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A highly authoritative exploration of Operation Apache Snow, including the infamous Battle of Hamburger Hill (Ap Bia Mountain), one of the most important actions in the Vietnam War.

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Two years before the action in Lone Survivor, a Green Berets A Team conducted a very different, successful mission in Afghanistan's notorious Pech Valley. Led by Captain Ronald Fry, the Hammerhead Six mission applied the principles of unconventional warfare to "win hearts and minds" and fight against the terrorist insurgency.

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Seeks to bridge the gap in studies of indigenous Americans and settlers of the last five hundred years; accounts which have usually cohered around accounts of frontier life in the United States or the cultures and lifestyle of Native North Americans.

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An intricate and personal history of watches and time, told by an extraordinary watchmaker and historian.

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An intricate and personal history of watches and time, told by an extraordinary watchmaker and historian.

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Hard Times presents a comprehensive account of economic depressions in America, from colonial times to the great recession that began in 2008. Striner conveys how Americans have always endured and rebounded from hard times, emerging as a stronger nation in the aftermath of each downturn.

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A history of New York's vibrant cultural and political scene in the 1940s as seen through the lives of three female African-American artists: novelist Ann Petry, choreographer Pearl Primus, and composer Mary Lou Williams.

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An illustrated study of premier US anti-ship missile, the AGM/RGM-84 Harpoon, and its 1986 and '88 uses against Libyan and Iranian naval vessels.

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This touching, brutally honest diary of a First World War soldier makes a fascinating contribution to our understanding of what life was like for the British Tommy.

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Harold Drinkwater was not supposed to go to war. He was told he was half an inch too short. But, determined to fight for king and country, he found a battalion that would take him and was soon on his way to trenches of the Somme. This book offers a moving testament to one man's struggle to keep his humanity in the face of unimaginable violence.

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Drawing from temple art, myths, rituals, and poetry, Dr. Roberts examines the female aspect of the complex Egyptian pantheon, particularly the goddess Hathor-Sekhmet, providing a powerful new perspective on women's theology.

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This title is about the real America: a nation more misunderstood than any other on Earth. It is a counter-blast to the lazy anti-Americanism that infects European thinking, an effort to answer the simple question, 'why is America so successful'.

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Hawkwood is a brilliant illumination of one of the outstanding figures of English and European history

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The Volksjger was an interceptor cheaply manufactured for Germany's final stand. For aviation and World War II enthusiasts, this study explores the operational history of the He 162.

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Set against the background of the campaign for women to win the vote, this is a story of the ordinary people effecting extraordinary change.

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A rich examination of the cultural and political upheaval in Britain in the boiling hot summer of 1976

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First in Jan Morris's classic Pax Britannica Trilogy.

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"Biography & Autobiography - Historical; History - Asia - Japan; Sports & Recreation - Martial Arts & Self-Defense"--

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A survey of the world of the wealthy heiress glittering and gleaming, flawed and fascinating from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries.

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Presents author's journey, from boot camp on Parris Island, South Carolina, all the way to the raging battles in the Pacific, where some of the war's fiercest fighting took place. This title provides details of the horrors and sacrifice of war, painting a portrait of how real warriors are made, fight, and often die in the defence of their country.

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The twentieth century witnessed the rise of the United States as the preeminent player on the world stage. Henry L Stimson was among those individuals responsible for the American ascension in the arena of foreign policy.