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  • The Mood/Interest Theory of American Foreign Policy

    by Jack E. Holmes ...
    In 1952, Frank L. Klingberg's article on introvert and extrovert American foreign policy moods projected an American turn toward introversion in the late 1960s. After this came to pass, Jack Holmes began to develop a theory of how these moods might work in a more specific sense. His mood/interest theory points to a basic conflict between politico-military interests and the foreign policy moods of ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD

  • The German Army on the Somme, 1914–1916

    by Jack Sheldon ...
    This groundbreaking WWI history presents a detailed narrative of German Army operations from the start of the war to the 1st Battle of the Somme.A renowned expert on the German Army during the First World War, historian Jack Sheldon draws on his extensive research into German sources to shed new light on the famous battleground. In an account filled with graphic descriptions of life and death in ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rousseau

    The Last Days of Spanish New Orleans

    by Raymond J. Martinez ...
    A biography of a Spanish naval officer who became an unsung American hero.While George Washington fought the British in New England, a little-known hero joined the fight in Louisiana—Pierre George Rousseau.In 1779, Spain declared war on Britain, paving the way for Spanish involvement in the American Revolutionary War. Pierre George Rousseau, a Spanish naval officer, joined the fight. He led the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Simply Proust

    by Jack Jordan ...
    Narrated by Caroline Holmes ...
    Series Audiobook 24 - Great Lives

    Unabridged

    4 hours 21 min

    Marcel Proust (1871-1922) was born in Paris during a time of great social and political upheaval, a ferment that is dealt with extensively in his monumental work In Search of Lost Time. He was a sickly child and spent the earlier part of his short life pursuing a variety of sometimes frivolous activities, which led to his not being taken seriously as a writer. It was not until 1909, when he was 38 ... Read more

    $11.90 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

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  • German Soldiers in the Great War

    Letters and Eyewitness Accounts

    Edited by Bernd Ulrich, Benjamin Ziemann ...
    The first English translation of writings that capture the lives and thoughts of German soldiers fighting in the trenches and on the battlefields of WWI.German Soldiers in the Great War is a vivid selection of firsthand accounts and other wartime documents that shed new light on the experiences of German frontline soldiers during the First World War. It reveals in authentic detail the perceptions ... Read more

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  • The German Army on the Western Front 1915

    by Jack Sheldon ...
    Jack Sheldon examines the German mindset at the close of 1914 when it became apparent that a quick victory was no longer a possibility. Both sides were temporarily exhausted in static positions from the Channel to the Swiss Border. In a reversal of roles, the French launched major offensives in Champagne and Artois, while the British Army, adapting to the demands of large scale continental warfare ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The German Army on Vimy Ridge, 1914–1917

    by Jack Sheldon ...
    The book starts with on the capture of Vimy Ridge and the nearly spur of Notre Dame de Lorette in October 1914. The major battles of spring and autumn 1915 is described as is the twelve month period from late autumn 1915 when British forces occupied the lines on the western Ridge. The period from late autumn 1916 onwards when the Canadian Corps was preparing for the April 1917 assault on the ridge ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From Geordie Land to No Mans Land

    by George Russell Elder ...
    In writing his `one and only' book, George Elder, a proud Geordie, detailed many of his experiences endured whilst serving in the British Army during World War 1. Many of his tales would not have been appreciated by his peers, but they actually happened and would have been recognised by the common soldier. From Geordie Land to No Mans land was written to inform his family, friends and anyone ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

  • Somme Success

    The Royal Flying Corps and the Battle of The Somme 1916

    by Peter Hart ...
    This history of the Royal Flying Corps during the Battle of Somme offers a comprehensive firsthand look at WWI military aviation.During the summer and fall of 1916, high above the blood-soaked trenches of the Somme, the Royal Flying Corps was engaging in one of the first great aerial battles of history. Even in those pioneering days of aerial warfare, primitive aircraft and the brave men who flew ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The German Army at Ypres 1914

    by Jack Sheldon ...
    The WWI military expert presents his authoritative study of the German Army's operations during the First Battle of Ypres.Soon after the First World War broke out in 1914, Allied and German forces attempted to outflank each other in a series of battles along the Western Front. Some of the most intense fighting came in Flanders, Belgium, at the First Battle of Ypres. It was during this battle that ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Brave Battalion

    The Remarkable Saga of the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) in the First World War

    by Mark Zuehlke ...
    Brave Battalion presents the story of four Canadian Highland regiments that were banded together as the 16th Battalion. Ninety years after the end of WWI, this work honours those soldiers and makes their stories a vivid reality. Focusing on the Canadian Scottish (Princess Mary’s) Battalion, Mark Zuehlke presents the harrowing experiences that bonded the men and which came to represent the uniting ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Artillery in the Great War

    by Paul Strong, Sanders Marble ...
    A year-by-year examination of key WWI battles and how the ongoing advances in artillery shaped strategy, tactics, and oprations; includes battlefield maps!World War I is often said to have been an artillery war, yet the decisive role artillery played in shaping military decisions—and therefor the war itself—has rarely been examined. Artillery in the Great War traces the development of this all ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus