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One of the prestigious and versatile units of the British armed forces, the Royal Marine Commandos served in many theatres worldwide, performing a number of specialised roles. This book provides a look at the service life of a Royal Marine Commando, exploring the developments that took place in the post-World War II period.

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In 1914, the Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps was subsumed into the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). With the bulk of the Royal Flying Corps engaged in France, the aircraft and seaplane pilots of the RNAS protected Britain from the deadly and terrifying Zeppelin menace. This book charts the pioneering role of the RNAS in military aviation.

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The Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy served with distinction in World War II. Featuring first hand accounts, combat reports, photographs and colour plates depicting the range of profiles and symbolic markings that were used, this book details the history and combat experiences of these pilots who served with such distinction for the Allied cause.

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Examines the nineteenth-century royal tour from the perspectives of various historical actors - including royals, politicians and indigenous people - in order to demonstrate how a multi-valent British culture was created throughout the empire. -- .

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Examines the nineteenth-century royal tour from the perspectives of various historical actors - including royals, politicians and indigenous people - in order to demonstrate how a multi-valent British culture was created throughout the empire. -- .

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This volume offers a variety of fresh and exciting perspectives on Royalist politics, religion and culture during the Interregnum. Between them, these essays are an important milestone in the recovery of the Royalist experience of the 1650s. -- .

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Travel by European and native monarchs and other royals between Europe, Asia and Africa developed as a new form of personal and international politics in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The pageantry and politics of royal tours during the age of empire provides great insight into modern monarchy, colonialism and transnational cultural encounters.

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Looking at Americans and their politics, this book argues for a more complex understanding of the "space" occupied by politics in nineteenth-century American society and culture. It explores a wide range of political actions and attitudes.

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No other European country has had a government as harsh and dictatorial as that of Russia. Rulers and Subjects is the study of governors and the governed, from 1801 until the liquidation of the Soviet state in 1991.

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This book explores thoroughly the reforms of Russian administration from 1775 to 1785, this work also reaches beyond Catherine's reign to challenge established opinions on the nature of eighteenth-century Russian government and the autocracy of the tsars. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand t

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In the vein of Salt and Cod comes Rum , the definitive history of how Rum helped to shape the modern world

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This study examines the impact of the British press on the development of the July Crisis of 1914. The author analyzes how British newspapers encouraged German hopes for British neutrality and affected the indecisive nature of Sir Edward Grey's foreign policy in 1914.

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This study examines the impact of the British press on the development of the July Crisis of 1914. The author analyzes how British newspapers encouraged German hopes for British neutrality and affected the indecisive nature of Sir Edward Grey's foreign policy in 1914.

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Rumors that Changed the World explores the social and cultural impact of rumor from Antiquity to the mid-1990s, examining it as one of the most important contributing factors to violence and discrimination. The book is aimed at a wide range of scholars interested in history, psychology, communication, sociology, anthropology, and politics.

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"Run the Gauntlet: The Channel Dash 1942".

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This concise and cogent history of the Mexico/U.S. border conflict analyzes the acts that led to the current U.S. policy and its effects on immigration.

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From Fiji to the Falkland Islands, from Malaysia to Australia and South Africa, from Lagos to Ottawa, British men and women, with no training, were dispatched to strange places, among strange people and faced unimaginable conditions. This book reveals the day-today lives, griefs and triumphs of governors at the height of the British Empire.

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Analysing the form and influence of Ruskin's social theory, this book looks at Ruskin's significant contribution to social and intellectual thought in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It also examines the chronological development of Ruskin's thought and establishes the extent of his influence among the nascent labour movement.

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This study traces the development of Russian national consciousness from the time of the reforms of Peter the Great in the early eighteenth century, when ideas of nation and nationalism first penetrated Russia, up until Russia's current post-imperial identity crisis.

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