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Format: 1 online resource (xiv, 353 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 9789814311489 (ebook)

Content: November 2010 sees the first elections in Myanmar/Burma since 1990, to be held as the culmination of the military regime's 'Road Map for Democracy' The conditions under which the elections are being held are far from favourable, although the laws and procedures under which they will be conducted have been in place for seven months and quite widely publicized. Political controls remain repressive, freedom of expression and assembly does not exist, and international access is restricted by government controls as well as sanctions. While the elections represent a turning point for Myanmar/Burma, the lead-up period has not been marked by many notable improvements in the way the country is governed or in the reforming impact of international assistance programmes. Presenters at the Australian National University 2009 Myanmar/Burma Update conference examined these questions and more. Leading experts from the United States, Japan, France, and Australia as well as from Myanmar/Burma have contributed to this collection of papers from the Conference.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Nov 2015).

Additional Edition: Print version: ISBN 9789814311472

Language: English

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Format: 224 S. , zahlr. Ill., Kt.

ISBN: 030435256X

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Language: English

Subjects: History

Keywords: Erster Weltkrieg ; Erster Weltkrieg

URL: Autorenbiografie

URL: Verlagsangaben

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Format: VI, 358, [16] S , Ill., Kt

ISBN: 0300106947

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Literaturverz.

Language: English

Subjects: History

Keywords: Sommeschlacht

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Format: 1 online resource (368 p.)

ISBN: 1-283-95059-6 , 0-300-14301-X

Content: In the long history of the British Army, the Battle of the Somme was its bloodiest encounter. Between July 1 and mid-November 1916, 432,000 of its soldiers became casualties--about 3,600 for every day of battle. German casualties were far fewer despite British superiority in the air and in lethal artillery. What went wrong for the British, and who was responsible? Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson have examined the entire public archive on the Battle of the Somme to reconstruct the day-by-day course of the war. The result is the most precise and authentic account of the campaign on record and a book that challenges almost every received view of the battle. The colossal rate of infantry casualties in fact resulted from inadequate fire support; responsibility for tactical mistakes actually belonged to the High Command and the civilian War Committee. Field-Marshall Haig, the records show, was repeatedly deficient in strategy, tactics, command, and organization. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers died for a cause that lacked both a coherent military plan and responsible political leadership. Prior and Wilson decisively change our understanding of the history of the Western Front.

Note: Originally published: 2005. , Front matter -- , Contents -- , Maps -- , Acknowledgements -- , 1. The Context -- , 2. 'Absolutely Astonishing': The War Committee and the Military -- , 3. Decision-making, January-February -- , 4. Decision-making, March-June -- , 5. 'Grasping at the Shadow': Planning for the Somme, February-June -- , 6. 'Favourable Results Are Not Anticipated': Preparations for Battle, June -- , 7. 'A Short Life': VII & VIII Corps on 1 July -- , 8. 'The Enemy's Fire Was So Intense': X Corps on 1 July -- , 9. 'Wave after Wave Were Mown Down': III Corps on 1 July -- , 10. 'Cowering Men in Field Grey': XV and XIII Corps on 1 July -- , 11. Reflections on 1 July -- , 12. 'Ill-Considered Attacks on a Small Front', 2-13 July -- , 13. 'Cavalry Sharpening Their Swords', 14 July -- , 14. 'We Are a Bit Stuck', 15-31 July -- , 15. 'Something Wanting in the Methods Employed', 1 August-12 September -- , 16. 'A Hell of a Time': Pozières and Mouquet Farm, July-August -- , 17. Summary: 15 July-12 September -- , 18. The Politicians and the Somme Campaign, July-August -- , 19. One Division's Somme: The First Division, July-September -- , 20. 'An Operation Planned on Bolder Lines': Tanks and the 15 September Plan -- , 21. Lumbering Tanks: The Battle of 15 September -- , 22. 25 September -- , 23. 'The Tragic Hill of Thiepval',1 26-30 September -- , 24. 'A Severe Trial of Body and Spirit': The Somme, October -- , 25. 'We Must Keep Going!': The Politicians and the Somme Campaign, September-October -- , 26. The Political Battle: Beaumont Hamel, 13-19 November -- , 27. Reflections on the British at the Somme -- , Epilogue: The End of It All, November 1916 -- , Notes -- , Bibliography -- , Index , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-300-10694-7

Language: English

DOI: 10.12987/9780300143010

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ISSN: 0022-2801

In: The journal of modern history / publ. in co-operation with the Modern European History Section of the American Historical Association, Chicago, Ill., 1964, Vol. 36 (1964), Issue 1, pp. 28-42, 0022-2801

Language: English