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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-statewe 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 worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read more"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 prominenceas 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 breathat 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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This is the first english-language account of finland's war children and their experiences, told through the survivors' own wordsoxfam bookshop hampstead to the bomb and back: finnish war children tell their world war ii stories by sue saffle between and , some finnish children were sent to sweden, denmark, and elsewhere, ostensibly to protect them from danger while their nation's soldiers fought superior soviet and german forcesthis was the largest of all of world war ii children's transports, and although acknowledged today as "a great social-historical mistake," it has received surprisingly little attentionsupported by an extensive introduction, a bibliography of secondary sources, and over two dozen photographs, this book testifies to the often-lifelong traumas endured by youthful survivors of warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery good conditionlight shelf wear on covers and spine
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This book discusses the origins, impact and aftermath of the civil war in warwickshire, examining administration, religion and politics in their social contextearly chapters discuss the economic and social character of warwickshire; a middle section examines the onset of the civil war in ; and finally there is a discussion of the economic impact of the war and the administrative, political and religious changes of the s and s, culminating in an assessment of the significance of the restorationlight staining on a few pages boards and spine lightly wornoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , cambridge university presssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is intended as a contribution to a general understanding of the civil war, rather than as a study of one particular countydr hughes takes a critical approach to recent historiography, and challenges the concept of a 'county community'the focus is mainly on the landed élite, but the importance of relationships between members of the élite and their social inferiors is also stresseddustwrapper clean and lightly worn
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This is a 6 volume set of books with photographs from world war 2the full set of six volumes for world war ii: volume , volume , volume , volume , volume , volume the war in pictures published by odhams press inthey are arranged by one volume for each year of the war starting at , telling the story in black and white picturesthese books are hardback with maroon buckram boards and a embossed pattern to frontshipped tracked and insuredare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipage is loose in volume 5all spines are still tightly boundthey are in good conditionvolume 4 has to cut outs (page 16 and 17)there is some foxing to the pages but text and pictures remain clear and brightexpected wear to the exterior such as rounded corners and wear to the spine ends due to the age*buyer please pay within 3 days* read more254 pages to each bookplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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World war 1 british srd rum jar used to transport the army rum ration to soldiers in the front line on the western front and elsewhere 'srd' stands for supply reserve depot, although soldiers translated it as 'seldom reaches destination' amongst other things this one was found on the somme battlefield and has the makers mark of pearsons of chesterfield stamped onto the base see my other ads for many more ww1 items overall a quite pleasant looking object to have and mark the centenary of the end of the great war and as an aid to teaching the young about the war and to contribute to the many school projects that will come in september unfortunately as the jar weighs 4kg i have to charge for delivery, which will be tracked and signed for
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World war 1 british srd rum jar used to transport the army rum ration to soldiers in the front line on the western front and elsewhere 'srd' stands for supply reserve depot, although soldiers translated it as 'seldom reaches destination' amongst other things this one was found on the somme battlefield and has the makers mark of pearsons of chesterfield stamped onto the base if you think the price is to high don't hesitate to make and offer see my other ads for many more ww1 items overall a quite pleasant looking object to have and mark the centenary of the end of the great war and as an aid to teaching the young about the war and to contribute to the many school projects that will come in september unfortunately as the jar weighs 4kg i have to charge for delivery, which will be tracked and signed for
35 €
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World war 1 british srd rum jar used to transport the army rum ration to soldiers in the front line on the western front and elsewhere 'srd' stands for supply reserve depot, although soldiers translated it as 'seldom reaches destination' amongst other things this one was found on the somme battlefield and has the makers mark of doulton lambeth stamped into the base if you think the price is to high don't hesitate to make and offer see my other ads for many more ww1 items overall a quite pleasant looking object to have and mark the centenary of the end of the great war and as an aid to teaching the young about the war and to contribute to the many school projects that will come in september unfortunately as the jar weighs 4kg i have to charge for delivery, which will be tracked and signed for
