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  • The Cancelled Prime Minister

    The Extraordinary Rise and Tragic Fall of Ramsay MacDonald

    by Walter Reid ...
    Ramsay MacDonald was born an illegitimate child in north-east Scotland. Leaving school at fourteen, he seemed bound to follow in his ploughman father's footsteps. Instead, he would become the UK's first Labour Prime Minister--a friend of George V and a global political star. How did he get there from his Highland bothy? Why has he been erased from political memory? And how did this leftist ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Empire of Sand

    How Britain Made the Middle East

    by Walter Reid ...
    "A story of how empires rattle along until their sheer scale makes them nonsensical . . . [Reid's] very capable prose just begs to be read" ( The Scotsman).At the end of the First World War, Britain, and to a much lesser extent France, created the modern Middle East. The possessions of the former Ottoman Empire were carved up with scant regard for the wishes of those who lived there. Frontiers ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Neville Chamberlain

    The Passionate Radical

    by Walter Reid ...
    Neville Chamberlain is remembered today as Hitler's credulous dupe, the man who proclaimed in September 1938 that the Munich agreement guaranteed 'peace in our time'. This is a magisterial reappraisal of Chamberlain and his legacy. It reveals the nuances of a complex and sensitive man who was a true radical and a man of passion, especially in all that concerned the welfare of his fellow citizens. ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Keeping the Jewel in the Crown

    The British Betrayl of India

    by Walter Reid ...
    An in-depth look at what truly happened when the Great Britain gave India its independence, from the author of Five Days from Defeat.When India became independent in 1947, the general view, which has prevailed until now, is that Britain had been steadily working for an amicable transfer of power for decades. In this book, Walter Reid argues that nothing could be further from the truth. With ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Churchill, 1940–1945

    Under Friendly Fire

    by Walter Reid ...
    This "magnificent" account of Churchill's battles with allies "is a meticulously researched history, but it is also a very moving human story" ( The Herald).In April 1945, Churchill said to Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, "There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them!" When he became Prime Minister on May 10, 1940, Churchill was ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Five Days from Defeat

    How Britain Nearly Lost the First World War

    by Walter Reid ...
    A historian explores " with forensic precision" the dramatic turning point that changed the course of the Great War ( The Scotsman).On March 21, 1918, Germany initiated one of the most ferocious offensives of the First World War. During the so-called Kaiserschlacht, German troops advanced on Allied positions in a series of attacks that caused massive casualties, separated British and French forces ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Neville Chamberlain

    The Passionate Radical

    by Walter Reid ...
    Neville Chamberlain is remembered today as Hitler's credulous dupe, the man who proclaimed in September 1938 that the Munich agreement guaranteed 'peace in our time'.This is a magisterial reappraisal of Chamberlain and his legacy. It reveals the nuances of a complex and sensitive man who was a true radical and a man of passion, especially in all that concerned the welfare of his fellow citizens. ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fighting Retreat

    Churchill and India

    by Walter Reid ...
    Winston Churchill was closely connected with India from 1896, when he landed in Bombay with his regiment, until 1947, when independence was finally achieved. No other British statesman had such a long association with the sub-continent--or interfered in its politics so consistently and harmfully. Churchill strove to sabotage any moves towards independence, crippling the Government of India Act ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

  • The Meaning of Company Accounts

    by Walter Reid, D R Myddelton ...
    The Meaning of Company Accounts first appeared in 1971 and quickly achieved recognition among managers, financial and non-financial alike. It is now seen as the standard text in the subject. It aims to help anyone using company accounts to gain a firm grasp of what they mean and how they relate to business activities. Throughout the book, ideas are developed in a logical, structured sequence, ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD

  • Supreme Sacrifice

    A Small Village and the Great War

    by Walter Reid, Paul Birch, Gordon Masterton ...
    A unique book that follows the story of World War I through the lives and deaths of seventy-two soldiers in one small Scottish village.The war memorial in the Scottish village of Bridge of Weir lists seventy-two men who died during the First World War. Their deaths occurred in almost every theater of the war. They were awarded very few medals, and their military careers were not remarkable—except ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Noble Sentiments of the Soul

    The Civil War Letters of Joseph Dobbs Bishop, Chief Musician, 23Rd Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1863

    Edited by Carol Brockway-Lieto, Walter Reid Brockway, Michael Barton ...
    While Joseph Dobbs Bishop was serving in Louisiana with the 23rd Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, he wrote letters ceaselessly to his wife and children. In several ways, his correspondence is typical of Civil War soldiers—he sends news of his comrades, he mentions his duties (he was a musician as well as an infantryman), he observes the landscape, complains about weather, illness, boredom, and ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

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    Empire of Sand

    How Britain Made the Middle East

    by Walter Reid ...
    Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 59 min

    At the end of the First World War, Britain, and to a much lesser extent France, created the modern Middle East. The possessions of the former Ottoman Empire were carved up with scant regard for the wishes of those who lived there. From the outset, the project was destined to fail.Conflicting and ambiguous promises had been made to the Arabs during the war but were not honored. Brief hopes for Arab ... Read more

    Was $41.99 CAD Now $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook