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Churchill(2nd Edition)
by Keith Robbins
Paperback, 196 Pages, Published 2000 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-582-43759-3, ISBN: 0-582-43759-8

"Keith Robbins provides an excellent introduction to Winston Churchill's dramatic rise to power and traces the unpredictable way his career moved between triumph and tragedy. Providing a vivid picture of the political landscapes through which he moved, it outlines his career and uncovers what made possible Churchill's leading role in national and world affairs. "






The World since 1945(2nd Edition)
A Concise History (Opus S)
by Keith Robbins
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2002 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-280314-6, ISBN: 0-19-280314-X

"Keith Robbins' accessible and stimulating account of world history since 1945 provides a framework for making sense of the political and social developments of the period. The focus is firmly on global political interaction. The underlying theme of the book is the tension between the world conceived as a unity and as a diversity. From this perspective, the author discusses the impulse towards globalization in the aftermath of the Second ..."






Transforming the World
Global Political History since World War II
by Keith Robbins
Paperback, 392 Pages, Published 2013 by Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13: 978-0-333-77200-3, ISBN: 0-333-77200-8

"An ambitious and engaging narrative survey that charts the history of the world from a political perspective, from 1937 to the post-9/11 era. Providing a wide-ranging assessment of global interactions in peace and war since World War II, Robbins connects the crises, conflicts and accommodations that have brought us to the still-troubled present."






The Eclipse of a Great Power(2nd Edition)
Modern Britain 1870-1992 (Foundations of Modern Britain)
by Keith Robbins
Paperback, 488 Pages, Published 1994 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-582-09611-0, ISBN: 0-582-09611-1

"An updated second edition of a book first published in 1983. Originally stopping in 1975, the book now goes through to 1992, and includes the entire span of the Thatcher years, and the emergence of Europe as a central factor on the national agenda. The additional section brings together both an up-to-date assessment of the recent past and continues the enduring themes explored in the century covered in the first edition."






The British Isles 1901-1951(1st Edition)
(Short Oxford History of the British Isles)
by Keith Robbins, Paul Langford, Peter Salway, Charles Edwards, Wendy Davies, Barbara Harvey, Barbara Collison, Kathleen Burk, Ralph Griffiths
Paperback, 302 Pages, Published 2003 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-873196-2, ISBN: 0-19-873196-5

"The 'British Isles' entered the twentieth century as a single state 'Great Britain and Ireland' with a 'British Empire' greater in extent and larger in population than the world had ever seen. The first fifty years of the new century saw vast change both at home and abroad, much of it the result of Britain's involvement in the two world wars. At home, the separate path of Ireland became steadily more clear-cut, whilst abroad, the 'Domin ..."






England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales(Reprint)
The Christian Church 1900-2000 (Oxford History of the Christian Church)
by Keith Robbins
Paperback, 544 Pages, Published 2011 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-957031-7, ISBN: 0-19-957031-0

"Keith Robbins, building on his previous writing on the modern history of the interlocking but distinctive territories of the British Isles, takes a wide-ranging, innovative and challenging look at the twentieth-century history of the main bodies, at once national and universal, which have collectively constituted the Christian Church. The protracted search for elusive unity is emphasized. Particular beliefs, attitudes, policies and stru ..."






The World Since 1945(1st Edition)
A Concise History (O P U S)
by Keith Robbins
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1998 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-219234-9, ISBN: 0-19-219234-5

"Keith Robbins account of world history since 1945 provides a framework for making sense of the political and social developments of the period. The underlying theme of the book is the tension between the world conceived as a unity and as a diversity. From this perspective, the author discusses the impulse towards globalization in the aftermath of World War II, the divisions inherent in the Cold War and the shifting allegiances and confl ..."






Appeasement(2nd Edition)
(Historical Association Studies)
by Keith Robbins
Paperback, 108 Pages, Published 1997 by Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN-13: 978-0-631-20326-1, ISBN: 0-631-20326-5

"Examines appeasement in the context of both Britain's domestic policies and her international commitments, within Europe and beyond. This book includes a discussion of the historiography surrounding appeasement, and analysis of changing public opinion and of the 'appeasers' themselves."






The Eclipse of a Great Power
Modern Britain, 1870-1975 (Foundations of Modern Britain)
by Keith Robbins
Hardcover, 424 Pages, Published 1983 by Longman Group United Kingdom
ISBN-13: 978-0-582-48971-4, ISBN: 0-582-48971-7






The Eclipse of a Great Power(1st Edition)
Modern Britain 1870-1975 (Foundations of Modern Britain)
by Keith Robbins
Paperback, 420 Pages, Published 1982 by Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-582-48972-1, ISBN: 0-582-48972-5

"1886 Annexation of Upper Burma (Jan): Salisbury resigns, being defeated in the Commons - Gladstone becomes PM: Irish Home Rule Bill introduced (Apr): ..."