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This astonishing and topical novel deals with the return of an ex-prisoner to germany as war after the second world waryoung and impressionable, during the war brian waugh had been unable to condemn the whole nation for the treatment of a fewhaunted by the memory of this love he returns only to find disillusion, as he discovers the ruthlessness of the germans in attempt to shift the blame for the war from themselvesgift inscription to front endpaper not price clippedoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , john murray ltd see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis faith in "good germans" was strengthened when he met and fell in love with the german nurse, margotdustwrapper with some tears and marksthere have been many stories of prisoners-of-war
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Instead, the 20th century proved to be overwhelmingly the most violent, frightening and brutalized in history with fanatical, often genocidal warfare engulfing most societies between the outbreak of the first world war and the end of the cold warwhat went wrong? how did we do this to ourselves? the war of the world comes up with compelling, fascinating answersit is niall ferguson's masterpiecesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop crosby the world at the beginning of the 20th century seemed for most of its inhabitants stable and relatively benignglobalizing, booming economies married to technological breakthroughs seemed to promise a better world for most people
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The eve of the war 9:06new - jeff wayne - the war of the worlds - cd cdthe title is jeff wayne's musical version of the war of the worldscd's are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, demonstration demo, not for sale, promotional promo, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versionsthe artilleryman and the fighting machine
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The eve of the war 9:06the title is the war of the worldsthe eve of the war r2h mix 6:19the artilleryman and the fighting machinethe item format is a cdfor this specific sale the cds sleeve condition refers only to the inner paper insert sleeve, and does not refer to the outer digipak, jewel case or cardboard outer casing
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Indeed, the invasion on april 9th saw the first use of airborne troops in the war and was also one of the very few amphibious operations undertaken by the germans during the second world waras in niall's previous books, detailed research has been carried out using official reports, war diaries and veterans' accounts, supported by photographs and colour mapssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop raeburn place condition as newbooks on the events of the early months of are dominated by the desperate fighting undertaken by the british expeditionary force in northern france and belgium following the german invasion of may 10th and it is often overlooked that prior to this another british expeditionary force was involved in fierce fighting in norwayvolume 1 focuses on the prelude to and early phases of the german invasion and allied responsethis includes such actions as the sinking of hms glowworm and hms glorious, the gladiators on the frozen lakes and maurice force, the sacrifice of the territorial battalions at tretten and the independent companies, to name but a fewit is hoped that niall cherry's new two-volume work covering the allied intervention in norway will fill this significant gapthe author provides a detailed account of the german invasion and the allied reaction, including the land, sea and air battles
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12 €
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It was a war won at sea, and by the time of waterloo britain had gained control and possessed the foundations of her empiretaking in gallant duels, bloody battles between huge fleets, amphibious assaults, daring coastal raids, and the subtleties of espionage and naval intelligence, this global conflict truly was the war for all the oceanssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit would not happenoxfam books & music troon as france emerged from revolution, a young general named napoleon bonaparte invaded egypt, hoping next to march overland to indiathe battle of the nile and then at acre were the first sallies in what would be fifteen years of bitter fightingbritain swung her forces into action to battle for control of the world's sea-lanes and thus all international tradebrought vividly to life through the words and stories of the ordinary people caught up in the conflict, this is a sweeping history of the years of naval warfare that set the balance of power in europe for the following century
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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: falseauthors: stone, normanproduct category: bookscondition: good
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Together they must defeat wotan's terrifying war machinesthis release includes restored footage unseen since , a clip from 'blue peter' in the same year with the public unveiling of a war machine and a feature on how the story was put back together from the source materialsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam music shop byres road the doctor and dodo arrive in london in swinging , only to discover a plot to use the computer wotan (housed in the post office tower) to take over the worldwhen dodo is hypnotised along with wotan's controller professor brett, the doctor finds help in the form of polly, brett's secretary, and able seaman ben jackson
