This is a wonderfully detailed, enlightening & amusing book:a classic analysis of the three major modern conflicts in European history.
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Vendeur : BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Good. Good condition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Some light soiling to page ends. Good DJ with some edge wear and creasing. N° de réf. du vendeur 9999-9996125531
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Vendeur : Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Good. First. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. N° de réf. du vendeur 11179279-6
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Vendeur : Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, Etats-Unis
Etat : Very Good. First. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. N° de réf. du vendeur 67408150-75
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Vendeur : Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Etats-Unis
Etat : Good. First. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. N° de réf. du vendeur GRP21177013
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Vendeur : ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G1852850787I3N10
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Vendeur : Anybook.com, Lincoln, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1250grams, ISBN:1852850787. N° de réf. du vendeur 9136805
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Vendeur : Anybook.com, Lincoln, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1250grams, ISBN:1852850787. N° de réf. du vendeur 7860183
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Vendeur : MW Books, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xvi, 784 pages. Notes; Includes index. Contents; Cover -- Contents -- PART ONE: THE GREAT WAR WITH FRANCE 1793-1815 -- Outline: 1793-1815 -- 1 Britain at War with France -- I: Causes or Occasions -- II: The Occasion of War -- III: The Ideology of the War -- IV: The Objectives of the War in the 1790s -- V: The War against Napoleon -- VI: Unofficial War Aims -- 2 The Industrial Revolution at War -- I: Assessing Britain's Wartime Economy -- II: Population and Wealth: Some International Comparisons -- III: The Evidence of Tax Statistics -- IV: Industrialization and Boom -- V: Mobilizing National Resources -- VI: The Contribution of Technology -- VII: The Contribution of Industrial Production -- VIII: International Comparisons: External Trade -- IX: A Key Resource: Money -- X: The Paper System -- 3 Britain at War with Europe -- I: The European Response to British Policy -- II: The Case for Action against Britain -- III: The Armed Neutrality of 1800 -- IV: Copenhagen, 1807 -- V: The Continental System -- VI: From Isolation to Triumph -- 4 Wellington's War -- I: The Elusive Strategic Pattern -- II: The Problem of Strategic Control -- III: Command of the Sea -- IV: The British Army: A Profession of Amateurs -- V: Military-Naval Cooperation -- VI: The Continental Commitment -- VII: The Duke of Wellington -- VIII: Wellington's System: Logistics and Repression -- IX: Wellington's Logistics and the Logic of Success -- 5 Venetian Oligarchy or Vacuum -- I: The British Political System during the French Wars -- II: Government and Party in the 1800s -- III: The Structure of Public Opinion -- IV: George III as National Symbol -- V: Alternative Symbols -- VI: The War and the Established Order -- VII: The War and National Consensus -- PART TWO: THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-1918 -- Outline: 1914-1918 -- 6 Britain's Entry into the First World War: A Study in Motives -- I: Problems of Agenda. II: Views from the Other Side -- III: Voices of the People -- IV: The Standard Excuses: Belgium and the Entente -- V: Parallel Cases: Turkey -- VI: Parallel Cases: Italy -- VII: Parallel Cases: Greece -- VIII: Parallel Cases: Portugal -- IX: Last Parallel Case: The United States -- X: The British Case -- XI: Psychological Crisis and the Decision for War -- 7 The War against Militarism and Imperialism -- I: The War against Prussianism -- II: The New Eastern Question -- III: The Cause of the Small Nationalities -- IV: Democracy versus Autocracy -- 8 Towards the Economics of Total War -- I: The Scale of the War -- II: The Failure of Forward Planning -- III: The Evolution of the British War Economy -- IV: Britain and the Allies -- V: Foreign Parallels: Russia and Austria-Hungary -- VI: The German War Economy -- 9 The War of the Generals -- I: Some Images of the Great War -- II: New Ideas and the Old Guard -- III: Careers Open to Talent -- IV: Left-Overs from Queen Victoria's Little Wars: Kitchener and Hamilton -- V: Sir John French -- VI: The New Professionalism -- VII: Sir Douglas Haig -- VIII: The New Warfare of the Industrial Era -- IX: Learning the Lessons of War -- X: The Military Mind Confronts Reality -- 10 Armageddon in the Machine Age -- I: Improved Ways of Killing -- II: The Machine Gun -- III: Gas -- IV: The Tank -- V: The Image and Achievements of Air Power -- VI: The Birth of Bombing -- VII: Aeroplanes and the War of the Trenches -- VIII: The Battle for Air Supremacy -- IX: The Air Lobby -- X: The Mind and the Machine -- 11 The War of the Transitional Dictatorships -- I: The Instability of the Old Order -- II: Opposition to War Governments -- Ill: The Case of Austria-Hungary -- IV: Civil and Military Rule in Germany and Austria-Hungary -- V: Civil and Military Rule in the West -- VI: Civil and Military Relations in Britain. VII: National Leadership -- VIII: Lloyd George and the Generals. N° de réf. du vendeur 446420
