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War of the Roses Steam CD Key

War of the Roses Steam CD Key

Fight the various battles of the Wars of the Roses throughout the Medieval ages. Each campaign is themed around fights between the Lancaster and Yorkist houses during various different periods of the countries rule. Capitalize on strategic advantages to turn the tide of war in your favour; ride down your foes with heavily armoured knights, hold the line with bristling ranks of billmen or strike from afar with the famed English longbow and huge pieces of artillery. Will you emerge victorious or become another casualty of war?Key Features:High Definition Medieval Era Graphics.7 Mission Tutorial Campaign.4 Mission Tudor Campaign.8 Mission Lancastrian Campaign.8 Mission Yorkist Campaign.All missions, except the tutorial, can be played as both sides.Over 30 Unique Medieval Units.Detailed Combat Analysis.Flank Attacks.Strategic Movement.Hours of Gameplay.Detailed Reference Charts.Map Zoom.

GBP 147.46
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The Routledge Handbook of the Crimean War

The Routledge Handbook of the Crimean War

The Routledge Handbook of the Crimean War is an edited collection of articles on the various aspects of the Crimean War written by distinguished historians from various countries. Part I focuses on diplomatic military and regional perspectives. Part II includes contributions on social cultural and international issues around the war. All contributions are based upon findings of the latest research. While not pretending to be an exhaustive encyclopaedia of this first modern war the present volume captures the most important topics and the least researched areas in the historiography of the war. The book incorporates new approaches in national historiographies to the war and is intended to be the most up-to-date reference book on the subject. Chapters are devoted to each of the belligerent powers and to other peripheral states that were involved in one way or another in the war. The volume also gives more attention to the Ottoman Empire which is generally neglected in European books on the war. Both the general public and students of history will find the book useful balanced and up-to-date.

GBP 42.99
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The Scaremongers (RLE The First World War) The Advocacy of War and Rearmament 1896-1914

The Scaremongers (RLE The First World War) The Advocacy of War and Rearmament 1896-1914

This revealing book illustrates how the passion for war was fostered and promoted. The author provides detailed evidence of how and why an image of Germany as a nation determined upon world hegemony was deliberately promoted by a group of British newspaper editors proprietors and journalists. This book examines the role of these ‘scaremongers’. Were they as influential as their critics claimed? Did they influence the minds of their readers and shape events? Were they guilty of creating a climate of opinion that ensured that their prophecies of inevitable Anglo-German war became fact in 1914? | The Scaremongers (RLE The First World War) The Advocacy of War and Rearmament 1896-1914

GBP 42.99
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The Origins of the Second World War

The Origins of the Second World War

Now in its fifth edition The Origins of the Second World War explores the reasons why the Second World War broke out in September 1939 and why a European conflict developed into a war that spanned the globe. This book argues that the global conflict was not just ‘Hitler’s War’ but one that had its roots and origins in the decline of the old empires of Britain and France and the rise of ambitious new powers in Germany Italy and Japan who wanted large empires of their own. Richard Overy covers the origins of the war from its background in the First World War to its expansion to embrace the Soviet Union Japan and the United States by the end of 1941. Creating a comprehensive and analytical narrative while remaining a succinct overview of the subject this book takes a thematic approach to the complex range of events that culminated in global warfare discussing factors such as economic rivalry rearmament and domestic politics and emphasizing that any explanation of the outbreak of hostilities must be global in scope. This new edition includes more discussion of the role of empire and the imperial background to the war. Containing several new primary source documents alongside a glossary a chronology of key events and a who’s who of important figures this book is an invaluable introduction for any student of this fascinating period in history.

