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On 1 October 1990, hundreds of Banyarawanda militants that served with the Ugandan Army deserted their posts to form the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) and invade Rwanda. Thus began the Rwandan Civil War, which was to culminate in the famous genocide of nearly one million of Tutsi and moderate Hutus, in 1994.

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A quick, convenient visual history of the world's worst life-changing conflict.

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Tokugawa Ieyasu's decisive victory at Sekigahara in 1600 concluded the civil wars, confirmed his position as shogun (generalissimo), and inaugurated the Edo period, named after Edo (modern-day Tokyo). Then the formerly so powerful Tokugawa clan army declined, which directly led to Japan's 1635 decision to initiate a policy of enforced seclusion.

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This second volume is a detailed and unbiased study of the military, historical, and political circumstances of the 1969 Sino-Soviet border war.

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The Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a central document in the history of Aotearoa New Zealand. This lively account tells the story of the Treaty/Te Tiriti from its signing in 1840, through the debates and struggles of the nineteenth century, to the gathering political momentum of recent decades.

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Classic account of the RAFs Strike Wings in action against German shipping in the Second World War.

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The Treaty of Waitangi | Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a fully revised and updated edition of An Illustrated History of the Treaty of Waitangi, including new material. It brings the Treaty's history to life with a richly informative narrative and a wonderful range of photographs, maps and illustrations (now in full colour).

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This volume is covering one of the least-well-known conflicts in the Middle East, fought in Oman during the second half of the 1950s; and one of very few insurgencies that was successfully suppressed. As such, it provides a host of valuable lessons learned.

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Everything you always wanted to know about Irish Whiskey, the lifeblood of the people! The history, the difference between single malts and blends, the art of distilling and blending, and the explosion of new distilleries - learn how to taste as well as drink the water of life!

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In 1893 New Zealand became the first country in the world with universal suffrage: all New Zealand women now had the right to vote. This achievement owed much to an extraordinary document: the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition.

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The JRVIPVO in Yugoslav War is the first ever authoritative account of combat operations of the former Yugoslav Air Force in the conflict that shaped the modern-day southern Europe.

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The book is the first to examine comprehensively the experience of the Highland soldier in the Great War, seeking the truth behind the myths. It does not deal with the operational history, but with the life and character of the Highland soldier.

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Through Adversity is probably the most comprehensive account of Britain and the Commonwealth's war in the air during the Second World War. It combines detailed studies into the tactics, techniques and technology that made British air power so effective, together with the personal accounts of the aircrew themselves as they executed some of the most

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This third volume closes the gap between the unit histories of volumes 1 and 2 and the technical descriptions in the Jentz and Spielberger books. For the first time, efforts are described in detail of what was taken to create units and what was required to keep the Tiger tank in action regarding handling and operating the vehicle.

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Time to Make a Song and Dance captures a spirit of revolt that swept over Auckland and Aotearoa in the 1960s, affecting every aspect of NZ culture. It included such figures as Janet Frame, Tim Shadbolt, Carmen, Hone Tuwhare, Jean Watson and Barry Crump, and culminated in a series of bombings that rocked Auckland at the end of the decade.

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This book details the campaigns of Louis-Gabriel Suchet in the Peninsular War. The only one of Napoleon's marshals to earn his baton in Spain, Suchet conquered Aragon, Lower Catalonia, and Valencia in a string of brilliant sieges and battles against both Spanish regular and guerrilla forces.

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This is the story of the RAF anti-shipping Strike Wing based at North Coates in Lincolnshire, whose Beaufighters from 1943 attacked heavily defended German convoys transporting raw materials to Rotterdam. During a little-known but hard-fought two-year campaign, the Wing succeeded in forcing the enemy's ships off the sea.

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With the introduction of female pilots to the RAF in 1994, the Tornado was among the first aircraft to be flown by both men and women. With focus on the GR1/GR4 versions of the Tornado, readers will enjoy insights on what it is like to operate this aircraft against the backdrop of modern-day scenarios.

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First comprehensive technical and operational history of the snorkel-equipped U-boat fleet.

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The new edition of the major field project undertaken by James Herries Beattie, edited by Athol Anderson. In 1920, Beattie interviewed people from Foveaux Strait to North Canterbury, and from Nelson and Westland, alongside reading earlier research, recording southern names for fauna and artefacts and visiting p sites.

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A short, balanced introduction to the nation's founding document. In plain language it covers the events around the signing of The Treaty of Waitangi, and what has happened since. Also included is information on the key personalities, a wealth of illustrations, and the full text of the treaty, in English and Maori.