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Drawing on a vast range of sources, this is a study of how war wounds men's minds and of medicine's efforts to heal the damage done. At once a historical narrative and intellectual detective story, it tells the full story of "shell-shock", explaining the aftermath of wars such as Vietnam.

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Interweaving the stories of ordinary settlers and imperial decision-makers, Kukla depicts a world of revolutionary intrigue that transformed a small and precarious union into a world power--all without bloodshed and for about four cents an acre.

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The extraorindary true story of how Alice Spencer, daughter of an upstart sheep farmer, became one of the most powerful women in Tudor and Stuart England, maneuvering her way through the complex legal system and founding a powerful and enduring dynasty.

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This book uncovers the contribution that homegrown womens magazines made to shaping complex debates about the position of women in society in 1960s Ireland. Womans Way is explored alongside the lesser-known titles Womans View, Womans Choice, and Young Woman.

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In A Working People, historian Steven A. Reich examines the economic, political and cultural forces that have built and broken America's black workforce for centuries. From the abolition of slavery through the Civil Rights Movement and Great Recession, African Americans have b...

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"First published in 2016 in Germany as Zwischen Hafen und Horizont."

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Spanning 16 years of destruction and rebirth, this chronology deals with the tumultuous years between the Nazi seizure of power on 30th January 1933 and the proclamation of the State of Israel on 14th May 1948. Coverage includes Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe and the major theatres of war.

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With the concentration of wealth in the United States at an unprecedented level not seen since the Gilded Age of Andrew Carnegie, this look back at a century of international giving offers lessons learned from both successes and failures and invaluable guidance to the rapidly growing philanthropic sector.

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This book explores the philosophies and actions of a group called Hongan no kai, comprised of mercury poisoning sufferers and their supporters in Minimata, Japan. While depicting their plights, Yuki Miyamoto unpacks the ways they wrestle with tragedy in their community as well as their vision of a world otherwise (janaka shaba).

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A Year in Tibet follows the author as she lives for eighteen months in a remote village in Tibet.

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The A-10 was never a favourite amongst the USAF's senior staff, and prior to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990 they had attempted to transfer the aircraft to the US Army and Marine Corps. This title tells the story of the A-10 in Enduring Freedom.

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Featuring numerous first-hand accounts and photography from those who experienced the conflict, along with imagery from official military archives, this book offers a detailed insight into the record of the A-10 in one of the 21st Century's most significant conflicts.

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The Douglas A-3 Skywarrior, though something of a cult favourite, remains a largely unremarked classic of Naval Aviation. Built for nuclear weapon delivery, the A-3 made its name in Vietnam as a conventional bomber, tanker and Electronic Warfare platform. This volume focuses on the type's Vietnam service.

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Fully illustrated study of the famous Mitsubishi A6M Zero-sen in the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force (IJNAF) campaigns between 1940-1943, focusing on the A6M2 and A6M2-N floatplane fighter variants.

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The clearly and concisely written entries in this reference work chronicle the campaign to end human slavery in the United States, bringing to life the key events, leading figures, and socioeconomic forces in the history of American antislavery, abolition, and emancipation.

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This powerful narrative tells the triumphant story of the men and women who spent their lives and fortunes trying to abolish the institution of slavery in the United States.

The practice of African slavery has been described as the United States's most shameful sin.