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  • The Victorian soldier in Africa
    Edward Spiers
    Available in paperback for the first time, The Victorian soldier in Africa re-examines the campaign experience of British soldiers in Africa during the period, 1874-1902 - the zenith of the Victorian imperial expansion - and does so from the perspective of the regimental soldier. The book utilises an unprecedented number of letters and diaries, written by regimental officers an...
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    29,66 €

  • Sudan
    Edward M. Spiers
    To commemorate Kitchener’s Anglo-Egyptian army victory at the battle of Omdurmanin 1888, 11 historians have produced a reappraisal of the reconquest and its international repercussions. ...
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    94,68 €

  • Chemical Weaponry
    Edward M. Spiers
    Chemical weapons are still a viable military option. This book assesses their appeal by examining how the agents, munitions and protective equipment of chemical warfare have evolved since 1915; how technological innovations and refinements in weaponry have altered tactical assumptions; and how these weapons have been employed in conflicts from the First World War to the Gulf Wa...
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    134,30 €

  • Chemical Warfare
    Edward M. Spiers
    Ever since its employment in the First World War, chemical warfare has always aroused controversy. Governments have responded by pursuing the policies of disarmament and deterrence in the hope of avoiding its recurrence. However, despite the signing of the Geneva Protocol in 1925 which banned the use of poison gas, chemical weapons have been used in subsequent conflicts and mos...
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    207,72 €