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Vendeur : R.G. Watkins Books and Prints, Ilminster, SOMER, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very good. Index; xvi+784pp. orig. cloth, N° de réf. du vendeur RGW22663
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Vendeur : MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irlande
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xvi, 784 pages. Notes; Includes index. Contents; Cover -- Contents -- PART ONE: THE GREAT WAR WITH FRANCE 1793-1815 -- Outline: 1793-1815 -- 1 Britain at War with France -- I: Causes or Occasions -- II: The Occasion of War -- III: The Ideology of the War -- IV: The Objectives of the War in the 1790s -- V: The War against Napoleon -- VI: Unofficial War Aims -- 2 The Industrial Revolution at War -- I: Assessing Britain's Wartime Economy -- II: Population and Wealth: Some International Comparisons -- III: The Evidence of Tax Statistics -- IV: Industrialization and Boom -- V: Mobilizing National Resources -- VI: The Contribution of Technology -- VII: The Contribution of Industrial Production -- VIII: International Comparisons: External Trade -- IX: A Key Resource: Money -- X: The Paper System -- 3 Britain at War with Europe -- I: The European Response to British Policy -- II: The Case for Action against Britain -- III: The Armed Neutrality of 1800 -- IV: Copenhagen, 1807 -- V: The Continental System -- VI: From Isolation to Triumph -- 4 Wellington's War -- I: The Elusive Strategic Pattern -- II: The Problem of Strategic Control -- III: Command of the Sea -- IV: The British Army: A Profession of Amateurs -- V: Military-Naval Cooperation -- VI: The Continental Commitment -- VII: The Duke of Wellington -- VIII: Wellington's System: Logistics and Repression -- IX: Wellington's Logistics and the Logic of Success -- 5 Venetian Oligarchy or Vacuum -- I: The British Political System during the French Wars -- II: Government and Party in the 1800s -- III: The Structure of Public Opinion -- IV: George III as National Symbol -- V: Alternative Symbols -- VI: The War and the Established Order -- VII: The War and National Consensus -- PART TWO: THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-1918 -- Outline: 1914-1918 -- 6 Britain's Entry into the First World War: A Study in Motives -- I: Problems of Agenda. II: Views from the Other Side -- III: Voices of the People -- IV: The Standard Excuses: Belgium and the Entente -- V: Parallel Cases: Turkey -- VI: Parallel Cases: Italy -- VII: Parallel Cases: Greece -- VIII: Parallel Cases: Portugal -- IX: Last Parallel Case: The United States -- X: The British Case -- XI: Psychological Crisis and the Decision for War -- 7 The War against Militarism and Imperialism -- I: The War against Prussianism -- II: The New Eastern Question -- III: The Cause of the Small Nationalities -- IV: Democracy versus Autocracy -- 8 Towards the Economics of Total War -- I: The Scale of the War -- II: The Failure of Forward Planning -- III: The Evolution of the British War Economy -- IV: Britain and the Allies -- V: Foreign Parallels: Russia and Austria-Hungary -- VI: The German War Economy -- 9 The War of the Generals -- I: Some Images of the Great War -- II: New Ideas and the Old Guard -- III: Careers Open to Talent -- IV: Left-Overs from Queen Victoria's Little Wars: Kitchener and Hamilton -- V: Sir John French -- VI: The New Professionalism -- VII: Sir Douglas Haig -- VIII: The New Warfare of the Industrial Era -- IX: Learning the Lessons of War -- X: The Military Mind Confronts Reality -- 10 Armageddon in the Machine Age -- I: Improved Ways of Killing -- II: The Machine Gun -- III: Gas -- IV: The Tank -- V: The Image and Achievements of Air Power -- VI: The Birth of Bombing -- VII: Aeroplanes and the War of the Trenches -- VIII: The Battle for Air Supremacy -- IX: The Air Lobby -- X: The Mind and the Machine -- 11 The War of the Transitional Dictatorships -- I: The Instability of the Old Order -- II: Opposition to War Governments -- Ill: The Case of Austria-Hungary -- IV: Civil and Military Rule in Germany and Austria-Hungary -- V: Civil and Military Rule in the West -- VI: Civil and Military Relations in Britain. VII: National Leadership -- VIII: Lloyd George and the Generals. N° de réf. du vendeur 446420
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