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Famous Fights of Indian Native Regiments (Hardcover): Reginald Hodder Famous Fights of Indian Native Regiments (Hardcover)
Reginald Hodder
R809 Discovery Miles 8 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort (Hardcover): Edith Wharton Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort (Hardcover)
Edith Wharton
R720 R667 Discovery Miles 6 670 Save R53 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
How Long Is Exile? - BOOK II: Out of the Ruins of Germany (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition): Astrida... How Long Is Exile? - BOOK II: Out of the Ruins of Germany (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Astrida Barbins-Stahnke
R859 Discovery Miles 8 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Weidners in Wartime - Letters of Daily Survival and Heroism Under Nazi Rule (Hardcover): Janet Holmes Carper The Weidners in Wartime - Letters of Daily Survival and Heroism Under Nazi Rule (Hardcover)
Janet Holmes Carper; Foreword by Marie-Claire Rolland
R863 Discovery Miles 8 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Royal Artillery at War With Napoleon During the Peninsular War and at Waterloo, 1808-15 (Hardcover): Francis Duncan The Royal Artillery at War With Napoleon During the Peninsular War and at Waterloo, 1808-15 (Hardcover)
Francis Duncan; Edited by John H Lewis
R908 Discovery Miles 9 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Soldier's Diary (Hardcover): George Scott Atkinson A Soldier's Diary (Hardcover)
George Scott Atkinson
R895 Discovery Miles 8 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Trauma, Religion and Spirituality in Germany during the First World War (Hardcover): Jason Crouthamel Trauma, Religion and Spirituality in Germany during the First World War (Hardcover)
Jason Crouthamel
R3,212 Discovery Miles 32 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores the impact of violence on the religious beliefs of front soldiers and civilians in Germany during the First World War. The central argument is that religion was the main prism through which men and women in the Great War articulated and processed trauma. Inspired by trauma studies, the history of emotions, and the social and cultural history of religion, this book moves away from the history of clerical authorities and institutions at war and instead focuses on the history of religion and war 'from below.' Jason Crouthamel provides a fascinating exploration into the language and belief systems used by ordinary people to explain the inexplicable. From Judeo-Christian traditions to popular beliefs and 'superstitions,' German soldiers and civilians depended on a malleable psychological toolbox that included a hybrid of ideas stitched together using prewar concepts mixed with images or experiences derived from the surreal environment of modern combat. Perhaps most interestingly, studying the front experience exposes not only lived religion, but also how religious beliefs are invented. Front soldiers in particular constructed new, subjective spiritual and religious concepts based on encounters with industrialized weapons, the sacred experience of comradeship, and immersion in mass death, which profoundly altered their sense of self and the supernatural. More than just a coping mechanism, religious language and beliefs enabled victims, and perpetrators, of violence to narrate concepts of psychological renewal and rebirth. In the wake of defeat and revolution, religious concepts shaped by the war experience also became a cornerstone of visions for radical political movements, including the National Socialists, to transform a shattered and embittered German nation. Making use of letters between soldiers and civilians, diaries, memoirs and front newspapers, Trauma, Religion and Spirituality in Germany during the First World War offers a unique glimpse into the belief systems of men and women at a turning point in European history.