GBP 34.99
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Unknowing the ‘War on Terror’ The Pleasures of Risk

Unknowing the ‘War on Terror’ The Pleasures of Risk

This book offers new insights into the excesses and uncanniness of the ‘War on Terror’ via an engagement with the pleasures of risk. Engaging with the unconscious the excess the uncanny and the spectacular dimensions of the ‘War on Terror’ – as made evident for example in the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2013 manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombers – leads this book to probe the so-called order of things that has made this war intelligible in both mainstream and critical approaches to Security Studies and International Relations. Specifically this book brings to light and theorizes the obscene pleasures of the ‘War on Terror’ and its supplementary precautionary risk logic. Coming to grips with this (i. e. the pleasures of risk) ultimately via an engagement with critical psychoanalytic theory leads this book to argue that we may be other than we think we are within critical International Relations (IR) traditions. Furthermore albeit without discounting the madness if not desolation of the present (extending from the ‘War on Terror’ to the politics of Brexit and Donald Trump) it suggests there may be some relief in that yet. This book will be of much interest to students of critical terrorism studies critical security studies political theory and International Relations broadly. | Unknowing the ‘War on Terror’ The Pleasures of Risk

GBP 130.00
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Contemporary Technologies and the Morality of Warfare The War of the Machines

Contemporary Technologies and the Morality of Warfare The War of the Machines

Supported by genuine historical cases this book argues that certain new technologies in warfare can not only be justified within the current framework of the just war theory but that their use is mandatory from a moral perspective. Technological developments raise questions about the manner in which wars ought to be fought. The growing use of drones capacity-increasing technologies and cyberattacks are perceived by many as posing great challenges to Just War Theory. Instead of seeing these technologies as inherently unethical this book adopts a different perspective by arguing that they are morally necessary since they can limit the potential violations of the moral rules of war and ensure that militaries better respect their obligation to protect their members. Caron’s research offers insights into how and under what conditions autonomous or semi-autonomous robots artificial intelligence cyberwarfare and capacityincreasing technologies can be considered as legitimate weapons. This book will be of interest to students members of the armed forces and scholars studying Politics International Relations Security Studies Ethics and Just War Theory. | Contemporary Technologies and the Morality of Warfare The War of the Machines

GBP 38.99
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The Routledge History of the Second World War

The Routledge History of the Second World War

The Routledge History of the Second World War sums up the latest trends in the scholarship of that conflict covering a range of major themes and issues. The book delivers a thematic analysis of the many ways in which study of the Second World War can take place considering international transnational and global approaches and serves as a major jumping off point for further research into the specific fields covered by each of the expert authors. It demonstrates the global and total nature of the Second World War giving due coverage to the conflict in all major theatres and through the lens of the key combatants and neutrals examines issues of race gender ideology and society during the war and functions as a textbook to educate students as to the trends that have taken place in how the conflict has been (and can be) interpreted in the modern world. Divided into twelve parts that cover central themes of the conflict including theatres of war leadership societies occupation secrecy and legacies it enables those with no memory of war to approach it with a view to comprehending what it was all about and places the history of this conflict into a context that is international transnational and institutional. This is a comprehensive and accessible reference volume for anyone interested in the most up to date scholarship on this major conflict. Chapter 18 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license available at http://www. taylorfrancis. com

GBP 42.99
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The German Peasant War of 1525 – New Viewpoints

The German Peasant War of 1525 – New Viewpoints

This book first published in 1979 presents a series of important investigations into the German Peasant War of 1525 – the last great peasant revolt and the first modern revolution. Previously under-studied by English-speaking historians these essays provide a valuable analysis of the aims and extent of the Peasant War and are representative of the various elements in the historiographical debate. | The German Peasant War of 1525 – New Viewpoints

GBP 27.99
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War and Identity The French and the Second World War: An Anthology of Texts

War and Identity The French and the Second World War: An Anthology of Texts

This book first published in 1987 examines the elements that constitute the French identity through the experience of the Second World War – a constant point of reference a landmark to which the collective consciousness returns again and again. The Occupation period and the national humiliation of the French military and political collapse has been perceived as more than a series of traumatic events and in fact as a reality of mythical proportions that became a symbol of something grander French identity itself. | War and Identity The French and the Second World War: An Anthology of Texts

