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Oil and the Kurdish Question critiques the conventional narrative of the Iran-Iraq War and the associated Anfal campaign. It also examines how publicists exploited the myth of the Kurdish holocaust as justification for America to declare war on Iraq.

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The 1973 'Oil Shock' is considered a turning point in the history of the twentieth century. This book provides an analysis of the crisis and its global political and economic impact.

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An analysis of Anglo-American reactions to Mexico's March 1938 expropriation of British and American oil interests. Catherine E. Jayne examines how the nationalization proved to be an irritant in US-British relations.

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The battle of Okinawa was the last battle fought in the Pacific War. The bitterness of the fighting on Okinawa helped persuade the US that an assault on the Japanese mainland would result in massive US casualties and led directly to the dropping of the atomic bomb. This book describes the events.

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The daily diary, with photos, of the commander of a field hospital behind the lines during the battle of Okinawa during World War II.

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This book examines the rise and fall of the picture house in Britain before the advent of the dreary and unadventurous multiplex.

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Former ABC Radio presenter Alex Nicol brings back to life the voices and stories of regional Australia before television and the internet.

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The book is a chronological history of Old Tucson Studios in Tucson, Arizona

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Although somewhat overshadowed by Wellington's main campaign in the north, the Alcantara raid was an outstanding success. The primary objective of alarming and distracting the French forces in Spain was achieved. This book deals with this topic.

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Oman, a state in southeastern Arabia, is a prime example of a country that has not benefited greatly from modernization, but instead has fallen into economic and political insignificance as a result of economic and technological innovations introduced by the West. Prior to the nineteenth century Mr. Landen finds that native Omanis had developed a t

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Oman became one of the success stories of the developing world, instituting a modern educational system, creating a modern infrastructure, becoming an oil exporter, and constucting an elaborate social welfare system.

Today the country faces a host of challenges.

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General Omar Bradley was the premier US Army tactical commander in the European Theatre of Operations in 1944-45. Beyond the performance of the US Army in the ETO, Bradley was also intimately wrapped up in other controversies, especially the internecine squabbles with his British counterpart, Bernard Montgomery. This book tells his story.

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At risk of death, prisoner of war Ray Parkin secretly kept a journal of the months in 1943-44 he spent working on the Thai-Burma Railway. His account, first published as ""Into the Smother"", received international acclaim for its realistic depiction of POWs living, working and dying in a Japanese camp deep in the Thai jungle.

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Britain's military involvement in Afghanistan is a contentious subject. In this book, the author explores the potential danger of replaying Britain's military catastrophes and considers what can be learnt from revisiting the story of earlier Afghan wars.

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This is the third edition of a book that has become a classic in the public history field. First published in 1986, revised in 2003, On Doing Local History offers not only discussion of practical matters, but also a deeper reflection on local, public history, what it means, an...