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Loulou

Selected Extracts from the Journals of Lewis Harcourt (1880-1895)

By: Lewis Harcourt Harcourt (Viscount)

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Loulou

Selected Extracts from the Journals of Lewis Harcourt (1880-1895)

By: Lewis Harcourt Harcourt (Viscount)

This selection of extracts (written between 1880 and 1895) from theunpublished journals of Lewis Harcourt is designed as a companionvolume to Harcourt and Son, the political biography of the Victorianstatesman Sir William Harcourt published in 2004 (FDUP). LewisHarcourt was the constant companion and confidential secretary of hisfather, who, during the period covered by these journals, was homesecretary and chancellor of the exchequer in the last three ofGladstone's four Liberal governments. The journals provide an insider'sview of the party politics of the period, since Lewis Harcourt wasclosely acquainted with all his father's colleagues, including JohnMorley, Joseph Chamberlain, Charles Dilke, and Gladstone himself.

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Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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0838641032

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9780838641033

Loulou

Selected Extracts from the Journals of Lewis Harcourt (1880-1895)

By: Lewis Harcourt Harcourt (Viscount)

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Selected Extracts from the Journals of Lewis Harcourt (1880-1895)

By: Lewis Harcourt Harcourt (Viscount)

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The Suez Crisis

By: Anthony Gorst,Lewis Johnman

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The Suez Crisis

By: Anthony Gorst,Lewis Johnman

This introduction to Suez covers the background to the crisis, the invasion, and its aftermath. The Suez-Crisis provides: * key documents, as primary sources, incorporated in the text * an extensive range of other source material, including images * analysis of the significance of the sources discussed, and their usefulness as historical evidence * commentary on the historical context of the crisis * an analysis of the wider implications of the crisis, particularly for Britain

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Routledge

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1135097356

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9781135097356

Arming the Western Front

War, Business and the State in Britain 1900–1920

By: Roger Lloyd-Jones,M.J. Lewis

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Arming the Western Front

War, Business and the State in Britain 1900–1920

By: Roger Lloyd-Jones,M.J. Lewis

The First World War was above all a war of logistics. Whilst the conflict will forever be remembered for the mud and slaughter of the Western Front, it was a war won on the factory floor as much as the battlefield. Examining the war from an industrial perspective, Arming the Western Front examines how the British between 1900 and 1920 set about mobilising economic and human resources to meet the challenge of 'industrial war'. Beginning with an assessment of the run up to war, the book examines Edwardian business-state relations in terms of armament supply. It then outlines events during the first year of the war, taking a critical view of competing constructs of the war and considering how these influenced decision makers in both the private and public domains. This sets the framework for an examination of the response of business firms to the demand for 'shells more shells', and their varying ability to innovate and manage changing methods of production and organisation. The outcome, a central theme of the book, was a complex and evolving trade-off between the quantity and quality of munitions supply, an issue that became particularly acute during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. This deepened the economic and political tensions between the military, the Ministry of Munitions, and private engineering contractors as the pressure to increase output accelerated markedly in the search for victory on the western front. The Great War created a dual army, one in the field, the other at home producing munitions, and the final section of the book examines the tensions between the two as the country strove for final victory and faced the challenges of the transition to the peace time economy.

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1317178548

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9781317178545

The World Bank

Its First Half Century

By: Devesh Kapur,John P. Lewis,Richard C. Webb

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The World Bank

Its First Half Century

By: Devesh Kapur,John P. Lewis,Richard C. Webb

This effort constitutes the most comprehensive and authoritative work to date on the history of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or the World Bank. Author-editors John Lewis, Richard Webb, and Devesh Kapur chronicle the evolution of this institution and offer insights into its successes, failures, and prospects for the future. The result of their intense labors is an invaluable resource for other researchers and a fascinating study in its own right. The work is divided into two volumes. The first is organized thematically and examines the critical events and policy issues in the World Bank's development over the last fifty years. Chapter topics include poverty alleviation, structural adjustment lending, environmental programs, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the International Development Association (IDA), and the evolution of the Bank as an institution. The second volume contains case studies written by experts with experience in the various regions in which the Bank operates. There are chapters on the Bank's activities in Korea, Mexico, Africa, South Asia, and Eastern Europe. Volume 2 also contains essays on the World Bank's relationship with the United States, Japan, and Western Europe, and its partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). By special arrangement, the authors have had wide-ranging access to confidential documents at the World Bank, making this work a unique source of information on the internal workings of this critical institution. They have also drawn on extensive interviews with current and past Bank officials. Moreover, publication could not be more timely, coming as it does when many in the development community and in the U.S. Congress are questioning the Bank's track record and even its reason for existence. The World Bank: Its First Half Century will be of great interest not only to development practitioners but also to students of international relations, development economics, and global finance. During the course of the project, John P. Lewis and Richard Webb were nonresident senior fellows, and Devesh Kapur was a program associate, in the Foreign Policy Studies program at the Brookings Institution.

