Zbirka: Zgodovina 20. stoletja
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Who Paid The Piper?(2000) SAUNDERS, FRANCES STONOR'Frances Stonor Saunders has almost single-handedly started off a branch of sub-history; the cultural cold war. Who Paid The Piper? is an extraordinarily good book and I do recommend it to anyone who's remotely interested in the period'- Ian McEwan authorVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Behind Enemy Lines(2012) BATH, RICHARD,MACPHERSON, SIR TOMMYWith three Military Crosses, three Croix de guerre, a Légion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tommy Macpherson is the most decorated living soldier of the British Army. Yet for 65 years the Highlander'sVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Dirty War(1991) DILLON, MARTINIn this enthralling and controversial book, Martin Dillon, author of the bestselling The Shankill Butchers, examines the roles played by the Provisional IRA, the State forces, the Irish Government and the British Army during this troubled period.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Life In Secrets(2006) HELM, SARAHThe definitive account of an absorbing double mystery: the fates of the missing female SOE agents and the truth about the woman who searched for themVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Twentieth-Century South Africa(2001) BEINART, WILLIAM (PROFESSOR OF RACE RELATIONS, AFRICAN STUDIES CENTRE AND ST ANTHONY'S COLLEGE, OXFORD FELLOW, PROFESSOR OF RACE RELATIONS, AFRICAN STUDIES CENTRE AND ST ANTHONY'S COLLEGE, OXFORD FELLOW, ST ANTHONY'S COLLEGE, OXFORD)This text examines the forces - both destructive and dynamic - which have shaped 20th-century South Africa. The book draws on the rich and lively tradition of radical history writing on the country and weaves economic and cultural history into the politicVezava: Mehka30,83 € -
Colossus(2010) COPELAND, B. JACK, AND OTHERS (PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY IN NEW ZEALAND, AND DIRECTOR OF THE TURING ARCHIVE FOR THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING)Shrouded in secrecy until recently, Colossus was the world's first fully-functioning electronic computer, built during the Second World War and used at Bletchley Park to crack the codes of high-level Nazi communications. This collection of essays delves iVezava: Mehka25,22 € -
Ajax, The Dutch, The War(2011) KUPER, SIMONThe Holocaust, Dutch football and World War II - from the bestselling author of the award-winning FOOTBALL AGAINST THE ENEMY. Updated with a new afterword. 'Passionate and moving' GUARDIANVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives(2012) CADDICK-ADAMS, PROF. PETER, TD, VR, BA (HONS), PHD, FRHISTS, FRGS, KJTwo men came to personify British and German generalship in the Second World War: Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel. They fought a series of extraordinary duels across several theatres of war which established them as two of the greatest captains of theVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Reluctant Communist(2008) JENKINS, CHARLES ROBERT,FREDERICK, JIMTakes the reader behind the North Korean curtain and reveals the inner workings of its isolated society while offering a powerful testament to the human spirit.Vezava: Mehka40,39 € -
John F. Kennedy(2013) DALLEK, ROBERTA single-volume biography of John F Kennedy that reveals more than we ever knew about Jack Kennedy, forever changing the way we think about his life, his presidency and his legacy.Vezava: Mehka28,04 € -
Most Secret War(2009) JONES, R.V.Details how Britain stealthily stole the war from under the Germans' noses by outsmarting their intelligence at every turn. This book talks about the 'battle of the beams'; detecting and defeating flying bombs; using chaff to confuse radar; and, many otheVezava: Mehka26,62 €
