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  • Cold War

    par Stephen Twigge ...
    Collections series Images of the The National Archives
    This documentary history from the UK National Archives captures the evolution of the Cold War through captivating images and declassified documents.In Cold War, Stephen Twigge explores the tense confrontation of global superpowers from the end of the Second World War to the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was a time when military and ideological struggles between the United States and the Soviet ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Codebreakers

    par Stephen Twigge ...
    Collections series Images of the National Archives
    "The story of the Code Breakers and Bletchley Park holds a fascination for many . . . A very enjoyable addition to the whole Enigma story." —Military Model SceneThe book reveals the story of British Codebreakers from the reign of Elizabeth I to the Cold War. It explores the use of ciphers during the Napoleonic wars, the role of the Royal Mail's Secret Office and the activities the Admiralty's ... En savoir plus

    $14.39 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Planning Armageddon

    Britain, the United States and the Command of Western Nuclear Forces, 1945-1964

    par Len Scott, Dr Stephen Robert Twigge, Stephen Twigge ...
    Collections series Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
    Planning Armageddon provides the first detailed account of Britain's Command, Control, Intelligence and Communications infrastructure. A central theme of the book is the British-American atomic relationship and its implications for NATO strategy. Based on the recollections of officials and military officers in both Britain and the United States and ... En savoir plus

    $63.20 CAD

  • The Spy Toolkit

    Extraordinary inventions from World War II

    par The National Archives, Stephen Twigge ...
    A revealing, sometimes sinister and often hilarious look at the gadgets and devices devised to help spies in their profession.Spies claim that theirs is the second oldest profession. Secret agents across time have had the same key tasks: looking and listening, getting the information they need and smuggling it back home. Over the course of human history, some amazingly complex and imaginative ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Invasion of Afghanistan and UK-Soviet Relations, 1979-1982

    Documents on British Policy Overseas, Series III, Volume VIII

    Modifié par Richard Smith, Patrick Salmon, Stephen Twigge ...
    Collections series Whitehall Histories
    This volume examines British policy towards the Soviet Union in the aftermath of the invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979.The documents in this volume, many released into the public realm for the first time, describe the development of British policy towards the Soviet Union during the eventful years 1979-1982. The new Conservative government, under Margaret Thatcher, was determined to ... En savoir plus

    $94.81 CAD

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    Preparing For The Worst 1945 - 2010

    par Peter Hennessy ...
    This updated edition of The Secret State revises Hennessy's picture of the Soviet threat that was presented to ministers from the last days of the Second World War to the 1960s. He maps the size and shape of the Cold War state built in response to that perceived threat, and traces the arguments successive generations of ministers, the military and civil servants have used to justify the British ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • Blackett's War

    The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare

    par Stephen Budiansky ...
    A Washington Post Notable BookIn March 1941, after a year of devastating U-boat attacks, the British War Cabinet turned to an intensely private, bohemian physicist named Patrick Blackett to turn the tide of the naval campaign. Though he is little remembered today, Blackett did as much as anyone to defeat Nazi Germany, by revolutionizing the Allied anti-submarine effort through the disciplined, ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction

    par Joseph M. Siracusa ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    Despite not having been used in anger since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Bomb is still the biggest threat that faces us in the 21st century. As Bill Clinton's first secretary of defence, Les Aspin, aptly put it: 'The Cold War is over, the Soviet Union is no more. But the post-Cold War world is decidedly not post-nuclear'. For all the effort to reduce nuclear stockpiles to zero, it seems that the ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • Britain on the Brink

    The Cold War's Most Dangerous Weekend, 27–28 October 1962

    par Jim Wilson ...
    This Cold War history examines the Cuban Missile Crisis from a British perspective, following events as they developed in London, Washington, and Moscow.During the Cold War, the possibility of nuclear destruction was never too far away. But for several days in October of 1962, that possibility came closer than most civilians could ever imagine. The Cuban Missile Crisis put the UK squarely on the ... En savoir plus

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  • Facing the Bear

    Scotland and the Cold War

    par Trevor Royle ...
    The author of Culloden explores Scotland's history during the Cold War.Between the end of the Second World War and the collapse of Communism, confrontation with the Soviet Union was an everyday reality. As part of NATO's response, Scotland played a key role in the alliance's forward maritime defense strategy, aimed at containing the Soviet threat from naval and air forces. During this period, 10 ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Secret US Plan to Overthrow the British Empire

    War Plan Red

    par Graham M. Simons ...
    This military history offers a provocative take on the "Special Relationship" between the UK and the USA from the close of WWI into the Cold War.After the Great War, the American government contemplated what it would mean to pursue global superpower status. One potential consequence might have been conflict with Great Britain. And so, the US drew up War Plan Red: a scheme by which American forces ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Covert Radio Agents, 1939–1945

    Signals From Behind Enemy Lines

    par David Hebditch ...
    "A treasure of a book…An authentic adventure saga [and] a very human story generously seasoned with ingenuity, technology and hardy individualism." — K9YA TelegraphIncludes photos and mapsClandestine radio operators had one of the most dangerous jobs of World War II. Those in Nazi-occupied Europe for the SOE, MI6, and OSS had a life expectancy of just six weeks. In the Gilbert Islands, the ... En savoir plus

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