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Vietnam
An Epic History of a Tragic War
2024 || Paperback || Max Hastings || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘His masterpiece’ Antony Beevor, Spectator ‘A masterful performance’ Sunday Times ‘By far the best book on the Vietnam War’ Gerald Degroot, The Times, Book of the Year
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Conversations With Myself / druk 1
2024 || Paperback || Nelson Mandela || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
Nelson Mandela's book Conversations With Myself is an unprecedented and official portrait of one of the great leaders of our time, with a foreword by President Barack Obama
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Team of Teams
New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World
2024 || Paperback || General Stanley McChrystal e.a. || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
Shows how any organization can make the same transition to act like a team of teams - where small groups combine the freedom to experiment with a relentless drive to share their experience. This title frames the existential challenge facing today's organizations, and presents a compelling, effective solution.
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The Origins of the Second World War
2024 || Paperback || Professor A J P Taylor || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
Debunking what were accepted truths about the Second World War, the author argues provocatively that Hitler did not set out to cause the war as part of an evil master plan, but blundered into it partly by accident, aided by the shortcomings of others.
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Margaret Thatcher
The Authorized Biography, Volume Two: Everything She Wants
2024 || Paperback || Charles Moore || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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The Iron Wall
Israel and the Arab World
2024 || Paperback || Avi Shlaim || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
In the 1920s, hard-line Zionists developed the doctrine of the 'Iron Wall': negotiations with the Arabs must always be from a position of military strength, and only when sufficiently strong Israel would be able to make peace with her Arab neighbours. This book focuses on Israeli foreign policy.
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Korea
A New History of South and North
2024 || Paperback || Victor Cha e.a. || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
A major new history of North and South Korea, from the late nineteenth century to the present day
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A Fistful of Shells
West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution
2024 || Paperback || Toby Green || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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Devil-Land
England Under Siege, 1588-1688
2024 || Paperback || Clare Jackson || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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How to Change Your Mind
The New Science of Psychedelics
2024 || Paperback || Michael Pollan || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
New work into the medicinal potential of LSD, psilocybin and DMT is reported on as the author makes a journey through the cutting-edge of research, contextualising this against research into the history of psychedelics, such as their prominence in early religious beliefs.