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1968 by Richard Vinen
Category: History
A major new history of one of the seminal years in the postwar world, when rebellion and disaffection broke out on an extraordinary scale. The year 1968 saw an extraordinary range of protests across much of the western world. Some of these were genuinely revolutionary--around ten million French workers ...Show more
Long '68 The by Richard Vinen
Category: History
'Fresh, compelling ... an important book, revealing that 50 years on, 1968 is still unfinished business' Andrew Hussey, Financial Times 'A thoughtful, readable account of a moment in history that deserves to be dwelt on' Andrew Marr, The Times 1968 saw an extraordinary range of protests across much of t ...Show more
National Service: A Generation in Uniform, 1945-1963 by Richard Vinen
Category: History
Richard Vinen's National Service is a serious - if often very entertaining - attempt to get to grips with the reality of that extraordinary institution, which now seems as remote as the British Empire itself. With great sympathy and curiosity, Vinen unpicks the myths of the two 'gap years', which all Br ...Show more
The Long '68 - Radical Protest and Its Enemies by Richard Vinen
Category: History
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The Unfree French : Life under the Occupation by Richard Vinen
Category: Accessories
In the summer of 1940, the French army was one of the largest and best in the world, confident of victory. In the space of a few nightmarish weeks all that changed as the French and their British allies were crushed and eight million people fled their homes. Richard Vinen's new book describes the conseq ...Show more
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