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The spirit of Polish nationalism - forged during World War I - has been frequently at odds with the modernising drives of democracy and communism. This title traces this conflict from the emergence of an independent Poland in 1918; through World War II, communism and the democratic victories of Solidarity.

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Polar Shift addresses how to sustain the Arctic's richness, beauty, and local and global value. It describes programs specifically created to protect this region and presents competing ideas of how it can be improved with specific recommendations

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Polar Shift addresses how to sustain the Arctic's richness, beauty, and local and global value. It describes programs specifically created to protect this region and presents competing ideas of how it can be improved with specific recommendations

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This book analyses several revolutionary changes in the way that Britain has been policed in the last two hundred years. It shows how management techniques and information systems have been developed to form modern police institutions. -- .

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The tumult of the Cultural Revolution after 1966 is often blamed on a few leaders in Beijing, or on long-term egalitarian ideals, or on communist or Chinese political cultures. Lynn White shows, however, that the chaos resulted mainly from reactions by masses of individuals and small groups to three specific policies of administrative manipulation:

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Policing and War in Europe marks a new departure in Criminal Justice History. These seven chapter essays, together with the reviews of twelve major works in the area, establish the series as a major forum for exploring new areas of research in the criminal justice area in its historical, criminological, legal, and social aspects.

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Describes the origins of employers' police agencies that operated in nineteenth and twentieth century England and how they interacted with other police agencies.

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Evaluates the workings of juvenile justice and the relationship between young people and practitioners in a key era of social change -- .

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This book synthesizes the history of Hellenistic Karia and offers new interpretations for the motives behind cases of sympoliteia, or the merging of city-states, in the region. This study presents new readings of inscriptional evidence, nuancing our understanding of the dynamics of democracy in the Hellenistic period.

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This book synthesizes the history of Hellenistic Karia and offers new interpretations for the motives behind cases of sympoliteia, or the merging of city-states, in the region. This study presents new readings of inscriptional evidence, nuancing our understanding of the dynamics of democracy in the Hellenistic period.

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A celebration of the diverse armies that defended independent Poland against invasion and partition.

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The Polish army during the Blitzkrieg conjures up tragic images of infantry and dashing, but ineffective and ultimately doomed cavalry charges. This volume presents a technical study of the machines that formed the backbone of Poland's defences on the ground, using photographs and a comprehensive design and developmental history.

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This study examines the experience of a Polish soldier and partisan hero, Roman Rodziewicz. Rodziewiczs life takes the reader from Manchuria to Poland, enlistment in the Polish army, service with the famous partisan leader Major Hubal, capture and torture by the Germans, and imprisonment first at Auschwitz and then Buchenwald.

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Of all Allied airmen, Polish pilots had the most experience of fighting the Luftwaffe by the time the war came to Britain. The author presents this peerless account of the fiery, talented Polish "Spit" pilots, whose country had been overrun and whose aggression and determination to shoot down Axis aircraft was unmatched.

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This volume explores the theme of religious and political practices in early modern Britain.

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This book starts with the premise that clothing is political and that analysing clothing can enhance understanding of political style. It offers an examination of how dress formed political identities and communicated social and political messages during the period when imperial and colonial empires assumed their modern form.