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An exploration of how 'spy fever' supposedly gripped the British nation during the First World War.

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Examining the workings of the Anglo-French leadership during the phony war, this study offers a challenging reappraisal of the period from a British perspective.

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Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork and carefully chosen archive photographs, this title assesses the evolving battle between Britain's submarines and Italy's torpedo boats in the struggle for primacy in the Mediterranean at the height of World War II.

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The submarine was the invisible but formidable weapon of the Royal Navy during World War II. This book examines the three major classes - 'S', 'T' and 'U' - detailing their design, development and modification. The major submarine engagements of the war are recounted, giving an account of the British submarine.

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As the major powers engaged in an arms race in the years of the 20th century, the Admiralty was tasked with developing that deadly stalker of the seas - the submarine. This book explains the world of early submarine warfare as the Admiralty, under intense pressure, developed a number of submarine classes to attack and harass rival navies.

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This book explores the experiences and contributions of British women performing active service across the Eastern Front in Serbia, Russia and Romania during the First World War, focusing on representation of that experience though a range of written records. -- .

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This book explores the experiences and contributions of British women performing active service across the Eastern Front in Serbia, Russia and Romania during the First World War, focusing on representation of that experience though a range of written records. -- .

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Shell shock achieved a very high political profile in the years 1919-1922. This title offers a fresh insight into the lives of shell-shocked soldiers both during and after the Great War.

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The narrative of the First World War has become dominated by shell shock, and also by the associated myths surrounding the men who were 'shot at dawn'. This book offers insight into the lives of shell-shocked soldiers both during and after the Great War.

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"Broken Trail" is a heartfelt story of the American West that infuses sensibility and humor into the grim realities of the Old West.

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' "When you touch a Lipizzaner, you're touching history," Westerman was once told. Carrying the reader across Europe, from imperial stables and stud farms to the controversial gene labs of today, Westerman asks, if animal breeders are so good at genetic engineering, why do attempts to perfect the human strain always end in tragedy

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A study of the emotional experiences of brothers and sisters in the First World War and its aftermath. Affectionate sibling bonds sustained the war generation both at home and on the front line, providing a lateral perspective on our understanding of domestic and military masculinities and the longevity of wartime grief and commemoration.

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The 16th-century conquest of Mexico and its effects are best understood as cultural manifestations of animal behavior patterns which humans share with other primates.

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At the height of slavery in the antebellum south, a free man of color sold himself into indentured servitude and went on to become one of the wealthiest land owners of the time. And in the process built a multi-racial community.

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An authoritative look at an important Soviet tank that fought across the battlegrounds of the 1930s and WWII--and an ideal reference guide for modelers, wargamers, and military enthusiasts.

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"Christopher Knowlton, author of Cattle Kingdom and former Fortune writer, takes an in-depth look at the spectacular Florida land boom of the 1920s and shows how it led directly to the Great Depression"--Provided by publisher.

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Buck Up is a historical fiction story of a young boy living in the booming mining town of Bodie California in the 1870s. By dealing with his father's abandonment, he learns to think for himself. He also learns how to respect and trust others because men he admires teach him by their examples.

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Tells the story of both German and Czech-speaking Budweis/Budajovice, which belonged to the Habsburg Monarchy until 1918, and then to Czechoslovakia, Hitler's Third Reich, and Czechoslovakia again.