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Drawing upon the vast resources of the Imperial War Museum's sound archive, which contains thousands of interviews with both soldiers and civilians, both British and Argentinean, Forgotten Voices of the Falkands War redresses the balance, presenting a complete oral history of the Falklands War.

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Provides an account of the creation of an Asia after the Second World War - an unstoppable wave of nationalism that swept the British Empire aside. This book tells the story of how India, Pakistan, Burma and Malaysia came into existence and how British interference in Vietnam and Indonesia fatally shaped those countries' futures.

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Wilmington, North Carolina was home to many Southern blockade-runners and a Confederate lifeline for foreign supplies. Fort Anderson was one of several Civil War battles fought for control of the city this large-format book is heavily illustrated.

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The defences of Belgium that had proved easy prey to the German siege artillery of World War I were augmented in the post-war years by a massive fortress, constructed between 1932 and 1935, along the western bank of the Albert Canal - Fort Eben Emael.

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After the British garrison of Fort William Henry in the colony of New York surrendered to the besieging army of the French commander Marquis de Montcalm in August 1757, it appeared that this particular episode of the French and Indian War was over. This title details research on the campaign.

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The defence of the 9th-century kingdom of Wessex under King Alfred the Great against the "Great Viking Army" is one of the major military achievements of early medieval history. This work traces the development, construction and impact of fortifications from the 9th to 11th centuries AD.

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The layout of the majority of Peruvian towns and settlements, including the capital Cuzco, evolved form the ubiquitous fortified family compound called the cancha, contributing to the Incan infrastructure. This book explores the development and practice of Incan fortifications and examines how they came to be overrun by Pizarro's conquistadores.

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Following the early battles of 1914 along the Marne and in the Ypres salient. World War I rapidly transformed from a war of movement into one of attrition, with the opposing sides entrenching themselves in a line of fortified positions from the Flanders coastline to the Swiss border.

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Most often remembered for its role in the air war against Germany, no book has ever before been devoted to the B-17's Pacific operations. The author combines technical and operational detail with eyewitness accounts by crews and commanders to present a fascinating account of a famous aircraft at war.

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They blame a failed French military doctrine for taking the initiative away from subordinates, laying the groundwork for the disastrous events of 1940 that left the French High Command paralyzed while German forces broke through the weakly held Ardennes.

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"Fortress Monasteries of the Himalayas: Tibet, Ladakh, Nepal and Bhutan".

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A comprehensive survey of German World War II fortifications

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The major fortresses of the Iberian peninsular controlled the most important routes in and out of the country. Their renovation included the adding of ravelins, bastions, curtains, and counterscarps. This work examines these fortifications, their design, development and strategic importance.

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"Forts of the American Frontier 1776-1891: California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska".

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During the 1840s, the rarely visited Great American Desert of the Southern Plains and Southwest became part of the inexorable westward expansion, as European traders and settlers headed overland from the eastern seaboard. This title explores the design and development of the sites, the life of the garrisons that manned them, and more.

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Though primarily fought in the field, the American Revolution saw fortifications play an important part in some of the key campaigns of the war. This book details all the types of fortification used throughout the conflict, the engineers on all sides who constructed and maintained them, and the actions fought around and over them.

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"Forts of the War of 1812".

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This book sets out to explore the promotion of the self in the rapidly growing economy and political flux of the nineteenth century.

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Foucault and Family Relations analyzes notions of property in rural Australia during the colonial period and how these conceptions maintained family stability. Using Foucaults ideas on family, sexuality, race, space, and economics, Voyce outlines how inheritance and divorce law were established so that the state could rule from a distance.

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V Gordon Childe is probably one of the most widely read early archaeologist of the 20th century and one of the world's most renowned prehistorians. This book brings together a collection of Childe's writings. It is suitable for archaeologists, anthropologists and historians of social archeology.

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V Gordon Childe is probably one of the most widely read early archaeologist of the 20th century and one of the world's most renowned prehistorians. This book brings together a collection of Childe's writings. It is suitable for archaeologists, anthropologists and historians of social archeology.