WOODWARD, DAVID R.::FORGOTTEN SOLDIERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
- First edition 2007, ISBN: 9780752443072
Paperback, Hardcover
New. This book explores the relevance of conspiracy theories in the modern social and political history of the Nordic countries. The Nordic countries have traditionally imagined themse… More...
New. This book explores the relevance of conspiracy theories in the modern social and political history of the Nordic countries. The Nordic countries have traditionally imagined themselves as stable, wealthy, egalitarian welfare states. Conspiracy theories, mistrust and disunity, the argument goes, happened elsewhere in Europe (especially Eastern Europe), the Middle East or in the United States. This book paints a different picture by demonstrating that conspiracy theories have always existed in the Nordic region, both as a result of structural tensions between different groups and in the aftermath of traumatic events, but seem to have become more prominent over the last 30 or 40 years. While the book covers events and developments in each of the Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Finland), it is not a comparative country analysis. Rather, the book focuses on conspiracy theories in and about the Nordic region as a region, arguing that similarities in the trajectories of conspiratorial thinking are interesting to examine in cultural, social, and political terms. The book takes a thematic approach, including looking at states and elites; family, gender and sexuality; migration and the outside view on the Nordic region; conspiracy theories about the Nordic countries; and Nordic noir. This book will be of great interest to researchers on extremism, conspiracy theories and the politics of the Nordic countries., 6, Thomas Dunne Books. New. Thomas Dunne Books, 2018-04-24 New STUART E EIZENSTAT was the chief White House domestic policy adviser to President Jimmy Carter and served as the United States Ambassador to the European Union from 1993 to 1996 and as the United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001The definitive history of the Carter Administration from the man who participated in its surprising number of accomplishments?drawing on his extensive and never-before-seen notesStuart Eizenstat was at Jimmy Carter's side from his political rise in Georgia through four years in the White House, where he served as Chief Domestic Policy Adviser He was directly involved in all domestic and economic decisions as well as in many foreign policy ones Famous for the legal pads he took to every meeting, he draws on more than 5,000 pages of notes and 350 interviews of all the major figures of the time, to write the comprehensive history of an underappreciated president?and to give an intimate view on how the presidency worksEizenstat reveals the grueling negotiations behind Carter's peace between Israel and Egypt, what led to the return of the Panama Canal, and how Carter made human rights a presidential imperative He follows Carter's passing of America's first comprehensive energy policy, and his deregulation of the oil, gas, transportation, and communications industries And he details the creation of the modern vice-presidencyEizenstat also details Carter's many missteps, including the Iranian Hostage Crisis, because Carter's desire to do the right thing, not the political thing, often hurt him and alienated Congress His willingness to tackle intractable problems, however, led to major, long-lasting accomplishmentsThis major work of history shows first-hand where Carter succeeded, where he failed, and how he set up many successes of later presidentsTable of Content:Foreword xvPreface xixIntroduction 1Part I Into the White House 151 The 1976 Campaign 172 A Perilous Transition 653 The Making of the Modern Vice President 894 A New Kind of First Lady 1045 The Indispensable Man 116Part II Energy 1356 The Moral Equivalent of War 1377 Energizing Congress 1708 The Senate Graveyard 1809 Energy and the Dollar at the Bonn Summit 20410 Into the Pork Barrel, Reluctantly 216Part III The Environment 24111 An Early Interest 24312 The Water Wars 24713 Alaska Forever Wild, Despite Its Senators 268Part IV The Economy 27514 The Great Stagflation 27715 The Consumer Populist 35416 Saving New York and Chrysler 391Part V Peace in the Middle East 40717 The Clash of Peace and Politics 40918 Sadat Changes History 47019 Carter's Triumph at Camp David 49820 A Cold Peace 531Part VI Peace in the Rest of the World 55321 The Panama Canal and Latin America 55522 The Soviet Union 58523 Afghanistan 635Part VII The Unraveling: Resignations and Reshuffling 65924 The "Malaise" Speech 66125 Resignations and Reshuffling 694Part VIII Iran 71726 The Rise of the Ayatollah 71927 The Fall of the President 747Part IX A Catastrophic Conclusion 81328 "Where's the Carter Bill, When We Need It?" 81529 No Good Deed Goes Unpunished 83430 "Are You Better Off .?" 86331 Final Days 893Acknowledgments 899Notes 903Index 973, Thomas Dunne Books, 6, Publishing House of the M.E. Church; South, Smith and Lamar, agents, 1916. Unknown Binding. Good. UNCOMMON. 1916 hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket is torn and worn, but still present and relatively clean despite the tears. A very small gouge goes through jacket and into the middle of the spine, but this does not affect the integrity of the binding. Binding is good, although just starting to show through at the title page. Ex-theology-school-library. Comes with bookplate inside front. Pages are free of markings. (sku-341), Publishing House of the M.E. Church; South, Smith and Lamar, agents, 1916, 2.5, Paperback / softback. New. The complex relationship between America and the Arab world goes back further than most people realize. In Artillery of Heaven, Ussama Makdisi presents a foundational American encounter with the Arab world that occurred in the nineteenth century..., 6, London- UK: Collins, 1960. THE DOOMED OASIS- Hammond Innes- Collins- London- UK- 1960- 1st Edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:- VG++/VG+- dj has nicks and chips on foot and head of spine- ex-library no pocket two stamps- 320pp clean, no tears or writing- small x on ffep- one smudge on page edges- "The story is about a quiet Welsh Solicitor who goes to the Middle East on business and finds himself plunged into the violence and intrigue of a great struggle for oil."