9781852850784 - Collision of Empires: Britain in Three World Wars, 1793-1945 von Harvey, A. D. (9 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Binding tight. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xvi, 784 pages. Notes; Includes index. Contents; Cover -- Contents -- PART ONE: THE GREAT WAR WITH FRANCE 1793-1815 -- Outline: 1793-1815 -- 1 Britain at War with France -- I: Causes or Occasions -- II: The Occasion of War -- III: The Ideology of the War -- IV: The Objectives of the War in the 1790s -- V: The War against Napoleon -- VI: Unofficial War Aims -- 2 The Industrial Revolution at War -- I: Assessing Britain's Wartime Economy -- II: Population and Wealth: Some International Comparisons -- III: The Evidence of Tax Statistics -- IV: Industrialization and Boom -- V: Mobilizing National Resources -- VI: The Contribution of Technology -- VII: The Contribution of Industrial Production -- VIII: International Comparisons: External Trade -- IX: A Key Resource: Money -- X: The Paper System -- 3 Britain at War with Europe -- I: The European Response to British Policy -- II: The Case for Action against Britain -- III: The Armed Neutrality of 1800 -- IV: Copenhagen, 1807 -- V: The Continental System -- VI: From Isolation to Triumph -- 4 Wellington's War -- I: The Elusive Strategic Pattern -- II: The Problem of Strategic Control -- III: Command of the Sea -- IV: The British Army: A Profession of Amateurs -- V: Military-Naval Cooperation -- VI: The Continental Commitment -- VII: The Duke of Wellington -- VIII: Wellington's System: Logistics and Repression -- IX: Wellington's Logistics and the Logic of Success -- 5 Venetian Oligarchy or Vacuum -- I: The British Political System during the French Wars -- II: Government and Party in the 1800s -- III: The Structure of Public Opinion -- IV: George III as National Symbol -- V: Alternative Symbols -- VI: The War and the Established Order -- VII: The War and National Consensus -- PART TWO: THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-1918 -- Outline: 1914-1918 -- 6 Britain's Entry into the First World War: A Study in Motives -- I: Problems of Agenda. II: Views from the Other Side -- III: Voices of the People -- IV: The Standard Excuses: Belgium and the Entente -- V: Parallel Cases: Turkey -- VI: Parallel Cases: Italy -- VII: Parallel Cases: Greece -- VIII: Parallel Cases: Portugal -- IX: Last Parallel Case: The United States -- X: The British Case -- XI: Psychological Crisis and the Decision for War -- 7 The War against Militarism and Imperialism -- I: The War against Prussianism -- II: The New Eastern Question -- III: The Cause of the Small Nationalities -- IV: Democracy versus Autocracy -- 8 Towards the Economics of Total War -- I: The Scale of the War -- II: The Failure of Forward Planning -- III: The Evolution of the British War Economy -- IV: Britain and the Allies -- V: Foreign Parallels: Russia and Austria-Hungary -- VI: The German War Economy -- 9 The War of the Generals -- I: Some Images of the Great War -- II: New Ideas and the Old Guard -- III: Careers Open to Talent -- IV: Left-Overs from Queen Victoria's Little Wars: Kitchener and Hamilton -- V: Sir John French -- VI: The New Professionalism -- VII: Sir Douglas Haig -- VIII: The New Warfare of the Industrial Era -- IX: Learning the Lessons of War -- X: The Military Mind Confronts Reality -- 10 Armageddon in the Machine Age -- I: Improved Ways of Killing -- II: The Machine Gun -- III: Gas -- IV: The Tank -- V: The Image and Achievements of Air Power -- VI: The Birth of Bombing -- VII: Aeroplanes and the War of the Trenches -- VIII: The Battle for Air Supremacy -- IX: The Air Lobby -- X: The Mind and the Machine -- 11 The War of the Transitional Dictatorships -- I: The Instability of the Old Order -- II: Opposition to War Governments -- Ill: The Case of Austria-Hungary -- IV: Civil and Military Rule in Germany and Austria-Hungary -- V: Civil and Military Rule in the West -- VI: Civil and Military Relations in Britain. VII: National Leadership -- VIII: Lloyd George and the Generals -- IX: The Source of Political Authority -- PART THREE: THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945 -- Outline: 1939-1945 -- 12 Right against Right -- I: Cross-Currents -- II: The Question of Fascism and Anti-Fascism -- III: Isolated Ideologues -- IV: Right against Right in Britain -- V: The Myth of the Master Race - Anglo-Saxon Version -- VI: The American Angle -- 13 The War of the Super-economies -- I: Learning from the Past -- II: The Blitzkrieg Economy in Germany -- III: Planning the German War Economy -- IV: The Pillage of Europe -- V: The Japanese War Economy -- VI: The British War Economy -- VII: Elements of Unbalance -- VIII: The U.S.A. as Arsenal of Democracy -- IX: Lend-Lease -- 14 The War of Technology -- I: The Question of Technological Superiority and Military Advantage -- II: German Science at War -- III: German Science and Nazi Organization -- IV: Technology and the Japanese War Effort -- V: Design and Engineering in Britain -- VI: The British Boffin at War -- 15 The Strategy of Long Views and Wide Margins -- I: Axis Underestimates -- II: Strategy as Fantasy: The Italian Case -- III: The Strategy of Wishful Thinking: Britain and the Mediterranean -- IV: Sclerosis of the System -- 16 The Correct Use of Air Power -- I: Images of War in the Air Age -- II: The Air Weapon in Ground Warfare -- III: The Battle of Britain and the Air Ministry -- IV: The Blitz -- V: The Empire Strikes Back -- VI: The New War of Attrition -- VII: The Cost to Germany -- VIII: The Legacy of Sir Douglas Haig -- 17 The War of the Plebiscitary Dictatorships -- I: Social Cohesion in the Third Reich: Supervision -- II: Social Cohesion in the Third Reich: Seduction -- III: Wartime Leadership -- IV: Winston Churchill: His Finest Hour -- V: Churchill as War Leader -- VI: Civil and Military in Britain. VII: Civil and Military in Germany and Japan -- Envoi. Subjects; Fremder Feind. Geschichte 1793-1945. 1793 - 1945. World War, 1914-1918. World War, 1939-1945. Imperialism History. World War II. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Index; xvi+784pp. orig. cloth,

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 800 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.75 inches. In Stock.