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The Eastern Fleet and the Indian Ocean, 1942–1944
A study of the British Royal Navy’s activities in the Indian Ocean during World War II, led by Admiral Sir James Somerville. The story of the British Eastern Fleet, which operated in the Indian Ocean against Japan, has rarely been told. Although it was the largest fleet deployed by the Royal Navy prior to 1945 and played a vital part in the theatre it was sent to protect, it has no place in the popular consciousness of the naval history of the Second World War. So Charles Stephenson’s deeply researched and absorbing narrative gives this forgotten fleet the recognition it deserves. British pre-war naval planning for the Far East is part of the story, as is the disastrous loss of the battl...
100 Years of Radar
This book offers fascinating insights into the key technical and scientific developments in the history of radar, from the first patent, taken out by Hülsmeyer in 1904, through to the present day. Landmark events are highlighted and fascinating insights provided into the exceptional people who made possible the progress in the field, including the scientists and technologists who worked independently and under strict secrecy in various countries across the world in the 1930s and the big businessmen who played an important role after World War II. The book encourages multiple levels of reading. The author is a leading radar researcher who is ideally placed to offer a technical/scientific perspective as well as a historical one. He has taken care to structure and write the book in such a way as to appeal to both non-specialists and experts. The book is not sponsored by any company or body, either formally or informally, and is therefore entirely unbiased. The text is enriched by approximately three hundred images, most of which are original and have been accessed by detailed searches in the archives.
Piero de Medici and the Crisis of Renaissance Italy
Uses Piero de' Medici's life as a prism to throw new light on the crisis in Renaissance Italy that revolutionised culture and political thinking.
Traditori della Fede e della Patria
Per incominciare a sognare, bisogna che prima di tutto finiscano gli incubi. Gli incubi che agitano gli italiani non sono propriamente dei brutti sogni, che all’alba svaniscono; sono invece brutte realtà che tutti i giorni ricominciano all’alba, quando apriamo gli occhi…” “…Quando i brutti sogni diventano realtà, allora tutto sommato è meglio, perché noi possiamo modificare la realtà…” “…Il nostro modo di combattere sia questo: non collaborare con il male, le menzogne e le false “verità”. Mai! Le nostre armi siano l’obiezione di coscienza e la non-violenza e, in casi estremi, la disobbedienza civile. Nel combattimento dobbiamo sentire vicino, come sorella spir...
European defence community, lessons for the future?
Lancée en 1950, l'idée de créer une Communauté Européenne de Défense (CED) est contemporaine de celle de fonder une Communauté Européenne du Charbon et de l'Acier (CECA). Mais le projet est une gageure. Il heurte les cultures nationales en matière de défense, suscite de violentes réactions dues à la perspective de voir se côtoyer des ennemis d'hier au sein des mêmes unités, déclenche l'opposition à la standardisation du matériel, hérisse les adversaires d'une liaison entre la CED et la construction d'une Europe politique. Devant une telle variété de facteurs visant à expliquer la mort du projet, le 30 août 1954, certains ont parlé d'un «meurtre collectif». Page d'hi...
