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The book explains how and why nuclear weapons cooperation between the US and its allies has evolved since the 1950s. By bringing institutional perspectives to the study of how alliances operate, it focuses on the objectives and sources of influence of US allies in Europe and Asia as they cooperate with the US on the worlds most powerful weapons.

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This study examines the concept of party leadership as used by officials in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. It argues that the term was employed to both disguise and signal officials efforts to lead the party and analyzes how it affected ideological education and the administration of the Soviet economy.

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This study examines the concept of party leadership as used by officials in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. It argues that the term was employed to both disguise and signal officials efforts to lead the party and analyzes how it affected ideological education and the administration of the Soviet economy.

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This book examines Franklin D. Roosevelt and his development since being a young politician in Albany, how he created the modern welfare state, and how he made the presidency the focal point of American national government.

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This book juxtaposes vital issues of Pashtun identity, state formation, Taliban on both sides of the Durand Line, Frontier Crimes Regulation, security prerogative and the civil societies of Pakistan and Afghanistan, which since 9/11, have been posited in a rather precarious geopolitics.

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Takes the author and reader on a journey that has them thinking of their experience of and belonging to language and the possibility of an instance of the world taking-place without prejudice and exclusion. This book also brings into play, among others, the work of Giorgio Agamben.

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Looking at the historical films genre in all its complexity, the author argues that historical films say as much about the times in which they are made as about the past they purport to portray. This work includes in-depth case studies of 14 key films spanning the 1930s up to the turn of the 21st century.

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A wide-ranging collection of concise essays, Past Forward introduces core features of Korean history that illuminate current issues and pressing concerns, demonstrating how Koreas present circumstances both reflect and shape the understanding of its past.

A well-organised collection of the best recent writing on nineteenth century Australian history.

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Some fourteen to ten thousand years ago, as ice-caps shrank and glaciers retreated, the first bands of hunter-gatherers began to colonize the continental extremity of South America--"the uttermost end of the earth." Their arrival marked the culmination of humankind's epic journey to people the globe. Now they are extinct. This book tells their stor

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Patchwork quilts are hugely evocative emblems of our domestic past. With no two quite the same, each example hints both at the story of the particular household in which it was produced and at a larger piece of social history. This book offers an introduction to an important aspect of British domestic history.

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The story of the bloody Kokoda campaign, told for the first time through the personal experiences of the Japanese soldiers.

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This collection of case studies examines the role of innovation in military affairs since the twelfth century. Covering a broad geographical area, the contributors analyze innovations in a variety of areas, including weapon technology, strategy, research, and development philosophy.

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In the period 1890-1914, the business elite in Germany turned their economy into the most dynamic in Europe. This study combines quantitative data on the 502 wealthiest businessmen of the time with material from public and private papers and 200 autobiographies.

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These collected speeches and speech reports include The Parsons' Cause Case, the conclusion of the Caesar-Brutus speech in the Stamp Act Debate of May 1765, the Liberty or Death speech, two speeches from the Ratifying Convention Debate, and Patrick Henry's defense in the British Debts Case.

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Provides a focus on the history of the ancestors, who fought for the South Carolina Militia, to show just how effective the irregular forces were in a complex war of raids, ambushes, and pitched battles. This book explores the tactics, and performance of the opposing Patriot and Rebel forces, shining new light on the vicious struggle in the South.

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A treatment of US General George S. Patton's operational performance in Lorraine in 1944. It describes Patton's philosophy of war and explains why it essentially failed in Lorraine. There are full orders of battle, casualty and equipment losses, and maps.

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A masterful account of Lyndon Johnson and Americas fall into Vietnam by one of our finest historians, filled with fresh interpretations, deft portraits, and new perspectives. Absolutely terrific...simply the best book on the period. Marilyn B. Young.

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Paying Freedom's Price provides a comprehensive yet brief and readable history of the role of African Americansboth slave and freefrom the decade leading up to the Civil War until its immediate aftermath.

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Although the Pe-2 was widely used on the Eastern Front throughout the Great Patriotic War, only the most effective units in the Air Force and Naval Aviation were given Guards status. This is their story.

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