Author: Alastair Macdonald Hart
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365774155
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Born at the beginning of 1952, the Author missed World War II by less than seven years, yet the effects were still being felt all around him. Rationing and bomb sites were the norm as he grew up in a once great country still reeling from the effects of the most devastating war in world history. He considers himself lucky to have been born in the UK. He also considers himself lucky to have lived through the golden years, enjoying a level of prosperity his children and children's children will only be able to dream of. In both Where the UK Went Wrong [1945-2015] and Where the UK Went Wrong [Post WW11], second edition, the author compares the post-war commitment to social cohesion and universal prosperity with the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries' weak, divisive, and ineffective political leadership (of all political parties) and the Darwinian 'survival of the fittest' society they have sought to create.
Where The UK Went Wrong (Post WWII): A Personal Journey, 2nd Edition, Revised
Author: Alastair Macdonald Hart
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365774155
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Born at the beginning of 1952, the Author missed World War II by less than seven years, yet the effects were still being felt all around him. Rationing and bomb sites were the norm as he grew up in a once great country still reeling from the effects of the most devastating war in world history. He considers himself lucky to have been born in the UK. He also considers himself lucky to have lived through the golden years, enjoying a level of prosperity his children and children's children will only be able to dream of. In both Where the UK Went Wrong [1945-2015] and Where the UK Went Wrong [Post WW11], second edition, the author compares the post-war commitment to social cohesion and universal prosperity with the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries' weak, divisive, and ineffective political leadership (of all political parties) and the Darwinian 'survival of the fittest' society they have sought to create.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365774155
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Born at the beginning of 1952, the Author missed World War II by less than seven years, yet the effects were still being felt all around him. Rationing and bomb sites were the norm as he grew up in a once great country still reeling from the effects of the most devastating war in world history. He considers himself lucky to have been born in the UK. He also considers himself lucky to have lived through the golden years, enjoying a level of prosperity his children and children's children will only be able to dream of. In both Where the UK Went Wrong [1945-2015] and Where the UK Went Wrong [Post WW11], second edition, the author compares the post-war commitment to social cohesion and universal prosperity with the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries' weak, divisive, and ineffective political leadership (of all political parties) and the Darwinian 'survival of the fittest' society they have sought to create.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is the premier public resource on scientific and technological developments that impact global security. Founded by Manhattan Project Scientists, the Bulletin's iconic "Doomsday Clock" stimulates solutions for a safer world.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is the premier public resource on scientific and technological developments that impact global security. Founded by Manhattan Project Scientists, the Bulletin's iconic "Doomsday Clock" stimulates solutions for a safer world.
The Man Who Saved Britain
Author: Simon Winder
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1429923717
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Bond. James Bond. The ultimate British hero--suave, stoic, gadget-driven--was, more than anything, the necessary invention of a traumatized country whose self-image as a great power had just been shattered by the Second World War. By inventing the parallel world of secret British greatness and glamour, Ian Fleming fabricated an icon that has endured long past its maker's death. In The Man Who Saved Britain, Simon Winder lovingly and ruefully re-creates the nadirs of his own fandom while illuminating what Bond says about sex, the monarchy, food, class, attitudes toward America, and everything in between. The result is an insightful and, above all, entertaining exploration of postwar Britain under the influence of the legendary Agent 007.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1429923717
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Bond. James Bond. The ultimate British hero--suave, stoic, gadget-driven--was, more than anything, the necessary invention of a traumatized country whose self-image as a great power had just been shattered by the Second World War. By inventing the parallel world of secret British greatness and glamour, Ian Fleming fabricated an icon that has endured long past its maker's death. In The Man Who Saved Britain, Simon Winder lovingly and ruefully re-creates the nadirs of his own fandom while illuminating what Bond says about sex, the monarchy, food, class, attitudes toward America, and everything in between. The result is an insightful and, above all, entertaining exploration of postwar Britain under the influence of the legendary Agent 007.
