The spanish american war see oxfam
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music bury stedmunds this book tells the tragic story of the spanish civil war through the eyes of writers, artists and musicians who were deeply involved and close to itthe progress of the war is followed from the outbreak rebellion of summer , through seville, the war in the aragon mountains, madrid, malaga, the arrival of the international brigades in , the notorious destruction of guernika by the german condor legion, barcelona and franco?s victorious march, checked briefly on the ebroby means of chronological chapters covering the major phases the author describes the roles of figures such as arthur koestler, ernest hemingway, pablo picasso, george orwell, esmond romilly, martha gellhorn (hemingway's lover), salvador dali, the poet federico lorca (who was killed) etcthis is a highly informative and interesting work covering a period of military history that has been largely neglectedother famous names include the spies kim philby and anthony blunt
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham this is a tribute to american air powerthe book spans the period from the lend-lease act which made american funds available for allied aircraft contracts during world war ii, right through to the present day and america's contribution to relief work throughout the worldthere are alos reports on the gulf war including dramatic accounts from airmen flying f15s, f16s, f111s and stelath fightersthe book covers the cold war, the korean war and the vietnam war, also publishing a selection of biographies of us airmen still missing in vietnamit chronicles the pacific war against the japanese, , including the battle of the phillipine sea, nicknamed the marianas turkey shoot because of the high losses inflictedappendices provide complete lists of us airmen in the battle of britain, medal of honour recipients, us aces in ww2 and korea, plus us losses and victories in the gulf warthe author lifts the veil on reconnaissance work over the soviet bloc, such as covert operations by u2 aircraft, the so-called black lady of espionagethe book details the crucial role played by the us strategic air force in wwii - the 8th and 9th air force in britain, the 12th and 15th in the mediterranean, and the 20th in the far east
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music bury stthe conflict started when the military garrisons of seventeen spanish cities rose in rebellion to the communist government, and escalated when left wing sympathisers joined the war on the side of the communists while hitler aided the right wing government in waitingedmunds using newsreel footage this documentary follows all the major battles and incidents of the three years of civil war in spain
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the quiet american is a novel by english author graham greenenarrated in the first person by journalist thomas fowler, the novel depicts the breakdown of french colonialism in vietnam and early american involvement in the vietnam war
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While the courts were being held, the spanish succession war began, so after its closure, felipe v (iv of aragon) embarked in barcelona on april for the kingdom of naplesen barcelona: en la estampa de ioan pau marti llibreter del general, y casa de la deputaciò, en la plaça de sant iaume, toare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein january , a month before arriving in madrid to occupy the throne, felipe announced the celebration of the cortes in catalonia, which would be accompanied by the swearing in of the catalan constitutionsin his will, carlos ii king of spain, named felipe de borbón, duke of anjou and grandson of the king of france luis xiv, as his successorcapitols del general del principat de cathalunya, comptats de rossellò, y cerdanya, fets en les corts celebrades en lo monnestir de san francesch de barcelona, per la scover with wood engravingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storerecent binding in full red leatherdel rey nostre senyor don phelip iv de aragò, y v de castella, per lo redrés del general, y casa de la deputaciò, en los anys mupon arrival in barcelona, felipe swore the catalan constitutions on october and a few days later opened the sessions of the catalan courtsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitexylographic initials
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oxfam bookshop hertford used folded horizontally, dog-earring to corner two sections of the times newspaper special feature and reprint 2x 8pp (one broadsheet size) interesting articles and map war poets list of the fallen advertising and the war the times and war see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop aberystwyth on june 11th , the desert war beganit lasted 3 years and secured for the allies the vital middle east oil supplies, without which they may have lost the war
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moretogether these two important collections cover a period from , when the raf's predecessors became interested in the possibilities of military aviation, through to the high-technology application of air power in the gulf war ofoxfam bookshop cheltenham for many decades a fascinating and sizeable archive of photographs, depicting the operational and ground activities of the raf, has remained unrecorded and largely unseen in thousands of documents held at the public record office at kewmany of the photographs are published here for the first time and give the reader a fascinating kaleidoscope of images depicting the vast range of offensive, defensive and ground-based operations in which the raf was involved during the second world warother equally important images of the raf can be found in the official archives of the ministry of defence in london
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop royal exchange square , and the pall of war hangs over francein the name of the king is an epic swashbuckling pageturner that sweeps from the political intrigues of cardinal richelieu to the great battlefields of the thirty years waraccused of treason and forced to flee into hiding, andré must fight on alone, staking both his life and his honour in the battle to save francethe young chevalier de roland has scarcely set foot in the city before he crosses swords with a cruel nobleman to defend a young woman's honourtoo late he learns he has stumbled on a conspiracy within the king's own household to seize power by secret alliance with spain
