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1942: Britain at the Brink by Taylor Downing
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Category: History
'Taylor Downing vividly brings to life a terrible year' Max Hastings Sunday TimesEighty years ago, Britain stood at the brink of defeat. In 1942, a string of military disasters engulfed Britain in rapid succession : the collapse in Malaya; the biggest surrender in British history at Singapore; the passi ...Show more
1942: Britain at the Brink by Taylor Downing
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Category: History
'Taylor Downing vividly brings to life a terrible year' Max Hastings, Sunday Times'Taylor Downing is a wonderful historian and a wonderful history communicator.' Dan Snow, History HitEighty years ago, Britain stood at the brink of defeat. In 1942, a string of military disasters engulfed Britain in rapid ...Show more
1942: Britain at the Brink by Taylor Downing
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Category: History
Eighty years ago, Britain stood at the brink of defeat. In 1942, a string of military disasters engulfed Britain in rapid succession : the collapse in Malaya; the biggest surrender in British history at Singapore; the passing of three large German warships through the Straits of Dover in broad daylight; ...Show more
1983 - The World at the Brink by Taylor Downing
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Category: History
'A carefully researched and hugely readable account of the build-up to war, the momentum inexorably growing as he assembles each part of the jigsaw. Indeed, his narrative is so persuasive that by the time you are about two- thirds through, it takes some effort to remind yourself that the Third World War ...Show more
1983 - The World at the Brink by Taylor Downing
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Category: History
1983 was a supremely dangerous year - even more dangerous than 1962, the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the US, President Reagan massively increased defence spending, described the Soviet Union as an 'evil empire' and announced his 'Star Wars' programme, calling for a shield in space to defend the ...Show more
Breakdown: The Crisis of Shell Shock on the Somme by Taylor Downing
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Category: Warfare
Paralysis. Stuttering. The 'shakes'. Inability to stand or walk. Temporary blindness or deafness. When strange symptoms like these began appearing in men at Casualty Clearing Stations in 1915, a debate began in army and medical circles as to what it was, what had caused it and what could be done to cure ...Show more
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