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Grandeur And Misery

France's Bid for Power in Europe, 1914-1940

By: Anthony Adamthwaite

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Grandeur And Misery

France's Bid for Power in Europe, 1914-1940

By: Anthony Adamthwaite

A central question in European history is how did a great power pre-eminent in 1918 lie defeated by the same enemy less than 20 years later. Until recently the explanation has been sought in fundamental weaknesses that could only leave the French of 1940 hamstrung and demoralized. Recent studies have challenged that view and now, for the first time, the revisionist approach is displayed in a single volume, both summarizing the research of others and drawing on the author's own work in the archives. The book is about as far from 'dry as dust' diplomatic history as it's possible to get. Its very readable and the author manages to show with the telling anecdote that even a serious subject has its comic side: that, for instance, the French High Command kept forces stationed in the Alps for seven years because no one in the foreign service had thought to pass on news about a secret treaty between Italy and France in 1902; or that after a particularly stressful meeting Andrew Bonar Law, the British prime minister, mouth to Poincaré, the French president, through the closed carriage window of his train 'and you go to hell', all the while smiling and exuding affability. Such episodes are not the substance of the book, but they oil its progress.

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1472578015

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9781472578013

The Making of the Second World War

By: Anthony P. Adamthwaite

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The Making of the Second World War

By: Anthony P. Adamthwaite

First published in 1979. In this text the Adamthwaite aims at leading students through the maze of documentation surrounding the Second World War. His book combines a critical assessment of recent research and writing with a painstaking selection of the key documents needed for a clear understanding of the policies that led to war. It contains the first student selection of British, French, German, Italian and Soviet documents, many of which are translated for the first time. Though emphasis falls on the years 1935-9, material is also included for the period 1929-35.

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Routledge

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1136647694

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9781136647697

Grandeur And Misery

France's Bid for Power in Europe, 1914-1940

By: Anthony Adamthwaite

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France's Bid for Power in Europe, 1914-1940

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France and the Coming of the Second World War, 1936-1939

By: Anthony Adamthwaite

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France and the Coming of the Second World War, 1936-1939

By: Anthony Adamthwaite

First published in 1977, France and the Coming of the Second World War investigates the policies that led to the collapse of French power. The book argues that this collapse was the result of social, political, and economic troubles that buffeted French leaders. It uses a wealth of documents to explore common debates, such as Britain’s culpability for France’s inability to prevent Germany’s reoccupation of the Rhineland. It also puts forward the threat of Italy and the Mediterranean as France’s main preoccupation, rather than Germany and central Europe. France and the Coming of the Second World War uses an extensive range of archival material and includes the private papers of Daladier, Bonnet, and a number of other prominent figures. It will appeal to those with an interest in the history of the Second World War, political history, and social history.

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1000352781

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The Making of the Second World War

By: Anthony P. Adamthwaite

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Britain, France and Europe, 1945-1975

The Elusive Alliance

By: Anthony Adamthwaite

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Britain, France and Europe, 1945-1975

The Elusive Alliance

By: Anthony Adamthwaite

Britain, France and Europe, 1945-1975 takes a fresh look at the international trajectories of Europe's premier democracies. The side-lining of Britain and France in the Cold War era, argues Adamthwaite, was preventable. A Franco-British Europe came within a whisker of realization. Condemning President Charles de Gaulle as an intransigent gatekeeper created a convenient alibi for self-inflicted missteps. UK bids for European Community membership ignored the elephant in the room - the need for partnership in a superpower age. A marriage powering the Community could have repositioned Western Europe as partner, not client of the United States. Although perceived as a failing power, France outperformed Britain - seizing the initiative in European construction, and winning primacy in western Europe. As well as exploring sharply contrasting national experiences in the aftermath of war, the author analyses the reasons for French success. The analysis evaluates key influences: the mental maps of decision makers; leadership styles; the post-1945 international system; policy making machinery; the 'democratic deficit' in British and French politics; and public opinion. Drawing on American, British and French official records, together with private papers and interviews, this enlightening study highlights the importance of contingency and individual actors, and will be of great interest to scholars of modern European history.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441100628

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9781441100627

The Battle for Britain

Interservice Rivalry between the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy, 1909-1940

