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1. NUCLEAR CODES SET AT 000000.

Author

Downing, Taylor

Subjects
NUCLEAR weapons, NUCLEAR warfare, NONFICTION, HISTORY, GOVERNMENT policy
Published
2018

2. TECHNOLOGY IN CHINA.

Author

WALEY, ARTHUR

Subjects
SCIENCE & civilization, SCIENCE, NONFICTION, HISTORY, HISTORY of science
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Science and Civilization in China," volume 1, by Joseph Needham.

Published
1954

3. A PEOPLE'S CONSCIENCE.

Author

Hyland, Stanley

Subjects
GOVERNMENTAL investigations, NONFICTION, HISTORY
Abstract

The article reviews the book "A People's Conscience," by Strathearn Gordon and T. G. B. Cocks.

Published
1952

5. Touch typing.

Author

Christiansen, Eric

Subjects
HISTORY, BIBLIOGRAPHY
Abstract

Reviews the books `The Two Cities: Medieval Europe 1050-1320,' by Malcolm Barber and `Carolingian Renewal: Sources and History,' by D.A. Bullough.

Published
1992

6. 'King over the Water.'

Author

Kenyon, J.P.

Subjects
HISTORY, NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'Ideology and Conspiracy: Aspects of Jacobitism 1689-1759,' edited by Eveline Cruickshanks.

Published
1983

7. On Reviewing and Being Reviewed.

Author

Cannadine, David

Subjects
BOOK reviewing, HISTORY
Abstract

Discusses the art, craft and psychology of the historical book review. Writers who made a lasting influence in the art of book review; Contention that reviewers should not venture into print without having read and pondered the book.

Published
1999

8. PAPERBACK HISTORY.

Author

Saraga, Jessica

Subjects
HISTORY
Abstract

Reviews a number of paperbacks about history. Robert Ashton's `The English Civil War'; `Popular Culture in Seventeenth-Century England,' edited by Barry Reay; `Poverty and Policy in Tudor and Stuart England,' by Paul Slack; More.

Published
1990

9. The Struggles of Empire.

Author

Roots, Ivan

Subjects
HISTORY, NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'The Dutch Republic and the Hispanic World 1606-1661,' by Jonathan I. Israel.

Published
1983

10. Spring books.

Author

McLeish, Jamie

Subjects
HISTORY
Abstract

Presents brief reviews of history books available in Spring 1995. Includes `Alfred the Great,' by David Sturdy; `The Longman Companion to the Tudor Age,' by Rosemary O'Day; `The Fortunes of the Courtier: The European Reception of Castiglione's Cortegiano,' by Peter Burke; `The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land,' by Thomas E. Levy; `Decisions for War, 1914,' edited by Keith Wilson.

Published
1995

11. "PITT'S GOLD ".

Author

THOMPSON, J. M.

Subjects
GREAT Britain-Netherlands relations, NONFICTION, HISTORY
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Ambassadors & Secret Agents," by Alfred Cobban.

Published
1954

12. THE STORY OF THE MUSHETS.

Author

Chaloner, W. H.

Subjects
METALLURGY, NONFICTION, NINETEENTH century, HISTORY
Abstract

A review of the book "The Story of the Mushets," by F. M. Osborn is presented.

Published
1952

13. ELIZABETH'S IRISH WARS.

Subjects
GREAT Britain-Ireland relations, NONFICTION, HISTORY
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Elizabeth's Irish Wars," by Cyril Falls.

Published
1951

14. The Victorians (Book).

Author

Mackenzie, John M.

Subjects
HISTORY
Abstract

Reviews two non-fiction books. 'The Victorians,' by A.N. Wilson; 'The Victorians: An Age in Retrospect,' by John Gardiner.

Published
2003

17. History of British Broadcasting.

Author

Downing, Taylor

Subjects
TELEVISION broadcasting, RADIO broadcasting, NONFICTION, HISTORY, TWENTIETH century
Published
2015

18. Uncle Bill.

Author

Mallinson, Allan

Subjects
MILITARY officers, NONFICTION, TWENTIETH century, HISTORY
Published
2014

21. Clement Attlee.

Author

Laybourn, Keith

Subjects
BRITISH prime ministers, NONFICTION, TWENTIETH century, HISTORY
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Clement Attlee: The Inevitable Prime Minister" by Michael Jago.

Published
2014

22. Great men & women's history.

Subjects
HISTORY, BIBLIOGRAPHY
Abstract

Reviews the books `Pitt the Elder,' by Jeremy Black, `William Temple,' by John Kent, `Marlborough,' by J.R. Jones, `Churchill,' edited by Robert Blake and Wm. Roger Louis, `Napoleon's Children,' by Susan Normington, `The Long Shadow: Inside Stalin's Family,' by Rosamond Richardson. More.

Published
1993

23. A Classic Collection.

Author

McCulloch, Keith

Subjects
HISTORY, NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'Archaic and Classical Greece,' by Michael Crawford and David Whitehead.

Published
1983

24. RUMOURS OF WARS.

Author

A. H.

Subjects
EUROPEAN foreign relations, NONFICTION, HISTORY
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Rumours of Wars," by A. J. P. Taylor.

Published
1953

25. PESSIMISTIC HISTORY.

Author

Barraclough, G.

Subjects
HISTORY, NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "History and Human Relations," by Herbert Butterfield.

Published
1951

27. A world of wonders.

Author

Andrews, Stuart

Subjects
SOCIAL conditions in Great Britain, HISTORY
Abstract

Reviews the biographies `Josiah Wedgwood,' by Robin Reilly and `A Lancashire Gentleman: The Letters and Journals of Richard Hodgkinson 1763-1847,' edited by Florence and Kenneth Wood.

Published
1993