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  • The British Way in Warfare: Power and the International System, 1856–1956

    Essays in Honour of David French

    by Keith Neilson ...
    In his groundbreaking book The British Way in Warfare (Routledge, 1990), David French outlined the skillful combination of maritime, economic and diplomatic power employed by Britain to achieve its international goals. Almost two decades later, this collection offers a reassessment of French's thesis, using it as a lens through which to explore Britain's relationship with various kinds of power ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Strategy and Supply (RLE The First World War)

    The Anglo-Russian Alliance 1914-1917

    by Keith Neilson ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: The First World War
    Based on a wide range of primary sources, this book shows the way in which diplomacy, economics, finance and strategy became intertwined during the First World War. The author examines the diplomatic, economic, financial and military relations between Britain and Russia and argues that the key to understanding the alliance is the British determination to win the war and the role Russia played in ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1854-1946

    by Keith Neilson, T.G. Otte ...
    Series series British Politics and Society
    Chief among the personnel at the Foreign Office is the Permanent Under-secretary, the senior civil servant who oversees the department and advises the Foreign Secretary. This book is a study of the twelve men who held this Office from 1854–1946. ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Railways and International Politics

    Paths of Empire, 1848-1945

    Edited by T.G. Otte, Keith Neilson ...
    Series series Military History and Policy
    This new study brings together leading experts to show how the modern world began with the coming of the railway. They clearly explain why it had a greater impact than any other technical or industrial innovation before and completely redefined the limits of the civilized world.While the effect of railways on economic development is self-evident, little attention has been paid to their impact on ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Far-flung Lines

    Studies in Imperial Defence in Honour of Donald Mackenzie Schurman

    Edited by Greg Kennedy, Keith Neilson ...
    Series series Cass Series: Naval Policy and History
    These studies show how the British Empire used its maritime supremacy to construct and maintain a worldwide defence for its imperial interests. They rebut the idea that British defence policy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was primarily concerned with the balance of power in Europe. ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

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  • 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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  • His Finest Hour

    A Biography of Winston Churchill

    by Christopher Catherwood ...
    Who was Winston Churchill? Even fifty years after his death, he is one of the most iconic figures in British history. As a young man he was a maverick journalist; his many positions in politics before 1940 marked him as a courageous but foolhardy man.Yet it is Churchill’s record in war, which has recently been questioned, that confirms his genius as a military commander and national leader—someone ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Britain and Victory in the Great War

    by Peter Liddle ...
    How can we begin to make sense of the Great War now that over 100 years have passed since it ended with the defeat of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman empire and Bulgaria, and the collapse of Tsarist Russia? The conflict had such a profound influence on world history that is it difficult to reconcile the different perspectives and draw clear conclusions. That is why this thought-provoking ... Read more

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  • Churchill and Australia

    by Graham Freudenberg ...
    "Australia seemed to bring out the worst in Winston Churchill. Often enough to form a discernible pattern, Australia found itself on the wrong side of the very qualities-his strength of will, singleness of purpose, his refusal to 'give way, in things great or small, large or petty', the power of his imagination to set grim reality at defiance, his mastery of the English language-that made Winston ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Cataclysm

    The First World War as Political Tragedy

    by David Stevenson ...
    David Stevenson's widely acclaimed history of World War I changes forever our understanding of that pivotal conflict. Countering the commonplace assumption that politicians lost control of events, and that the war, once it began, quickly became an unstoppable machine, Stevenson contends that politicians deliberately took risks that led to war in July 1914. Far from being overwhelmed by the ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • 1916

    A Global History

    by Keith Jeffery ...
    So much of the literature on the First World War centers on the trench warfare of the Western Front, and these were essential battlegrounds. But the war was in fact truly a global conflict, and by focusing on a sequence of events in 1916 across many continents, historian Keith Jeffery's magisterial work casts new light on the Great War.Starting in January with the end of the catastrophic Gallipoli ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Ministers at War

    Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet

    by Jonathan Schneer ...
    In May 1940, with France on the verge of defeat, Britain alone stood in the path of the Nazi military juggernaut. Survival seemed to hinge on the leadership of Winston Churchill, whom the King reluctantly appointed Prime Minister as Germany invaded France. Churchill's reputation as one of the great twentieth-century leaders would be forged during the coming months and years, as he worked ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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