Waging Insurgent Warfare - Lessons from the Vietcong to the Islamic State (Hardcover): Seth G Jones Waging Insurgent Warfare - Lessons from the Vietcong to the Islamic State (Hardcover)
Seth G Jones
R886 Discovery Miles 8 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Since the end of World War II, there have been 181 insurgencies around the world. Today, there are over three dozen violent insurgencies, including in such high-profile countries as Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, and Ukraine. These insurgencies have been led by a range of groups, from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria to the Taliban in Afghanistan. In fact, most warfare today occurs in the form of insurgencies. If we are to understand modern warfare, we need to understand insurgencies. While numerous books have been written on the subject of insurgencies, there is no book that brings together all of what we know into one accessible volume that policymakers can understand and use. Waging Insurgent Warfare is that book. Seth G. Jones, who has been deeply involved in the Afghanistan war over the last decade, aims to help policymakers, scholars, and general readers better understand how groups start, wage, and end insurgencies. He weaves together examples from today and from recent history into an analytic synthesis that focuses on several sets of questions. First, what factors contribute to the rise of an insurgency? Second, what are the key components involved in conducting an insurgency? As he explains, insurgent groups need to decide on a strategy, employ a range of tactics, select an organizational structure, secure outside aid from state and non-state actors, and conduct information campaigns. They then have to routinely re-assess these decisions over the course of an insurgency. Third, what factors contribute to the end of insurgencies? Finally, what do the answers to these questions mean for the conduct of counterinsurgency warfare? Waging Insurgent Warfare is not only a practical handbook for understanding insurgent warfare, but it also has implications for waging counterinsurgent warfare. Highly readable, empirically sophisticated, and historically informed, Waging Insurgent Warfare will become a standard work on the topic.

Samuel Beckett and the Second World War - Politics, Propaganda and a 'Universe Become Provisional' (Hardcover):... Samuel Beckett and the Second World War - Politics, Propaganda and a 'Universe Become Provisional' (Hardcover)
William Davies
R3,381 Discovery Miles 33 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the wake of the Second World War, Samuel Beckett wrote some of the most significant literary works of the 20th century. This is the first full-length historical study to examine the far-reaching impact of the war on Beckett's creative and intellectual sensibilities. Drawing on a substantial body of archival material, including letters, manuscripts, diaries and interviews, as well as a wealth of historical sources, this book explores Beckett's writing in a range of political contexts, from the racist dogma of Nazism and aggressive traditionalism of the Vichy regime to Irish neutrality censorship and the politics of recovery in the French Fourth Republic. Along the way, Samuel Beckett and the Second World War casts new light on Beckett's political commitments and his concepts of history as they were formed during Europe's darkest hour.

How Long Is Exile? - BOOK I: The Song and Dance Festival of Free Latvians (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print... How Long Is Exile? - BOOK I: The Song and Dance Festival of Free Latvians (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Astrida Barbins-Stahnke
R817 Discovery Miles 8 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
On Operations with C Squadron SAS - Terrorist Pursuit and Rebel Attacks in Cold War Africa (Paperback): Michael Graham On Operations with C Squadron SAS - Terrorist Pursuit and Rebel Attacks in Cold War Africa (Paperback)
Michael Graham
R295 R266 Discovery Miles 2 660 Save R29 (10%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

This is the third and final 'stand-alone' account of C Squadron SAS's thrilling operations against the relentless spread of communist backed terrorism in East Africa. Drawing on first-hand experiences the author describes operations against communist-backed terrorists in Angola and Mozambique, aiding the Portuguese and Renamo against the MPLA and Frelimo respectively. Back in Southern Rhodesia SAS General Peter Walls, realising the danger that Mugabe and ZANU represented, appealed directly to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. This correspondence, published here for the first time, changed nothing and years of corruption and genocide followed. Although C Squadron was disbanded in 1980 many members joined the South African special forces. Operations undertaken included unsuccessful and costly destabilisation attempts against Mugabe and missions into Mozambique including the assassination of Samora Machel. By 1986 deteriorating relationships with the South African authorities resulted in the break-up of the SAS teams who dispersed worldwide. Had Mike Graham not written his three action-packed books, C Squadron SAS's superb fighting record might never have been revealed. For those who are fascinated by special forces soldiering his accounts are 'must reads'.

Letters from the Southern Home Front - The American South Responds to the Vietnam War (Hardcover): Joseph A. Fry Letters from the Southern Home Front - The American South Responds to the Vietnam War (Hardcover)
Joseph A. Fry
R1,650 Discovery Miles 16 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Joseph A. Fry's Letters from the Southern Home Front explores the diversity of public opinion on the Vietnam War within the American South. Fry examines correspondence sent by hundreds of individuals, of differing ages, genders, racial backgrounds, political views, and economic status, reflecting a broad swath of the southern population. These letters, addressed to high-profile political figures and influential newspapers, took up a myriad of war-related issues. Their messages enhance our understanding of the South and the United States as a whole as we continue to grapple with the significance of this devastating and divisive conflict.

