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Not So Wild a Dream (Paperback): Eric Sevareid Not So Wild a Dream (Paperback)
Eric Sevareid
R944 R850 Discovery Miles 8 500 Save R94 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Again available in paperback is Eric Sevareid's widely acclaimed Not So Wild a Dream. In this brilliant first-person account of a young journalist's experience during World War II, Sevareid records both the events of the war and the development of journalistic strategies for covering international affairs. He also recalls vividly his own youth in North Dakota, his decision to study journalism, and his early involvement in radio reporting during the beginnings of World War II.

Heath Robinson's Home Front - How to Make Do and Mend in Style (Hardcover, 2nd edition): W.Heath Robinson, Cecil Hunt Heath Robinson's Home Front - How to Make Do and Mend in Style (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
W.Heath Robinson, Cecil Hunt
R306 R287 Discovery Miles 2 870 Save R19 (6%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

How does one play bridge in a gas mask? Or enjoy motoring without consuming petrol? Or deal with a nationwide shortage of pea-sticks? For this compact little book Heath Robinson joined forces with writer Cecil Hunt to show civilians 'how to make the best of things' during the air raids, rationing, allotment tending and blackouts of the Second World War. The result is a warm celebration of the British population's ability to 'make do and mend'.

Told in the Huts; the Y.M.C.A. Gift Book, Contributed by Soldiers & War Workers. With Introd. by Arthur K. Yapp. Illustrated by... Told in the Huts; the Y.M.C.A. Gift Book, Contributed by Soldiers & War Workers. With Introd. by Arthur K. Yapp. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo, Published for the Benefit of the Y.M.C.A. Active Service Campaign Amongst Our Soldiers, Sailors & Munition... (Hardcover)
Anonymous
R928 Discovery Miles 9 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Karjala Story - Revolution, War, Wonder (Hardcover): Karl Tuira The Karjala Story - Revolution, War, Wonder (Hardcover)
Karl Tuira
R1,938 Discovery Miles 19 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Dunkirk Operation Dynamo - 26th May - 4th June 1940 An Epic of Gallantry (Hardcover): M.J. Pearce Dunkirk Operation Dynamo - 26th May - 4th June 1940 An Epic of Gallantry (Hardcover)
M.J. Pearce; Foreword by Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent
R1,105 Discovery Miles 11 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The successful evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Belgium and northern France through the port of Dunkirk and across adjacent beaches is rightly regarded as one of the most significant episodes in the nation's long history, although Winston Churchill sagely cautioned in Parliament on 4th June that the country "must be careful not to assign to this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations". Nevertheless, the Dunkirk evacuation, Operation "Dynamo", was a victory and, like many others before it, it was a victory of sea power. The Royal Navy achieved what it set out to do, despite grievous losses, in the teeth of determined opposition. It denied an aggressive and ruthless continental power a potentially war-winning total victory that could have changed the direction of civilization for generations to come. The loss of the main British field army would have enfeebled the nation militarily and psychologically, prompting political upheaval, potentially resulting in a negotiated peace with Nazi Germany on unfavourable terms dictated by Adolf Hitler. The undeniable success of the evacuation was certainly a crucial naval and military achievement but its positive effect on the nation's morale was just as important, instilling confidence in the eventual outcome of the war, whatever the immediate future might hold, and creating optimism in the face of adversity that added "the Dunkirk spirit" to the English language. This edition of Dunkirk, Operation "Dynamo" 26th May - 4th June 1940, An Epic of Gallantry, publishes the now declassified Battle Summary No 41, a document once classified as 'Restricted' and produced in small numbers only for official government purposes. This Summary, The Evacuation from Dunkirk, lodged in the archive at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, is one of the very few surviving copies in existence and records events in minute detail, being written soon after the evacuation using the words of the naval officers involved. This makes it a unique record and a primary source for the history of Operation "Dynamo" from mid-May 1940 until its conclusion on 4th June. The original document has been supplemented in this title by a Foreword written by Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent, formerly the Royal Navy's Commander-in-Chief, Fleet, whose father commanded one of the destroyers sunk off Dunkirk when rescuing troops. In addition, there is a modern historical introduction and commentary, putting the evacuation into context and this edition is enhanced by the inclusion of a large number of previously unpublished photographs of the beaches, town, and harbour of Dunkirk taken immediately after the conclusion of the operation, together with others illustrating many of the ships that took part. Britannia Naval Histories of World War II - an important source in understanding the critical naval actions of the period.

