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Formed in September 1941 from the Western Desert Force, British 8th Army went on to wage a lengthy, hard-fought campaign against Axis forces across the deserts of North Africa. During its two-year period of service in North Africa, the 8th Army underwent major changes. This title looks at these changes.

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Paul Virilio identifies the Gulf War as a turning point in history, the last industrial and the first information war. Virilio then goes on to argue that we live in a world of global spatio-temporal collapse, and one which seems to preclude the possibility of negotiation and diplomacy.

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An insight into the critical North African campaign.

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While interservice rivalries sometimes intruded at higher levels, jointness at the tactical level often led to effective combined-arms operations.

Despite the information revolution and improvements in technology, the Fog of War still obscured the battlefield and affected nearly all decisions.

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The WWII battle of Sidi Rezegh (Nov/Dec 1941) was part of a campaign to retake eastern Libya. Partially successful, it achieved the badly needed relief of Tobruk. The New Zealand Division played a major role. Peter Cox sets the scene for the fighting, follows the stages of the action and recounts the often heroic stories of those who fought there.

Villages have been abandoned throughout history, and in every part of the British Isles. Some of them are former towns; others were only ever small hamlets. Many still await discovery. This book explains how villages have become deserted, often the result of disease and shrinking populations.

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Explores how past and present-day creative practitioners have expressed the concept of sociality through the practices and processes of design, a concept that has not been addressed in archaeological scholarship.

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"Destination Europe" interprets and interrelates the major political, economic and security developments in Europe--including transatlantic relations--from the end of World War II up until the present time, and looks ahead to how the continent may evolve politically in the future. -- .

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Presents a collection of oral histories from men of three United States regiments that participated in the invasion of Normandy. Weaving each participant's story into the larger picture of the assault, this book challenges the orthodoxy established in the post-war period that the operation was a remarkable success from a planning perspective.

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Written by a survivor of the Warsaw Uprising, this book examines the background of the ill-fated 63-day uprising that pitted poorly armed Polish civilians and volunteers against Hitler's well-armed and veteran forces.

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Investigates what is done to the bodies of the victims after they are killed -- .

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Uniting Christian Europe in a common cause, the crusades defined forever the spirit of the West.A magisterial recounting of this great and terrible campaign, Deus lo Volt!

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Investigates development in British, French and Portuguese colonial Africa during the last decades of colonial rule -- .

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Investigates development in British, French and Portuguese colonial Africa during the last decades of colonial rule -- .

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A new and timely introduction to water history in Africa.

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Collections of essays surveying the historical discipline at the end of the 1970s heralded the new approached being developed, approaches that promised a rich diversity and cosmopolitan pluralism in the face of the uncertainty of historical reality.

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Flown by Victoria Cross recipient Lanoe Hawker and the members of No 24 Sqn, the ungainly yet nimble DH 2 helped the Allies attain air superiority over the Somme in early 1916 and hold it through the summer. That is, until the arrival of the Albatros D II, a machine built for speed and with twin-gun firepower. This book deals with these aircrafts.

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Oral history helps in empowering young people with a love of history. Peppered with tips, examples from students and teachers, and reproducible forms, along with a comprehensive bibliography, this book is suitable tool for those working with secondary students to plan and carryout oral history projects.

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Seeking an explanation for this affinity, Taylor argues that, during Diana's brief time in the world spotlight, Britain underwent a change in values and a shift in national identity from a system based almost exclusively on household and family values to one more accepting of individual autonomy and self-interest.