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Set with over 300 republican and national stamps of the spanish civil warusual preservations, some with defectsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiset in small stock bookcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablenew and used, some in mini sheet or block, some repeatsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeall the photographs of the lot are includedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop byres road published by folio to mark the telegram's centenary, barbara tuchman's gripping account reveals the events that finally brought the united states into the first world war
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford aircraft of the fighting powers, published in seven volumes, of which this is the 7th volume, marked a unique step in aeronautical publishing by recording text photographs and constant 1:72 scale three-view drawings, a complete record of all the fighting aircraft which took part in the second world war
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music bury stedmunds osprey's examination of the last major republican offensive of the spanish civil war ()according to many historians it extended the war for an extra yearthe battle of the ebro was a vitally important episode in the spanish conflict and, although ultimately a republican defeat it proved a severe setback for the nationalist forces under general francesco franco bahamondethe consequences for europe were immenseultimately however it was probably the death knell of the republic; their armies lost vast amounts of men and materials and they were left incapable of defending their remaining territory effectively
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop chelmsford double bill of american dramas set in the sin the sequel, 'more american graffiti' (), the lives of the young teenagers are focused on over four separate new years' celebrationsthe group come to terms with maturity and adulthood in the face of social unrest, police brutality and the advent of the vietnam warsteve (ron howard) and curt (richard dreyfuss) are meant to be leaving for college the next day, but steve's girlfriend laurie (cindy williams) doesn't want him to go and curt is also beginning to have doubtsin 'american graffiti' () a group of teenagers go cruising around their hometown after the annual school dancemeanwhile, class nerd terry (charles martin smith) has an unexpected encounter with an older woman, and john (paul le mat), the owner of the fastest car on the street, tries to get rid of a precocious 13-year-old he has mistakenly picked up
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see oxfam website for delivery information read morefrancis mccullagh was an indefatigable journalist and war reporter, who covered conflicts from the russo-japanese to the spanish civil waroxfam bookshop beverley very rare first editionthis one of the first books to be written about the young turkish revolution of and the attempt at a counter revolution in , which brought turkey close to civil war and resulted in the abdication of the last autocratic ruler of the ottoman empire, abdul hamid iipage edges are foxed, stained and bumpedbook condition: scrapes, wear and marking on front, spine and back coverspages themselves are heavily foxed
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop swanage as new box setseven-part docudrama series exploring the history and horrors of world war 2 from an american perspective, recounting the personal experiences of citizens of four american towns
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music bury stedmunds osprey's study of the international brigades of the spanish civil war ()the civil war fought in spain was one of the most bloody and bitterly fought military campaigns of the 20th centuryken bradley details the history, recruitment, composition, organisation, uniforms and equipment of these brigadesthe international brigades were the republican forces elite and as such were stationed at the toughest sectors and often led the most desperate attacksboth the loyalist republican troops and the nationalists under general franco used foreign volunteers to supplement their own forcesin the case of the republicans the comintern organised the international brigades, eventually recruiting over people
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beaconsfield this third volume outlines the history and role of the anarcho-syndicalist labour union in the spanish revolution and civil warminimal shelf wear to the soft cover; otherwise in 'as new' conditionfirst english language edition published
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreg a henty's tale set in the american war of independence sides, controversially for its time, with the loyalists rather than the patriotswith illustrations of maps and battlefields
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see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis work assesses niebuhr's ethical approach to waroxfam bookshop aberystwyth reinhold niebuhr was vociferously opposed to nazism and to isolationism as an american response to that threat, he rejected pacifism and the legalism of the just war traditionim their place, he developed a pragmatic and realist approach to the ethics of force which eschews absolute rules and instead evaluates consequentially the use of force in defence of the liberal-democratic state
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop byres road clark gable and vivien leigh star in this epic romantic drama based on margaret mitchell's novel set during the american civil warshe soon meets her match in the roguish rhett butler (gable) and in the war itself which destroys the genteel way of life she has always knownsouthern belle scarlett o'hara (leigh), the daughter of a georgia plantation owner, often uses men to get what she wants, but is unable to get the one man she truly desires, ashley wilkes (leslie howard)with determination she attempts to rebuild her life from shattered remains following the confederacy's defeat
