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Brings together some of Australias foremost military historians to outline how the military neophytes that left Australias shores in 1914 became the battle winning troops of 1918. It traces the evolution of several of the key arms of the Australian Imperial Force, including the infantry, the light horse, the artillery, and the flying corps, and also consider how the various arms worked together.

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An intriguing, first-of-its-kind cultural history of the turn of the 1960s - published on the 50th anniversary of the Manson murders.

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An intriguing, first-of-its-kind cultural history of the turn of the 1960s.

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The story of the Battle of Britain, including details of the tactics employed by each side, the people who took part, and of course the aircraft.

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Acclaimed historian Barry Turner presents a new history of the Cold War's defining episode.

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Acclaimed historian Barry Turner presents a new history of the Cold War's defining episode.

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A groundbreaking history of the Black Joke, the most famous member of the British Royal Navy's anti-slavery squadron, and the long fight to end the transatlantic slave trade.

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Tracks the violent history of the first years of British settlement in the Port Phillip District, now the state of Victoria. It illuminates the underlying free-settler rhetoric that advocated and abetted violence on the frontier. For the first time, we hear the settlers tell us in their own words what the civilisation of Port Phillip really involved.

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An incredible account of how the Cold War arms race finally came to a close.

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A thrilling tale of power, obsession and betrayal at the edge of the world.

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A thrilling tale of power, obsession and betrayal at the edge of the world.

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Examines how the technical and conceptual advances that occurred during World War I transformed Australian society. It traces the evolving role of universities and their graduates in the 1920s and 1930s, the increasing government validation of research, the expansion of the public service, and the rise of modern professional associations and international networks.

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From the co-authors of the New York Timesbestselling Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle comes the highly anticipated follow-up, The Genius of Israel, breaking down the defining factors behind Israel's successful trajectory of innovation and explaining how other nations can learn from its development.

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A gripping exploration of the worst single incident of racial violence in American history, timed to coincide with its 100th anniversary.

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A gripping exploration of the worst single incident of racial violence in American history, timed to coincide with its 100th anniversary.

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Think you know where the English language came from This work seeks to destroy the cherished national myths of the English, the Scots, the Welsh, the Irish and the French. It shows that: most of the entries in the Oxford English Dictionary are wrong; the whole of British place-name theory is misconceived; Latin is not what it seems; and more.

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A unique, illustrated book that will change the way you see medieval history.

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July 1945. Eighteen young British, Australian and New Zealand special forces from a top-secret underwater warfare unit prepare to undertake three audacious missions against the Japanese.

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A unique history of the soldier which looks at the politics, emotions and psychology behind soldiering and reveals a disturbing image of the true nature of war.

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The official Australian casualty statistics for the men of the Australian Imperial Force in the First World War are seriously wrong, with significant inaccuracies and omissions. The startling findings in this study, which began when author David Noonan first read the letters written by his grandfather from the Western Front, rewrite Australia's casualty statistics of the First World War.

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