World War II in Literature for Youth
Author: Patricia Hachten Wee
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810853010
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
This comprehensive volume provides a wealth of information with annotated listings of more than 3,500 titles--a broad sampling of books on the war years 1939-1945. Includes both fiction and nonfiction works about all aspects of the war. Professional resources for educators aligned to the educational standards for social studies; technical references; periodicals and electronic resources; a directory of WWII museums, memorials, and other institutions; and topics for exploration complement this excellent library and classroom resource.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810853010
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
This comprehensive volume provides a wealth of information with annotated listings of more than 3,500 titles--a broad sampling of books on the war years 1939-1945. Includes both fiction and nonfiction works about all aspects of the war. Professional resources for educators aligned to the educational standards for social studies; technical references; periodicals and electronic resources; a directory of WWII museums, memorials, and other institutions; and topics for exploration complement this excellent library and classroom resource.
Beyond Hostile Islands
Author: Daniel McKay
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 1531505171
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Offers a fascinating window into how the fraught politics of apology in the East Asian region have been figured in anglophone literary fiction. The Pacific War, 1941-1945, was fought across the world’s largest ocean and left a lasting imprint on anglophone literary history. However, studies of that imprint or of individual authors have focused on American literature without drawing connections to parallel traditions elsewhere. Beyond Hostile Islands contributes to ongoing efforts by Australasian scholars to place their national cultures in conversation with those of the United States, particularly regarding studies of the ideologies that legitimize warfare. Consecutively, the book examines five of the most significant historical and thematic areas associated with the war: island combat, economic competition, internment, imprisonment, and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Throughout, the central issue pivots around the question of how or whether at all New Zealand fiction writing differs from that of the United States. Can a sense of islandness, the ‘tyranny of distance,’ Māori cultural heritage, or the political legacies of the nuclear-free movement provide grounds for distinctive authorial insights? As an opening gambit, Beyond Hostile Islands puts forward the term ‘ideological coproduction’ to describe how a territorially and demographically more minor national culture may accede to the essentials of a given ideology while differing in aspects that reflect historical and provincial dimensions that are important to it. Appropriately, the literary texts under examination are set in various locales, including Japan, the Solomon Islands, New Zealand, New Mexico, Ontario, and the Marshall Islands. The book concludes in a deliberately open-ended pose, with the full expectation that literary writing on the Pacific War will grow in range and richness, aided by the growth of Pacific Studies as a research area.
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 1531505171
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Offers a fascinating window into how the fraught politics of apology in the East Asian region have been figured in anglophone literary fiction. The Pacific War, 1941-1945, was fought across the world’s largest ocean and left a lasting imprint on anglophone literary history. However, studies of that imprint or of individual authors have focused on American literature without drawing connections to parallel traditions elsewhere. Beyond Hostile Islands contributes to ongoing efforts by Australasian scholars to place their national cultures in conversation with those of the United States, particularly regarding studies of the ideologies that legitimize warfare. Consecutively, the book examines five of the most significant historical and thematic areas associated with the war: island combat, economic competition, internment, imprisonment, and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Throughout, the central issue pivots around the question of how or whether at all New Zealand fiction writing differs from that of the United States. Can a sense of islandness, the ‘tyranny of distance,’ Māori cultural heritage, or the political legacies of the nuclear-free movement provide grounds for distinctive authorial insights? As an opening gambit, Beyond Hostile Islands puts forward the term ‘ideological coproduction’ to describe how a territorially and demographically more minor national culture may accede to the essentials of a given ideology while differing in aspects that reflect historical and provincial dimensions that are important to it. Appropriately, the literary texts under examination are set in various locales, including Japan, the Solomon Islands, New Zealand, New Mexico, Ontario, and the Marshall Islands. The book concludes in a deliberately open-ended pose, with the full expectation that literary writing on the Pacific War will grow in range and richness, aided by the growth of Pacific Studies as a research area.
Books in Print
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2432
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2432
Book Description
Twenty-First-Century World Powers and Changing Alignments
Author: Ramesh N. Raizada
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 076185715X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Twenty-First Century World Powers and Changing Alignments provides an in-depth analysis of global political relations that exist between the most powerful countries of the world such as United States, Russia, England, China and others. It also describes the rationale behind the current and future political alignments amongst different countries. The threats and potentially dangerous situations presented by Iran and North Korea have been discussed in the book. What strategies should be followed to handle this explosive and difficult political Pandora’s box? It is not an easy task to lay out sustainable and achievable plans of action; however, some straightforward ideas have been outlined within this book. After the tragic events of 9/11, Muslim countries have garnered a great deal of attention. The book highlights where these countries stand in relation to terrorism and other political agenda. A brief synopsis of Arab Spring, a revolutionary movement in Arab countries, is included to spotlight the dramatic movement of democracy through out the world.