- Fiction-adventure-Arabia (682). 1st Edition-1st Printing. Cloth. VG++/VG+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library., Collins, 1960, 3, New York / London / Toronto.: Pocket Books., 2001. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Light jacket surface wear. Nice edges.. 1 Black and red paper over boards. 368 p. Mitch Rapp Novels. Audience: General/trade. C.I.A. super-agent Mitch Rapp goes into action as the nuclear weaponry theater appears to threaten a World War III. Focus on the Middle East and changing leadership in his own agency., Pocket Books., 2001, 3, UK,12mo p/back Original,1st edn.[Originally and first published as US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,with The University Press of Kentucky,US,2006 under title of 'Hell in the Holy Land.' This UK issue/ edn by arrangement with that publisher under new UK title,and so,is a paperback 1st edn.] Wrapped+protected from day of purchase+ collection,so no owner inscrptn and no price removal from card cover - as new - with (original Waterstone's pre-order and further payment receipts laid in loose for the intended customer.) Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,matt,period contemporary b/w photographic illustrated front card cover with capitalised reddish-brown and dark brown title, author's white-lettered name and other blue+brown lettering to front,spine's continuation of front photograph with similarly coloured lettered title,but capitalised blue-lettered author name and white-lettered publisher name to foot of same and also without any reading creases,rear cover with period contemporary narrow photographic strip at its bottom edge and reddish-brown+dark grey lettered critics' reviews and grey-lettered story precis.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges or corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - unread,other than my own collation.UK,12mo p/back original,1st edn,8-322pp [paginated] includes verso of Abbreviations page,a Preface,Acknowledgements,11 chapters and a Conclusion,12pp in 1 block between pp160/173 of 8pp contemporary b/w photographs and 4pp b/w region's environs maps,Notes,a Bibliography, Illustrations+maps lists/tables and an Index. Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a contents list/table with blank verso,Abbreviations page and to the rear,6pp blanks, and 8pp publisher's b/w thumbnail photographic illustrated other published books' titles,as last pages. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of its age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral paperback,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition /state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional example for its cleanliness and brightness. In the modern popular imagination,the British Army's campaign in the Middle East during World War I is considered somehow less brutal than the fighting on European battlefields. A romantic view of this conflict has been further encouraged by such films as Lawrence of Arabia and The Light Horsemen.In 'FORGOTTEN SOLDIERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.',David R. Woodward uses graphic eyewitness accounts from the diaries,letters,and memoirs of British soldiers who fought in that war to describe in rigorous detail the genuine experience of the fighting and dying in Egypt and Palestine. The massive flow of troops and equipment to Egypt eventually made that country host to the largest British military base outside of Britain and France.Though many soldiers found the atmosphere in Cairo exotic,the desert countryside made the fundamentals of fighting and troop maintenance extremely difficult.The intense heat frequently sickened soldiers,and unruly camels were the only practical means of transport across the soft sands of the Sinai.The constant shortage of potable water was a persistent problem for the troops; one soldier recalled, "It is impossible to realize the depth a man will sink to endeavor to appease the terrible horror of thirst." The voices of these British soldiers offer a forgotten perspective of the Great War, describing not only the physical and psychological toll of combat but the daily struggles of soldiers who were stationed in an unfamiliar environment that often proved just as antagonistic as the enemy.A soldier of the Dorset Yeomanry,stationed in Egypt,wrote: "There are three sounds in Egypt which never cease - the creaking of the waterwheels,the song of the frogs,and the buzz of flies.Letter writing is an impossibility in the evening,for as soon as the sun goes down,if a lamp is lighted,the air all round is thick with little grey sand-flies which bite disgustingly." Using archival records,many from the Imperial War Museum in London,England, Woodward paints a vivid picture of the mayhem, terror,boredom,filth, and sacrifice that marked the daily life of British soldiers in the Middle East. In telling the story of these soldiers,Woodward provides a personal history of a campaign that laid the groundwork for the continuing turmoil in the Middle East. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **, UK.STROUD,GLOUCESTERSHIRE.TEMPUS PUBLISHING LTD.,2007., 5<
