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Harfleur to Hamburg : five centuries of English and British violence in Europe / D.J.B. Trim, Brendan Simms (editors).
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- DJB Trim
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War--History.
- War.
- Great Britain--History, Military.
- Great Britain.
- Europe--History, Military.
- Europe.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--Europe--History.
- Europe--Foreign relations--Great Britain--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (v, 318 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- London : Hurst & Company, 2024.
- Summary:
- Britain has historically been seen as an upholder of international norms, at least in its relations with western powers. This has often been contrasted with the violence perpetrated in colonial contexts on other continents. What is often missed, however, is the extent to which the state with its capital in London - first England, then Great Britain - inflicted extreme violence on its European neighbours, even when still using the rhetoric of neighbourliness and friendship. This book comprises eleven case-studies of Anglo- British strategic violence, from the siege of Harfleur in 1415 to the fire-bombing of Hamburg in 1943. Chapters examine actions that were top-down and directed, and perpetrated for specific geopolitical reasons - many of them at, or well beyond, the bounds of what was sanctioned by prevailing international norms at the time.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 30, 2024).
- ISBN:
- 9780197794623
- 0197794629
- 9780197794678
- 019779467X
- OCLC:
- 1431883379
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