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Hardcover. After 1945, Britain maintained a chain of overseas military outposts stretching from the Suez Canal to Singapore. This study provides an explanation of the decision to abandon these bases and offers insights into the processes of foreign policy change and the decline of great powers. Series: Contemporary History in Context S. Num Pages: 248 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPH; JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333695265
- ISBN
- 9780333695265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardback. Concerns the origins, organization and method of British, American and Soviet propaganda during the 1950s. This text discusses propaganda's international and domestic dimensions, and charts the development of a shared Cold War culture. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JPS; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333695913
- ISBN
- 9780333695913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.26
€ 194.26
Hardback. In this book, the author describes that the relationship-based shareholding was the hidden key factor to explain Japan's economic success after World War II. Series: Studies in the Modern Japanese Economy. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; KCB; KCLF; KFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333695975
- ISBN
- 9780333695975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.48
€ 127.48
Hardback. Examines the roles played by John F. Kennedy and Harold Macmillan in the test-ban negotiations between 1961 and 1963. The book also describes the way in which contrasting domestic political imperatives and conceptions of how the Cold War could best be won created tensions between the two allies. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW3; JPSF; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 439.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333696071
- ISBN
- 9780333696071
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Hardback. A study of how literature both reflected and contributed to the eclipse and subsequent revival of militarism in the nineteenth century. Centring on disputes in the Crimea, India, the Sudan, and South Africa, and the role of the army in Britain, Peck discusses the impossibility of reconciling imperial aggression with liberal domestic values. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; HBG; HBLH; JWD; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333698525
- ISBN
- 9780333698525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.05
€ 194.05
Hardcover. This is a translation by Alfred Smyth of the medieval "Life" of King Alfred. He argues that the "Life" is a forgery which has profound implications not only for our understanding of the early English and medieval past but also for the nature of biography and history. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; DNF; DSBB; DSK; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 697.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AIAA
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333699171
- ISBN
- 9780333699171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.80
€ 128.80
Hardcover. An analysis of Arbuthnot's "Art of Political Lying" (1712), this text argues that the work is a commentary on long-standing themes of debate in science, rhetoric and philosophy and should be seen as a seminal satire standing in opposition to the practice of Swift and Pope. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333699447
- ISBN
- 9780333699447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Hardcover. This work focuses on the tradition of "philosemitism" which manifested itself in Britain and elsewhere in the English-speaking world during every significant international outbreak of anti-semitism during the century after 1840. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 569.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333699508
- ISBN
- 9780333699508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.20
€ 128.20
Hardback. The Palestinian Druze are the only Israeli Arabs who are conscripted into the Israeli army today. This book looks at the origins of the Druze's unique status, by telling the story of the military and political alliance that emerged between the Druze and the Jewish army in the 1948 war. Series: St Antony's. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JP; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333710043
- ISBN
- 9780333710043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. Based on archival sources, this text analyzes the response of Franco's Spain to the challenges of increasing economic interdependence in Western Europe, from the end of World War II to the establishment of the EEC. The author aims to shed light on how the Franco regime survived this period. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333710784
- ISBN
- 9780333710784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.26
€ 194.26
Hardback. Contrasts Malaysian democracy and Indonesian authoritarianism. This book examines both class structures and alliances, elite cohesion, state strength, as well as differences in political challenges to the state in order to understand two different paths to post-colonial state formation. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 1FMN; 3JJPK; HBTQ; HBTR; JPF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333711057
- ISBN
- 9780333711057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.17
€ 194.17
Hardcover. "International Relations and the Philosophy of History" examines the concept of civilization in relation to international systems through an extensive use of the literature in the philosophy of history. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333713631
- ISBN
- 9780333713631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Security Intelligence Services in New Democracies: The Czech Republic,...
Williams, Kieran, Deletant, Dennis
Hardcover. An account of the secret police in Eastern Europe before and after 1989, this book uses a wide range of sources, including archives, to identify what has and has not changed since the end of communism. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 1DVKS; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; JKSW1; JPHV; KNSS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 577.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333713723
- ISBN
- 9780333713723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardback. Harold Fisch explores the biblical influence on the style and structure of landmark works by Fielding, Defoe, George Eliot, Kafka, Dostoevsky and others. Whilst the great novelists could not manage without the Bible, at the same time 'it would not do'. The book concludes with two chapters on the Israeli novelists S.Y. Agnon and A.B. Yehoshua. Series: Cross-Currents in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; HRA; HRLB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333714096
- ISBN
- 9780333714096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Hardcover. Happel claims that the Christian God is intimately involved at every level of physical and biological science. This volume examines the exploratory work of metaphors for time in astrophysical cosmology, chaos theory, evolutionary biology and neuroscience. Series: Cross-Currents in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HRAB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333714102
- ISBN
- 9780333714102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.21
€ 133.21
hardcover. In the ST ANTONY'S Series, a collection of essays which provide a political, historical and sociological commentary on Europe after the revolution of 1989. Topics covered include: the open society and its problems; the good society; understanding change in history; and relations between Britain, Germany and Europe. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1997th Edition
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333714195
- ISBN
- 9780333714195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.33
€ 127.33
Hardcover. The moral justification for government is, that it is needed to promote the community's interest. What is that interest an interest in? Can democracy enable dissatisfaction with their reconciliation to be lived with? These are some of the questions with which this book is concerned. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333714430
- ISBN
- 9780333714430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.68
€ 128.68
Hardcover. Exploring the role of refugees in international relations, this study sheds light on Alliance policies towards World War II Ukrainian refugees and demonstrates how these refugees had an impact on international refugee policy. It also refers to the origins of the Cold War. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; HBJD; HBWQ; JFFC; JFFN; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333714546
- ISBN
- 9780333714546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardback. This text examines the process of political and social reform that Colombia has experienced in the period 1980-1990. The approach is interdisciplinary and should be of interest to political scientists, economists, sociologists, geographers and historians. Editor(s): Carbo, Eduardo Posada. Series: Latin American Studies Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JH; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333715536
- ISBN
- 9780333715536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.68
€ 194.68
Hardback. Nigel J. Ashton analyses Anglo-American relations during a crucial phase of the Cold War. He argues that although policy makers on both sides of the Atlantic used the term "interdependence" to describe their relationship, this concept had different meanings in London and Washington. Series: Contemporary History in Context. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333716052
- ISBN
- 9780333716052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.29
€ 128.29