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The book covers the cold war, the korean war and the vietnam war, also publishing a selection of biographies of us airmen still missing in vietnamthere are alos reports on the gulf war including dramatic accounts from airmen flying f15s, f16s, f111s and stelath fightersit 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 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 worldthe author lifts the veil on reconnaissance work over the soviet bloc, such as covert operations by u2 aircraft, the so-called black lady of espionagesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham this is a tribute to american air powerthe 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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He ultimate vietnam war a to z travel guide pdf, with free gift this fully interactive pdf book is an essential park of anyone travelling and visiting korean war museums, battle sites and morecontrary to the name, this guide covers four countries, vietnam, usa, australia & canada what this means is that if you have always wanted to visit one or all of these places but have never had the opportunity to do so because you don’t know where to go if you do or because you think it’s going to be a total waste of timea fully interactive map showing the location of each sitecom/uk/listing//the-ultimate-vietnam-war-a-to-z-travel?ref=listings_manager_gridthat ends today! features this travel guide is jam-packed with: travel tips for all countries battle sites, memorials, museums and cemeteriesa picture of the site to give you a feel of the site landscapeand much more… you can also: make a list of sites you visited at the end of the book mark sites as visited make notes on each site search by country printable pages i am also including free gift with this product!!! fully interactive pdf travel planner use this link to purchase and instantly download copy & past: https://wwwwhich can be used in google map for directions site opening times, admission charge (if applicable) and website links for further information
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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 destructionat 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 vietnamnow 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 leadersin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominence
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S vietnam war grenade carrier in good conditionsaigon bring back
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Oxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam warwritten by general van tien dung, chief of staff in the vietnam people's army and the officer in charge of the offensive, the narrative offers valuable insight into the vietnamese side of these historic eventssee oxfam website for delivery information read moretranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don lucein good condition, there are a number of small tears to the edge of the dust jacket, and some discolouration to the edges of the pages
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Narrated 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 waroxfam bookshop cheltenham the quiet american is a novel by english author graham greenesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop brigg although this book covers a period during the vietnam war it is about the people and the placesee oxfam website for delivery information read moredespite slight wear to the dustjacket this book is in vgc
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Pacific stars and stripes newspaper front pages of the vietnam warthe buyer is to collect
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As the vietnam war created a critical flashpoint, bringing the idea of american imperialism into the us mainstream, radical students of the new left turned toward marxist critiques, admiring revolutionaries like che guevaraoxfam bookshop knutsford the idea that the united states-a nation founded after a war of independence-operates as an imperialist power on the world stage has gained considerable traction since the turn of the twenty-first centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moremorgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empireó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james gbut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americanit is this more sophisticated strand of thinking, morgan argues, which demonstrated that empire can be an effective analytical framework for studying us foreign policy, thus convincing american scholars to engage with the subject seriously for the first timesimultaneously, a small school of revisionist scholars, led by historian william appleman williams at the university of wisconsin, put forward a progressive, nuanced critique of american empire grounded in psychology, economics, and broader historical context
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In the aftermath of the civil rights movement and the vietnam war, rawls's a theory of justice made a particular kind of liberalism essential to political philosophyfine unclipped dust-wrapperrecasting the history of late twentieth-century political thought and providing novel interpretations and fresh perspectives on major political philosophers, in the shadow of justice offers a rigorous look at liberalism's ambitions and limits"-michael eric dyson, new york times a history of how political philosophy was recast by the rise of postwar liberalism and irrevocably changed by john rawls's a theory of justicein the shadow of justice tells the story of how liberal political philosophy was transformed in the second half of the twentieth century under the influence of john rawlssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein these years, political philosophers extended, developed, and reshaped this liberalism as they responded to challenges and alternatives on the left and right-from the new international economic order to the rise of the new rightusing archival sources, forrester explores the ascent and legacy of this form of liberalism by examining its origins in midcentury debates among american antistatists and british egalitariansshe traces the roots of contemporary theories of justice and inequality, civil disobedience, just war, global and intergenerational justice, and population ethics in the s and '70s and beyondoxfam bookshop cotham hill black boards with gold-embossed spine which is unbrokenpages are clean and tight with no tears, bumps, or nicksin this first-ever history of contemporary liberal theory, katrina forrester shows how liberal egalitarianism-a set of ideas about justice, equality, obligation, and the state-became dominant, and traces its emergence from the political and ideological context of the postwar united states and britain "a forceful, encyclopedic studythese thinkers remade political philosophy in ways that influenced not only their own trajectory but also that of their critics
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Full and concise first edition print of the nam experiencea must for anyone with an interest in military historyall in perfect condition and makes for a compulsive read
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Tango 1-1: 9th infantry division lrps in the vietnam delta, hardcover by thayer, jim, isbn x, isbn-13 , brand new, free p&p in the uk lrps were all volunteersthey were in the spine-tingling, brain-twisting, nerve-wracking business of long range patrollingthey varied in age from 18 to 30
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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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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
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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 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
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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 & 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
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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
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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
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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: falsecondition: goodauthors: stone, normanproduct category: books
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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
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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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