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  | | Britain's Europe by Brendan Simms Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2017 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-0-14-198390-5, ISBN: 0-14-198390-6 "'Dazzling ... a trenchant, provocative account of the intimate relations of Britain and Europe and how each shaped the other' Prospect Magazine'Elegant, refreshing and wide-ranging ... this is essentially a brief history of the UK but a deliciously different one' Literary ReviewBritain has always had a tangled, complex, paradoxical role in Europe's history., It has invaded and been invaded, changed sides, stood aloof, acted with both br ..." |
 | | Hitler(1st Edition) A Global Biography by Brendan Simms Hardcover, 704 Pages, Published 2019 by Basic Books ISBN-13: 978-0-465-02237-3, ISBN: 0-465-02237-5 "From a prize-winning historian, the definitive biography of Adolph HitlerHitler offers a deeply learned and radically revisionist biography, arguing that the dictator's main strategic enemy, from the start of his political career in the 1920s, was not communism or the Soviet Union, but capitalism and the United States. Whereas most historians have argued that Hitler underestimated the American threat, Simms shows that Hitler embarked on ..." |
 | | Three Victories and a Defeat(1st Edition) The Rise and Fall of the First British Empire by Brendan Simms Hardcover, 800 Pages, Published 2008 by Basic Books ISBN-13: 978-0-465-01332-6, ISBN: 0-465-01332-5 "In the eighteenth century, Britain became a world superpower through a series of sensational military strikes. Traditionally, the Royal Navy has been seen as Britain's key weapon, but in Three Victories and a Defeat Brendan Simms argues that Britain's true strength lay with the German aristocrats who ruled it at the time. The House of Hanover superbly managed a complex series of European alliances that enabled Britain to keep the contin ..." |
 | | The Silver Waterfall How America Won the War in the Pacific at Midway (Hardcover) by Brendan Simms, Steven Mcgregor Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2022 by Publicaffairs ISBN-13: 978-1-5417-0137-3, ISBN: 1-5417-0137-2 "' In The Silver Waterfall acclaimed historian Brendan Simms and historian and military veteran Steve McGregor show it was no such thing. Luck had little to do with it." |
 | | Hitler's American Gamble(First Edition) Pearl Harbor and Germany's March to Global War by Brendan Simms, Charlie Laderman 464 Pages, Published 2021 by Basic Books ISBN-13: 978-1-5416-1909-8, ISBN: 1-5416-1909-9 "Hitler's American Gamble explores the five critical days that changed everything: December 7th-11th, from Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor to Hitler's declaration of war on the United States." |
 | | The Impact of Napoleon(First Edition) Prussian High Politics, Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Executive, 1797-1806 (Hardback) by Brendan: Simms Hardcover, 408 Pages, Published 1997 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-45360-8, ISBN: 0-521-45360-7 |
 | | Hitler Only the World Was Enough by Brendan Simms Paperback, 704 Pages, Published 2020 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-0-14-104330-2, ISBN: 0-14-104330-X "Brendan Simms's new book is the first to explain Hitler's beliefs fully, demonstrating how, as ever, it is ideas that are the ultimate source of the most murderous behaviour." |
 | | Three Victories And A Defeat The Rise And Fall Of The First British Empire by Brendan Simms Paperback, 832 Pages, Published 2008 by Penguin Uk International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-14-028984-8, ISBN: 0-14-028984-4 "Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date: July. 2008 Pages: 832 Publisher: Penguin This highly original extremely enjoyable book tells the story of itain's extraordinary scramble to world power in the 18th CENTURY and how. Through huis and incompetence. IT lost almost everything it had gained. Whilst itain was an important European power. few would have expected her global preeminence by 1760. but as endan Simms shows with great flair and o ..." |
 | | Hitler Only the World Was Enough by Brendan Simms Hardcover, 704 Pages, Published 2019 by Allen Lane ISBN-13: 978-1-84614-247-5, ISBN: 1-84614-247-4 "Only the World Was EnoughGebundenes BuchA revelatory new biography of Adolf Hitler from the acclaimed historian Brendan Simms Adolf Hitler is one of the most studied men in history, and yet the most important things we think we know about him are wrong. As Brendan Simms's major new biography shows, Hitler's main preoccupation was not, as widely believed, the threat of Bolshevism, but that of international capitalism and Anglo-America. T ..." |
 | | Towards A Westphalia for the Middle East by Patrick Milton, Michael Axworthy, Brendan Simms Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2018 by C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-78738-023-3, ISBN: 1-78738-023-8 "It was the original forever war, which went on interminably, fuelled by religious fanaticism, personal ambition, fear of hegemony, and communal suspicion. It dragged in all the neighbouring powers. It was punctuated by repeated failed ceasefires. It inflicted suffering beyond belief and generated waves of refugees. No, this is not Syria today, but the Thirty Years' War (1618-48), which turned Germany and much of central Europe into a di ..." |
 | | The Longest Afternoon(1st Edition) The 400 Men Who Decided The Battle Of Waterloo by Brendan Simms Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2015 by Penguin Uk International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-14-197926-7, ISBN: 0-14-197926-7 "In 1815, the deposed emperor Napoleon returned to France and threatened the already devastated and exhausted continent with yet another war. Near the small Belgian municipality of Waterloo, two large, hastily mobilized armies faced each other to decide the future of EuropeNapoleon?s forces on one side, and the Duke of Wellington on the other.With so much at stake, neither commander could have predicted that the battle would be decided b ..." |
