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  • Kut 1916: Courage and Failure in Iraq

    Courage and Failure in Iraq

    The siege of Kut is a story of blunders, sacrifice, imprisonment and escape. The allied campaign in Mesopotamia began in 1914 as a relatively simple operation to secure the oilfields in the Shatt-al-Arab delta and Basra area. Initially it was a great success, but as the army pressed towards Baghdad its poor logistic support, training, equipment and command left it isolated and besieged by the ... Read more

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  • Loyal to Empire

    The Life of General Sir Charles Monro, 1860-1929

    Winston Churchill did not describe General Sir Charles Monro in the most glowing terms. Referring to Monro's brave decision to recommend a withdrawal from the Gallipoli disaster, Churchill said: 'He came, he saw, he capitulated.' Monro was one of a handful of senior officers selected to command a division with the British Expeditionary Force in 1914 and also led a corps on the Western Front as the ... Read more

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  • The Afterlives of Anticolonial Aesthetics

    This book develops a critical intervention in the politics of time and anticolonial aesthetics. Engaging with recent debates on cultural activism and postcolonial and decolonial studies, the main objective of this volume is to examine the ways in which anticolonial cultural analysis and production keeps nurturing contemporary processes of progressive social transformation. The chapters in this ... Read more

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  • Chappell Roan

    The Rise of a Midwest Princess

    Get an insider’s look at Chappell Roan’s rise to pop femininomenon status in this luxe hardcover gift book100+ stunning photos and clued-in commentary from top music and culture writers explore the power of the “Hot to Go” singer’s music, style and cultural influenceChappell Roan broke through as a superstar, thanks to a genuinely new blend of powerhouse vocals, queer pride and drag queen style. ... Read more

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  • Modern Embedded Computing

    Designing Connected, Pervasive, Media-Rich Systems

    Modern Embedded Computing: Designing Connected, Pervasive, Media-Rich Systems provides a thorough understanding of the platform architecture of modern embedded computing systems that drive mobile devices. The book offers a comprehensive view of developing a framework for embedded systems-on-chips. Examples feature the Intel Atom processor, which is used in high-end mobile devices such as e-readers ... Read more

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  • 1916: Verdun to the Somme

    Key Dates and Events from the Third Year of the First World War

    This special ebook has been created by historian Saul David from his acclaimed work 100 Days to Victory: How the Great War was Fought and Won, which was described by the Mail on Sunday as 'Inspired' and by Charles Spencer as 'A work of great originality and insight'. Through key dates from the introduction of conscription in Britain on 27 January 1916, to the first day of the Somme on 1 July 1916, ... Read more

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  • Light Dragoons

    The Making of a Regiment

    Although only formed in December 1992, The Light Dragoons look back to a history that began in the days of the first Jacobite rebellion. In 1922 a reduction in the Armys strength saw the amalgamation of four regiments of Hussars into the 13th/18th Hussars and the 15th/19th Hussars. Now they too have been amalgamated, with a name that reverts to the titles of the four original regiments in the ... Read more

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  • The Kitchener Enigma

    The Life and Death of Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, 1850-1916

    by Trevor Royle ...
    In this critically acclaimed biography, now fully updated, Royle revises Kitchener's latter-day image as a stern taskmaster, the ultimate war lord, to reveal a caring man capable of displaying great loyalty and love to those close to him. New light is thrown on his Irish childhood, his years in the Middle East as a biblical archaeologist, his attachment to the Arab cause and on the infamous ... Read more

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  • The King's Own Scottish Borderers

    A Concise History

    by Trevor Royle ...
    The King's Own Scottish Borderers is one of only two Scottish regiments never to have been amalgamated until it joined forces with The Royal Scots to form the 1st battalion of The Royal Regiment of Scotland in 2006. It is also unusual in that it lost its Scottish status between 1782 and 1887 when it served as the 25th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot.Formed in Edinburgh in 1689, its first operational ... Read more

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  • The London Scottish in the Great War

    by Mark Lloyd ...
    An account of the heroic fighting ability of one of the first Territorial Force battalions ordered to France and the first to see action in World War I.For two centuries the officers and men of the London Scottish have faithfully served their country, never more so than during the terrible years of the Great War. Initially with the 1st Guards Brigade, and later with the 56th (London) Division, the ... Read more

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  • Auchinleck

    The Lonely Soldier

    by Philip Warner ...
    Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck was born in India and raised in conditions of near poverty. Yet his talent ensured his career flourished despite his Indian Army background and he was the first Commander of 8th Army in North Africa. Despite great political interference, he stopped Rommel's Afrika Corps at 1st Alamein only to be sacked by Churchill. After a spell in the wilderness he became C in ... Read more

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  • The Journeys End Battalion

    The 9th East Surrey in the Great War

    by Michael Lucas ...
    The history of the Great British regiment's World War I service that inspired an award-winning play.R.C. Sherriff, author of Journey's End, the most famous play of the Great War, saw all his frontline service with the 9th Battalion East Surrey Regiment. This intense experience profoundly affected his writing and, through his play, it continues to have a powerful influence on our understanding of ... Read more

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