One Young Man - the Simple and True Story of a Clerk Who Enlisted in 1914, Who Fought on the Western Front for Nearly Two... One Young Man - the Simple and True Story of a Clerk Who Enlisted in 1914, Who Fought on the Western Front for Nearly Two Years, Was Severely Wounded at the Battle of the Somme, and is Now on His Way Back to His Desk (Hardcover)
John Ernest Hodder Williams
R830 Discovery Miles 8 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Great Contest - Britain, Wellington & the War with Napoleonic France, 1800-1815 (Hardcover): Charles Oman The Great Contest - Britain, Wellington & the War with Napoleonic France, 1800-1815 (Hardcover)
Charles Oman; Edited by John H Lewis
R872 Discovery Miles 8 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Wellington's Campaigns - Volume 2-The Waterloo Campaign, 1815, the Tactics, Terrain, Commanders & Armies Assessed... Wellington's Campaigns - Volume 2-The Waterloo Campaign, 1815, the Tactics, Terrain, Commanders & Armies Assessed (Hardcover)
C.W. Robinson
R870 Discovery Miles 8 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Operation Barbarossa - the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation, Volume IIA (Hardcover,... Operation Barbarossa - the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation, Volume IIA (Hardcover, Color and Hardback ed.)
Nigel Askey
R3,169 Discovery Miles 31 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Tiger Strikes (Hardcover): Anon The Tiger Strikes (Hardcover)
Anon
R1,048 Discovery Miles 10 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Ninth Queen's Royal Lancers 1936-1945 - The Story of an Armoured Regiment in Battle (Hardcover): Joan Bright The Ninth Queen's Royal Lancers 1936-1945 - The Story of an Armoured Regiment in Battle (Hardcover)
Joan Bright
R1,365 Discovery Miles 13 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Our Uncle Jimmy a Working Man's Hero (Hardcover): Rene Walmsley Our Uncle Jimmy a Working Man's Hero (Hardcover)
Rene Walmsley
R928 Discovery Miles 9 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
War Rastions of Pennsylvania (Hardcover): George Nox 1856-1934 McCain War Rastions of Pennsylvania (Hardcover)
George Nox 1856-1934 McCain
R863 Discovery Miles 8 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Black Cross Red Star -- Air War Over the Eastern Front, Volume 1: Barbarossa (Hardcover): Christer Bergstrom Black Cross Red Star -- Air War Over the Eastern Front, Volume 1: Barbarossa (Hardcover)
Christer Bergstrom
R1,606 Discovery Miles 16 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Who's Who in the British War Mission in the United States of America, 1918 - High Commissioner: the Earl of Reading... Who's Who in the British War Mission in the United States of America, 1918 - High Commissioner: the Earl of Reading (Hardcover)
Anonymous
R861 Discovery Miles 8 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume 8 - Inventive And Industrial Triumphs Of The War (Hardcover): Albert... Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume 8 - Inventive And Industrial Triumphs Of The War (Hardcover)
Albert Bushnell 1854-1943 Hart
R1,040 Discovery Miles 10 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Gonneville of the Cuirassiers - the Personal Recollections of a French Cavalryman of the First Empire (Hardcover): Countess De... Gonneville of the Cuirassiers - the Personal Recollections of a French Cavalryman of the First Empire (Hardcover)
Countess De Mirabeau
R877 Discovery Miles 8 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Principal Events, 1914-1918 (Hardcover): Great Britain Committee of Imperial D Principal Events, 1914-1918 (Hardcover)
Great Britain Committee of Imperial D; Henry Terence Skinner; Created by Harry Fitz Maurice Stacke
R1,041 Discovery Miles 10 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Australian Victories in France in 1918 - the Battles of the Australian Army on the Western Front During the Final Year of... The Australian Victories in France in 1918 - the Battles of the Australian Army on the Western Front During the Final Year of the First World War (Hardcover)
John Monash
R912 Discovery Miles 9 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Operation Barbarossa - the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation, Volume I (Hardcover):... Operation Barbarossa - the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation, Volume I (Hardcover)
Nigel Askey
R1,132 Discovery Miles 11 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons - Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben (Hardcover): Henry Charles Mahoney Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons - Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben (Hardcover)
Henry Charles Mahoney; Created by Frederick Arthur Ambrose 1880 Talbot
R972 Discovery Miles 9 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Queen's Gift Book - in Aid of Queen Mary's Convalescent Auxiliary Hospitals for Soldiers and Sailors Who Have... The Queen's Gift Book - in Aid of Queen Mary's Convalescent Auxiliary Hospitals for Soldiers and Sailors Who Have Lost Their Limbs in the War (Hardcover)
Arthur Conan Doyle
R865 Discovery Miles 8 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Liberty VS Tyranny (Hardcover, 2nd ed.): Col Andrew P O'meara Liberty VS Tyranny (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
Col Andrew P O'meara; Contributions by Tonya Moore
R957 Discovery Miles 9 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Screening Bosnia - Geopolitics, Gender and Nationalism in Film and Television Images of the 1992-95 War (Hardcover): Stephen... Screening Bosnia - Geopolitics, Gender and Nationalism in Film and Television Images of the 1992-95 War (Hardcover)
Stephen Harper
R4,230 Discovery Miles 42 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Bosnian war of 1992-1995 was one of the most brutal conflicts to have erupted since the end of the Second World War. But although the war occurred in 'Europe's backyard' and received significant media coverage in the West, relatively little scholarly attention has been devoted to cultural representations of the conflict. Stephen Harper analyses how the war has been depicted in global cinema and television over the past quarter of a century. Focusing on the representation of some of the war's major themes, including humanitarian intervention, the roles of NATO and the UN, genocide, rape and ethnic cleansing, Harper explores the role of popular media culture in reflecting, reinforcing -- and sometimes contesting -- nationalist ideologies.

The Story of One Marine - The World War I Letters of Pvt. Thomas L. Stewart (Hardcover): James Gregory The Story of One Marine - The World War I Letters of Pvt. Thomas L. Stewart (Hardcover)
James Gregory
R736 R689 Discovery Miles 6 890 Save R47 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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