Operation Crusader and the Desert War in British History and Memory - "What is Failure? What is Loyalty?" (Hardcover):... Operation Crusader and the Desert War in British History and Memory - "What is Failure? What is Loyalty?" (Hardcover)
Alexander Joffe
R3,555 Discovery Miles 35 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Shortlisted for the 2021 Society for Army Historical Research's Templer Medal Operation Crusader, launched in November 1941, was the third and final British attempt to relieve the siege of Tobruk and break the German and Italian forces in North Africa. After tough initial fighting, the British made important gains, only to be countered by a stunning breakthrough overseen personally by Lt. General Erwin Rommel. As the British situation teetered, the commander of the 8th Army, Lt. General Alan Cunningham, was relieved of duty by his superior, General Claude Auchinleck. This decision changed the direction of the battle and perhaps the war itself. Why and how Cunningham was relieved has been the subject of commentary and speculation since it occurred. Using newly discovered evidence, Alexander Joffe rethinks the events that brought about the sudden relief of the operation's commanding officer, including insubordination. The book then discusses how narratives regarding the operation were created, were incorporated into British and Commonwealth official and unofficial historical writing about the war, and contributed to British historical memory. Based on a decade of archival work, the book presents a new and detailed analysis of a consequential battle and, importantly, of how its history was written and received in the context of post-war Britain.

National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes (Hardcover): Anonymous National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes (Hardcover)
Anonymous
R865 Discovery Miles 8 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Naval Operations; 4 (Hardcover): Julian Stafford Corbett, Henry John Newbolt Naval Operations; 4 (Hardcover)
Julian Stafford Corbett, Henry John Newbolt
R1,073 Discovery Miles 10 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
England's Guarantee to Belgium and Luxemburg (Hardcover): Charles Percy Sanger England's Guarantee to Belgium and Luxemburg (Hardcover)
Charles Percy Sanger; Created by H T J (Henry Tertius James) Norton
R863 Discovery Miles 8 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Villa Air-Bel - World War II, Escape, and a House in Marseille (Paperback): Rosemary Sullivan Villa Air-Bel - World War II, Escape, and a House in Marseille (Paperback)
Rosemary Sullivan
R454 Discovery Miles 4 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

France, 1940. The once glittering boulevards of Paris teem with spies, collaborators, and the Gestapo now that France has fallen to Hitler's Wermacht. For Andre Breton, Max Ernst, Marc Chagall, Consuelo de Saint-Exupery, and scores of other cultural elite who have been denounced as enemies of the Third Reich the fear of imminent arrest, deportation, and death defines their daily life. Their only salvation is the Villa Air-Bel, a chateau outside Marseille where a group of young people will go to extraordinary lengths to keep them alive.

A powerfully told, meticulously researched true story filled with suspense, drama, and intrigue, "Villa Air-Bel" delves into a fascinating albeit hidden saga in our recent history. It is a remarkable account of how a diverse intelligentsia--intense, brilliant, and utterly terrified--was able to survive one of the darkest chapters of the twentieth century.

112 Gripes about the French (Hardcover, Revised): Bodleian Library 112 Gripes about the French (Hardcover, Revised)
Bodleian Library
R94 Discovery Miles 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

When American troops arrived in Paris to help maintain order at the end of the Second World War they were, at first, received by the local population with a sense of euphoria. However, the French soon began to resent the Americans for their display of wealth and brashness, while the US soldiers found the French and their habits irritating and incomprehensible. To bridge the cultural divide, the American generals came up with an innovative solution. They commissioned a surprisingly candid book which collated the GIs' 'gripes' and reproduced them with answers aimed at promoting understanding of the French and their country. The 'gripes' reveal much about American preconceptions: 'The French drink too much', 'French women are immoral', 'The French drive like lunatics ', 'The French don't bathe', 'The French aren't friendly' are just some of the many complaints. Putting the record straight, the answers cover topics as diverse as night-clubs, fashion, agriculture and sanitation. They also offer an unusual insight into the reality of daily life immediately after the war, evoking the shortage of food and supplies, the acute poverty and the scale of the casualties and destruction suffered by France during six years of conflict. Illustrated with delightfully evocative cartoons and written in a direct, colloquial style, this gem from 1945 is by turns amusing, shocking and thought-provoking in its valiant stand against prejudice and stereotype.

