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A Continent Erupts - Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955 (Paperback): Ronald H. Spector A Continent Erupts - Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955 (Paperback)
Ronald H. Spector
R574 Discovery Miles 5 740 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The end of the Second World War led to the United States’ emergence as a global superpower. For war-ravaged Western Europe it marked the beginning of decades of unprecedented cooperation and prosperity that one historian has labeled “the long peace.” Yet half a world away, in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Korea and Malaya—the fighting never really stopped, as these regions sought to completely sever the yoke of imperialism and colonialism with all-too-violent consequences. East and Southeast Asia quickly became the most turbulent regions of the globe. Within weeks of the famous surrender ceremony aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, civil war, communal clashes and insurgency engulfed the continent, from Southeast Asia to the Soviet border. By early 1947, full-scale wars were raging in China, Indonesia and Vietnam, with growing guerrilla conflicts in Korea and Malaya. Within a decade after the Japanese surrender, almost all of the countries of South, East and Southeast Asia that had formerly been conquests of the Japanese or colonies of the European powers experienced wars and upheavals that resulted in the deaths of at least 2.5 million combatants and millions of civilians. With A Continent Erupts, acclaimed military historian Ronald H. Spector draws on letters, diaries and international archives to provide, for the first time, a comprehensive military history and analysis of these little-known but decisive events. Far from being simply offshoots of the Cold War, as they have often been portrayed, these shockingly violent conflicts forever changed the shape of Asia, and the world as we know it today.

A Continent Erupts - Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955 (Hardcover): Ronald H. Spector A Continent Erupts - Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955 (Hardcover)
Ronald H. Spector
R1,022 Discovery Miles 10 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The end of the Second World War led to the United States' emergence as a global superpower. For war-ravaged Western Europe it marked the beginning of decades of unprecedented cooperation and prosperity that one historian has labeled "the long peace". Yet half a world away, in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Korea and Malaya-the fighting never really stopped, as these regions sought to completely sever the yoke of imperialism and colonialism with all-too-violent consequences. East and Southeast Asia quickly became the most turbulent regions of the globe. Within weeks of the famous surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri, civil war, communal clashes and insurgency engulfed the continent, from Southeast Asia to the Soviet border. By early 1947, full-scale wars were raging in China, Indonesia and Vietnam, with growing guerrilla conflicts in Korea and Malaya. Within a decade after the Japanese surrender, almost all of the countries of South, East and Southeast Asia that had formerly been conquests of the Japanese or colonies of the European powers experienced wars and upheavals that resulted in the deaths of at least 2.5 million combatants and millions of civilians. With A Continent Erupts, acclaimed military historian Ronald H. Spector draws on letters, diaries and international archives to provide, for the first time, a comprehensive military history and analysis of these little-known but decisive events. Far from being simply offshoots of the Cold War, as they have often been portrayed, these shockingly violent conflicts forever changed the shape of Asia, and the world as we know it today.

Eagle Against the Sun (Paperback): Ronald H. Spector Eagle Against the Sun (Paperback)
Ronald H. Spector
R620 R549 Discovery Miles 5 490 Save R71 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Advice and Support - The Early Years, 1941 - 1960 (Paperback): Ronald H. Spector Advice and Support - The Early Years, 1941 - 1960 (Paperback)
Ronald H. Spector
R805 Discovery Miles 8 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
U.S. Marines in Grenada, 1983 (Paperback): Ronald H Spector Usmc-R U.S. Marines in Grenada, 1983 (Paperback)
Ronald H Spector Usmc-R
R247 Discovery Miles 2 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This brief account was prepared within a few weeks of the events it describes and relies heavily upon the first-hand testimony of the participants as collected by Mr. Benis M. Frank and the author. It details the situation, Initial Planning, Final Planning, Initial Landing, The Capture of Grenville, Action at St. George's, Grand Mal Bay, Movement Toward St. George's, The Grand Anse Operation, Continuing Operations in the Northeast, The Capture of St. George's, The Boundary Problems, Mopping Up on Grenada, Carriacou, and the Departure from Grenada.

U.S. Marines In Grenada, 1983 (Paperback): Ronald H Spector Usmc-R U.S. Marines In Grenada, 1983 (Paperback)
Ronald H Spector Usmc-R
R262 Discovery Miles 2 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This short study of the role of the U.S. Marines in Operation Urgent Fury is in some ways an experiement in the writing of comtemporary military history. The near-coincident Beirut deployment and Grenada intervention presented us with the problem and opportunity of collecting operational history in real time. The brief account was prepared within a few weeks of the events it describes and relies heavily upon the first hand testimony of the participants. The viewpoint presented, therefore, is very much that of the participants and the story is told almost entirely in terms of their perceptions and beliefs.

Advice and Support - The Early Years, 1941-1960 (Paperback): Ronald H. Spector Advice and Support - The Early Years, 1941-1960 (Paperback)
Ronald H. Spector
R885 Discovery Miles 8 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The present volume describes the activities of the U.S. Army in Vietnam during World War II, military advice and assistance to the French government during the immediate postwar years, and the advisory program that developed after the Geneva Agreements of 1954. Its scope ranges from high-level policy decisions to low-echelon advisory operations in the field, presented against a background of relevant military and political developments. The author enjoyed access to the official records of the period and examined personal papers, interviews, other documentary sources, and miscellaneous published materials. Useful not only as a study of military assistance but as a view of the Army as an agent of national policy, this volume is a fitting introduction to the overall study of the conflict in Vietnam.

At War at Sea (Paperback, illustrated edition): Ronald H. Spector At War at Sea (Paperback, illustrated edition)
Ronald H. Spector
R794 R690 Discovery Miles 6 900 Save R104 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Beginning with a gripping account of one of the most decisive naval battles in history-the 1905 battle of Tsushima between the Japanese and Russians-and ending with the sophisticated missile engagements of the Falklands and in the Persian Gulf, naval historian Ronald Spector explores every facet of the past one hundred years of naval warfare. Drawing from more than one hundred diaries, memoirs, letters, and interviews, this is, above all, a masterful narrative of the human side of combat at sea-real stories told from the point of view of the sailors who experienced it. Exhaustively researched and fascinating in detail, At War at Sea is a monumental history of the men, the ships, and the battles fought on the high seas.

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