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Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 1974
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Kevin Starr

ISBN: 9780812977530
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2007
UK Publication Date: 13th March 2007
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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California has always been Shangri-la-the promised land of countless pilgrims in search of the American Dream. From the age of exploration to the age of Arnold, this is the story of a place at once quintessentially American. It features black and white photos throughout.


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By: Alexander Turner

ISBN: 9781846031472
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A study on one of the seminal events in military history dispelling many of the myths surrounding Cambrai 1917. It points out that the importance of Cambrai was that it was the first use of armour as an operational shock tactic and with this emergence of the pre-eminence of armour, the conduct of war was irrevocably changed.


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By: Bryn Hammond

ISBN: 9780753826058
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2009
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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The story of the first great tank battle, and the genesis of one of the most formidable weapons of the twentieth century.


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By: Graham Turner

ISBN: 9781472812858
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Reveals how Cornwallis was able to use his aggressive strategy to great effect and how the overconfidence of the re-formed American forces under Horatio Gates was to result in a shocking defeat on the night of 15 August 1780 - a defeat that would allow Cornwallis to push deep into North Carolina the following year, and more.


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By: Matthew Bennett

ISBN: 9781841762289
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An introduction to the Norman Conquest, an event which would link the English kingdom with Europe, especially France, for 500 years. The author shows how this event completely changed the nation's aristocracy, church and administration, bringing in a new language and cultural influences.


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By: Brian Douglas Tennyson

ISBN: 9780810888593
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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In Canadas Great War, 1914-1918, historian Brian Douglas Tennyson argues that Canadas enthusiasm had the ironic effect of bringing this British Dominion nation much closer to its southern neighbor, the United States, especially after the latter joined the fray.


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By: Bernd Horn PhD

ISBN: 9781841769851
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The 1st Canadian Parachute Bn jumped into Normandy on D-Day as part of 6th British Airborne Division. They fought with distinction for the rest of the North-West Europe campaign. This book details the history of the Canadian Airborne Regiments.


(Paperback)

By: David Ross

ISBN: 9781855322264
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 1992
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Although the US never attempted an invasion of Canada after the war of 1812, during which British and Canadian militia fought battles against US invaders, the threat lingered in the air. This book details the rebel forces and the British force and fledgling Canadian army which fought them.


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By: Adam Hook

ISBN: 9781472819765
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This illustrated study investigates the origins, combat role, and battlefield performance of the two of the finest fighting forces of World War I who fought three bloody battles in 1917. It will appeal to any enthusiast of the Western Front of the Great War.


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By: Ren Chartrand

ISBN: 9781841763026
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Canada was the first Commonwealth ally to come to Britain's aid in 1940. This is an illustrated study of their uniforms, weapons and equipment, with many battlefield photographs, and eight colour plates by famous Canadian military illustrator Ron Volstad.


(Paperback)

By: Diane Taraz

ISBN: 9781667885438
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2023
Publisher: BookBaby
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By: Stephen Dando-Collins

ISBN: 9781741667981
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2007
Publisher: Random House Australia
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William Bligh is famous as captain of the Bounty, the ship he lost to mutineers led by Fletcher Christian. But few people know that Bligh was the centre of a later, much larger mutiny, when he lost not just a ship but the entire continent of Australia. On January 26, 1808, the British army corps stationed in Australia rose up and deposed the


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By: Paul Ham

ISBN: 9780732288433
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2009
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
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Captain Bullen's War combines the irreverent humour of MASH with the sharp satire of Catch 22 in portraying one man's extraordinary experiences of the war in Vietnam in 1968, the bloodiest year of the conflict. What emerges is one of the most darkly funny and lacerating accounts of the Vietnam War ever written.


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By: Karen D. Drickamer

ISBN: 9781667838885
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
Publisher: BookBaby
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By: David J Farr

ISBN: 9798350922202
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2024
Publisher: BookBaby
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By: Trevor Bentley

ISBN: 9780143019237
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2004
Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)
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The collision of Maori and Pakeha cultures in the nineteenth century has produced some or our greatest stories, among them the capture by Maori of white women such as Elizabeth Guard, Ann Morley and Caroline Perrett. This book tells of the often terrifying encounters endured by these women and six others for much longer.


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By: Gordon L. Rottman

ISBN: 9781472803276
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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On August 17-18, 1942, 211 men of the US Marine Corps' 2nd Raider Battalion conducted a daring amphibious raid on the Japanese-occupied Makin Island in the South Pacific. This book offers an account of the fateful Makin Raid that tells the whole story, from the plan's conception to its troubled execution and aftermath.


(Paperback)

By: Bernardino Gomes

ISBN: 9780739168783
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)

By: Bernardino Gomes

ISBN: 9780739168776
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)

By: Dr David Nicolle

ISBN: 9781841766454
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Dan Box

ISBN: 9781741752748
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2008
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
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This is the definitive story of the tragic death of Private Jake Kovco.


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By: Nic Fields

ISBN: 9781846039584
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By the outbreak of the First Carthaginian War, Carthage controlled the whole coast of northern Africa. This book explores the heterogeneous mixture of races within the Carthaginian forces, and discusses their clothing, equipment and weaponry. It details their tactical deployment and covers the campaign experiences of the great general Hannibal.


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By: Ken Ford

ISBN: 9781841766232
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2004
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The allies landed at Salerno and Taranto in September 1943. They reached the main German fortified position - the Gustav line - in December. This work details how it took a massive offensive by 11 divisions to take Cassino in a brutal battle of attrition.

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