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An exploration of the dramatic experiences of Napoleon's Army of the Orient in Egypt and the Holy Land. The events of fighting the Mamelukes and Turks are covered in depth, detailing desert combat, siege warfare, cavalry skirmishes and the suppression of uprisings.

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It is a little known fact that France fielded more tanks in World War I than any other army. However, France's early tanks suffered from poor mobility and armor. In spite of initial set-backs, the French army redeemed its reputation with the Renault FT. This title examines the emergence of the first modern tank, the Renault FT.

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Despite acts of female heroism popular memory, as well as official memoralization in monuments and historic sites, has ignored French women's role in the First World War. This book explores the stories that could have been and why they were not.

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Despite acts of female heroism popular memory, as well as official memoralization in monuments and historic sites, has ignored French women's role in the First World War. This book explores the stories that could have been and why they were not.

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David Jones has translated two important collections of short stories from the late thirteenth century that were assembled in the British Isles. The collections of narratives depict working daily life as well as offering a moral and theological insight into medieval life overall. -- .

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David Jones has translated two important collections of short stories from the late thirteenth century that were assembled in the British Isles. The collections of narratives depict working daily life as well as offering a moral and theological insight into medieval life overall. -- .

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This history examines the fraternal friendships and embittered masculine conflicts among British, American, and Irish national leaders and their Dublin-based advisers during the Second World War, as those leaders sought to secure or reject Irelands alliance with the Western Allied powers in their existential conflict with the fascist Axis powers.

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This history examines the fraternal friendships and embittered masculine conflicts among British, American, and Irish national leaders and their Dublin-based advisers during the Second World War, as those leaders sought to secure or reject Irelands alliance with the Western Allied powers in their existential conflict with the fascist Axis powers.

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'Friends and Enemies' delivers a thorough account of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), explaining its origins and evolution, looking at options for its future, and laying bare its inner workings.

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A majestic dual biography of two of America's most enduring figures, whose partnership helped birth a nation and shape its course.

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When China and Russia established a strategic partnership in 1996, both nations declared that they would further develop military cooperation in various fields.

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Twenty-two collected essays on late Anglo-Saxon and Norman history.

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Inspired by the revelation that the Sphinx had been weathered by water and not by wind-blown sand and was, therefore, thousands of years older than the oldest civilisation known to man, Colin Wilson sets out to explore the remote depths of history.

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A prominent archaeologist uses the latest scientific techniques to interpret the spiritual lives of ancient people.

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This work represents both black and white voices, from different cultural backgrounds, from the beginnings of American history through the dawn of the Harlem Renaissance. It includes representations from Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, Frederick Douglass, and many others.

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These compelling, enlightening, and often highly personal experiences tell stories of average citizens as well as historical figures who made huge sacrifices by serving in the military, giving the reader new perspectives on war, and its real costs.

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This insightful analysis looks at the power struggles of 1920-1926, a time during which the Ottoman Empire was replaced by a secular and modernist Turkish nationalist regime.

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A comprehensive account of American society in 1939, a year that saw both the suffering that characterized the end of the Great Depression as well as the welcome escapism of the era's music, art, and film.

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This book explores the memory of the war of independence in France as viewed by the former European settlers (pieds-noirs) and the harkis, those Algerians who worked for the French security forces. It examines how the memorial dynamics of the two groups are related both to each other and to other memories of the war. -- .

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This book explores the memory of the war of independence in France as viewed by the former European settlers (pieds-noirs) and the harkis, those Algerians who worked for the French security forces. It examines how the memorial dynamics of the two groups are related both to each other and to other memories of the war. -- .