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It is a great testament to his skills as a scholar and writer that he manages to do so with such aplomb ... stellar' Tristram Hunt. * Tristram Hunt *\u003cbr\u003e'In a magisterial political portrait Bew brings Castlereagh and his world sharply back to life' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e. * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e'Wonderful ... A Life so nearly complete that it need never be written again' Ferdinand Mount, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e. * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements.  Maps. Prologue.  PART I - ENLIGHTENMENT AND APOSTASY: Ireland's Robespierre; New Light; The Whig World; English Head, Irish Heart; Caesar in Ireland? The Reforming Giant and the Limits of Reason; Insular Dignity and Abstracted Freedom; Ragamuffins into Soldiers; A Romping Piece of Flesh; Pitt-ized with a Vengeance; Voltaire's Ideal Monster; Political Delinquency; The Wind and the Weather; Pitt's Henchman; A Lavaterian Eye; Erin's Death; Ireland Extinguished; The Mists that Overhang the Union.   PART II - THE ENGLISH MINISTER: RISE, FALL AND REDEMPTION, 1801-1814: A Millstone about the Neck of Britain; A Clog Hung About a Dog's Neck; The Protege; The Return to War; England's Trouble, Ireland's Opportunity; Winding the Family Clock; Pitt's Heir? Pitt's Shadow; Two Irishmen in London; The Continental Foothold; Britannia Sickens; Unwilling to Give Up a Hero; The New Front; Weak Friends and Perfidious Enemies; Lord Castaway; London Grows Thin; Private Honour; Independent Patriot; The Knight of Old Returns; In Search of the Sixth Coalition; One Cause or Nothing; On the Rhine; Is it Peace? Paris at Last.   PART III - FIRST AMONG EQUALS: Peace in Paris; The Gilded Age; Pleasure Bent in Vienna; The Congress; John Bull Fights Best, When He is Not Tied; Bringing Back the World to Peaceful Habits; In Defence of the Allies; Back to the Bustle; Enough to Destroy the Health of Hercules; An Entire Fearlessness; Like Wretches in a Slave-Ship; Meeting Murder; With Pistols in His Breeches; John Bull's Compass; Swellfoot the Tyrant; All We Ask of Our Allies; A Mixture of Warp and Woof; Mont Blanc Goes On; The Malaprop Cicero; The Cup Overflows; So He Has Cut His Throat.   Conclusion - Never a Teacher of Men.  Notes.  Bibliography.  Index.","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737689993559,"sku":"9780857388407","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857388407.jpg?v=1723811384"},{"product_id":"migs-over-north-vietnam-9780859791878","title":"Migs Over North Vietnam","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor many years, the day to day working and opinions of the Vietnamese Peoples'' Air Force (VPAF) has remained relatively unknown until the author uncovered rare first-hand accounts and many new photographs of VPAF operations over North Vietnam between 1965-1975. Frank opinions are voiced on how the North Vietnamese viewed the gradual escalation of the aerial conflict over their country, including details on key operations and VPAF tactics against USAF F-4s, F-105s, F-8s and B-52s.  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The ''macho pulps'' - boasting titles like Man''s Conquest, Battle Cry, and Adventure Life - portrayed men courageously defeating their enemies in battle, while women were reduced to sexual objects, either trivialized as erotic trophies or depicted as sexualized villains using their bodies to prey on unsuspecting, innocent men. The result was the crafting and dissemination of a particular version of martial masculinity that helped establish GIs'' expectations and perceptions of war in Vietnam. By examining the role that popular culture can play in normalizing wartime sexual violence and challenging readers to consider how American society should move beyond pulp conceptions of ''normal'' male behavior, Daddis convincingly argues that how we c\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This brilliantly analyzed history dismantles masculine archetypes portrayed by media during the Vietnam War. 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American GIs were woefully misled by these 'macho pulps' that helped plant toxic ideals of manhood, and the Vietnamese (friend or foe, and particularly women) would pay for this dangerous melding of war and sex.' Lien-Hang T. Nguyen, author of Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam\u003cbr\u003e'In Pulp Vietnam, Gregory A. Daddis brilliantly explores the strange, gaudy, and wildly misleading cultural baggage innumerable American soldiers carried through the jungles and rice paddies of the Vietnam War. Steeped in the imagery of pulp magazines during the 1950s and early 1960s, thousands of young men were encouraged to conflate hypermasculine heroism with the prospect of sexual conquest and sexual reward. In clear, measured, meticulously composed sentences, Daddis levers open a new and important window on the American war in Vietnam, a window through which the reader may glimpse the psychological origins of debacle, disappointment, betrayed expectations, cartoonish fantasies, wartime travesties, and postwar nightmares.' Tim O'Brien, author of The Things They Carried\u003cbr\u003e'In Cold War men's adventure magazines, all the men were brawny, virile, and victorious, and all the women were beautiful, buxom, and willing. In an insightful blend of military, gender, and cultural history, Pulp Vietnam reveals the dangerous ways these fantasies collided in a war that failed to measure up to GIs' expectations.' Kara Dixon Vuic, author of The Girls Next Door: Bringing the Home Front to the Front Lines\u003cbr\u003e'Pulp Vietnam is a wonderful contribution to the literature on Cold War culture, the Vietnam War, and American gender and sexuality. This book is a good model of what scholars can accomplish when they branch out of their comfort zones, bridge fields, and talk to one another.'  Amy J. Rutenberg, H-Diplo\u003cbr\u003e'... Daddis clearly makes the case for the uncomfortable impact of these peculiar magazines and the need for further study. How did these popular magazines shape the ways in which soldiers of an integrated army understood one another? Did the combination of whiteness and violence enflame the racial tensions soldiers brought with them to Vietnam? Daddis's study opens up a host of possibilities for further inquiry ...' Nicholas Utzig, The Los Angeles Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e'… Pulp Vietnam examines an overlooked piece of Cold War culture and explains how it helped create real-world forms of violence.' Kyle Burke, Pacific Historical Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. Warrior heroes and sexual conquerors; 1. 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