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  • GENERAL STAFFS AND DIPLOMACY BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR
    ADRIAN PRESTON
    This book, first published in 1978, examines the influence of the General Staffs upon the diplomacy of appeasement and rearmament between 1931 and 1941. The great question of European security and order, and their breakdown and the outbreak of the second world war, are examined here through the eyes of Cabinets and Foreign Offices as well as through the eyes of Chiefs of Staff....

    $920.00

  • SWORDS AND COVENANTS
    ADRIAN PRESTON AND PETER DENNIS
    Originally published in 1976, this book honours the centenary of The Royal Military College of Canada, 1876-1976. It comprises nine essays written by military historians who have been or still are in some way, as staff and students, connected with RMC since 1948. The essays range in time from the American invasion of Canada in 1775 to Hungary on the eve of the Second World War,...

    $960.00

  • SOLDIERS AS STATESMEN
    PETER DENNIS / ADRIAN PRESTON
    ‘The Duke is a soldier – a bad education for a statesmen in a free country’. Sir Walter Scott’s fear of the political soldier has long been part of Western political life. Yet although many countries would have preferred to keep the military out of politics few have been successful. Originally published in 1976, this book examines the careers of five distinguished twentieth cen...

    $960.00