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Conciliation of Construction Industry Disputes describes Conciliation as it has evolved and been practised in Ireland for the past 25 years and provides readers with practical guidance on this Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) method.

This is the first systematic scholarly study of the historiography of the First World War. The First World War remains controversial in its conduct and its broader implications, and this volume explores many issues which continue to cause debate, such as Haig's generalship, the role of T.E. Lawrence in the Arab Revolt, and the failure of the Dardanelles campaign. It also examines the new approaches to the war stimulated by the fiftieth anniver...

Some sixty years after the Far Eastern War ended, this innovative collection brings together scholars from the UK and Japan to reappraise their respective countries' leadership in the Malaya and Burma campaigns.

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Of late, many wonderful things have been happening in the church. Happening to Gods people, and peculiar things happening in the world. The one world order seems to have been put on hold. Church organizations becoming global in size and reach. Christians going into and being overtly Christian in politics. Public Christian celebrations happening in nations that are not friendly to the church. The church, God's people and purpose, getting louder...

This is the story of how a boy from a poor background benefited from the new opportunities available in the post-1945 era to attend a very good grammar school, gain entry to Oxford University and eventually became a professor at a top grade university, King¿s College, London.Early chapters show how hard it was to get a foothold on the lowest rungs of the academic ladder, particularly in a subject, military history, where there were virtually n...

Here are fifteen original case studies of First World War survivors, a few well known, but all equally deserving, for their remarkably varied reflections on the trauma of combat.

In Western Europe and North America the idea that war can deliberately be used as an 'instrument of policy' has become unfashionable, not least because of the carnage of two World Wars and the Americans' humiliating experience in Vietnam. But wars are still fought. Those who start wars clearly believe they are worthwhile. Why? In this original and provocative study, Brian Bond discusses the successes and failures of military and political lead...

Unique in its approach and really helpful with its information - this book is a must have for any Irish Staffordshire Bull Terrier owner" Written for the admirers, fans and owners of this wonderful breed, we are confident that you will greatly benefit from the techniques and information in this book. Composed by a long-term owner of the Irish Staffordshire Bull Terrier, this is an extended version of a book that is certainly a must have additi...

As Europe descended into an epoch of total war and nineteenth-century hopes for peace based on co-operation faded, warfare itself was transformed by the growth of nationalism and rapid technological developments. World War I demonstrated how difficult it was for military and political leaders to take account of these changes. After surveying the situation in Europe in the lead-up to World War II and its aftermath, Brian Bond examines the milit...

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Britain’, s outstanding military achievement in the First World War has been eclipsed by literary myths. Why has the Army’, s role on the Western Front been so seriously misrepresented? This book shows how myths have become deeply rooted, particularly in the inter-war period, in the 1960s, and in the 1990s. The outstanding ‘, anti-war’, influences have been ‘, war poets’, , subalterns’, trench memoirs, the bo...

A rare comparative account of Britain's achievements in two wars against Germany, which challenges popular views.

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Field Marshal Earl Haig's reputation continues to arouse as much interest and controversy as ever. This volume represents the collaboration of two leading historical societies. Leading historians have produced a comprehensive and fascinating study of the most significant and frequently debated aspects of Haig's momentous career.

This volume brings together a selection of Brian Bond's most interesting contributions to books and journals on British military history in the 20th century. They are arranged around three large subjects: the First World War, the interwar decades, and the Second World War with concluding reflections on the author's ¿Farewell to Arms¿ at the end of a distinguished career in the Department of War Studies at King's College, London. Brief new intr...

Some 60 years after the Far Eastern War ended, this innovative collection brings together five distinguished UK-based scholars and five from Japan to reappraise their respective countries' leadership in the Malaya and Burma campaigns. This leadership is analyzed on various levels, ranging from the grand strategic to operational. The Japanese contributors examine the reasons for their forces brilliant advances in 1941-42, whereas the British wr...

The campaign of 1940 which culminated in the British evacuation at Dunkirk and the French surrender at Compiegne remains one of the most controversial of World War II. Professor Brian Bond of the Department of War Studies, King's College, London has assembled a team of distinguished scholars in this book of essays on the campaign of 1940. Topics covered include the preparations of the British Expeditionary Force, the failure of Allied countera...