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A fascinating depiction from award-winning author, Adam Nicolson, of a family and a country on the hinge of modernisation.

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The last two decades have seen the emergence of a specific set of archaeological approaches to war and conflict. This concise and readable study assesses the current state of conflict archaeology, looking forward to what the field can offer as it develops.

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The last two decades have seen the emergence of a specific set of archaeological approaches to war and conflict. This concise and readable study assesses the current state of conflict archaeology, looking forward to what the field can offer as it develops.

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A study of the numerous academics and technocrats without whom Hitler's crude Anti-Semitism could never have been translated into a systematic policy of genocide.

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Seeking the creation of a one-party totalitarian state, Ailtir na hAisirghe was Ireland's leading fascist movement during the Second World War. Architects of the Resurrection reconstructs the hidden history of this pro-Axis organisation, and its ambitious plans to make Ireland the leading light of ultra-right extremism in the postwar world.

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Seeking the creation of a one-party totalitarian state, Ailtir na hAisirghe was Ireland's leading fascist movement during the Second World War. Architects of the Resurrection reconstructs the hidden history of this pro-Axis organisation, and its ambitious plans to make Ireland the leading light of ultra-right extremism in the postwar world.

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Argentina once seemed to have the requirements for greatness, including an established middle class of professionals. Its failure raises the spectre that other middle-class societies could also fail. This book presents a portrait of Argentina that emphasizes the role of a destructive nationalism and corruption that turned citizens into clients.

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The former Secretary of Defense, and leading scholars from the U.S. and Vietnam, offer a groundbreaking new study of exactly how the Vietnam War happened-- and why it could not be stopped before three million people died.

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A study of the daily life, concerns, and dynamics of aristocratic families in the France of the Third Republic. -- .

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A study of the daily life, concerns, and dynamics of aristocratic families in the France of the Third Republic. -- .

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Robert O. Crummey uses the methods of collective biography to provide the first modern study of the elite group that dominated Russian government and society in the seventeenth century--the members of the Boyar Duma or royal council between 1613 and 1689. This book examines their careers in governmental service, their position in networks of family

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* An extraordinary narrative of the richest and most powerful men and women in our history

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This series explores the culture and achievement of the civilizations of Greece and Rome. It is designed specifically for students and teachers of classical civilization and ancient history, and provides a collection of guides on literature, history, art, values and social institutions.

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Hitler, furious at the loss of the German fleet's flagship, demanded that the Ark Royal be destroyed at whatever cost.

HMS Ark Royal is one of the Royal Navy's most iconic ships.

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The only full bibliography on Arkansas, it provides an essential guide for historians and librarians wishing to bring Arkansas into the mainstream of America history.

The volume provides a guide to the growing literature on Arkansas rich prehistory and to the pre-American colonial period, which lasted some 250 years.

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Numerous illustrations, many from sources now lost, back up a detailed discussion of world-wide developments in armor from the earliest times, and weapons from the Stone Age to early firearms and cannon.