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Details the history, weapons and tactics of the Japanese destroyers that was built before the war. This book includes the famous Fubuki class called Special Type by the Japanese, which were, when completed in the late 1920's, the most powerful class of destroyers in the world.

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During the Pacific War the most successful component of the Imperial Japanese Fleet was its destroyer force. These ships were larger and, in most cases, better-equipped than their Allied counterparts. This volume details the history, weapons and tactics of the Japanese destroyers built just before and throughout the war.

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"Imperial Japanese Navy Light Cruisers 1941-45".

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The Imperial Japanese Navy fielded the largest pre-nuclear submarines in the world, some capable of carrying floatplane bombers and midget submarines, equipped with the best torpedoes available. This book describes the astounding technical advances of Imperial Japanese Navy vessels, and the wartime tactics responsible for their failure.

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WINNER OF THE PALESTINE BOOK AWARD 2016

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This text traces the historically changing image of non-white people in British advertising during the colonial period. It reveals the historical and production context of many advertising icons and also develops a detailed textual analysis of the images.

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This collection of documents presents an enlightening picture of the colonial government of the British Commonwealth during the Second British Empire. Using numerous original documents, with preference given to those not previously published or readily available, the editors have delineated the major themes of the period from 1763 to 1840.

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Offers a re-evaluation of the vital contribution made by the Roman navy to Roman imperial power, covering the organisation of the fleets and the everyday life of the soldiers.

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Featuring archaeological photography and lavish artistic reconstructions, this book reveals the design and development history of Rome's naval force at the height of its Imperial power. Examining its warships, it reveals the navy's structure and the tactics that were developed to make the most of Rome's naval design superiority.

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Taking two of the most important white minorities in the colonial era, the Irish and the Scots, the book explores how they imagined and performed their new lives as place in the landscapes of south-east Australia. -- .

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Imperial steam explores the early history of a steamship route which was at the heart of the functioning of the British Empire. More so than the practical changes wrought by steam, the book argues that the modernity associated with the steamship provided a powerful imaginative frame of reference for narrating Britains place in its imperial world.

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This work provides readers with articles and essays on the general subject of European expansion.

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Focuses instead on the concept of identity to reveal a Roman society made up of far-flung populations whose experience of empire varied enormously. This title examines the nature of power in Rome and the means by which the Roman state exploited the natural, mercantile, and human resources within its frontiers.

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Imposing, Maintaining, and Tearing Open the Iron Curtain, edited by Mark Kramer and Vt Smetana, consists of cutting-edge essays by distinguished experts who discuss the Cold War in Europe from beginning to end, with a particular focus on the countries that were behind the iron curtain.

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Traces the origins of the "illegal alien" in American law and society, explaining why and how illegal migration became the central problem in US immigration policy - a process that profoundly shaped ideas and practices about citizenship, race, and state authority in the twentieth century.

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Impostors and impostures featured prominently in the political, social and religious life of early modern England. Who was likely to be perceived as impostor, and why This book offers an analysis of an important and multifaceted phenomenon.

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Describes the social, economic and political conditions in the 1850s. Dimock's entries of his travels and observations as an American reveal the details of Cuban agriculture, plant life, and natural resources. The diary gives elaborate accounts of the sugar industry, and extensive commentary on the daily life of slaves, Spaniards, and Cubans.

A classic, engrossing war correspondent's story by the only Australian journalist who was in Baghdad for the duration of the war.

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The seldom-recalled Creek War of 1813-1814 and its extension, the First Seminole War of 1818, had significant consequences for the growth of the United States.