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The Truth About the Treaty. Foreword by Edward M. House. Introd. by Georges Clemenceau (Hardcover): Andre 1876-1945 Tardieu The Truth About the Treaty. Foreword by Edward M. House. Introd. by Georges Clemenceau (Hardcover)
Andre 1876-1945 Tardieu
R1,108 Discovery Miles 11 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Goeben & the Breslau - the Imperial German Navy in the Mediterranean, 1914-The Flight of the Goeben and Breslau... The Goeben & the Breslau - the Imperial German Navy in the Mediterranean, 1914-The Flight of the Goeben and Breslau (Hardcover)
A Berkeley Milne
R808 Discovery Miles 8 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Paperback, Reissue): Tom Wolfe The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Paperback, Reissue)
Tom Wolfe
R336 R305 Discovery Miles 3 050 Save R31 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

I looked around and people's faces were distorted...lights were flashing everywhere...the screen at the end of the room had three or four different films on it at once, and the strobe light was flashing faster than it had been...the band was playing but I couldn't hear the music...people were dancing...someone came up to me and I shut my eyes and with a machine he projected images on the back of my eye-lids...I sought out a person I trusted and he laughed and told me that the Kool-Aid had been spiked and that I was beginning my first LSD experience...

Bridging East and West - Ol'ha Kobylians'ka, Ukraine's Pioneering Modernist (Hardcover): Yuliya Ladygina Bridging East and West - Ol'ha Kobylians'ka, Ukraine's Pioneering Modernist (Hardcover)
Yuliya Ladygina
R2,422 Discovery Miles 24 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Bridging East and West explores the literary evolution of Ol'ha Kobylians'ka, one of Ukraine's foremost modernist writers. Investigating themes of feminism, populism, Nietzscheanism, nationalism, and fascism in her works, this study presents an alternative intellectual genealogy in turn-of-the-century European arts and letters whose implications reach far beyond the field of Ukrainian studies. For feminist scholars, Bridging East and West makes accessible a thorough account of a central, yet overlooked, woman writer who served as a model and a contributor within a major cultural tradition. For those working in Victorian studies or comparative fascism and for those interested in Nietzsche and his influence on European intellectuals, Kobylians'ka emerges in this study as an unlikely, but no less active, trailblazer in the social and aesthetic theories that would define European debates about culture, science, and politics in the first half of the twentieth century. For those interested in questions of transnationalism and intersectionality, this study's discussion of Kobylians'ka's hybrid cultural identity and philosophical program exemplifies cultural interchange and irreducible complexities of cultural identity.

NAACP in Washington, D.C. - From Jim Crow to Home Rule (Hardcover): Derek Gray NAACP in Washington, D.C. - From Jim Crow to Home Rule (Hardcover)
Derek Gray; Foreword by Foreword George Derek Musgrove
R728 Discovery Miles 7 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Dear Raymond - The Story of Sir Oliver Lodge, Life After Death, and Spirituality During the Great War (Hardcover): Sophie... Dear Raymond - The Story of Sir Oliver Lodge, Life After Death, and Spirituality During the Great War (Hardcover)
Sophie Jackson
R569 R510 Discovery Miles 5 100 Save R59 (10%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Raymond Lodge's death from shell shrapnel in 1915 was unremarkable in a war where many young men would die, but his father's response to his untimely death was. Sir Oliver Lodge, physicist, scientist, part inventor of the wireless telegraph and the spark plug, could not let go of Raymond and went on a controversial and bizarre journey into the realm of life after death. Following Sir Oliver's journey, Dear Raymond, explores the untapped topic of spirituality pre- and post-war, the influence that a national tragedy can have on a nation's belief system and the long lasting effects from this time that we still feel today. Alongside Lodge were some of the great names of the day, as a member of the Ghost Club and the Fabian Society he was in contact with famous men such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who went on his own mission into the afterlife after losing a son. Lodge's exploration and the controversy it exploded opens our eyes to how modern religion has been shaped and changed by the conflicts of the Twentieth Century.