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Brookings Institution Press

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0815720122

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9780815720126

A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man with Historical and Statistical Descriptions

Vol. 3

By: Samuel Lewis

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A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man with Historical and Statistical Descriptions

Vol. 3

By: Samuel Lewis

Reprint of the original, first published in 1840.

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650

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3368742736

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9783368742737

Victorian England 1837-1901

By: Josef Lewis Altholz,J. L. Altholz

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Victorian England 1837-1901

By: Josef Lewis Altholz,J. L. Altholz

This book contains 2,500 bibliographical entries covering most aspects of the history of Victorian England.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521521122

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9780521521123

The Mammoth Book of How it Happened: World War I

By: Jon E. Lewis

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The Mammoth Book of How it Happened: World War I

By: Jon E. Lewis

The spectre of the Great War still haunts us. No other conflict so dramatically illustrates the waste of life, and the slaughter of innocents, as that of 1914-18. And none has so dramatically shaped the modern world: the Russian Revolution, the rise of Hitler, the break-up of Empire, the supremacy of America and World War II all stem from the four years of the 'war to end all wars'. Here is the eye-witness chronicle of that war, from the trenches of Flanders to the staff rooms of the Imperial Germany Army, from T. E. Lawrence in the desert to the 'Red Baron' in the air, from Land Girls in England to German U-boat crews in the Atlantic, it leaves nothing out. And if all the horror of the war fought by the Tommies in the trenches is captured, so too are the machinations of the 'top brass' and politicians.

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Robinson

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1780337299

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9781780337296

Churchill, Roosevelt & Company

Studies in Character and Statecraft

By: Lewis E. Lehrman

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Churchill, Roosevelt & Company

Studies in Character and Statecraft

By: Lewis E. Lehrman

During World War II the “special relationship” between the United States and Great Britain cemented the alliance that won the war. But the ultimate victory of that partnership has obscured many of the conflicts behind Franklin Roosevelt’s grins and Winston Churchill’s victory signs, the clashes of principles and especially personalities between and within the two nations. Synthesizing an impressive variety of sources from memoirs and letters to histories and biographies, Lewis Lehrman explains how the Anglo-American alliance worked--and occasionally did not work--by presenting portraits and case studies of the men who worked the back channels and back rooms, the secretaries and under secretaries, ambassadors and ministers, responsible for carrying out Roosevelt’s and Churchill’s agendas while also pursuing their own and thwarting others’. This was the domain of Joseph Kennedy, American ambassador to England often at odds with his boss; spymasters William Donovan and William Stephenson; Secretary of State Cordell Hull, whom FDR frequently bypassed in favor of Under Secretary Sumner Welles; British ambassadors Lord Lothian and Lord Halifax; and, above them all, Roosevelt and Churchill, who had the difficult task, not always well performed, of managing their subordinates and who frequently chose to conduct foreign policy directly between themselves. Scrupulous in its research and fair in its judgments, Lehrman’s book reveals the personal diplomacy at the core of the Anglo-American alliance.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0811765474

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9780811765473

Lady Mary Wortley Montague; Her Life and Letters, 1689-1762

in large print

By: Lewis Melville,Mary Wortley Montagu

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Lady Mary Wortley Montague; Her Life and Letters, 1689-1762

in large print

By: Lewis Melville,Mary Wortley Montagu

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

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338734113X

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9783387341133

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The Suez Crisis

The Suez Crisis

Arming the Western Front

Arming the Western Front

The World Bank

The World Bank

A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man with Historical and Statistical Descriptions

A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man with Historical and Statistical Descriptions

Victorian England 1837-1901

Victorian England 1837-1901

The Mammoth Book of How it Happened: World War I

The Mammoth Book of How it Happened: World War I

Churchill, Roosevelt & Company

Churchill, Roosevelt & Company

Lady Mary Wortley Montague; Her Life and Letters, 1689-1762

Lady Mary Wortley Montague; Her Life and Letters, 1689-1762

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