wyszukanych pozycji: 6
A Knight in Politics: A Biography of Sir Frederick Borden
ISBN: 9780773537309 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Derided as a buffoon and an ignorant civilian by military critics, Borden became the public's lightning rod and Prime Minster Wilfrid Laurier's point man for negotiating Canada's sensitive military agenda during an era of high imperialism. Carman Miller presents a balanced assessment that seamlessly blends history and social and cultural analysis to highlight Borden's relationships within the contemporary web of nepotism, patronage, business, and family. A detailed account of the leading role Borden played in the development of modern Canada, A Knight in Politics showcases the transition to...
Derided as a buffoon and an ignorant civilian by military critics, Borden became the public's lightning rod and Prime Minster Wilfrid Laurier's point ...
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280,63 zł |
Painting the Map Red: Canada and the South African War, 1899-1902
ISBN: 9780773509139 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Painting the Map Red is based on extensive research into public and private papers from printed and manuscript sources in both Canada and Britain. Carman Miller attempts to explain why men volunteered for service in this distant conflict despite the rancorous pre-war debate on the wisdom of Canadian participation. He examines the difficulties of leading citizen soldiers and compares the differing styles of leadership. He also reveals how the soldiers' experiences in the field and the public's perceptions of the war altered Canadian opinion, politics, and military development.
Painting the Map Red is based on extensive research into public and private papers from printed and manuscript sources in both Canada and Britain. Car...
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161,10 zł |
Painting the Map Red : Canada and the South African War, 1899-1902
ISBN: 9780773517509 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Painting the Map Red is based on extensive research into public and private papers from printed and manuscript sources in both Canada and Britain. Carman Miller attempts to explain why men volunteered for service in this distant conflict despite the rancorous pre-war debate on the wisdom of Canadian participation. He examines the difficulties of leading citizen soldiers and compares the differing styles of leadership. He also reveals how the soldiers' experiences in the field and the public's perceptions of the war altered Canadian opinion, politics, and military development.
Painting the Map Red is based on extensive research into public and private papers from printed and manuscript sources in both Canada and Britain. Car...
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155,86 zł |
Charlie's First War: South Africa, 1899-1900
ISBN: 9780773544321 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Charles Henry Tweddell (1869-1921) was one of several thousand Canadian soldiers who fought with British forces in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). A methodical diarist, Tweddell recounts his year of service from the time he left Quebec City until his return. Tweddell's diary captures the sounds, sights, and stench of war, its friendships and rivalries, its routine and boredom, its death, disease, and injury. Readers are taken into the battlefield and the British military s disastrous medical services and facilities, and his month-long sight-seeing sick leave in London. Tweddell's diary...
Charles Henry Tweddell (1869-1921) was one of several thousand Canadian soldiers who fought with British forces in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-190...
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166,30 zł |