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Books > History > World history > From 1900
In this book the territory of Pechenga, located well above the
Arctic circle between Russia, Finland and Norway, holds the key to
understanding the geopolitical situation of the Arctic today. With
specific focus on the local nickel industry of the region, Lars
Rowe explores the interaction between commercial and state security
concerns in the Soviet Union. Through the lens of this local
industry a larger historical context is unravelled - the nature of
Soviet-Finnish relations after the Russian Revolution, Soviet
international relations strategies during the Second World War and
the nature of the Stalinist economy in the early post-war years. By
presenting this environmentally focused history of a small corner
of the Arctic, Rowe offers the historical context needed to
understand the current geopolitical climate of the Polar North.
"Hip: The History" is the story of how American pop culture has
evolved throughout the twentieth century to its current position as
world cultural touchstone. How did hip become such an obsession?
From sex and music to fashion and commerce, John Leland tracks the
arc of ideas as they move from subterranean Bohemia to Madison
Avenue and back again. "Hip: The History" examines how hip has
helped shape -- and continues to influence -- America's view of
itself, and provides an incisive account of hip's quest for
authenticity.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of
insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended
reading, and more.
This epic story opens at the hour the Greatest Generation went
to war on December 7, 1941, and follows four U.S. Navy ships and
their crews in the Pacific until their day of reckoning three years
later with a far different enemy: a deadly typhoon. In December
1944, while supporting General MacArthur's invasion of the
Philippines, Admiral William "Bull" Halsey neglected the Law of
Storms, placing the mighty U.S. Third Fleet in harm's way. Drawing
on extensive interviews with nearly every living survivor and
rescuer, as well as many families of lost sailors, transcripts and
other records from naval courts of inquiry, ships' logs, personal
letters, and diaries, Bruce Henderson finds some of the story's
truest heroes exhibiting selflessness, courage, and even
defiance.
Many aspects of Britain's involvement in World War Two only slowly
emerged from beneath the barrage of official secrets and popular
misconception. One of the most controversial issues, the internment
of 'enemy aliens' (and also British subjects) on the Isle of Man,
received its first thorough examination in this remarkable account
by Connery Chappell of life in the Manx camps between 1940 and
1945. At the outbreak of war there were approximately 75,000 people
of Germanic origin living in Britain, and Whitehall decided to set
up Enemy Alien Tribunals to screen these 'potential security
risks'. The entry of Italy into the war almost doubled the
workload. The first tribunal in February 1940 considered only 569
cases as high enough risks to warrant internment. The Isle of Man
was chosen as the one place sufficiently removed from areas of
military importance, but by the end of the year the number of enemy
aliens on the island had reached 14,000. With the use of diaries,
broadsheets, newspapers and personal testimonies, the author shows
how a traditional holiday isle was transformed into an internment
camp. of earning extra income. Eventually the internees took part
in local farm work, ran their own camp newspapers and even set up
internal businesses. With inmates of the calibre of Sir Nikolaus
Pevsner, Lord Weidenfeld, Sir Charles Forte, Professor Geoffrey
Elton and R.W. 'Tiny' Rowland, the life of the camp quickly took on
a busy and constructive air; but the picture was not always such a
happy one, as angry disputes flared between Fascist inmates and
their Jewish neighbours, and a dangerous riot forced the
intervention of the Home Office. Even now, there remains the
persistent question never settled satisfactorily. Were the
internments ever justified or even consistent?
Cambridge is one of the most famous universities in the world and
its library is one of only five copyright libraries in the UK. At
the start of the twentieth century it was a privileged life for
some, but many in Cambridge knew that war was becoming truly
inevitable. What the proverbial 'gown' feared communicated itself
to the surrounding 'town'. Terrible rumours were rife, that the
Germans would burn the university library and raise King's College
chapel to the ground, before firing shells along the tranquil
'Backs' of the River Cam until the weeping willows were just
blackened stumps. Frightened but determined, age-old 'town and
gown' rivalries were put aside as the city united against the
common enemy. This book tells Cambridge's fascinating story in the
grim years of the Great War. Thousands of university students,
graduates and lecturers alike enlisted, along with the patriotic
townsfolk. The First Eastern General Military Hospital was
subsequently established in Trinity College and treated more than
80,000 casualties from the Western Front.Though the university had
been the longtime hub of life and employment in the town, many
people suffered great losses and were parted from loved ones,
decimating traditional breadwinners and livelihoods, from the
rationing of food, drink and fuel, to hundreds of restrictions
imposed by DORA. As a result, feelings ran high and eventually led
to riots beneath the raiding zeppelins and ever-present threat of
death. The poet, Rupert Brooke, a graduate of King's College, died
on his way to the Dardanelles in 1915, but his most famous poem The
Soldier became a preemptive memorial and the epitaph of millions.
If I should die Think only this of me That there's some corner of a
foreign field That is forever England.
The brand-new instalment in Fenella J. Miller's bestselling
Goodwill House series.August 1940 As Autumn approaches, Lady Joanna
Harcourt is preparing for new guests at Goodwill House - land
girls, Sally, Daphne and Charlie. Sally, a feisty blonde from the
East End, has never seen a cow before, but she's desperate to
escape London and her horrible ex, Dennis. And although the hours
are long and the work hard, Sal quickly becomes good friends with
the other girls Daphne and Charlie and enjoys life at Goodwill
House. Until Dennis reappears threatening to drag her back to
London. Sal fears her life as a land girl is over, just as she
finally felt worthy. But Lady Joanna has other ideas and a plan to
keep Sal safe and doing the job she loves. Don't miss the next
heart-breaking instalment in Fenella J. Miller's beautiful Goodwill
House series. Praise for Fenella J. Miller: 'Curl up in a chair
with Fenella J Miller's characters and lose yourself in another
time and another place.' Lizzie Lane 'Engaging characters and
setting which whisks you back to the home front of wartime Britain.
A fabulous series!' Jean Fullerton
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