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Paris 1918

The War Diary of the British Ambassador, the 17th Earl of Derby

By: Edward George Villiers Stanley Earl of Derby

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Paris 1918

The War Diary of the British Ambassador, the 17th Earl of Derby

By: Edward George Villiers Stanley Earl of Derby

The diary of the 17th Earl of Derby, once thought to have been lost, provides a detailed and important account of the last months of the First World War as seen through the eyes of the British Ambassador in Paris. Derby was in many ways an unlikely choice as ambassador. He was not a diplomat and could not, on his arrival, speak French. His appointment owed much to Lloyd George’s determination to remove him from his previous post as Secretary of State for War. But, after a somewhat uncertain start, he proved to be a very successful ambassador upon whom successive Foreign Secretaries, Arthur Balfour and Lord Curzon, relied heavily for their appreciation of the situation on the other side of the Channel. Derby took up his appointment at a crucial period of the war when military victory still seemed some way off. He became an assiduous collector of information which he dictated into his diary on a daily basis. Derby’s embassy became renowned for its lavish hospitality. But this was far from being self-indulgence, for he firmly believed that entertaining was the best way to win the confidence of his French associates and therefore to obtain information that would be of use in London. Derby’s diary provides important insights into the state of the war, the often strained relationship between Britain and France and the intrigues of French domestic politics.

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388

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Liverpool University Press

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0853236577

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9780853236573

Zoologist: a Monthly Journal of Natural History

2nd Series, Vol. II

By: Edward Newman

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Zoologist: a Monthly Journal of Natural History

2nd Series, Vol. II

By: Edward Newman

Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.

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3385124778

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9783385124776

The History of Salt Lake City and its Founders, Volume 2

By: Edward William Tullidge

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The History of Salt Lake City and its Founders, Volume 2

By: Edward William Tullidge

Tullidge’s monumental work on the beautiful desert metropolis, its history and growth, its evolution and its most significant troubles is obviously also a history of Mormonism and its growth and development in Utah, written by “authority of the Council and under supervision of its Committee on Revision,” and therefore giving a picture of Mormonism in the most favorable light in which it is possible to present the institution to the public. There are too many outside evidences of material prosperity and thrift everywhere to be seen in the resourceful valley where the Mormon emigrants from Illinois and Missouri began to make their home in July, 1847, and the vitality of the community has been too plainly manifested on many occasions, for any one easily to escape the conclusion that the “Mormon question,” as it is called, is still one of no insignificant importance. Why and how it has become of such material significance is probably more fully explained in thus volume than in any other one work published. This is volume two out of two.

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714

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Jazzybee Verlag

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3849653331

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9783849653330

Heroes of Empire

Five Charismatic Men and the Conquest of Africa

By: Edward Berenson

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Heroes of Empire

Five Charismatic Men and the Conquest of Africa

By: Edward Berenson

During the decades of empire (1870–1914), legendary heroes and their astonishing deeds of conquest gave imperialism a recognizable human face. Henry Morton Stanley, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Charles Gordon, Jean-Baptiste Marchand, and Hubert Lyautey all braved almost unimaginable dangers among "savage" people for their nation’s greater good. This vastly readable book, the first comparative history of colonial heroes in Britain and France, shows via unforgettable portraits the shift from public veneration of the peaceful conqueror to unbridled passion for the vanquishing hero. Edward Berenson argues that these five men transformed the imperial steeplechase of those years into a powerful "heroic moment." He breaks new ground by linking the era’s "new imperialism" to its "new journalism"—the penny press—which furnished the public with larger-than-life figures who then embodied each nation’s imperial hopes and anxieties.

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376

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Univ of California Press

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0520947193

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9780520947191

Much Ado about Nothing

Theories of Space and Vacuum from the Middle Ages to the Scientific Revolution

By: Edward Grant

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Much Ado about Nothing

Theories of Space and Vacuum from the Middle Ages to the Scientific Revolution

By: Edward Grant

Provides a description of the major ideas about void space within and beyond the world that were formulated between the fourteenth and early eighteenth centuries.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521229839

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9780521229838

A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800

By: Philip H. Highfill,Kalman A. Burnim,Edward A. Langhans

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A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800

