The book is about a man who was born in a Workhouse. His mother died soon after he was born. He remained in the care of the Workhouse authorities for a few years before he was found a foster home. But he went through the rest of his life haunted by the shame and guilt that he felt came with being born in a workhouse. He believed that HE should have been the one to die and NOT his mother.
The book is about a man who was born in a Workhouse. His mother died soon after he was born. He remained in the care of the Workhouse authorities for a few years before he was found a foster home. But he went through the rest of his life haunted by the shame and guilt that he felt came with being born in a workhouse. He believed that HE should have been the one to die and NOT his mother.
The house pictured on the back of this book was where Danny lived with his father's sister Sarah, when his father went off to fight in the battle for North Africa with his regiment, the North Irish Horse in 1942. Sadly his father did not return as he died
The book offers a detailed analysis on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A book needs to be written on this to make sense, from a theoretical perspective, why this invasion has occurred and what the main actors are pursuing. The originality rests on testing main international relations theories: realism, liberalism and constructivism to the war that emerges with the practices and approaches during the Cold War to date from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), the Soviet Union (and now Russia) and Ukraine. The monograph commences with a historical overview of NATO and how it has engaged in expansionism policy to further contain Russia in contemporary international affairs with the accession of additional former Soviet states. This helps to explain the current Russian invasion of Ukraine that would attract great readership. The main argument presented rests on the pursuance of realist interests by NATO, Ukraine and Russia for containment, national security interests and as a response to the security dilemma respectively. This has served as the main catalyst of this conflict that has made diplomacy, international law and collective security measures problematic to implement.
The years of National Service cover almost two decades from 1945 to 1963. During that time 2.5 million young men were compelled to do their time in National Service with 6,000 being called up every fortnight. Some went willingly while others were reluctan
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