The War in Africa, 1914-1917, and in the Far East, 1914 (Hardcover): H C (Herbert Charles) 187 O'Neill The War in Africa, 1914-1917, and in the Far East, 1914 (Hardcover)
H C (Herbert Charles) 187 O'Neill
R861 Discovery Miles 8 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Charlottesville 2017 - The Legacy of Race and Inequity (Hardcover): Claudrena N. Harold, Louis P Nelson Charlottesville 2017 - The Legacy of Race and Inequity (Hardcover)
Claudrena N. Harold, Louis P Nelson
R1,250 Discovery Miles 12 500 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

When hate groups descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, triggering an eruption of racist violence, the tragic conflict reverberated throughout the world. It also had a profound effect on the University of Virginia's expansive community, many of whose members are involved in teaching issues of racism, public art, free speech, and social ethics. In the wake of this momentous incident, scholars, educators, and researchers have come together in this important new volume to thoughtfully reflect on the historic events of August 11 and 12, 2017. How should we respond to the moral and ethical challenges of our times? What are our individual and collective responsibilities in advancing the principles of democracy and justice? Charlottesville 2017: The Legacy of Race and Inequity brings together the work of these UVA faculty members catalyzed by last summer's events to examine their community's history more deeply and more broadly. Their essays-ranging from John Mason on the local legacy of the Lost Cause to Leslie Kendrick on free speech to Rachel Wahl on the paradoxes of activism-examine truth telling, engaged listening, and ethical responses, and aim to inspire individual reflection, as well as to provoke considered and responsible dialogue. This prescient new collection is a conversation that understands and owns America's past and-crucially-shows that our past is very much part of our present. Contributors: Asher D. Biemann; Gregory B. Fairchild; Risa Goluboff; Bonnie Gordon; Claudrena N. Harold; Willis Jenkins; Leslie Kendrick; John Edwin Mason; Guian McKee; Louis P. Nelson; P. Preston Reynolds; Frederick Schauer; Elizabeth R. Varon; Rachel Wahl; Lisa Woolfork.

A Short History of the Spanish Civil War - Revised Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Julian Casanova A Short History of the Spanish Civil War - Revised Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Julian Casanova
R2,001 Discovery Miles 20 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this revised edition of A Short History of the Spanish Civil War, Julian Casanova tells the gripping story of the Spanish Civil War. Written in elegant and accessible prose, the book charts the most significant events and battles alongside the main players in the tragedy. Casanova provides answers to some of the pressing questions (such as the roots and extent of anticlerical violence) that have been asked in the 70 years that have passed since the painful defeat of the Second Republic. Now with a revised introduction, Casanova offers an overview of recent historiographical shifts; not least the wielding of the conflict to political ends in certain strands of contemporary historiography towards an alarming neo- Francoist revisionism. It is the ideal introduction to the Spanish Civil War.

Egyptian Revolutions - Conflict, Repetition and Identification (Paperback): Amal Treacher Kabesh Egyptian Revolutions - Conflict, Repetition and Identification (Paperback)
Amal Treacher Kabesh
R1,039 Discovery Miles 10 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The socio-political context of Egypt is full of the affectual burdens of history. The revolutions of both 1952 and 2011 proclaimed that the oppressive, colonial past had been overthrown decisively. So why has the oppression perpetrated by previous regimes been repeated? What impact has this had on the lives of 'ordinary' citizens? Egyptian Revolutions looks at the impact of the current events in Egypt on citizens in relation to matters of belonging, identification and repetition. It contests the tendency within postcolonial theory to understand these events as resistance to Western imperialism and the positioning of activists as agents of sustainable change. Instead, it pays close attention to the continuities from the past and the contradictions at work in relation to identification, repetition and conflict. Combining postcolonial theory with a psychosocial studies framework it explores the complexities of inhabiting a society in a state of conflict and offers a careful analysis of current theories of gender, religion and secularism, agency, resistance and compliance, in a society riven with divisions and conflicts.

The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon (Hardcover): Siegfried Sassoon The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon (Hardcover)
Siegfried Sassoon
R796 Discovery Miles 7 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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.

On the Social History of Persecution (Hardcover): Christian Gerlach On the Social History of Persecution (Hardcover)
Christian Gerlach
R1,729 Discovery Miles 17 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This multi-disciplinary volume is one of the few collections about social change covering various cases of mass violence and genocide. In life under persecution, social relations and social structures were not absent and not simply replaced by an ethno-racial order. The studies in this book show the influence of social structures like gender, age and class on life under persecution. Exploring practices in family and labor relations and of collective action, they counter claims of an atomization of society or total uprootedness of victims. Despite being exposed to poverty and want and under the permanent threat of political violence, persecuted people tried to develop their own agency. Case studies are about the Jewish and Armenian persecutions, Rwanda, the war of decolonization in Mozambique and civilian refuges in Belarus during World War II. The authors are a mix of experienced scholars and young researchers.

