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  • French Tanks of the Great War

    Development, Tactics and Operations

    by Tim Gale ...
    A detailed history of France's development of tanks and the combat the tanks served in during World War I, by an armored warfare expert.The French tank corps was an essential part of the French army from 1917 onwards, yet its history has been strangely neglected in English accounts of the Western Front. Using information derived from the French military archives at Vincennes—much of which has ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ecotourism and Environmental Sustainability

    Principles and Practice

    by Tim Gale ...
    This book offers conceptual and practical insights into the complex interactions between ecotourism and the natural environment, with consideration given to government policy, marketing by suppliers, consumer behaviour and visitor/environmental management. Illustrated by international case studies the roles of and interplay between tour operators, their clients, resource managers and local ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • The French Army's Tank Force and Armoured Warfare in the Great War

    The Artillerie Spéciale

    by Tim Gale ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in First World War History
    Recent scholarship has challenged the assumption that military commanders during the First World War were inflexible, backward-looking and unwilling to exploit new technologies. Instead a very different picture is now emerging of armies desperately looking to a wide range of often untested and immature scientific and technological innovations to help break the deadlock of the Western Front. ... Read more

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  • The Myth of the Great War

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  • Waterloo

    The French Perspective

    From the author of Talavera, an extensive history of the Battle of Waterloo from the losing side's point of view.The story of the Battle of Waterloo—of the ultimate defeat of Napoleon and the French, the triumph of Wellington, Blücher, and their allied armies—is most often told from the viewpoint of the victors, not the vanquished. Even after 200 years of intensive research and the publication of ... Read more

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  • Tides of Change on Grand Manan Island

    by Joan Marshall ...
    Grand Manan Island a 200-year old fishing village in the Bay of Fundy has been overwhelmed by globalization technology and changing government policies. Changes on the island call into question the myth of the rural idyll and point to an urgent need for reconsideration of urban-rural divides. ... Read more

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  • Tourism and Global Environmental Change

    Ecological, Economic, Social and Political Interrelationships

    Series series Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility
    This fascinating book is the first comprehensive analysis of the economic, social and political interrelationships between tourism and global environmental change: one of the most significant issues facing humankind today. Its contributors argue that the impacts of these changes are potentially extremely serious both for the tourism industry, and for the communities dependent upon it.Integrating ... Read more

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  • Prelude to Waterloo: Quatre Bras

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    Edited by Helena Bender ...
    Reshaping Environments: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World draws together a team of specialist authors from disciplines including urban planning, social sciences, engineering and environmental science to examine the diverse influences humans have upon the natural environment. This interdisciplinary approach presents multifaceted responses for complex environmental ... Read more

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  • French Napoleonic Infantry Tactics 1792–1815

    Series Book 159 - Elite
    A critical overview of the French infantry tactics which made them masters of Europe but eventually resulted in their defeat at Waterloo.Bonaparte's Grande Armée, one of the most renowned battle-winning machines in history, evolved from a merging of the professional army of the Ancien Régime and the volunteers and conscripts of the Revolutionary levée en masse – although the contribution of the ... Read more

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  • Case Red

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