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop gillingham clark gable and vivien leigh star in this epic romantic drama based on margaret mitchell's novel set during the american civil warshe soon meets her match in the roguish rhett butler (gable) and in the war itself which destroys the genteel way of life she has always knownsouthern belle scarlett o'hara (leigh), the daughter of a georgia plantation owner, often uses men to get what she wants, but is unable to get the one man she truly desires, ashley wilkes (leslie howard)with determination she attempts to rebuild her life from shattered remains following the confederacy's defeat
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kingsthorpe clark gable and vivien leigh star in this epic romantic drama based on margaret mitchell's novel set during the american civil warshe soon meets her match in the roguish rhett butler (gable) and in the war itself which destroys the genteel way of life she has always knownsouthern belle scarlett o'hara (leigh), the daughter of a georgia plantation owner, often uses men to get what she wants, but is unable to get the one man she truly desires, ashley wilkes (leslie howard)with determination she attempts to rebuild her life from shattered remains following the confederacy's defeat
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham nobody at the eyrie is quite like red dora - in her eighties, she's a scots ex-communist, ex-trotskyite who fought in the spanish civil warlittle do the other residents suspect that eirlys was once in prison?hannah comes to the eyrie to escape years of boredom in a dreary middle-class marriage to a man she never lovedeirlys is a madly patriotic welsh woman with a brass dragon on her doorbut beneath her rage lies a more intimate disappointment, a tragic death she has yet to come to terms withshe is the 'mother' of the the eyrie's little clan - always providing tea and sympathyshe rails at a society that seems to have forgotten its political roots and a government that doesn't carereveling in her new found freedom, she finds that life at the eyrie offers surprising new opportunities and an unlikely co-conspirator in red dorawith her fiery brand of radical anticapitalism, she conjures plans of political sabotage and computer hacking
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop aylesbury this highly acclaimed debut feature from victor erice is set in rural spain just after franco's victory in the spanish civil warit offers a memorable story of a child's innocence amid post-war traumas and a haunting commentary on the new fascist rulethe young girl, ana, starts to worry about the fate of the monstergoaded on by her sister, who tells her the monster lives in a house on the edge of the village, she finally summons enough courage to visit the houseshe discovers a fugitive on the run who takes the surrogate place of the monster of her imagining, and she naively tries to protect him from the villagers and policein a remote castillian village in a travelling cinema comes to town and shows the boris karloff film 'frankenstein'
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop mutley plain  "murray bookchin has been a dynamic revolutionary propagandist since the s when, as a teenager, he orated before socialist crowds in new york city and engaged in support work for those fighting franco in the spanish civil warprinted in , first editionthis expansive collection ranges over, amongst others, bookchin's account of his teenage years as a young communist during the great depression, his experiences of the s and reflections on that decade's lessons, his vision of a libertarian communist society, libertarian politics, the future of anarchism, and the unity of theory and practice" book in good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundsome dirt marks to the page edges, otherwise very goodnow, for the first time in book form, this volume presents a series of exciting and engaged interviews with, and essays from, the founder of social ecologyhe goes on to assess the crisis of radicalism today and defends the need for a revolutionary leftfinally, he states what is to be valued in both anarchism and marxism in building such a left and offers guidelines for forming a new revolutionary social movement
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war of the spanish succession - cavalry mint/newduring the war of spanish succession () cavalry comprised about 30% to 40% of most armiesheads and accessories are interchangeable with the wss infantry set for even more options!
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war of the spanish succession - infantry mint/newthis remarkable box set allows you to build a 36-man unit for the war of the spanish succession - the marlburian agefeaturing an incredible number of options, each box set can be used to build literally dozens of armies and troop types from this 18th century conflict or as imagi-nations in your own alternate history!
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road a sprawling epic tracing the fortunes of several generations of an american pioneer family as they move west and cope with the civil warspencer tracy narrates, while henry fonda, gregory peck, james stewart and john wayne top the all-star billthe film's several sections were made by different directors, including henry hathaway and john fordnot to be confused with the s television series
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Praise for harry sidebottom: 'sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' the times 'the best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' andrew taylor, author of the american boy see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham warrior of rome is an epic of empire, heroes, treachery, courage, and most of all, a story of brutal bloody warfarethere the isolated roman citadel of arete awaits inevitable invasionwith a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama, fans of bernard cornwell will love this recreation of the ancient worldthe year is ad 255 - the roman imperium is stretched to breaking point, its authority and might challenged along every bordera man whose name itself means war: a man called ballistaone man is sent to marshal the defences and shore up crumbling wallsthe greatest threat lies in persia to the east, where the massing forces of the sassanid empire loom with fiery menacealone, ballista is called to muster the forces and the courage to stand first and to stand hard against the greatest enemy ever to confront the imperium
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