Cold War (Storpocket)
avJeremy Isaacs, Taylor Downing
ISBN: 9780349120805 - UTGIVEN: 200808Cold War is the story of the half-century since the end of the Second World War - the story of our lives. Its framework is the confrontation, military and ideological, between two great powers that dominated the world during these years. It is a story of crises and conflict on a global scale: from t[...]
Churchill's War Lab (Storpocket)
avTaylor Downing
ISBN: 9780349122496 - UTGIVEN: 201110The man, and the only man we have for this hour.' Indefatigable patriot, seasoned soldier, incomparable orator and leader of men - Winston Churchill's greatness in leading Britain's coalition government to triumphant victory in the Second World War is undisputed. Yet Churchill's enduring legacy to t[...]
Spies in the Sky (Pocket)
avTaylor Downing
ISBN: 9780349123400 - UTGIVEN: 201305SPIES IN THE SKY is the thrilling, little-known story of the partner organisation to the famous code-breaking centre at Bletchley Park. It is the story of the daring reconnaissance pilots who took aerial photographs over Occupied Europe during the most dangerous days of the Second World War, and of [...]
Secret Warriors (Storpocket)
avTaylor Downing
ISBN: 9780349138831 - UTGIVEN: 2015-05The First World War is often viewed as a war fought by armies of millions living and fighting in trenches, aided by brutal machinery that cost the lives of many. But behind all of this a scientific war was also being fought between engineers, chemists, physicists, doctors,mathematicians and intellig[...]
The Atlas of Climate Change (Häftad)
avKirstin Dow, Taylor Downing
ISBN: 9780520268234 - UTGIVEN: 201111This highly acclaimed atlas distills the vast science of climate change, providing a reliable and insightful guide to this rapidly growing field. Since the 2006 publication of the first edition, climate change has climbed even higher up the global agenda. This new edition reflects the latest develop[...]
Secret Warriors (Inbunden)
avTaylor Downing
ISBN: 9781408704219 - UTGIVEN: 2014-05The First World War is often viewed as a war fought by armies of millions living and fighting in trenches, aided by brutal machinery that cost the lives of many. But behind all of this a scientific war was also being fought between engineers, chemists, physicists, doctors, mathematicians and intelli[...]
Churchill's War Lab: Code Breakers, Scientists, and the Mavericks Churchill Led to Victory (Häftad)
avTaylor Downing
ISBN: 9781590208519 - UTGIVEN: 2012-08The essential book on Churchill's passion for innovation and the science of war --from codes to radar to bouncing bombs.
indefatigable patriot, seasoned soldier, incomparable orator, and, with Franklin Delano Roosevelt, leader of men --Winston Churchill's greatness in the allies' triumphant vict[...]
Olympia (Häftad)
avTaylor Downing
ISBN: 9781844574704 - UTGIVEN: 201202Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia (1938) is one of the most controversial films ever made. Capitalising on the success of Triumph of the Will (1935), her propaganda film for the Nazi Party, Riefenstahl secured Hitler's approval for her grandiose plans to film the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The result was a work[...]
The World at War (Häftad)
avTaylor Downing
ISBN: 9781844574834 - UTGIVEN: 201210Forty years after it was first broadcast on ITV, The World at War remains the most influential and renowned history programme ever produced by British television: an examination of the cataclysmic events of the Second World War, featuring archival footage, eyewitness accounts, a powerful narration r[...]
