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Wingate And The Chindits: Redressing the Balance (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Rooney, David at AbeBooks.co.uk - ISBN 10: 030435452X - ISBN 13: 9780304354528 - Phoenix - 2000 - Softcover
The British Empire was the creation of a tremendous outpouring of energy and opportunism, when the British were at their most self-confident, and the wealth they gathered was prodigious. At its heart lay a sense of the rectitude of the British way of life, meted out to vast swathes of the rest of the world without let or hindrance. Yet, as this book shows, the empire was not formed by coherent policy, and its decline reflected this: its later years were characterised by a series of accidental oversights, decisions taken without due consideration for the consequences, and uncertain pragmatism....
Basil D'Oliveira: Cricket and Conspiracy: The Untold Story by Oborne, Peter at AbeBooks.co.uk - ISBN 10: 0316725722 - ISBN 13: 9780316725729 - Little, Brown - 2004 - Hardcover
Guess How Much I Love You in the Summer by Mcbratney, Sam at AbeBooks.co.uk - ISBN 10: 1406304530 - ISBN 13: 9781406304534 - Walker Books Ltd - 2007 - Hardcover
The Mystery of the Black Salamander: Book 12 (Adventure Island) by Moss, Helen at AbeBooks.co.uk - ISBN 10: 1444007564 - ISBN 13: 9781444007565 - Orion Children's Books - 2013 - Softcover