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Through a study of the British Empire's largest women's patriotic organization, formed in 1900, this book examines the relationship between female imperialism and national identity. It sheds light on women's involvement in imperialism, and on the history of 'conservative' women's organizations. -- .

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A historical investigation into one of the most serpentine attempts on Queen Victorias life that reveals for the first time the true instigator at the heart of government.

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An engaging history of motherhood, demography, and infertility in twentieth-century France, this book details the fraught political and cultural meanings attached to the notion of an "ideal" family size. The author situates fertility medicine, artificial insemination by donor, and child adoption within larger concerns about the French birthrate.

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This book is about the most sweeping reform in the history of the French monarchy: the creation of assemblies at all levels of administration. The resistance of lords and office holders exposed their hereditary power over commoners, who sought to throw off their subordination when the crisis of the monarchy offered the opportunity in 1789.

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The CR 32 Falco was a handsome and highly manoeuvrable biplane fighter. By the war's end, the five leading aces of the conflict were all Spanish CR 32 pilots. This title examines their exploits, and those of the other leading CR 32 aces.

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The Fiat CR.42, a logical development of the Fiat CR.32, was the last single-seat fighter biplane to be produced. It entered service with the Italian Regia Aeronautica in May 1939 before being exported to Belgium, Hungary and Sweden. This book examines the extensive employment of the Italian fighter plane during the course of World War II.

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Readers will learn of his attendance at Havana Law School, his imprisonment, his rise to political power, along with history topics and events such as communism, the Bay of Pigs invasion, and the Cuban missile crisis.

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The first heroes of the air.

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This landmark book reveals that resistance to occupation by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy during the Second World War was not narrowly delineated by country but startlingly international. Tens of thousands of fighters, including communists, Jews and POWs, joined networks across Europe, greatly affecting the course of the long Second World War.

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From Army Rangers to Green Berets to the U.S. Navy SEAL team that killed Osama bin Laden, this book explains what makes Special Forces "special," covering the rich and varied history of elite formations in American military history and describing their recruitment, intense training, and equipment in depth.

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One of the enduring myths of the Franco state was that the Nationalist forces that won the Civil War consisted of patriotic Spaniards while the Republic was defended by a rag tag army of foreign 'reds.' This book recounts the experiences of a number of foreign volunteers, including the brigades of White Russians, Romanians, Irish and the French.

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In Rome, sumptuary laws seemed the only weapon to defeat 'hydra-like luxury', the terrible monster that was weakening even the strongest citizens. Here Emanuela Zanda explores the reasons and purposes behind the enactment of such legislation in Rome during the Republic, placing it in a wider political and social framework.

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Using detailed descriptions, accurate cutaway plates and reliable historical examples, this text covers the history of Chinese ship design and naval warfare from the beginning of the Han dynasty to the first few years of the Ming dynasty, when a Ming naval force countered Sichuanese rebels.

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Over the centuries, naval relations between Japan and Korea appear to have alternated between peaceful trade and outright hostility. This work covers East Asia's most famous warship - the legendary turtle ship, which is described here in full technical detail.

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"Fighting Words" deals with military history/civil war.

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"The origins of this book go back to an earlier study of 1998, Sable Wings over the Land"--Preface.

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