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“jonathan a grant”

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  • Rulers, Guns, and Money

    The Global Arms Trade in the Age of Imperialism

    by Jonathan A. Grant ...
    The explosion of the industrial revolution and the rise of imperialism in the second half of the nineteenth century served to dramatically increase the supply and demand for weapons on a global scale. No longer could arms manufacturers in industrialized nations subsist by supplying their own states' arsenals, causing them to seek markets beyond their own borders.Challenging the traditional view of ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Between Depression and Disarmament

    The International Armaments Business, 1919–1939

    by Jonathan A. Grant ...
    This business history analyzes the connections between private business, disarmament, and re-armament as they affected arms procurement and military technology transfers in Eastern Europe from 1919 to 1939. Rather than focusing on the negotiations or the political problems involved with the Disarmament Conferences, this study concerns itself with the business effects of the disarmament discussions ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

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  • Through Hitler's Back Door

    SOE Operations in Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria 1939–1945

    by Alan Ogden ...
    Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia were all German allies in the Second World War, unlike the other countries of Europe which had either been forcibly occupied by the Nazis or remained neutral. SOE Missions mounted within their borders were thus doubly hazardous for they were conducted in enemy-populated territory, heavily policed by military forces and gendarmerie. Furthermore all these ... Read more

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  • Red Sun Rising

    Japan, China and the West: 1894-1941

    by Nick Shepley ...
    Series Book 5 - Explaining History
    In the second half of the 19th Century, Japan awoke from centuries of isolation to be a surprising and warlike challenge to European power in Asia. This ebook charts the rise of Japan's power and her dominion over China. It also explores how Japan came to challenge European nations convinced of their own invincibility in the east, culminating in the attack on the USA at Pearl Harbour. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • World War 2 In Review: A Primer

    by Merriam Press ...
    Merriam Press World War 2 In Review Series March 2025 Revised eBook Edition This first issue of World War 2 in Review is basically a primer on World War II, and is not meant to be an in-depth accounting. Many thousands of books and uncountable articles have been written over the years and the full history of the war has still not been covered, nor will it ever be. World War 2 in Review will cover ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • A Military History of the Cold War, 1944–1962

    by Jonathan M. House ...
    Series series Campaigns and Commanders Series
    The Cold War did not culminate in World War III as so many in the 1950s and 1960s feared, yet it spawned a host of military engagements that affected millions of lives. This book is the first comprehensive, multinational overview of military affairs during the early Cold War, beginning with conflicts during World War II in Warsaw, Athens, and Saigon and ending with the Cuban Missile Crisis.A major ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The First World War

    by Hew Strachan ...
    “This serious, compact survey of the war’s history stands out as the most well-informed, accessible work available.” (Los Angeles Times)Nearly a century has passed since the outbreak of World War I, yet as military historian Hew Strachan (winner of the 2016 Pritzker Literature Award) argues in this brilliant and authoritative new book, the legacy of the “war to end all wars” is with us still. The ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • The First World War: Volume I: To Arms

    Volume I: To Arms

    by Hew Strachan ...
    This is the first truly definitive history of the First World War, the war that has done most to shape the twentieth century. The first generation of its historians had access to only a limited range of sources, and their focus was primarily on military events. More recent approaches have embraced cultural, diplomatic, economic, and social history. In Hew Strachan's authoritative and readable ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • New York Times Complete World War II

    The Coverage of the Entire Conflict

    by The New York Times ...
    Experience the history, politics, and tragedy of World War II as you've never seen it before with original, often firsthand daily reportage of The New York Times, our country's newspaper of record.The Times' complete coverage of World War II is now available for the first time in this unique package. Hundreds of the most riveting articles from the archives of the Times including firsthand accounts ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War

    New Edition

    Edited by Hew Strachan ...
    Series series Oxford Illustrated History
    The First World War, now a century ago, still shapes the world in which we live, and its legacy lives on, in poetry, in prose, in collective memory and political culture. By the time the war ended in 1918, millions lay dead. Three major empires lay shattered by defeat, those of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottomans. A fourth, Russia, was in the throes of a revolution that helped define the ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • The Second World War

    A Military History

    by Gordon Corrigan ...
    A reassessment of the immense six-year conflict of World War II through the lens of separate campaigns fought in Europe, Asia, and the Mediterranean ."Corrigan . . . combines scholarship, presentation, and insight for this operational-level military history. . . . A useful read." — Publishers WeeklyA definitive single-volume military history of World War II, Gordon Corrigan's The Secon... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Overreach

    The Inside Story of Putin’s War Against Ukraine

    by Owen Matthews ...
    Winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize 2023*A Telegraph Book of the Year*A Times Best Book of Summer 2023*Shortlisted for the Parliamentary Book Awards*An astonishing investigation into the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war – from the corridors of the Kremlin to the trenches of Mariupol.The Russo-Ukrainian War is the most serious geopolitical crisis ... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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