The First World War was the overwhelming disaster from which everything else in the twentieth century stemmed. Fourteen million combatants died, four empires were destroyed, and even the victors' empires were fatally damaged. World War I took humanity from the nineteenth century forcibly into the twentieth--and then, at Versailles, cast Europe on the path to World War II as well.
In World War One, Norman Stone, one of the world's greatest historians, has achieved the almost impossible task of writing a terse and witty short history of the war. A captivating, brisk narrative,...
The First World War was the overwhelming disaster from which everything else in the twentieth century stemmed. Fourteen million combatants died, four ...
A groundbreaking historical study, Norman Stone's "The Eastern Front 1914-1917 "was the very first authoritative account of the Russian Front in World War I to be published in the West. In this now-classic history he dispels the myths surrounding a still relatively little-known aspect of the war, showing how inefficiency rather than economic shortage led to Russia's desperate privations and eventual retreat. He also interprets the connection between the war and the chaos that followed, arguing that although fighting had almost ceased by the end of 1916, Russia was still in turmoil undergoing...
A groundbreaking historical study, Norman Stone's "The Eastern Front 1914-1917 "was the very first authoritative account of the Russian Front in World...
In 1914 a new kind of war, and a new kind of world, came about. Fourteen million combatants died, a further twenty million were wounded, four empires were destroyed and even the victors' empires were fatally damaged. This title provides a terse, opinionated and wry short history of the First World War.
In 1914 a new kind of war, and a new kind of world, came about. Fourteen million combatants died, a further twenty million were wounded, four empires ...
The Second World War is the nightmare that sits at the heart of the modern era - a total refutation of any notion of human progress and a conflict which still haunts us 70 years on. This title provides a concise, short history of World War Two with the depth that comes from a great historian.
The Second World War is the nightmare that sits at the heart of the modern era - a total refutation of any notion of human progress and a conflict whi...
Public Relations is one business function an organisation cannot decide it does not want. The only option is whether to manage PR as a conscious and deliberate activity, or to leave it to chance and hope for the best - a sure route to bad public relations. In this text the author provides a comprehensive survey and analysis of PR drawing on a variety of illustrations and case histories and referring to a whole battery of techniques. It will be essential reading for students and others wishing to understand the dynamics and importance of Public Relations.
Public Relations is one business function an organisation cannot decide it does not want. The only option is whether to manage PR as a conscious and d...
