Slight shelf wear. Pages are clean. Binding is tight.

A Matter of Life : The Story of a Medical Breakthrough

Medical Books

Robert Edwards

Patrick Steptoe

Medicine

William Morrow and Company

The Russian invasion of Finland in November 1939 was a critical turning point in world history. Only now, with the opening of the Russian archives can this extraordinary story be told in full. Two months after his cynical alliance with Hitler and their joint invasion of Poland, Stalin ordered the Red Army to crush the Finns. Everybody expected a walk-over: the odds were 10:1 in Stalin's favour. But the Finns fought bravely, and the Red Army - its high command decimated by Stalin's purges - fumbled to defeat after defeat. Tens of thousands of Russian soldiers died in the snow. Only after four months and the massing of over a million men and thousands of guns did the Russians break through and force the Finns to accept terms. The 'Winter War' revealed Stalin's army to be as badly led as it was poorly equipped. Hitler's generals, previously so nervous about their leader's plan to invade Russia that they contemplated a coup d'etat to remove him, were now convinced they could win. Stalin's blunder in Finland led directly to the Nazi invasion of Russia the following year. In Britain and France, the spectacle of Russia invading a neutral neighbour shattered the left-wing political parties (although the DAILY WORKER's headline on the opening day of the invasion was 'HEROIC RED ARMY SMASHES MARAUDING FINNS). Attlee expelled one pro-Russian MP and cleared the way for a coalition with the Conservatives. Paradoxically, the 'Winter War' also saved the Red Army and Stalin. With the results of the purges all too clear, Stalin promoted outspoken technocrats like Zhukov and accepted reforms that would enable the Russians to survive the German assault in 1941 and ultimately stop them at Stalingrad.

White Death

Phoenix/Orion Publishing Group Ltd.

From the beginning of recorded history, mankind has grappled with issues of warfare. The analysis of strategies, tactics, and battles won and lost has been the subject of debate and discussion for centuries. Assembled together in Military Encounters are hundreds of quotations that deal with the themes of war and peace. Historians, philosophers, military commanders, and political leaders meet from across the boundaries of time and place to exchange thoughts. ideas, and insights on all things military. Napoleon Bonaparte, Karl von Clausewitz, Basil Liddell Hart, and Sum Tzu each elaborate on strategies of war. Dwight D. Eisenhower, General George S. Patton, Stonewall Jackson and Abraham Lincoln discuss the art of leadership. And Mahatma Gandhi, Ernest Hemingway, Herodotus, and George Washington share insights on the price of peace. With keen observations and insightful commentary. Military Encounters is a revealing collection about the age-old topics of war and peace.

Military Encounters: Quotations on War & Peace

Barnes_and_Noble

AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART. The art of the Alligator Rivers region, Northern Territory.

Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies

Australian Aboriginal Art : Art of the Alligator Rivers Region, Northern Territory

Radio Venceremos

Arcady Publishing

On April 3, 1954 the product of an unlikely union first took to the track, at Snetterton in Norfolk. This book, which was named 'Book of the Year' by Classic & Sports Car magazine and is being re-issued to meet public demand, tells the story of that memorable partnership.

Archie and the Listers : The Heroic Story of Archie Scott Brown and the Marque He Made Famous

Haynes Pub. Group

The heroic story of Archie Scott Brown and the racing marque he made famous. A never before told story of endeavor, tragedy and nostalgia. If there is one race driver whose life captures so many elements of courage and success in his field, it is Archie Scott Brown. If there is a cipher for engineering excellence, a desire to do it, and do it right, it is Brian Lister. Get the full story in this first complete history of the glorious Lister cars - powered by MG, Bristol, Maserati, Jaguar and Corvette. Foreword by Brian Lister.

Archie and the Listers: The Heroic Story of Archie Scott Brown and the Racing Marque He Made Famous

Engineering & Transportation

Automotive

Haynes Pubns

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Fine, 160pp. Unclipped d/j is sunned on the spine. Small neat ownership signature on front f.e.p., condition otherwise almost as new.

Aston Martin: Ever the Thoroughbred

Transportation

Haynes Publications

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