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This work explores the idea that the Mediterranean theatre of World War II was the first truly modern war. It was a highly mobile conflict, in which logistics were a critical factor, and from the beginning the close relationship between the land, sea, and air elements was vital.

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One of six volumes on World War II, this work addresses the offensives and counter-offensives waged on the Eastern Front. German successes and failures are examined, along with Hitler's decision to invade the Soviet Union, and the Soviet victories at Stalingrad and Kursk are explored.

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The fifth in a series of titles on World War II, this work explores events in northwest Europe in 1944-45. It covers the major operations, and examines the strategy, tactics and operational arts used by each side, setting the nature and political causes of the opposing armies in context.

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Prokopios' Secret History, circa 550, presents the author's disillusionment with the reign of the Roman emperor Justinian.

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Dating from the Ming Dynasty, the Selden Map of China reveals a country very different from popular conceptions of the time. The enthralling story revealed by this extraordinary artefact is central to an understanding of the long history of China's relationship with the sea and with the wider world.

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An extensive compilation of articles, speeches, press statements, and open letters by American socialist Eugene V. Debs.

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The Seminole of Florida were one of five so-called 'Civilized Tribes' who for many years lived in peace with the settlers. However, by 1815, frontier Americans had grown increasingly envious of their relative wealth and land, and resentful of their harbouring of former slaves. This book reveals the dramatic stories behind the Seminole wars.

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Following the lightening destruction of the Egyptian forces at the outbreak of the Six Day War, Israel turned to the forces of Jordan and Syria, with whom Egypt had signed a mutual-defence pact, and which had now entered the war. This title presents one of the most important of 20th century campaigns.

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Covers the background to the Yom Kippur War of 1973 and the campaign against the Egyptians in the Sinai Peninsula, including the initial devastating air assault that showed the world how vital air supremacy was in modern combat.

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An overview of the trans-Atlantic slave trade from its sixteenth century beginnings until its final absolution in the nineteenth century. It covers the main countries involved and explains the inner workings of the trade and the developments that made it easier and more profitable as the centuries passed.

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At the height of the debate about the slave trade and its abolition in the 1780s and 90s, each side issued pamphlets in support of its position. This valuable source-book reproduces a selection of representative pamphlets encompassing the arguments for and against. Issues discussed include humanitarianism and the Rights of Man.

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This study uses English and Swedish sources to illustrate the importance of clerical marriage to the success of the Reformation, and examines the social standing of the clergy through their material wealth and financial networks.

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A striking new interpretation of white settlement in early colonial Kenya -- .

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"Spanish Army in North America C.1700-1783".

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The Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 was of enormous international as well as national significance. In this volume, Lannon explains how this internal conflict saw the fight between democracy and communism played out on a small scale, only to be fought out again in World War II.

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Robinson provides a history of the Spanish invasion of Mexico. The book includes first-hand accounts from Bernal de Diaz de Castillo, whose memoirs of the campaign remain the defining account, and of a Mexican princess caught in the conflict.

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To counter the assaults of the Englishmen, Frenchmen, and Dutchmen, as well as those of pirates, the Spanish built a system of fortifications. This title covers the three main periods of development including the first "castles" in Americas, based on medieval styles built to protect against marauding adventurers.