The Law of War and Contract [microform] - Including the Present War Decisions at Home and Abroad (Hardcover): H (Henry) Campbell The Law of War and Contract [microform] - Including the Present War Decisions at Home and Abroad (Hardcover)
H (Henry) Campbell
R1,037 Discovery Miles 10 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Made in the trenches Composed Entirely From Articles & Sketches Contributed By Soldiers (Hardcover): Frederick Treves Made in the trenches Composed Entirely From Articles & Sketches Contributed By Soldiers (Hardcover)
Frederick Treves; George Goodchild
R1,027 Discovery Miles 10 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Ruhleben Prison Camp - a Record of Nineteen Months' Internment (Hardcover): Israel 1879 Cohen The Ruhleben Prison Camp - a Record of Nineteen Months' Internment (Hardcover)
Israel 1879 Cohen
R940 Discovery Miles 9 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
German Invasion Plans for the British Isles, 1940 (Hardcover): Bodleian Library the German Invasion Plans for the British Isles, 1940 (Hardcover)
Bodleian Library the
R203 Discovery Miles 2 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"I have decided to prepare for, and if necessary to carry out, an invasion against England."--Adolph Hitler, July 16, 1940
Operation Sealion was the codename for the Nazi invasion of Britain that Hitler ordered his generals to plan after France fell in June 1940. Although the plan ultimately never came to fruition, a few sets of the Germans' detailed strategy documents are housed in the rare book rooms of libraries across Europe. But now the Bodleian Library has made documents from their set available for all to peruse in this unprecedented collection of the invasion planning materials.
The planned operation would have involved landing 160,000 German soldiers along a forty-mile stretch of coast in southeast England. Packets of reconnaissance materials were put together for the invading forces, and the most intriguing parts are now reproduced here. Each soldier was to be given maps and geographical descriptions of the British Isles that broke down the country by regions, aerial photographs pinpointing strategic targets, an extensive listing of British roads and rivers, strategic plans for launching attacks on each region, an English dictionary and phrase book, and even a brief description of Britain's social composition.
Augmenting the fascinating documents is an informative introduction that sets the materials in their historical and political context. A must-have for every military history buff, "German Invasion Plans for the British Isles, 1940" is a remarkable revelation of the inner workings of Hitler's most famous unrealized military campaign.

Kristallnacht - Prelude to Destruction (Paperback): Martin Gilbert Kristallnacht - Prelude to Destruction (Paperback)
Martin Gilbert
R450 R422 Discovery Miles 4 220 Save R28 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the early hours of November 10, 1938, Nazi storm troopers and Hitler Youth rampaged through Jewish neighborhoods across Germany, leaving behind them a horrifying trail of terror and destruction. More than a thousand synagogues and many thousands of Jewish shops were destroyed, while thirty thousand Jews were rounded up and sent to concentration camps. Kristallnacht--the Night of Broken Glass--was a decisive stage in the systematic eradication of a people who traced their origins in Germany to Roman times and was a sinister forewarning of the Holocaust.

With rare insight and acumen, Martin Gilbert examines this night and day of terror, presenting readers with a meticulously researched, masterfully written, and eye-opening study of one of the darkest chapters in human history.

Material Cultures of Childhood in Second World War Britain (Hardcover): Gabriel Moshenska Material Cultures of Childhood in Second World War Britain (Hardcover)
Gabriel Moshenska
R1,129 Discovery Miles 11 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
George Thomas Downing; Sketch of His Life and Times (Hardcover): Sam Washington George Thomas Downing; Sketch of His Life and Times (Hardcover)
Sam Washington
R715 Discovery Miles 7 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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