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语种:
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eng |
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E561.9/1 版次： |
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E561.9 版次： |
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著者:
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Mercau, Ezequiel, |
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题名:
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The Falklands War : [ An Imperial History /] / , |
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出版发行:
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出版地： Cambridge ; 出版社： Cambridge University Press, 出版日期： 2019. |
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载体形态:
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xv, 251 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
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内容提要:
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"Why did Britain and Argentina go to war over a wintry archipelago that was home to an unprofitable colony? Could the Falklands War, in fact, have been a last-ditch revival of Britain's imperial past? Despite widespread conjecture about the imperial dimensions of the Falklands War, this is the first history of the conflict from the transnational perspective of the British world. Taking Britain's painful process of decolonisation as his starting point, Ezequiel Mercau shows how the Falklands lobby helped revive the idea of a 'British world', transforming a minor squabble into a full-blown war. Boasting original perspectives on the Falklanders, the Four Nations and the Anglo-Argentines, and based on a wealth of unseen material, he sheds new light on the British world, Thatcher's Britain, devolution, immigration and political culture. His findings show that neither the dispute, the war, nor its aftermath can be divorced from the ongoing legacies of empire"-- |
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内容提要:
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"Why did Britain and Argentina go to war over a wintry archipelago that was home to an unprofitable colony? Could the Falklands War, in fact, have been a last-ditch revival of Britain's imperial past? Despite widespread conjecture about the imperial dimensions of the Falklands War, this is the first history of the conflict from the transnational perspective of the British world"-- |
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主题词:
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Falkland Islands War, 1982 Causes. |
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主题词:
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Falkland Islands War, 1982 Diplomatic history. |
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索书号:
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E561.9/1 |