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The First World War, with its mud and the slaughter of the trenches, is often taken as the ultimate example of the futility of war. This book shows views of the war have changed over the years and how a distorted image of it emerged and became dominant.

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The definitive story of the fight that decided the fate not only of the American War of 1812, but of the fledgling American Republic.

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Mystery surrounds the parentage of Alexander, the prince born to Queen Olympias. Is his father Philip, King of Macedonia, or Nectanebo, the mysterious sorcerer who seduced the queen by trickery One thing is certain: the boy is destined to conquer the known world. He grows up to fulfil this prophecy, building a mighty empire.

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This title covers one ot the defining periods of European history. The series of wars between the Classical Greeks and the Persian Empire produced the famous battles of Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis, as well as the ill-fated attempt to overthrow the Persian king in 400 BC.

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What did 'history' mean to the Greeks and the Romans This volume traces the development of conceptions of history and its practice from Homer to the writers of the Roman Empire. It contains sections on Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius, Livy, Tacitus, Suetonius and others.

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From the leading scholars behind The Greek Plays, a collection of the best translations of the foremost Greek historians, presenting a sweeping history of ancient Greece as recorded by its first chroniclers.

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The fourteenth century is usually portrayed as a period of retrogression and disaster in European history, but for the transalpine state of Savoy it was a period of glory. During this time almost the entire region between Lombardy and Burgundy was brought under the control of Savoyard rulers. The "buffer state" created between France and Italy hind

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An easy to use A-Z reference resource that provides information on over 2,000 of the most studied and important people, events, places, and ideas in world history from prehistoric to modern times, from all regions and epochs. The topics covered include: world religions and religious figures; scientists and scientific events; and more.

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From the playing fields of Eton via the horrors of the Western Front to the pinnacle of political power in 20th-century Britain a brilliant collective biography of Harold Macmillan, Lord Salisbury, Oliver Lyttleton and Harry Crookshank.

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Eight men went in...only one returned. The harrowing true story of the daring raid on the Japanese occupied island of Muschu in 1945, based on the diary of Sapper Mick Dennis.

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After the Nepal war of 1815, the British were so impressed with the military skills of its warriors that they began recruiting units exclusively from Nepal - the Gurkhas. This illustrated book traces the history of one of the world's most famous elite units through to the present day.

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Leyburn provides a connected story of the growth of Haiti's social institutions out of the backgrounds of slavery and French colonial life and the slow shaping of these institutions through the 19th century.

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Presenting interviews with five ordinary people who rescued Jews during the Holocaust, this title focuses on a question at the heart of ethics: Why do people risk their lives for strangers and what drives such moral choice It offers a counterpoint to conventional arguments about rational choice.

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Stepping beyond traditional histories that have emphasized armed conflict from the view of victors, this work focuses on Morisco women. It argues that these women's lives offer insights on the experiences of Moriscos in general, and on how the politics of religion both empowers and oppresses.

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Captured by United States Marines at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, a fifty-nine year old farmer was quickly brought to trial in nearby Charlestown and convicted of three capital crimes: treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia;