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This volume covers the first of the trench warfare battles of World War I. In the autumn of 1914 the original British Expeditionary Force made its last stand, aided by French troops, against the advancing German army racing towards the French ports.

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This bibliography includes English-language first-person accounts of individuals who survived or witnessed, as bystanders, journalists, diplomats, or liberators, genocidal acts in this century. The primary focus is on diaries, memoirs, oral histories, and published statements.

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The story of the discovery of America as a product of the long sweep of history

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Most Americans believe that the Second World War ended because the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan forced it to surrender. Five Days in August boldly presents a different interpretation: that the military did not clearly understand the atomic bomb's revolutionary strategic potential, that the Allies were almost as stunned by the surrender as the

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The ill-fated Anna Leopoldovna (1740-41), groomed for the throne by her namesake aunt, would be Regent for her young son only briefly before a coup by her aunt Elizabeth would condemn Anna's family to a life of imprisonment, desolation, and death in obscurity.

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The ill-fated Anna Leopoldovna (1740-41), groomed for the throne by her namesake aunt, would be Regent for her young son only briefly before a coup by her aunt Elizabeth would condemn Anna's family to a life of imprisonment, desolation, and death in obscurity.

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Part of the "Men-at-Arms" series, this book details the various flags used in the American Civil War.

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Part of the "Men-at-Arms" series, this book details the various flags used in the American Civil War.

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Details the flags, regimental standards and battle flags used by the state troops and volunteer units of both the Union and Confederate Armies during the American Civil War.

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An illustrated survey of the military Colours of France's enemies during the Napoleonic Wars. Included here are the flags of Imperial Russia, Hapsburg Austria, Britain and Prussia.

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This extensively illustrated book describes the manufacture, design and purpose of the flags of Hitler's Wehrmacht during the period leading up to, and during, World War II.

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The culmination of a lifelong interest in the metaphysics of the body by the premier social historian of medicine. How did we come to a modern understanding of our bodies and souls What were the breakthroughs that allowed human beings to see themselves in a new light

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Though the store of human knowledge is better stocked than ever before, claims Perkinson (history, New York U.) none of that knowledge can be justified as true. In five essays he argues that criticism, not justification by theory, has brought what success The West has achieved in creating stable reg

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Provides a historical account of the battle of Flodden 1513 between the Scottish and English armies. Recognized as the greatest Scottish defeat in history, it resulted in the death of Scotland's king. This book examines battle, the different tactics of the opposing armies and the personalities of the commanders.

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The letters in this volume come from the period in Florence Nightingale's life that brought her lasting fame. The letters, written amid scenes of horror and chaos, to officials, family and friends, express her hopes and fears and the doubts and frustrations of her arduous service.

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This book, analyzing the government of Florence during one of her most critical periods, and the forces that destroyed it, is the first study of the Florentine Trecento to use archival sources of the communal government systematically. Originally published in 1962. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again m

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A concise and original account of approaches to the archaeology of rivers and flowing water.

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