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A portrait of the country's favorite political dynasty as the ultimate Irish Catholic family-and a revelatory look at how the American immigrant experience shaped both their stunning success and spectacular tragedies.

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Major Rusiecki tells the story of a pitched and decisive battle that unhinged the German plan for a swift and successful counteroffensive in December 1944 (a battle that was the key to the counteroffensive later called the Battle of the Bulge).

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This is a bibliography on the history and culture of the Kickapoo Indians, considered the most traditional of all North American Indian tribes.

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On a tour of duty in the Helmand River Valley, the Grenadier Guards faced the toughest challenge of their lives...

Carrying out patrols in the most fiercely contested land in Afghanistan the Guards were under fire almost constantly.

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This study examines efforts to convert Jews to Christianity in twelfth- and thirteenth-century London. The author examines the activities of King Henry IIIs Domus Conversorum and compares his conversion policies to practices elsewhere in Europe.

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Considers the Jews of medieval England as victims of violence (notably the massacre of Shabbat haGadol when York's Jewish community perished at Clifford's Tower) and as a people apart, isolated amidst a hostile environment. This title presents a picture of a lost society which had much to contribute and yet was turned away in 1290.

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One of the most extraordinary episodes in British royal history took place in 1785 when George, Prince of Wales secretly married the beautiful, twice-widowed and Roman Catholic Maria Fitzherbert. This marriage was in breach of the royal Marriages Act of 1772 but almost certainly valid in the eyes of the church.

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Other sections detail the Swazi reaction to European-controlled neighboring states (the Transvaal, Natal, and Mozambique), the tensions introduced by successive Boer and British policies, the Swazi detachment during two external wars (1899-1902 and 1914-1918), and widespread concerns about colonialism and self-governance following World War I.

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The Kingfish and the Constitution is an in-depth analysis of the poisonous relationship that evolved between Huey Kingfish Long, legendary governor of Louisiana, and the state's daily newspapers.

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In this collection, an eminent group of cultural historians have explored 'the kiss' using a wide range of evidence. By analyzing 'the kiss' and its position - embedded as it is as part of our culture - it shows how history can use small gestures to take us to big issues concerning ourselves and others, the past and the present -- .

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This work introduces readers to German culinary history in the Reformation era from the perspective of social history, and explores food and eating in terms of their economic, social, and religious ramifications. Food production, preparation, and consumption are in the foreground. Recipes and other relevant sources are provided in translation.

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This book focuses on the KMTs reputation for economic management, democratization, and good leadership that made its return to power in 2008 possible. The opposition Democratic Progressive Partys corruption was also a factor. The KMT seems ready to continue to rule for some time suggesting short turnovers in ruling parties unlikely.

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Does history provide us with cautionary tales or does it highlight the contested nature of our understanding of the past In The Knowledge Solution, the country's most compelling writers and historians offers insight into the challenging and diverse perspectives of Australia's past, and illuminates how we may better step into the future.

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An analysis and guide to the Korean conflict.

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An insight into the military operations of the Korean War.

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The Korean War from 1950 to 1953 is often forgotten, but it was a watershed in American history. This book covers topics such as: training, usually with World II weapons, life on the front, care of the wounded and the dead, and coming home. It also includes a timeline of events and a topically arranged bibliography of recommended sources.

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This groundbreaking book takes a fresh look at the Korean War by considering the conflict from a Northeast Asian perspective. It highlights the connections of the war to earlier conflicts and examines its human impact on neighboring countries, It also considers the lasting consequences for the regions society and unsettled politics today.

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This groundbreaking book takes a fresh look at the Korean War by considering the conflict from a Northeast Asian perspective. It highlights the connections of the war to earlier conflicts and examines its human impact on neighboring countries, It also considers the lasting consequences for the regions society and unsettled politics today.

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As Cumings eloquently explains, for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long fight filled with untold stories of bloody insurgencies and rebellions, massacres and atrocities. He incisively ties America's current foreign policy back to this remarkably violent war that killed as many as four million Koreans, two thirds of whom were civilians.