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
Selling Sea Power - Public Relations and the U.S. Navy, 1917-1941 (Hardcover): Ryan D Wadle Selling Sea Power - Public Relations and the U.S. Navy, 1917-1941 (Hardcover)
Ryan D Wadle
R1,162 Discovery Miles 11 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The accepted narrative of the interwar U.S. Navy is one of transformation from a battle-centric force into a force that could fight on the ""three planes"" of war: in the skies, on the water, and under the waves. The political and cultural tumult that accompanied this transformation is another story. Ryan D. Wadle's Selling Sea Power explores this little-known but critically important aspect of naval history. After World War I, the U.S. Navy faced numerous challenges: a call for naval arms limitation, the ascendancy of air power, and budgetary constraints exacerbated by the Great Depression. Selling Sea Power tells the story of how the navy met these challenges by engaging in protracted public relations campaigns at a time when the means and methods of reaching the American public were undergoing dramatic shifts. While printed media continued to thrive, the rapidly growing film and radio industries presented new means by which the navy could connect with politicians and the public. Deftly capturing the institutional nuances and the personalities in play, Wadle tracks the U.S. Navy's at first awkward but ultimately successful manipulation of mass media. At the same time, he analyzes what the public could actually see of the service in the variety of media available to them, including visual examples from progressively more sophisticated - and effective - public relations campaigns. Integrating military policy and strategy with the history of American culture and politics, Selling Sea Power offers a unique look at the complex links between the evolution of the art and industry of persuasion and the growth of the modern U.S. Navy, as well as the connections between the workings of communications and public relations and the command of military and political power.

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
Those Elusive True Values - Journey to the Center of the Armstrong World (Hardcover): Henry Sturcke Those Elusive True Values - Journey to the Center of the Armstrong World (Hardcover)
Henry Sturcke
R783 R689 Discovery Miles 6 890 Save R94 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
International Cooperation in the Early Twentieth Century (Hardcover): Daniel Gorman International Cooperation in the Early Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
Daniel Gorman
R4,250 Discovery Miles 42 500 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The early 20th-century world experienced a growth in international cooperation. Yet the dominant historical view of the period has long been one of national, military, and social divisions rather than connections. International Cooperation in the Early Twentieth Century revises this historical consensus by providing a more focused and detailed analysis of the many ways in which people interacted with each other across borders in the early decades of the 20th century. It devotes particular attention to private and non-governmental actors. Daniel Gorman focuses on international cooperation, international social movements, various forms of cultural internationalism, imperial and anti-imperial internationalism, and the growth of cosmopolitan ideas. The book incorporates a non-Western focus alongside the transatlantic core of early 20th-century internationalism. It interweaves analyses of international anti-colonial networks, ideas emanating from non-Western sites of influence such as Japan, China and Turkey, the emergence of networks of international indigenous peoples in resistance to a state-centric international system, and diaspora and transnational ethno-cultural-religious identity networks.

The Afterlife of John Fitzgerald Kennedy - A Biography (Hardcover): Michael J. Hogan The Afterlife of John Fitzgerald Kennedy - A Biography (Hardcover)
Michael J. Hogan
R2,549 Discovery Miles 25 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In his new book, Michael J. Hogan, a leading historian of the American presidency, offers a new perspective on John Fitzgerald Kennedy, as seen not from his life and times but from his afterlife in American memory. The Afterlife of John Fitzgerald Kennedy considers how Kennedy constructed a popular image of himself, in effect, a brand, as he played the part of president on the White House stage. The cultural trauma brought on by his assassination further burnished that image and began the process of transporting Kennedy from history to memory. Hogan shows how Jacqueline Kennedy, as the chief guardian of her husband's memory, devoted herself to embedding the image of the slain president in the collective memory of the nation, evident in the many physical and literary monuments dedicated to his memory. Regardless of critics, most Americans continue to see Kennedy as his wife wanted him remembered: the charming war hero, the loving husband and father, and the peacemaker and progressive leader who inspired confidence and hope in the American people.

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
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