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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Covering the development of the atomic bomb during the Second World War, the origins and early course of the Cold War, and the advent of the hydrogen bomb in the early 1950s, Churchill and the Bomb explores a still neglected aspect of Winston Churchill's career - his relationship with and thinking on nuclear weapons. Kevin Ruane shows how Churchill went from regarding the bomb as a weapon of war in the struggle with Nazi Germany to viewing it as a weapon of communist containment (and even punishment) in the early Cold War before, in the 1950s, advocating and arguably pioneering what would become known as "mutually assured destruction" as the key to preventing the Cold War flaring into a calamitous nuclear war. While other studies of Churchill have touched on his evolving views on nuclear weapons, few historians have given this hugely important issue the kind of dedicated and sustained treatment it deserves. In Churchill and the Bomb, however, Kevin Ruane has undertaken extensive primary research in Britain, the United States and Europe, and accessed a wide array of secondary literature, in producing an immensely readable yet detailed, insightful and provocative account of Churchill's nuclear hopes and fears. Features Summary Covering the development of the atomic bomb during the Second World War, the origins and early course of the Cold War, and the advent of the hydrogen bomb in the early 1950s... Author Kevin Ruane Publisher Bloomsbury Academic Release date 20180726 Pages 424 ISBN 1-4725-3080-2 ISBN 13 978-1-4725-3080-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days A poignant novel of political-religious awakening by one of Germany's literary stars An anonymous phone call, an unattended bag discovered in the station of a small Austrian town, a piece of paper saying, "Repent!" and "Next time it will be for real!" A C.C.T.V. image of a young man. What was it that made the teacher think it was his old student, Daniel? Ten years earlier Daniel had spent time with the teacher in his remote house by the river. The town had talked. Anton had recently returned from two years teaching in Istanbul - he was unsettled, subversive, solitary. Daniel was on the brink of adulthood - idealistic, unrequitedly in love with Judith, vulnerable to influence. Those summer weeks by the river were an idyll. But did they also sow the seeds of Daniel's later obsessiveness, his biblical attitudes, his political dogmatism? As the bomb threat excites the community with all the tension of a witch hunt, and Anton himself becomes a focus for suspicion and gossip, he anatomises his memories of the preceding decade. What went wrong for Daniel, and could he have stopped it? Features Summary A poignant novel of political-religious awakening by one of Germany's literary stars Author Norbert Gstrein (Author), Julian Evans (Translator) Publisher MacLehose Press Release date 20160908 Pages 320 ISBN 0-85705-358-2 ISBN 13 978-0-85705-358-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Nobody knows exactly what happened in the small town of Klausen, or rather, everyone knows: a bomb went off, or someone was shooting at the town; it all stems from a fight over measuring noise pollution, or it was the work of eco-terrorists... Only one thing is clear: Klausen was now a crime scene. Features Summary "Originally published as Klausen by Suhrkamp Verlag, Franfurt am Main."--T.p. verso. Author Andreas Maier Publisher Open Letter Release date 20100630 Pages 180 ISBN 1-934824-16-X ISBN 13 978-1-934824-16-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Stunning stories about what it was like to be a Soviet child during the upheaval and horror of the Second World War, from Nobel Laureate Svetlana Alexievich I finished first grade in May of 41, and my parents took me for the summer to the Pioneer camp. I came there, went for a swim once, and two days later the war began. German planes flew over, and we shouted "Hurray!" We didn't understand that they could be enemy planes. Until they began to bomb us... Then all colours disappeared. All shades. What did it mean to grow up in the Soviet Union during the Second World War? In the late 1970s, Svetlana Alexievich started interviewing people who had experienced war as children, the generation that survived and had to live with the trauma that would forever change the course of the Russian nation. With remarkable care and empathy, Alexievich gives voice to those whose stories are lost in the official narratives, uncovering a powerful, hidden history of one of the most important events of the twentieth century. Published to great acclaim in the USSR in 1985 and now available in English for the first time, this masterpiece offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of the human consequences of the war - and an extraordinary chronicle of the Russian soul. Features Summary Stunning stories about what it was like to be a Soviet child during the upheaval and horror of the Second World War, from Nobel Laureate Svetlana Alexievich I finished first grade in May of 41... Author Svetlana Alexievich (Author), Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator) Publisher Penguin Classics Release date 20190702 Pages 256 ISBN 0-14-198355-8 ISBN 13 978-0-14-198355-4