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 076185715X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Twenty-First Century World Powers and Changing Alignments provides an in-depth analysis of global political relations that exist between the most powerful countries of the world such as United States, Russia, England, China and others. It also describes the rationale behind the current and future political alignments amongst different countries. The threats and potentially dangerous situations presented by Iran and North Korea have been discussed in the book. What strategies should be followed to handle this explosive and difficult political Pandora’s box? It is not an easy task to lay out sustainable and achievable plans of action; however, some straightforward ideas have been outlined within this book. After the tragic events of 9/11, Muslim countries have garnered a great deal of attention. The book highlights where these countries stand in relation to terrorism and other political agenda. A brief synopsis of Arab Spring, a revolutionary movement in Arab countries, is included to spotlight the dramatic movement of democracy through out the world.
Postwar
Author: Tony Judt
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780143037750
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award • One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century “Impressive . . . Mr. Judt writes with enormous authority.” —The Wall Street Journal “Magisterial . . . It is, without a doubt, the most comprehensive, authoritative, and yes, readable postwar history.” —The Boston Globe Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of the world's most esteemed historians and intellectuals is a singular achievement. Postwar is the first modern history that covers all of Europe, both east and west, drawing on research in six languages to sweep readers through thirty-four nations and sixty years of political and cultural change-all in one integrated, enthralling narrative. Both intellectually ambitious and compelling to read, thrilling in its scope and delightful in its small details, Postwar is a rare joy.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780143037750
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award • One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century “Impressive . . . Mr. Judt writes with enormous authority.” —The Wall Street Journal “Magisterial . . . It is, without a doubt, the most comprehensive, authoritative, and yes, readable postwar history.” —The Boston Globe Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of the world's most esteemed historians and intellectuals is a singular achievement. Postwar is the first modern history that covers all of Europe, both east and west, drawing on research in six languages to sweep readers through thirty-four nations and sixty years of political and cultural change-all in one integrated, enthralling narrative. Both intellectually ambitious and compelling to read, thrilling in its scope and delightful in its small details, Postwar is a rare joy.
Dislocated Memories
Author: Tina Frühauf
Publisher:
ISBN: 0199367485
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
The first volume of its kind, Dislocated Memories: Jews, Music, and Postwar German Culture draws together three significant areas of inquiry: Jewish music, German culture, and the legacy of the Holocaust. Jewish music - a highly debated topic - encompasses a multiplicity of musics and cultures, reflecting an inherent and evolving hybridity and transnationalism. German culture refers to an equally diverse concept that, in this volume, includes the various cultures of prewar Germany, occupied Germany, the divided and reunified Germany, and even "German (Jewish) memory," which is not necessarily physically bound to Germany. In the context of these perspectives, the volume makes powerful arguments on about the impact of the Holocaust and its aftermath in changing contexts of musical performance and composition. In doing so, the essays in Dislocated Memories cover a wide spectrum of topics from the immediate postwar period with music in the Displaced Persons camps to the later twentieth century with compositions conceived in response to the Holocaust and the klezmer revival at the turn of this century. Dislocated Memories builds on a wide range of recent and critical scholarship in Cold War studies, cultural history, German studies, Holocaust studies, Jewish studies, and memory studies. What binds these distinct fields tightly together are the contributors' specific theoretical inquiries that reflect separate yet interrelated themes such as displacement and memory. While these concepts link the multi-faceted essays on a micro-level, they are also largely connected in their conceptual query by focus, on the macro-level, on the presence and the absence of Jewish music in Germany after 1945. Filled with original research by scholars at the forefront of music, history, and Jewish studies, Dislocated Memories will prove an essential text for scholars and students alike.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0199367485
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
The first volume of its kind, Dislocated Memories: Jews, Music, and Postwar German Culture draws together three significant areas of inquiry: Jewish music, German culture, and the legacy of the Holocaust. Jewish music - a highly debated topic - encompasses a multiplicity of musics and cultures, reflecting an inherent and evolving hybridity and transnationalism. German culture refers to an equally diverse concept that, in this volume, includes the various cultures of prewar Germany, occupied Germany, the divided and reunified Germany, and even "German (Jewish) memory," which is not necessarily physically bound to Germany. In the context of these perspectives, the volume makes powerful arguments on about the impact of the Holocaust and its aftermath in changing contexts of musical performance and composition. In doing so, the essays in Dislocated Memories cover a wide spectrum of topics from the immediate postwar period with music in the Displaced Persons camps to the later twentieth century with compositions conceived in response to the Holocaust and the klezmer revival at the turn of this century. Dislocated Memories builds on a wide range of recent and critical scholarship in Cold War studies, cultural history, German studies, Holocaust studies, Jewish studies, and memory studies. What binds these distinct fields tightly together are the contributors' specific theoretical inquiries that reflect separate yet interrelated themes such as displacement and memory. While these concepts link the multi-faceted essays on a micro-level, they are also largely connected in their conceptual query by focus, on the macro-level, on the presence and the absence of Jewish music in Germany after 1945. Filled with original research by scholars at the forefront of music, history, and Jewish studies, Dislocated Memories will prove an essential text for scholars and students alike.
