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In 1948, Wiliam Beveridge's last major report, "Voluntary Action", was published. In this little remembered work, Beveridge, the father of the welfare state, sought out the middle ground between the state and the market. This book intends to re-evaluate and reassess the ideas contained within "Voluntary Action".

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Argues that, between 1933 and '45, the US press failed to treat the destruction of European Jews as urgent news. Lipstadt shows how demand for "objectivity", cynicism of reporters and an atmosphere of isolationism influenced the news and policymakers who might have saved countless lives.

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This book presents the personal narratives of six Palestinians whose stories are central to describing the greater Palestinian plight in the Gaza Strip, the Intifada, the beginning of the 1993 peace process, and beyond.

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This book studies Crimean War nursing from a transnational perspective setting nursing in the five combatant armies into the wider context of European statecraft. -- .

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This book explores how Canadians and Canadian readers have fashioned their self-image as an antislavery haven, showing a more complicated picture of Canada as a slaveholding, exploitative and racist place.

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Draws on previously unexplored visual and ephemeral sources to re-evaluate the British city, its changing form, representation and impact. -- .

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This book explores how events within the Gaelic-speaking world of Ireland and the Highlands and Islands of Scotland shaped the affairs of the wider Irish and British Isles during the later medieval and early modern periods.

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Luftwaffe aces explain their tactics and relate their experiences during the bloody campaign known as the Defence of the Reich. This story - based on personal accounts and official records from both sides - is predominantly that of the Bf 109's struggle to defeat the US Eighth Air Force.

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Featuring first-hand accounts from veteran pilots, rare archival photographs and expert analysis, this volume brings to life the vicious dogfights that took place between the Bf 109 and the Yak as they vied for mastery of the frozen skies of the Eastern Front.

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The RAF introduced the Avro Lancaster in 1942 and used it to spearhead this aerial offensive. In response, the Luftwaffe created an elite nightfighter force based primarily upon the Bf 110. The Luftwaffe was quick to equip it with airborne radar that allowed it to intercept and destroy Lancasters over Germany. This title deals with this topic.

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Bible & Treaty is a complex and colourful adventure of faith, bravery, perseverance and betrayal that seeks to recover lost connections in the story of modern New Zealand bringing a fresh perspective to the missionary story.

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From Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Steve Fainaru comes an unforgettable journey into Iraq's parallel war,a world filled with tens of thousands of armed men roaming Iraq with impunity, doing jobs the military can't or won't do. Fainaru reveals in gritty and shocking detail what drives these men to do the world's most dangerous work.

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'Bill' Slim was one of the greatest British generals of World War II. In a career that stretched from 1914 until 1958, Bill Slim's greatest triumphs came in India and Burma in the long war against the Japanese. This book examines both Bill Slim's military career and his place in military history by examining some of his greatest battles.

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Uses the 2001 anthrax attacks for an analysis of the past, present, and future of America's preparedness to deal with major challenges to public health, including bioterrorism and pandemic flu. This book looks for linkages between bioterrorism and pandemic defenses, and also between public health security and the wider field of homeland security.

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This title unearths a fascinating phenomenon of German political culture - the elevation of a dead political figure to the level of a demi-god and the effects of this deification on the course of German politics during the first half of the 20th century.

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This title unearths a phenomenon of German political culture - the elevation of a dead political figure, Otto van Bismarck, to the level of a demi-god. and the effects of such deification on the course of German politics during the first half of the 20th century.

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Promoted as a means for rectifying the problems of a region in extreme need, the Anglo-American Caribbean Commission (AACC) only exposed and exacerbated the underlying antagonisms between Britain and the United States over the economic and political structure of the post-war world.

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An historical journey of the discovery and development of sugar around the world.