By: Anthony J Cumming

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The Battle for Britain

Interservice Rivalry between the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy, 1909-1940

By: Anthony J Cumming

The Battle for Britain is a provocative reinterpretation of both British air and naval power from 1909 to 1940. Anthony Cumming challenges the view that the Battle of Britain was a decisive victory won solely by the Royal Air Force through independent airpower operations. By re-evaluating the early stage of the Mediterranean conflict and giving special emphasis to naval battles such as Calabria and Taranto, Cumming argues that the Royal Navy played an equally important role in defeating Hitler’s early advances, buying critical time until the Americans could make a decisive contribution. His argument holds that the RAF’s role as an independent arm has been exaggerated and that contemporary strategists can learn from investing too much confidence in independent airpower.

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Naval Institute Press

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1612518354

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Camera Girl

The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy

By: Carl Sferrazza Anthony

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Camera Girl

The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy

By: Carl Sferrazza Anthony

Camera Girl brings to cinematic life Jackie Kennedy's years as a young woman chafing at the expectations of her family and her era as she seeks to follow her dreams of becoming a famous writer. Set primarily during the underexamined years of 1950-1954, when Jackie was 20 to 25 years old, the book recounts the extraordinary story of her late college years, coming-of-age, and her life as a young female journalist. Before she met Jack Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier was a columnist at the Washington Times-Herald, the paper's "Inquiring Camera Girl," who posed intelligent and amusing questions to the public on the streets of D.C. (while also snapping their photos with her unwieldy Leica camera). She then fashioned the results into a daily column, 600 of which were published in total. Carl Anthony, author and leading expert on First Ladies, uses these columns and other writings of hers from that time, as well as a trove of revealing interviews he has conducted with her friends and colleagues, to offer a fresh and modern perspective on the young woman who would later become one of the world's most beloved icons. It's a glamorous, surprising, and distinctly feminist story about a woman determining her own priorities and defining herself, told with admiration and empathy, as well as journalistic rigor and historical accuracy"--

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Simon and Schuster

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1982141875

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The Rise of Global Powers

International Politics in the Era of the World Wars

By: Anthony D'Agostino

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The Rise of Global Powers

International Politics in the Era of the World Wars

By: Anthony D'Agostino

Does a system of great powers necessarily imply a struggle for world primacy? Do great states merely hold onto what is theirs, or do they reach for more? Anthony D'Agostino offers a fascinating new answer to these questions through a fundamental reassessment of the international history of the first half of the twentieth century. From the spatial limits of a purely European great power politics the book looks out to the new horizon of world politics. From the time limits of 1914 to 1945 it considers the interface with nineteenth-century imperialism at one end and the impact of the world wars on the Cold War at the other. This is a global retelling of the expansion of Europe coming up against its limits in the most violent conflicts and explosive social movements yet known to history, the two world wars, the Great Depression, and the Russian and Chinese revolutions.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139498193

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International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond

By: Anthony Best

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International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond

By: Anthony Best

This major global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward. Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors cover events in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas from the last century and beyond. Among the areas this book covers are:the decline of European hegemony over the international order the diffusion of power to the two superpowers the rise of newly independent states in Asia and Africa the course and consequences of the majo.

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Routledge

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1134070810

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France and the Coming of the Second World War, 1936-1939

By: Anthony Adamthwaite

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Grandeur and Misery

France's Bid for Power in Europe, 1914-1940

By: Anthony P. Adamthwaite

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France's Bid for Power in Europe, 1914-1940

By: Anthony P. Adamthwaite

This account of France's transition from victor in 1918 to vanquished in 1940 offers a long-overdue reassessment of all the central issues.

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Hodder Education

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034064530X

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The Life And Times Of Anthony Wood: Antiquary, Of Oxford, 1632-1695, Described By Himself

By: Anthony A. Wood

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The Life And Times Of Anthony Wood: Antiquary, Of Oxford, 1632-1695, Described By Himself

By: Anthony A. Wood

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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1011195607

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International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond

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Grandeur and Misery

The Life And Times Of Anthony Wood: Antiquary, Of Oxford, 1632-1695, Described By Himself

The Life And Times Of Anthony Wood: Antiquary, Of Oxford, 1632-1695, Described By Himself

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