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The war in western europe part ii december to may ppconsists of: the war in western europe part i june to december, ppeleven appendices, of which three maps and one diagram + fifteen fold-out mapsmade for the us military during ww ii with later adaptations, additions and improvementscontains a 3d overview of the assault technique used at the normandy landingsseven appendices + sixteen fold-out mapsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikishipping with registrationalso contains an overview of the bomb tonnage and targetsotherwise greata total of 2 bookscondition: the spines have minor loss of paperplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham set in the years to , an ice cream war follows the fortunes of two english brothers who enlist and fight in german east africacontrasting the vibrant chaos of east africa with the quiet gentility of edwardian england, the novel tracks the brothers' very different but equally tragic experiences in the war and the pressures and sorrows of those they leave at homesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The story begins when the newly married couple arrive in romania at the start of world war twothe story then follows their adventures and life throughout the war and their subsequent flights from the countries around the balkans and the eastern mediterranian to escape the nazissee oxfam website for delivery information read moremoderate wear to slipcaseoxfam books & music wells good conditionlong-term collaborators kenneth brannagh and emma thompson star in this epic wartime drama (which cost the bbc an estimated 7 million pounds)no damage to discs
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Oxfam shop keswick all twelve episodes from the american tv mini-series starring robert mitchum and jane seymour and set during the aftermath of the attack on pearl harbour and the beginning of world war iithe henry family cope with the impact of the war in addition to domestic troubles, with father captain victor 'pug' henry (mitchum) trying to placate his unfaithful wife rhoda (polly bergen) who is demanding a divorcethe episodes are: 'december ', 'january - may ', 'may 26 - july ', 'november 2 - december ', 'december - april ', 'april - july ', 'november - may ', 'may - june ', 'june 22 - october ', 'october - march ' and 'april 12 - august 'see oxfam website for delivery information read moremeanwhile, victor's sons warren (michael woods) and byron (hart bochner) are stationed on naval vessels whilst byron's wife natalie (seymour) and their son louis (rhett creighton) try to flee italy
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Oxfam shop didsbury this large volume - transvaal in war and peace provides an early history of the boers and the causes of the warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebinding tight and pages clean internallygilt edging to pages condition: goodincludes detailed descriptions of the main areas of the transvaal and the natural resources mined there for example; the diamond mines of kimberley and the gold mines of johannesburgvirtue and company, limitedspine and corners worn
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The eve of the war 9:06the title is jeff wayne's musical version of the war of the worldsthe artilleryman and the fighting machinecd's are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, demonstration demo, not for sale, promotional promo, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions
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Oxfam bookshop newport a detailed written and photographic history of the first year of world war ii, including a section on how the war began, through to the summer oftext block is slightly shaken, and is lightly but evenly tannedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshelf wear to top and bottom edges of spinepictorial endpapersblue cloth covered boards with blind embossed illustration to front and worn text and decoration to spine, which is fadedvarious scuffs, marks and discolouration
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Title: the war of the worldsformat: hybrid sacd, original recordingformat: hybrid sacd, original recordingartist: jeff waynecondition: goodbinding: audio cd
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56 of the famous military songs from world war i, with melodies & accompaniment, plus another 8 with words onlythe previous owner has written on front endpaper  dimensions 11 x 9 ins3   lane publications collected & edited by soxfam bookshop newport songs that won the war: daily express community songbook no embossed illustration on the front cover, vignette of 2 soldiers singingthe foreword is by edward, prince of wales with his portrait on the opposite page  see oxfam website for delivery information read morelouis giraud good condition, clean, larger format, hardback of red cloth, black lettering & black spine cloth
23 €
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Very interesting and extremely informative about all aspects of the second world warthis is my large collection of the war illustrated, covering volumes 1-4, startingreasonable offer considered
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The war of powers: vtitle: the war of powers: vthe picture may not reflect the books condition or specific editionvardeman, victor milanbinding: paperbackauthors: robert econdition: used; acceptable
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Oxfam bookshop hertford war and peace is a vast epic centred on napoleon's war with russiasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethree of these, the artless and delightful natasha rostov, the world-weary prince andrew bolkonsky and the idealistic pierre bezukhov illustrate tolstoy's philosophy in this novel of unquestioned masterythis translation is one which received tolstoy's approvalwhile it expresses tolstoy's view that history is an inexorable process which man cannot influence, he peoples his great novel with a cast of over five hundred characters
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The war illustratedbritish war magazines collectionthe amalgamated pressfirst released on 22nd august
50 €
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Second world war - collectables the war illustrated vol - 6 edited by sir john hammerton 23 issues - dated from june 26th - april 30th copies in total) good conditiongenuine reason for sale read more
35 €
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Odams press limited the war in pictures bookset x 6 hardback ww2 in good general condition fantastic photo history of world war ii as it happened (some very harrowing scenes) read more
35 €