GBP 27.99
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Class War or Race War The Inner Fronts of Soviet Society during and after the Second World War

Class War or Race War The Inner Fronts of Soviet Society during and after the Second World War

Class War or Race War is more than an anti-thesis of the master narrative regarding the Soviet state antisemitism. Kende not only refutes the originally anti-Communist myth of the systemic nature of (state) socialism but tries to re- and deconstruct the origins of this myth. With intensive use of historical documents memoirs and the related historiography the book attempts to make historical sense from the myth it intends to refute. Kende goes beyond the contemporary perceptions of the “Jewish question” and antisemitism and with close reading of original documents reconstructs the real frontlines of the Soviet society of the 1940s which were not constructed along identity-political lines. The book reinvests the long-forgotten understanding of social classes in an allegedly classless and monolithic society. The spontaneous formations of the actual frontlines in the hinterland or on the actual fronts (battlefields in the Red Army) lacked the participants’ class consciousness thus its occurrences in the form of conflict producing historical records were recorded as acts of antisemitism. As the book advocates Jews could have been found on both sides of the inner frontlines of Soviet society during and right after WWII. An insightful read for scholars of Soviet history that presents a bold and challenging interpretation of the regime and its flaws—both perceived and real. | Class War or Race War The Inner Fronts of Soviet Society during and after the Second World War

GBP 130.00
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The Civil War Soldier and the Press

The Civil War Soldier and the Press

The Civil War Soldier and the Press examines how the press powerfully shaped the nation’s understanding and memory of the common soldier setting the stage for today’s continuing debates about the Civil War and its legacy. The history of the Civil War is typically one of military strategies famous generals and bloody battles but to Americans of the era the most important story of the war was the fate of the soldier. In this edited collection new research in journalism history and archival images provide an interdisciplinary study of citizenship representation race and ethnicity gender disability death and national identity. Together these chapters follow the story of Civil War soldiers from enlistment through battle and beyond as they were represented in hometown and national newspapers of the time. In discussing the same pages that were read by soldiers’ families friends and loved ones during America’s greatest conflict the book provides a window into the experience of historical readers as they grappled with the meaning and cost of patriotism and shared sacrifice. Both scholarly and approachable this book is an enriching resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in Civil War history American history journalism and mass communication history.

GBP 34.99
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The U.S. and the War in the Pacific 1941–45

The U.S. and the War in the Pacific 1941–45

The U. S. and the War in the Pacific 1941-45 analyzes the Pacific War with a focus on America’s participation in the conflict. Fought over a great ocean and vast battlefields using the most sophisticated weapons available the Pacific War transformed the modern world. Not only did it introduce the atomic bomb to the world it also reshaped relations among nations and the ways in which governments dealt with their own peoples changed the balance of power in the Pacific in fundamental ways and helped to spark nationalist movements throughout Asia. This book examines the strategies technologies intelligence capabilities home-front mobilization industrial production and resources that ultimately enabled the United States and its allies to emerge victorious. Major themes include the impact of war conceptions of race Japanese perspectives on the conflict and America’s relations with its allies. Using primary documents maps and concise writing this book provides students with an accessible introduction to an important period in history. Incorporating recent scholarship and conflicting interpretations the book provides an insightful overview of the topic for students of modern American history World War II and the Asia Pacific. | The U. S. and the War in the Pacific 1941–45

GBP 35.99
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The Russo-Japanese War and its Shaping of the Twentieth Century

