The ""Confrontation"" is Britain's forgotten war. Yet as David Easter shows, it was a major commitment involving over 54,000 British servicemen and near-escalation into full-scale war with Indonesia. President Sukarno's ""Confrontation'"" of Indonesia was an attempt to destroy Britain's plans for Malayasia by guerilla warfare including air and sea landings, and Britain responded with a secret war by supporting rebel groups, propaganda and clandestine cross-border raids. Sukarno was finally overthrown by a pro-Western military government which renounced the Confrontation and accepted Malaysia....
The ""Confrontation"" is Britain's forgotten war. Yet as David Easter shows, it was a major commitment involving over 54,000 British servicemen and ne...
Introducing the world of mechanical engineering through a lively, readable text and numerous knowledge-check questions, activities and exercises, this book has been designed as a full programme of study for mechanical engineering option units followed by students on mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, and operations and maintenance BTEC National Certificate and National Diploma courses. The author has structured the material so that manageable sections of text are complemented by in-text questions and features such as test your knowledge, activity and maths in action panels, so...
Introducing the world of mechanical engineering through a lively, readable text and numerous knowledge-check questions, activities and exercises, this...