Tini Bigs Big Martinis(1st Edition)
by Keith Robbins, Patrick Haight
Hardcover, 96 Pages, Published 2005 by Documentary Media Llc
ISBN-13: 978-0-9719084-8-2, ISBN: 0-9719084-8-6

"The martini has an enduring allure, especially the unabashedly large martinis served at Tini Bigs, Seattle’s classic corner lounge. Tini Bigs is now sharing the recipes for its fifty most requested martini cocktails, beautifully photographed by Angie Norwood Browne. Not only will you be able to re-create your favorite Tini Bigs big martini at home, but you will also get a taste of the social scene that makes Tini Bigs famous, with spiri ..."






Nineteenth-Century Britain(Updated)
England, Scotland, and Wales : The Making of a Nation/the Ford Lectures Delivered in the University of Oxford 1986-1987
by Keith Robbins
Paperback, 206 Pages, Published 1989 by Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-285122-2, ISBN: 0-19-285122-5






The British Isles 1901-1951(1st Edition)
(Short Oxford History of the British Isles)
by Keith Robbins, Christopher Dougherty, Paul Langford
Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2003 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-873195-5, ISBN: 0-19-873195-7

"The "British Isles" entered the 20th century as a single state, "Great Britain and Ireland", with a "British Empire" greater in extent and larger in population than the world had ever seen. The first 50 years saw vast change. At home, the separate path of Ireland became steadily more clear-cut. Abroad, the "Dominions" increasingly saw themselves and acted as independent entities and, with the withdrawal from the Indian sub-continent in ..."






History, Religion and Identity in Modern Britain
(Hardcover)
by Professor Keith Robbins
Hardcover, 312 Pages, Published 1993 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13: 978-1-85285-101-9, ISBN: 1-85285-101-5

"These essays can all be said, in one way or another, to be concerned with the 'Identity of Britain' in the modern period. In the first group, the author considers how British historians have themselves reflected and shaped the national understanding of the British past. He discusses the implications of such debates for the present. Have we reached the end of British history in the age of European integration? In the second group, attent ..."






Great Britain
Identities, Institutions and the Idea of Britishness Since 1500
by Keith Robbins
Hardcover, Published 2018 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-15076-8, ISBN: 1-138-15076-2






The Eclipse of a Great Power(2nd Edition)
Modern Britain 1870-1992 (Foundations of Modern Britain)
by Keith Robbins
Hardcover, Published 2016 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-17949-3, ISBN: 1-138-17949-3

"Covers both the expansion and the decline of the British Empire and the reasons behind this sudden eclipse in power. "






Transforming the World
Global Political History since World War II (Hardback)
by Keith Robbins
Published 2012 by Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13: 978-0-333-77199-0, ISBN: 0-333-77199-0






Crowns of Glory
by Keith Robbins
Paperback, 228 Pages, Published 2008 by Kiwe Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN-13: 978-1-931195-16-4, ISBN: 1-931195-16-1

"Using the Mesoamerican culture as a background for this fictitious adventure, Keith Robbins writes of the struggles and successes in life, the decisions we must take, and how they effect our life on earth and in the hereafter. This is a record of The Great Spirit Kulnik'unen's judgment of Chief Ahaw-Xwinik'ulhoy'nul (Xwinik) of the Mayan K'ulnikp'ipola Tribe. Following his death, Xwinik is summoned before the temple of K'ulnik'unen for ..."






POLITICIANS, DIPLOMACY & WAR IN MODERN BRITISH HISTORY(1st Edition)
by Keith Robbins
Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2003 by Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-13: 978-1-85285-111-8, ISBN: 1-85285-111-2

"The aspirations of democracy and the requirements of diplomacy have always coexisted uneasily. The politicians discussed in this book, in particular the appreciation of the careers of John Bright and James Bryce, reflect obliquely or directly on the problems of politicians who seek the 'high moral ground' either in domestic or international politics. There is also a discussion of the relationship between politicians and the press, as we ..."






Foundations of Modern Britain Ser.
The Eclipse of a Great Power, Modern Britain 1870-1992
by Keith Robbins, Geoffrey Holmes, Eric J. Evans, Daniel Szechi
Hardcover, Published 1994 by Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-582-09612-7, ISBN: 0-582-09612-X



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