The Russo-Japanese War and its Shaping of the Twentieth Century

The Russo-Japanese War was in essence a colonial conflict between the expanding interests of Russia and Japan in East Asia. However while appearing regional the war itself in fact had a major global impact. The conflict and Japanese victory stimulated the Russian revolutionary movement in 1905 and hence the Russian Revolution of 1917. In addition the Peace Treaty of Portsmouth created a tension between the United States and Japan that would establish the starting point for the road directly leading to Pearl Harbor in 1941. Eventually the war had a major impact on Germany whose diplomats wanted to use the war to bind St Petersburg to Berlin and whose military planners closely observed the events to prepare themselves for the next possible conflict. This book makes a strong argument for the consideration of initially minor events in the analysis of global history. By describing and analyzing the interrelationship between the events in East Asia and the major developments in Europe and the United States it shows the significance of the Russo-Japanese War as a key factor in determining the most momentous historical events of the twentieth century: The First World War the Second World War and the Cold War. | The Russo-Japanese War and its Shaping of the Twentieth Century

GBP 51.99
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The Routledge Handbook of the War of 1812

The Routledge Handbook of the War of 1812

The War of 1812 ranged over a remarkably large territory as the fledgling United States battled Great Britain at sea and on land across what is now the eastern half of the U. S. and Canada. Native people and the Spanish were also involved in the war’s interrelated conflicts. Often overlooked the War of 1812 has been the subject of an explosion of new research over the past twenty-five years. The Routledge Handbook of the War of 1812 brings together the insights of this research through an array of fresh essays by leading scholars in the field offering an overview of current understandings of the war that will be a vital reference for students and researchers alike. The essays in this volume examine a wide range of military political social and cultural dimensions of the war. With full consideration given to American Canadian British and native viewpoints the international group of contributors place the war in national and international context chart the course of events in its different theaters consider the war’s legacy and commemoration and examine the roles of women African Americans and natives. Capturing the state of the field in a single volume this handbook is a must-have resource for anyone with an interest in early America.

GBP 48.99
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A History of the Pyrrhic War

A History of the Pyrrhic War

A History of the Pyrrhic War explores the multi-polar nature of a conflict that involved the Romans peoples of Italy western Greeks and Carthaginians during Pyrrhus’ western campaign in the early third century BCE. The war occurred nearly a century before the first historical writings in Rome resulting in a malleable narrative that emphasized the moral virtues of the Romans transformed Pyrrhus into a figure that resembled Alexander the Great disparaged the degeneracy of the Greeks and demonstrated the malicious intent of the Carthaginians. Kent demonstrates the way events were shaped by later Roman generations to transform the complex geopolitical realities of the Pyrrhic War into a one-dimensional duel between themselves and Pyrrhus that anticipated their rise to greatness. This book analyses the Pyrrhic War through consideration of geopolitical context as well as how later Roman writers remembered the conflict. The focus of the war is taken off Pyrrhus as an individual and shifted towards evaluating the multifaceted interactions of the peoples of Italy and Sicily. A History of the Pyrrhic War is a fundamental resource for academic and learned general readers who have an interest in the interaction of developing imperial powers with their neighbors and how those events shaped the perceptions of later generations. It will be of interest not only to students of Roman history but also to anyone working on historiography in any period.

GBP 38.99
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Contemporary Soviet Military Affairs The Legacy of World War II

Contemporary Soviet Military Affairs The Legacy of World War II

This book first published in 1989 is a comprehensive examination of the profound impact of World War II on Soviet military affairs. It systematically assesses the costs and lessons of the war and their substantial impact on Soviet military and Party leaders in the Cold War era and particularly in the 1980s. Starting with the experiences of the war and its influence on the development of Soviet military thinking the book addresses the relationship between the military and the Soviet political system threat perception decision making and crisis and risk assessment. Also discussed are the war’s influence on the structure and operations of the military in the 1980s focusing on doctrine conventional forces the defence industry and historiography. | Contemporary Soviet Military Affairs The Legacy of World War II

GBP 29.99
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Sport and the Pursuit of War and Peace from the Nineteenth Century to the Present War Minus the Shooting?

Sport and the Pursuit of War and Peace from the Nineteenth Century to the Present War Minus the Shooting?

