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UNINA9910455461303321 |
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Autore |
Strauss Michael John <1953-> |
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Titolo |
The leasing of Guantanamo Bay / / Michael J. Strauss |
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Westport, Connecticut : , : Praeger Security International, , [2009] |
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©2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 316 p. ) : map, facsims. ; |
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Soggetti |
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Leased territories |
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Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba) International status |
United States Foreign relations Cuba |
Cuba Foreign relations United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-306) and indexes. |
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Sovereign states and their territory -- The nature of territorial leases -- The Guantanamo Bay lease -- Objectives of the lease -- Jurisdiction at Guantanamo Bay -- Duration of the lease -- The annual rent payments -- Recent and current issues -- The lease in U.S.-Cuban relations -- The future of the Guantanamo Bay lease -- The global impact of the lease. |
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UNINA9910787886603321 |
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Autore |
Blatt Joel |
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Titolo |
The French Defeat Of 1940 [[electronic resource] ] : Reassessments |
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New York, NY, : Berghahn Books, 2001 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (380 p.) |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - France |
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Western Front |
HISTORY / Europe / France |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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The French Defeat of 1940; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. STRATEGY AND SCAPEGOATISM; CHAPTER 2. MARC BLOCH AND THE DRÔLE DE GUERRE; CHAPTER 3. MARTYRS' VENGEANCE; CHAPTER 4. DOMESTIC POLITICS AND THE FALL OF FRANCE IN 1940; CHAPTER 5. EDOUARD DALADIER; CHAPTER 6. THE MISSED OPPORTUNITY; CHAPTER 7. PRELUDE TO DEFEAT; CHAPTER 8. FRANCE AND THE ILLUSION OF AMERICAN SUPPORT, 1919-1940; CHAPTER 9. IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER; CHAPTER 10. REFLECTIONS ON FRANCE, BRITAIN AND THE WINTER WAR PRODROME, 1939-1940; CHAPTER 11. "FIGHTING TO THE LAST FRENCHMAN"? |
CHAPTER 12. FRENCH DEFEAT IN 1940 AND ITS REVERSAL IN 1944-1945CHAPTER 13. THE TRAUMA OF 1940; CONTRIBUTORS |
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Why France, the major European continental victor in 1918, suffered total defeat in six weeks at the hands of the vanquished power of 1918 only two decades later remains moot. Why the stunning reversal of fortunes? In this volume thirteen prominent scholars reexamine the French debacle of 1940 in interwar perspectives, utilizing fresh analysis, original approaches, and new sources. Although the tenor of the volume is critical, the contributors also suggest that French preparations for war knew successes as well as failures, that French defeat was not inevitable, and that the Battle of Franc |
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