English History 1914 – 1945

  • Reference: B212
  • Author: AJP Taylor,
  • Publication Date: 1985
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  • Comments: Comprehensive social and Political history of the period
  • Publisher: Penguin Books
  • Description: Well known historian. Copyright 1965 Chapters include: The Great War: old style, A Nation at War 1916-18, Post War 1918-22, Normal times 1922 Index, 879 pages
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To Ride the Storm

  • Reference: B213
  • Author: Harris Joshua, Tina Wallace
  • Publication Date: 1983
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  • keywords Bristol
  • Comments: Bristol 'riots' 2 April 1980
  • Publisher: Heinemann
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  • Contributor: Heather Bloom
  • Collection: Books
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Race, Community and Conflict: A study of Sparkbrook

  • Reference: B206
  • Author: John Rex, Robert Moore
  • Publication Date: 1967
  • Edition/Date: Edition / Date
  • keywords Birmingham
  • Comments: Sparkbrook is in Birmingham.
  • Publisher: Institute of Race Relations, Oxford University Press,
  • Description: Five year project on the growing number of 'immigrants' coming to the UK. Index, 304 pages,
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The CND Story

  • Reference: B207
  • Author: John Minnion, Philip Bolsover
  • Publication Date: 1983
  • Edition/Date: Edition / Date
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  • Comments: The first 25 years of CND in the words of the people involved
  • Publisher: Allison and Busby
  • Description: 160 pages 8 Chapters including: Aldermaston the early years, New Roots in the 1970s, Upsurge since 1980, Direct Action past present and future,
  • Contributor: Edward Thompson, Tony Simpson, Bruce Kent
  • Collection: Books
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The Defence of the Realm in the 1980s

  • Reference: B208
  • Author: Dan Smith
  • Publication Date: 1980
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  • Publisher: Croom Helm
  • Description: Index, 276 pages NATO, British Defence Policy,
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Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier

  • Reference: B204
  • Author: Duncan Campbell
  • Publication Date: 1986
  • Edition/Date: Edition / Date
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  • Comments: Investigative details. First published 1984.
  • Publisher: Paladin Grafton Books
  • Description: American Military Power in Britain Index, 368 pages Chapters include: Intelligence Axis (Ch5), Surveillance Centre (Ch6)
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Reformation to Industrial Revolution

  • Reference: B205
  • Author: Christopher Hill
  • Publication Date: 1971
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  • Comments: First published in 1967 Pelican Economic History of Britain, Volume 2, 1530 -1780
  • Publisher: Penguin
  • Description: Well respected historian analyses the transformation of British society and the complex interaction of economic, cultural and political change in the period.
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Volunteer Force: A social and political history 1859 – 1908

  • Reference: B201
  • Author: Hugh Cunningham
  • Publication Date: 1975
  • Edition/Date: Edition / Date
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  • Comments: Part time military force prepared for a french invasion, later to become as the Territorial Army. Mainly middle class, middle aged men who were self funded.1860 there were 100,000 volunteers. Page 5 - notes.
  • Publisher: Croom Helm
  • Description: Index, 168 pages Move from Yeomanry to the Army. Lord lt of that counties which were meant to maintain order
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London under attack: The Report of the Greater London Area War Risk Study

  • Reference: B202
  • Author: Robin Clarke
  • Publication Date: 1986
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  • keywords London
  • Comments: Greater London Area War Risk Study Commission
  • Publisher: Southbank Polytechnique, Blackwells
  • Description: 1983 drew up plans for London in the case of an attack - military threat and effect on London Index, 400 pages
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Disarming Europe

  • Reference: B203
  • Author: Mary Kaldor, Dan Smith
  • Publication Date: 1982
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  • keywords Nuclear
  • Comments: European Nuclear Disarmament conference in May 1981 lead to this publication.
  • Publisher: Merlin Press
  • Description: 196 pages Collection of Essays on Arming Europe and Disarming Europe
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