This volume of wide-ranging essays by sport historians and sociologists examines the complex relations of war peace and sport through a series of case studies from South and North America Europe North Africa Asia and New Zealand. From formal military training in the late nineteenth century to contemporary esports the relationship between military and sporting cultures has endured across nations in times of conflict and peace. This collection contextualizes debates around the morality and desirability of continuing to play sport against the backdrop of war as others are dying for their nation. It also examines the legacy and memory of particular wars as expressed in a range of sporting practices in the immediate aftermath of conflicts such as the World Wars and wars of independence. At the same time this book analyses the history of sport and peace by considering how sport can operate as a pacification in some contexts and a tool of reconciliation in others. Together and through an introductory framing essay these essays offer scholars of sport conflict studies and cultural history more broadly a multinational analysis of the war-peace-sport nexus that has operated throughout the world since the late nineteenth century. Chapter 11 of this book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www. taylorfrancis. com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license. Funded by Tokyo University. | Sport and the Pursuit of War and Peace from the Nineteenth Century to the Present War Minus the Shooting?

GBP 120.00
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The War in Burma

The War in Burma

This book first published in 1948 is an in-depth examination of the campaigns in Burma following the Japanese invasion in 1942 until after the surrender in 1945. The author a military observer under Admiral Mountbatten offers here impartial judgements and an objective narrative. He analyses the initial British failures the straining of Anglo-American relations the overcoming of military difficulties and the final victory of the combined British Indian American and Chinese forces. The book gives a clear and comprehensive look at the Burma war puts it into perspective and does not shy away from controversy over the management of the Allied campaign. | The War in Burma

GBP 29.99
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The Transvaal Rebellion The First Boer War 1880-1881

The Transvaal Rebellion The First Boer War 1880-1881

This book takes a unique look at the first Boer war by concentrating on the events and battles of the First Boer War. Due attention is also given to the 2nd Boer War - it's origins key players and significance for the future of South Africa. The personal stories of heroism and sacrifice sieges rebellions and battles make for an enthralling and dramatic tale - a classic of military history that will find a ready audience amongst military enthusiasts. | The Transvaal Rebellion The First Boer War 1880-1881

GBP 130.00
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Ethics Norms and the Narratives of War Creating and Encountering the Enemy Other

Ethics Norms and the Narratives of War Creating and Encountering the Enemy Other

This book examines the ethics and values that render a war discourse normative and features the stories of American soldiers who fought in the Iraq War to show how this narrative can change. The invasion of Iraq launched in March 2003 was led by the United States under the now discredited claim that Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction (WMD). However critical questions concerning what we may be able to learn from this experience remain largely unexplored. The focus of this book therefore is on soldiers as systems of war – and the internal battle many of them wage as they live a reality that slowly emerges as inconsistent with familiar beliefs and value commitments. This work offers a reflective study of identity struggle from the perspective of emotional psychology and delves into the ‘narrative field’ of socio-politics. Going beyond the political contestations over the U. S. military intervention in Iraq the author analyses original research on the evolving beliefs and value-commitments of veterans of the war exploring their faith in its ‘just cause’ and their personal sense of self and national identity. This book will be of much interest to students of the Iraq War US foreign policy military studies discourse analysis and IR in general. | Ethics Norms and the Narratives of War Creating and Encountering the Enemy Other

GBP 42.99
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The War of American Independence 1775-1783

The War of American Independence 1775-1783

Wars rarely turn out as expected. This book shows how Britain entered a conflict that it believed could not be lost. The American Patriots were similarly optimistic about their martial prospects. Although they eventually secured independence it was only with the assistance of France and indirectly Spain who diverted British resources from the conflict in America allowing France eventually to deliver a knockout blow at Yorktown. This extensive yet accessible exploration into the War of American Independence provides a clear analysis of why this complex conflict occurred and why it ended as it did revealing the fragile nature of the American Patriot cause. An essential guide for any history student including those specializing in war/peace studies and the study of international relations as well the general reader with an interest in the study of war. | The War of American Independence 1775-1783

GBP 180.00
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