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  • Douglas Haig, 1861-1928
    Gerard J. De Groot
    For seventy years Douglas Haig had been portrayed on the one hand as the ’Butcher of the Somme’ - inept, insensitive and archaic; and on the other as the ’Saviour of Britain’ - noble, unselfish and heroic. This polarised, strident and ultimately inconclusive argument had resulted in Haig becoming detached from his own persona; he had become a shallow symbol of a past age to be ...
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    65,41 €

  • The First World War
    Gerald J. DeGroot / Gerard J. DeGroot
    The origins of the First World War, both diplomatic and social, are discussed thoroughly examined. The reader is then taken through the major battles on the Eastern and Western fronts, and is given insight into the eventual Allied victory. The war at sea, on the home front, and in distant theaters is carefully examined. The war as it was experienced by the men in the trenches i...
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    55,06 €

  • A Soldier and a Woman
    C Peniston-Bird / Gerard J.De Groot
     Spanning three centuries and four continents, from the late medieval period to the present day, this collection builds a picture of the practical and ideological issues surrounding women soldiers, and the ambiguous place they inhabit, uncovering in the process a remarkable continuity across cultures and periods. ...
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    141,53 €

  • Student Protest
    Gerard J.De Groot
    A fresh look at the causes, course and consequences of student activism across the world since the 1960s. Starting with the familiar - often romanticised - Sixties themselves, the book goes on to examine more recent, and hazardous, examples of student activism, particularly in China, Korea and Iran. The treatment is level headed and analytical rather than celebratory, as it com...
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    127,07 €