete collectionno 18 is described as; - officer – royal horse artillery, read more
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The pieces remain in very good conditionin , the franklin mint began a 50-piece series “warriors of the british empire” of 54mm hand painted lead soldiersthe details of the soldier and date issued () are stamped under the basei am selling the remains of my collection and will be happy to do a deal on multiple purchaseswith no issue number, i am listing according to the soldier’s dates within the complete collectionno 21 is described as; - sowar – skinner’s horse, read more
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The pieces remain in very good conditionin , the franklin mint began a 50-piece series “warriors of the british empire” of 54mm hand painted lead soldiersthe details of the soldier and date issued () are stamped under the basei am selling the remains of my collection and will be happy to do a deal on multiple purchaseswith no issue number, i am listing according to the soldier’s dates within the complete collectionno 22 is described as; - officer – 3rd light dragoons, read more
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The pieces remain in very good conditionin , the franklin mint began a 50-piece series “warriors of the british empire” of 54mm hand painted lead soldiersthe details of the soldier and date issued () are stamped under the basei am selling the remains of my collection and will be happy to do a deal on multiple purchaseswith no issue number, i am listing according to the soldier’s dates within the complete collectionno 23 is described as; - officer – 11th hussars, read more
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The pieces remain in very good conditionin , the franklin mint began a 50-piece series “warriors of the british empire” of 54mm hand painted lead soldiersthe details of the soldier and date issued () are stamped under the basei am selling the remains of my collection and will be happy to do a deal on multiple purchaseswith no issue number, i am listing according to the soldier’s dates within the complete collectionno 24 is described as; - guardsman – grenadier guards, read more
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The pieces remain in very good conditionin , the franklin mint began a 50-piece series “warriors of the british empire” of 54mm hand painted lead soldiersthe details of the soldier and date issued () are stamped under the baseno 25 is described as; - gurkha sepoy – sirmoor battalion, read morei am selling the remains of my collection and will be happy to do a deal on multiple purchaseswith no issue number, i am listing according to the soldier’s dates within the complete collection
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The pieces remain in very good conditionin , the franklin mint began a 50-piece series “warriors of the british empire” of 54mm hand painted lead soldiersthe details of the soldier and date issued () are stamped under the baseno 32 is described as; - trooper – nsw lancers, read morei am selling the remains of my collection and will be happy to do a deal on multiple purchaseswith no issue number, i am listing according to the soldier’s dates within the complete collection
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The pieces remain in very good conditionin , the franklin mint began a 50-piece series “warriors of the british empire” of 54mm hand painted lead soldiersthe details of the soldier and date issued () are stamped under the basei am selling the remains of my collection and will be happy to do a deal on multiple purchaseswith no issue number, i am listing according to the soldier’s dates within the complete collectionno 33 is described as; - marine – royal light infantry, read more
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The pieces remain in very good conditionin , the franklin mint began a 50-piece series “warriors of the british empire” of 54mm hand painted lead soldiersthe details of the soldier and date issued () are stamped under the basei am selling the remains of my collection and will be happy to do a deal on multiple purchaseswith no issue number, i am listing according to the soldier’s dates within the complete collectionno 34 is described as; - officer – bengal lancers, read more
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The pieces remain in very good conditionin , the franklin mint began a 50-piece series “warriors of the british empire” of 54mm hand painted lead soldiersthe details of the soldier and date issued () are stamped under the baseno 39 is described as; - chief stoker – royal navy, read morei am selling the remains of my collection and will be happy to do a deal on multiple purchaseswith no issue number, i am listing according to the soldier’s dates within the complete collection
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The pieces remain in very good conditionin , the franklin mint began a 50-piece series “warriors of the british empire” of 54mm hand painted lead soldiersthe details of the soldier and date issued () are stamped under the basei am selling the remains of my collection and will be happy to do a deal on multiple purchaseswith no issue number, i am listing according to the soldier’s dates within the complete collectionno 40 is described as; - fighter pilot – royal flying corps, read more
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The pieces remain in very good conditionno 42 is described as; - fighter pilot – royal air force, read morein , the franklin mint began a 50-piece series “warriors of the british empire” of 54mm hand painted lead soldiersthe details of the soldier and date issued () are stamped under the basei am selling the remains of my collection and will be happy to do a deal on multiple purchaseswith no issue number, i am listing according to the soldier’s dates within the complete collection
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The pieces remain in very good conditionin , the franklin mint began a 50-piece series “warriors of the british empire” of 54mm hand painted lead soldiersno 44 is described as; - south african infantry – 8th army, read morethe details of the soldier and date issued () are stamped under the basei am selling the remains of my collection and will be happy to do a deal on multiple purchaseswith no issue number, i am listing according to the soldier’s dates within the complete collection
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The pieces remain in very good conditionin , the franklin mint began a 50-piece series “warriors of the british empire” of 54mm hand painted lead soldiersthe details of the soldier and date issued () are stamped under the baseno 45 is described as; - lieutenant – royal navy, read morei am selling the remains of my collection and will be happy to do a deal on multiple purchaseswith no issue number, i am listing according to the soldier’s dates within the complete collection
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The pieces remain in very good conditionin , the franklin mint began a 50-piece series “warriors of the british empire” of 54mm hand painted lead soldiersthe details of the soldier and date issued () are stamped under the basei am selling the remains of my collection and will be happy to do a deal on multiple purchaseswith no issue number, i am listing according to the soldier’s dates within the complete collectionno 46 is described as; - “red devil” – parachute regiment, read more
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The pieces remain in very good conditionin , the franklin mint began a 50-piece series “warriors of the british empire” of 54mm hand painted lead soldiersno 48 is described as; - crewman – royal tank regiment, read morethe details of the soldier and date issued () are stamped under the basei am selling the remains of my collection and will be happy to do a deal on multiple purchaseswith no issue number, i am listing according to the soldier’s dates within the complete collection
8 €
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The pieces remain in very good conditionin , the franklin mint began a 50-piece series “warriors of the british empire” of 54mm hand painted lead soldiersthe details of the soldier and date issued () are stamped under the basei am selling the remains of my collection and will be happy to do a deal on multiple purchaseswith no issue number, i am listing according to the soldier’s dates within the complete collectionno 2 is described as; - elizabethan seaman, ’s read more
8 €