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Demonstrates that the creation of a civil defense program produced dilemmas about the degree to which civilian society should be militarized to defend itself against threats. This book uncovers responses to the militarization of daily life and reveals how government planners and ordinary people negotiated their way at the dawn of the atomic age.

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A revealing compilation of essays documenting the effects of the Civil War and its aftermath on Americans-young and old, black and white, northern and southern.

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Although a great deal has been written concerning every important aspect of the Civil War itself, with a few notable exceptions little attention has been given to the personal lives of the 961 generals who commanded the Union and Confederate armies.

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This study of Civil War command focuses solely and directly on the problems and methods of operational command, dealing with the tactical and strategical problems that threatened to overwhelm untried Civil War generals at the onset of hostilities.

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"In this unique examination of Civil War leadership, W. J. Wood looks at the tactical and strategic problems that threatened to overwhelm untried Civil War generals and the pragmatic strategies, born o"

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This book examines newspapers, magazines, photographs, illustrations, and editorial cartoons to tell the important story of journalism, documenting its role during the Civil War as well as the impact of the war on the press.

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During the course of the Civil War, Northern daily newspapers printed over 2,000 separate maps depicting campaigns and military operations. The book lists all known Civil War maps published in eighteen daily newspapers in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, New York, Philadelphia, and St. Louis.

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This timely addition to Civil War history shares the stories of 25 unique military organizations, showing how past and future collided in the first modern war.

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This volume offers a social historian's view of the Civil War, shifting the focus away from political and military leaders to look at how the war affected, and was affected by, ordinary citizens of all kinds.

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Examines the development of civil-military relations in the US from the end of the Civil War until the start of the First World War. This volume demonstrates that even after the military achieved victory over Spain, the experience of the previous decades ensured that the traditional principle of civilian control remained strong.

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A guide to the institution which has, since its humble 1933 inception, provided jobs for many unemployed youth, planted billions of trees, built many miles of trails, and created numerous pavilions, picnic areas, lakes, and dams across America. This book incorporates information from all types of literature, training guides, and other media.

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An examination of body cultures in the British Army during the Second World War -- .

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This book offers a unique account of life in nineteenth-century Dublin, told through human-animal relationships. It argues that the exploitation of animals formed a key component of urban change, from municipal reform to class formation to the expansion of public health and policing. -- .

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This book offers a unique account of life in nineteenth-century Dublin, told through human-animal relationships. It argues that the exploitation of animals formed a key component of urban change, from municipal reform to class formation to the expansion of public health and policing. -- .

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Ever since the attacks of 11th September, western leaders have described a world engaged in 'a fight for civilization'.

Sweeping in its scope and comprehensive in its coverage, Civilzation tells the story of the western world from its origins to the present.

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Tells the story of ancient Mesopotamia from the earliest settlements ten thousand years ago to the Arab conquest in the seventh century. With illustrations of important works of art and architecture in every chapter, this title traces the rise and fall of successive civilizations and people in Iraq over the course of millennia.

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Focuses on efforts to stop female circumcision in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan between 1920 and 1946. This book suggests that efforts to suppress female circumcision were tied to the continuation of slavery and the rise of commercial cotton growing in Sudan, as well as to concerns about infant mortality and maternal health.

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Explores the experiences of middle-class men on the English home front during the First World War -- .

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Explores the experiences of middle-class men on the English home front during the First World War -- .

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Foreign interventionexplicitly in the form of British naval powerrepresented a far more serious threat to the success of the Union blockade, the safety of Yankee merchant shipping worldwide, and Union combined operations against the South than the Confederate States Navy.

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"Bestselling author Malachy McCourt recounts the story of Ireland's timeless symbol of loyalty, friendship, and love, a ring design of two clasped hands that is worn by millions worldwide. Following th"