By: Philip H. Highfill,Kalman A. Burnim,Edward A. Langhans

Like the works already published, these latest volumes of the Biographical Dictionary deal with theatre people of every ilk, ranging from dressers and one-performance actors to trumpeter John Shore (inventor of the tuning fork) and the incomparable Sarah Siddons. Also prominent is Susanna Rowson, a novelist, actress, and early female playwright. Although born into a British military family, Rowson often wrote plays that dealt with patriotic American themes and spent much of her career on the American stage. The theatrical jewel of these volumes is the "divine Sarah" Siddons: "She raised the tragedy to the skies," wrote William Hazlitt, and "embodied to our imagination the fables of mythology, of the heroic and dignified mortals of elder time." She endured much tragedy herself, including a crippling debilitating illness and the deaths of five of her seven children. Siddons played major roles in both comedy and tragedy, not the least of which was a performance as Hamlet.

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SIU Press

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0809315262

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9780809315260

The Imperial Army Project

Britain and the Land Forces of the Dominions and India, 1902-1945

By: Douglas Edward Delaney

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The Imperial Army Project

Britain and the Land Forces of the Dominions and India, 1902-1945

By: Douglas Edward Delaney

How did British authorities manage to secure the commitment of large dominion and Indian armies that could plan, fight, shoot, communicate, and sustain themselves, in concert with the British Army and with each other, during the era of the two world wars? What did the British want from the dominion and Indian armies and how did they go about trying to get it? Douglas E Delaney seeks to answer these questions to understand whether the imperial army project was successful. Answering these questions requires a long-term perspective - one that begins with efforts to fix the armies of the British Empire in the aftermath of their desultory performance in South Africa (1899-1903) and follows through to the high point of imperial military cooperation during the Second World War. Based on multi-archival research conducted in six different countries, on four continents, Delaney argues that the military compatibility of the British Empire armies was the product of a deliberate and enduring imperial army project, one that aimed at standardizing and piecing together the armies of the empire, while, at the same time, accommodating the burgeoning autonomy of the dominions and even India. At its core, this book is really about how a military coalition worked.

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Oxford University Press

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0198704461

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Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts. From January 1, 1799, to December 31, 1807. Preserved in the Capitol at Richmond

Vol. IX

By: William Pitt Palmer,Sherwin McRae,Raleigh Edward Colston,Henry W. Flournoy

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Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts. From January 1, 1799, to December 31, 1807. Preserved in the Capitol at Richmond

Vol. IX

By: William Pitt Palmer,Sherwin McRae,Raleigh Edward Colston,Henry W. Flournoy

Reprint of the original, first published in 1890.

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338537202X

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9783385372023

A History of Chemical and Biological Weapons

By: Edward M. Spiers

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A History of Chemical and Biological Weapons

By: Edward M. Spiers

Following the 9/11 attacks and the anthrax letters that appeared in their wake, the threat posed by the widespread accessibility of chemical and biological weapons has continually been used to stir public fear and opinion by politicians and the media alike. In Chemical and Biological Weapons, Edward M. Spiers cuts through the scare tactics and hype to provide a thorough and even-handed examination of the weapons themselves—the various types and effects—and their evolution from World War I to the present. Spiers describes the similarities and differences between the two types of weapons and how technological advancements have led to tactical innovations in their use over time. As well, he gives equal attention to the international response to the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons, analyzing global efforts aimed at restraining their use, such as deterrence and disarmament, and the effectiveness of these approaches in the twentieth century. Using Iraq as a case study, Spiers also investigates its deployment of chemical weapons in the Iran-Iraq War and the attempts by the international community to disarm Iraq through the United Nations Special Commission and the United States-led war in 2003. A timely and balanced historical survey, Chemical and Biological Weapons will be of interest to readers studying the proliferation and use of chemical and biological warfare and the reactions of the international community throughout the last several decades.

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Reaktion Books

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1861897243

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9781861897244

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Paris 1918

Paris 1918

Zoologist: a Monthly Journal of Natural History

Zoologist: a Monthly Journal of Natural History

The History of Salt Lake City and its Founders, Volume 2

The History of Salt Lake City and its Founders, Volume 2

Heroes of Empire

Heroes of Empire

Much Ado about Nothing

Much Ado about Nothing

A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800

A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800

The Imperial Army Project

The Imperial Army Project

Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts. From January 1, 1799, to December 31, 1807. Preserved in the Capitol at Richmond

Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts. From January 1, 1799, to December 31, 1807. Preserved in the Capitol at Richmond

A History of Chemical and Biological Weapons

A History of Chemical and Biological Weapons

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