Storizen Magazine May 2023 | Laline Paull
Author: Saurabh Chawla
Publisher: Storizen Media
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit." - Ralph Waldo Emerson In this edition of Storizen, we embrace the profound love for nature that resonates in the hearts of countless individuals. As Ralph Waldo Emerson beautifully encapsulates in the quote above, nature has the remarkable ability to reflect and inspire the depths of our spirit. It is with great pleasure that we present an array of articles and enchanting poems that celebrate this eternal connection between humanity and the natural world. This month, we proudly feature the Women Prize for Fiction 2023 Shortlisted author of the book “Pod”- As Above, So Below, Laline Paull. Her thought-provoking narrative showcases her exceptional talent, and we are thrilled to share her work with our esteemed readers. In this issue, we aim to keep you informed and engaged with the vibrant literary landscape. Our dedicated team has curated a collection of the most recent Book News, bringing you the latest happenings from the world of literature. As part of our commitment to fostering meaningful conversations, we are delighted to present two insightful interviews. In our exclusive discussion, we sit down with Charles Dunst, the acclaimed author of "Defeating the Dictators." Furthermore, we have the pleasure of conversing with Riksundar Banerjee, the masterful storyteller behind "Haunted Places of India." Our interview explores the spine-tingling allure of his writing and delves into his personal experiences in unraveling the mysteries of haunted places. At Storizen, we believe in the transformative power of literature. Through our carefully curated content, we aim to celebrate the accomplishments of remarkable authors, keep you informed about the latest developments in the literary world, and ignite meaningful dialogues that enrich your reading experience. Storizen Magazine May 2023 issue is LIVE NOW!
Publisher: Storizen Media
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit." - Ralph Waldo Emerson In this edition of Storizen, we embrace the profound love for nature that resonates in the hearts of countless individuals. As Ralph Waldo Emerson beautifully encapsulates in the quote above, nature has the remarkable ability to reflect and inspire the depths of our spirit. It is with great pleasure that we present an array of articles and enchanting poems that celebrate this eternal connection between humanity and the natural world. This month, we proudly feature the Women Prize for Fiction 2023 Shortlisted author of the book “Pod”- As Above, So Below, Laline Paull. Her thought-provoking narrative showcases her exceptional talent, and we are thrilled to share her work with our esteemed readers. In this issue, we aim to keep you informed and engaged with the vibrant literary landscape. Our dedicated team has curated a collection of the most recent Book News, bringing you the latest happenings from the world of literature. As part of our commitment to fostering meaningful conversations, we are delighted to present two insightful interviews. In our exclusive discussion, we sit down with Charles Dunst, the acclaimed author of "Defeating the Dictators." Furthermore, we have the pleasure of conversing with Riksundar Banerjee, the masterful storyteller behind "Haunted Places of India." Our interview explores the spine-tingling allure of his writing and delves into his personal experiences in unraveling the mysteries of haunted places. At Storizen, we believe in the transformative power of literature. Through our carefully curated content, we aim to celebrate the accomplishments of remarkable authors, keep you informed about the latest developments in the literary world, and ignite meaningful dialogues that enrich your reading experience. Storizen Magazine May 2023 issue is LIVE NOW!