An historical survey of football's World Cup competition from 1930 to the present, and an introduction to the 1998 tournament in France. The book incorporates past and present stars, the qualifying rounds, the selection and preparation of national squads, and tables of facts and feats.
The book provides a clear analysis of the 2007 credit crisis, emphasizing the failure of traditional responses like bank bailouts and quantitative easing. It argues that the Euro's current structure is unsustainable and highlights the risks posed by dollar instability and rising sovereign debt. The author warns of a potential lost generation due to economic nationalism and proposes a radical alternative strategy for recovery. This includes dismantling the Euro, ending the dollar's reserve status, and introducing a new, stable currency called The Golden Guinea to restore sound money principles.
When Jacobite enthusiast Michael Nevin successfully bid for a handwritten letter and memorandum by Bonnie Prince Charlie at an auction, little did he realise he had come into possession of material that would change our view of history.Written in France following his defeat at Culloden in 1746 and addressed to Louis XV, the story that emerges from these documents is more complex than that suggested by conventional histories of the time. In addition to revealing the prince as a far more charismatic and courageous figure than that portrayed in popular fiction, they show that, far from abandoning Scotland after Culloden, he was committed to return and did not finally give up his dream of Stuart restoration until the failure of the Elibank Plot.In this book, Michael Nevin tells the story of the Rising of 1745-46, its genesis and consequences. It looks at the motivations of the leading players, examines crucial but neglected battles of the Jacobite wars and sheds new light on the mystery of what led to Bonnie Prince's Charlie's psychological disintegration after 1752.