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Beginning with a definition of who the Cambodians are, this fully illustrated history then tracks back to the earliest kingdoms before 800 AD, followed by an investigation of the creation of the magnificent city of Angkor and Cambodias centuries of greatness up to 1400 AD...

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Beginning with a definition of who the people of The Philippines are, this fully illustrated history then tracks back to describe the prehistory of the country through to 1500 AD. The next two chapters chart the colonial experiences under Spain (15001896), then the first republic and the subsequent defeat by the United States

An unquestionably important, oral-history collection presents the first-person stories of survivors of the genocide in Darfur, a region in western Sudan where the Sudanese government is accused of abetting the murder of an estimated 400,000 persons.

The genocide in Darfur erupted in 2003 but its seeds had been planted years before.

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How seven remarkable British burial sites reveal so much about our ancestors and how they lived.

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Detailed examination of the most important battle-winning formations of the ancient world. How did these formations actually operate in action and how effective were they.

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A fantastic guide to the history in the Wessex landscape.

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Intensely alive to the landscape; its pasts, people and creatures Robert Macfarlane

Take a journey into our ancient past. Explore a long-lost landscape and gradually discover the minds, beliefs and cultural practices of those souls who lived on these lands thousands of years before you.

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The author weaves together history and memory in a wide-ranging exploration of womens attitudes to personal appearance in modern Britain.

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There has been a renewed interest in the Bayeux Tapestry. Many aspects are being re-examined and new ideas emerging about the historical and artistic content. This is the only book to analyse the historical geography and archaeology of the Tapestry

Offers students, researchers, and patrons interested in local history with a survey of archaeological discoveries in North America. This set includes essays on over 300 of these sites, explaining the importance of the site, the history of the people who left the artifacts, and the nature of research.

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Covers the Armies of Classical Greece, from the Persian Wars to the rise of Macedon. Examines the equipment, organization and tactics of the famous hoplite heavy infantry that dominated warfare in this period.

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It is a fascinating period for military history and the study of armies, a hybrid of Napoleonic legacies into the industrialized age of modern warfare. Covers all the armies of the war, Russian, Ottoman Turkish, British, French and Sardinian.

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Covers from the First Crusade to the fall of Acre, the last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land in 1291.

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Fully illustrated complete history of British armoured warfare during the Second World War.

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Fully illustrated complete history of British armoured warfare from the pioneering tanks for the First World War through to the start of the Second World War.

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The Manchu, or Qing, army conquered one of the largest empires ever gained. This book presents new research on an army and military campaigns previously seldom described in English, explaining the development of the Manchu Conquest and Imperial Qing Armies and detailing the military system of Qing China.

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First English translation of this rare manuscript to be published compiled by a leading expert in the field of medieval and Renaissance martial combat

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The only history of Ascension Island, one of the strangest places on earth. 800 miles from its nearest neighbour, uninhabited until the British claimed it in 1815, and now of key military and space-watch importance, it is also a marine reserve and a land of giant turtles, tropical forests, bleak mountains of lava and huge seabird colonies.

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This superbly researched book, written by two acknowledged experts, takes a wide-ranging examination of Operation MARKET GARDEN from the strategic, operational and tactical level. 80th anniversary is in 2024.

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