Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Allenby of Arabia, Lawrence's General Allenby of Arabia, Lawrence's General Brian Gardner He predicted to T.E. Lawrence that in the future Lawrence of Arabia would be a household word while people would have to go to the war college to find out who Allenby was. The prophecy seems to have … OL2939484W
Churchill in Power Churchill in Power Brian Gardner This study of Winston Churchill's reputation aims to disprove the legend--fruit of postwar canonization--that wartime Britain was united in adulation of its peerless leader. Gardner, a prolific popul… OL2939488W
East India Company East India Company Brian Gardner For over 200 years the East India Company, a joint-stock corporation of London traders with shares which were daily bought and sold on the Exchange, functioned as the de facto government of India, ex… OL2939491W
The Year that Changed the World The Year that Changed the World Brian Gardner A lively ledger of the year that produced the greatest permanent change in modern history: 1945 saw the end of the war in Italy, Germany, and Japan, and the awakening to the brutal fact that lasting … OL2939501W
Up the Line to Death Up the Line to Death Edmund Blunden,Brian Gardner,Brian Gardner,Brian Gardner A poetry anthology edited by Brian Gardner, and first published in 1964. It was a thematic collection of the poetry of World War I. A significant revisiting of the tradition of the war poet, writing … OL2939507W