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The Control of the Past
When James Boswell famously lamented the irrationality of war in 1777, he noted the universality of conflict across history and across space - even reaching what he described as the gentle and benign southern ocean nations.
The Foreign Office's War, 1939-41
Provides a forceful corrective to the idea that Britain 'stood alone' until the invasion of the Soviet Union and the attack on Pearl Harbor brought about 'the Grand Alliance'. Based on extensive archival research, the book demonstrates that 1939 to 1941 was a period of intensive diplomatic activity by the British Foreign Office designed to ensure that Britain's potential enemies, especially Soviet Russia, Italy and Japan, remained neutral and that its most desirable potential ally, the United States, remained as friendly as possible until it could be persuaded to join in the conflict. The book highlights the importance of diplomacy towards neutrals for British policy, considers the complexit...
Parliamentary Papers
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The Analysis of Linear Economic Systems
Maurice Potron (1872-1942), a French Jesuit mathematician, constructed and analyzed a highly original, but virtually unknown economic model. This book presents translated versions of all his economic writings, preceded by a long introduction which sketches his life and environment based on extensive archival research and family documents. Potron had no education in economics and almost no contact with the economists of his time. His primary source of inspiration was the social doctrine of the Church, which had been updated at the end of the nineteenth century. Faced with the ‘economic evils’ of his time, he reacted by utilizing his talents as a mathematician and an engineer to invent and...
Slavery, Diplomacy and Empire
Throughout the nineteenth century, British governments engaged in a global campaign against the slave trade. They sought through coercion and diplomacy to suppress the trade on the high seas and in Africa and Asia. This collection of essays examines the role played by individuals and institutions in the diplomacy of suppression.
The Caribbean Cook
'Patrick Williams' recipes are modern while remaining faithful to the characteristic flavours of the West Indies. Firm favourites such as Jerk Chicken and Fried Plantain are included, along with other vibrant Caribbean dishes such as Baked Snapper in Fragrant Spices and Caramelized Pineapple with Tamarind Ice-Cream. If you want new culinary inspiration in the kitchen, then this is the book for you' Pride 'Patrick Williams brings to life the vibrant colours and flavours of the West Indies with his creative insight into Caribbean cooking . . . bound to bring a tropical twist and watering mouths to any garden barbecue' OK
House Documents
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The Foreign Office and Finland
The actions and decisions of the Northern Department of the Foreign Office at a time of great international tension and conflict
Architectural Intelligence
Architects who engaged with cybernetics, artificial intelligence, and other technologies poured the foundation for digital interactivity. In Architectural Intelligence, Molly Wright Steenson explores the work of four architects in the 1960s and 1970s who incorporated elements of interactivity into their work. Christopher Alexander, Richard Saul Wurman, Cedric Price, and Nicholas Negroponte and the MIT Architecture Machine Group all incorporated technologies—including cybernetics and artificial intelligence—into their work and influenced digital design practices from the late 1980s to the present day. Alexander, long before his famous 1977 book A Pattern Language, used computation and str...