 | | Europe The Struggle For Supremacy 1453 To The Present by Brendan Simms Paperback, 720 Pages, Published 2014 by Penguin Uk International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-14-103717-2, ISBN: 0-14-103717-2 "This is Brendan Simms' formidable, game-changing history of Europe. In this marvelously ambitious and exciting book, Brendan Simms tells the story of Europe's constantly shifting geopolitics and the peculiar circumstances that have made it both so impossible to dominate, but also so dynamic and ferocious. It is the story of a group of highly competitive and mutually suspicious dynasties, but also of a continent uniquely prone to interfe ..." |
 | | The Longest Afternoon The 400 Men Who Decided the Battle of Waterloo (Hardback) by Brendan Simms Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2014 by Allen Lane ISBN-13: 978-0-241-00460-9, ISBN: 0-241-00460-8 "The true story, told minute by minute, of the soldiers who defeated Napoleon - from Brendan Simms, acclaimed author of Europe: The Struggle for SupremacyEurope had been at war for over twenty years. After a short respite in exile, Napoleon had returned to France and threatened another generation of fighting across the devastated and exhausted continent. At the small Belgian village of Waterloo two large, hastily mobilized armies faced ..." |
 | | 'THREE VICTORIES AND A DEFEAT(1st Edition) THE RISE AND FALL OF THE FIRST BRITISH EMPIRE, 1714-1783' by Brendan Simms, Ian Mortimer Hardcover, 800 Pages, Published 2007 by Allen Lane ISBN-13: 978-0-7139-9426-1, ISBN: 0-7139-9426-6 "This highly original, extremely enjoyable book tells the story of Britain’s extraordinary scramble to world power in the 18th century and how, through hubris and incompetence, it lost almost everything it had gained. Whilst Britain was an important European power, few would have expected her global preeminence by 1760, but as Brendan Simms shows with great flair and originality, Britain had a crucial card to play. It was the joining ..." |
 | | Unfinest Hour(Updated) Britain and the Destruction of Bosnia by Brendan Simms Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 2003 by Penguin Global ISBN-13: 978-0-14-028983-1, ISBN: 0-14-028983-6 "For most of 1992-1995, Britain stood aside while an internationally recognised state was attacked by externally-sponsored rebels bent on a campaign of territorial aggression and ethnic cleansing. It was her unfinest hour since 1938. Based on interviews with many of the chief participants, parliamentary debates, and a wide range of sources, Brendan Simm's brilliant study traces the roots of British policy and the highly sophisticated way ..." |
 | | Unfinest Hour(1st Edition) Britain and the Destruction of Bosnia by Brendan Simms Hardcover, 350 Pages, Published 2001 by Allen Lane Import ISBN-13: 978-0-7139-9425-4, ISBN: 0-7139-9425-8 "Unfinest Hour: Britain and the Destruction of Bosnia" |
 | | Towards A Westphalia for the Middle East by Patrick Milton, Michael Axworthy, Brendan Simms Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2019 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-094789-7, ISBN: 0-19-094789-6 "It was the original forever war, which went on interminably, fuelled by religious fanaticism, personal ambition, fear of hegemony, and communal suspicion. It dragged in all the neighbouring powers. It was punctuated by repeated failed ceasefires. It inflicted suffering beyond belief and generated waves of refugees. No, this is not Syria today, but the Thirty Years' War (1618-48), which turned Germany and much of central Europe into a di ..." |
 | | The Longest Afternoon(Unabridged) The 400 Men Who Decided the Battle of Waterloo by Brendan Simms, Michael Page Cd, Published 2015 by Tantor Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4945-5691-4, ISBN: 1-4945-5691-X "In 1815, the deposed emperor Napoleon returned to France and threatened the already devastated and exhausted continent with yet another war. Near the small Belgian municipality of Waterloo, two large, hastily mobilized armies faced each other to decide the future of Europe-Napoleon's forces on one side, and the Duke of Wellington on the other. With so much at stake, neither commander could have predicted that the battle would be deci ..." |
 | | Europe(1st Edition) The Struggle For Supremacy 1453 To The Present by Brendan Simms Hardcover, 800 Pages, Published 2013 by Allen Lane International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-7139-9427-8, ISBN: 0-7139-9427-4 "Brendan Simms's formidable, game-changing history of Europe In this marvelously ambitious and exciting book, Brendan Simms tells the story of Europe's constantly shifting geopolitics and the peculiar circumstances that have made it both so impossible to dominate, but also so dynamic and ferocious. It is the story of a group of highly competitive and mutually suspicious dynasties, but also of a continent uniquely prone to interference f ..." |
 | | The Impact of Napoleon(Updated) Prussian High Politics, Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Executive, 1797-1806 by Brendan Simms Paperback, 408 Pages, Published 2002 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-89385-5, ISBN: 0-521-89385-2 "This book examines Prussia's response to Napoleon and Napoleonic expansionism in the years before the crushing defeats of Auerstadt and Jena, a period of German history as untypical as it was dramatic. Events are analyzed at the level of high politics, foreign policy and the reform of the executive. The book also addresses matters of general theoretical concern such as high politics, geopolitics and the "primacy of foreign policy". In d ..." |
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