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The inability of the Italians and Germans to invade Malta proved decisive for Allied victory in the Mediterranean during World War II, as the islands provided the Allies with a base from which to project air power. This title deals with this topic.

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Explains what it felt like to be a fighter pilot during those crucial moments of the Battle of Britain flying some of the iconic planes to have ever graced the skies. This volume details the pilots' training, British and German tactics, and the development of the models that were in use at the time - the Spitfire Mk I/II and the Bf 109E.

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The plane and the men that saved Britain in 1940 in their own words

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Michael W. Fitzgerald's new interpretation of Reconstruction shows how the internal dynamics of this first freedom movement played into the hands of white racist reactionaries in the South. Splendid Failure recounts how postwar financial missteps and other governance problems ...

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Spokes 6: The Fruits of Civilization covers the consequences of human endeavors, including technology (with emphases on computers, energy and food production), economics (the dismal pseudoscience), and the impact that man has had on the planet (a tale of lament). Go to IshiNobu.com for more information.

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Sport and British Jewry provides the first wide-ranging examination of the importance of sport in the history of the British-Jewish community. Covering the period from 1890 through to 1970, it examines the peak era of Jewish involvement and interest in sport and physical recreation in Britain in recent times. -- .

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Sport and physical culture in Occupied France is a scholarly and readable account of French sport during the Vichy regime. It explores two competing phenomena: the states promotion of physical culture to rehabilitate French people during the Occupation and athletes and sporting associations use of the states efforts to serve their own agendas.

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Kevin Jefferys provides the first comprehensive historical account of the greatly increased interaction between sport and politics in Britain since World War Two. Jefferys sets sport within the changing socio-political context and balances an appreciation of continuity and change from the London Olympics of 1948 to those of 2012.

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Following Stalin's death in 1953, association football clubs, as well as the informal supporter groups and communities which developed around them, were an important way for the diverse citizens of the multinational Soviet Union to express, negotiate and develop their identities, both on individual and collective levels.

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This study provides a social and cultural history of sport in Middlesbrough in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It examines the impact of industrialization and urbanization and analyzes how the towns social and economic structures shaped the development of its sports organizations.

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This book explores how the Hebraic and classical traditions forming our Western heritage combined from about 300 BCE to 300 CE. James Arieti investigates the principal causes of the merger in the common model of God that developed in the Greek philosophical schools, along with its ethical implications.

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First serious examination of the curious demise of Reichsfhrer SS Heinrich Himmler that also investigates an extraordinary web of secret deals and international intrigue.

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A highly illustrated new study of the bitter fighting between D-Day and the breakout from Normandy in the bitter, attritional fighting in the bocage country for the vital crossroads of St L. It will appeal to any enthusiast of land warfare in World War II.

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"St. Mihiel 1918: The American Expeditionary Forces' Trial by Fire".

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An examination of the raid on the port of St Nazaire in March 1942 by a sea-borne task force from British Combined Operations. It is a story of incredible heroism in the face of extreme odds - bravery which would lead to the awarding of five Victoria Crosses for this raid alone.

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Introduces the key theoretical concepts for understanding the region and the freshest thinking on debates surrounding them, and brings the empirical material in to sharp focus through its unique thematic approach.

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This book examines how the United States's extensive nation-building and stability operations will continue to evolve in the 21st century in the face of ever-growing budgetary concerns and constraints.

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Details the routes, proprietors and coaching inns, the customers and why they chose to travel, and also the perils of early road travel, including highwaymen.

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Explores the historical link between mind-altering substances and religious experience in the United States.