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 : 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 : 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 -- IX: The Source of Political Authority -- PART THREE: THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945 -- Outline: 1939-1945 -- 12 Right against Right -- I: Cross-Currents -- II: The Question of Fascism and Anti-Fascism -- III: Isolated Ideologues -- IV: Right against Right in Britain -- V: The Myth of the Master Race - Anglo-Saxon Version -- VI: The American Angle -- 13 The War of the Super-economies -- I: Learning from the Past -- II: The Blitzkrieg Economy in Germany -- III: Planning the German War Economy -- IV: The Pillage of Europe -- V: The Japanese War Economy -- VI: The British War Economy -- VII: Elements of Unbalance -- VIII: The U.S.A. as Arsenal of Democracy -- IX: Lend-Lease -- 14 The War of Technology -- I: The Question of Technological Superiority and Military Advantage -- II: German Science at War -- III: German Science and Nazi Organization -- IV: Technology and the Japanese War Effort -- V: Design and Engineering in Britain -- VI: The British Boffin at War -- 15 The Strategy of Long Views and Wide Margins -- I: Axis Underestimates -- II: Strategy as Fantasy: The Italian Case -- III: The Strategy of Wishful Thinking: Britain and the Mediterranean -- IV: Sclerosis of the System -- 16 The Correct Use of Air Power -- I: Images of War in the Air Age -- II: The Air Weapon in Ground Warfare -- III: The Battle of Britain and the Air Ministry -- IV: The Blitz -- V: The Empire Strikes Back -- VI: The New War of Attrition -- VII: The Cost to Germany -- VIII: The Legacy of Sir Douglas Haig -- 17 The War of the Plebiscitary Dictatorships -- I: Social Cohesion in the Third Reich: Supervision -- II: Social Cohesion in the Third Reich: Seduction -- III: Wartime Leadership -- IV: Winston Churchill: His Finest Hour -- V: Churchill as War Leader -- VI: Civil and Military in Britain. VII: Civil and Military in Germany and Japan -- Envoi. Subjects; Fremder Feind. Geschichte 1793-1945. 1793 - 1945. World War, 1914-1918. World War, 1939-1945. Imperialism History. World War II. 1 Kg. N° de réf. du vendeur 446420
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Vendeur : Hadwebutknown, Birnam, PERTH, Royaume-Uni
First Edition. Comprehensive, well researched (784pp) study of Britain's three great confrontations across three centuries. Near Fine in slightly creased bu VG dustjacket. Large and Heavy volume. Extra postage will be required for orders outside UK - please enquire in advance. N° de réf. du vendeur 7873
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Vendeur : PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Royaume-Uni
HRD. Etat : New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. N° de réf. du vendeur L1-9781852850784
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