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Undoubtedly the most famous of any nation's aviation units in World War I was the legendary Jagdgeschwader Nr I, or 'The Flying Circus' as its respectful foes labelled it. Germany's first true fighter wing, it would always be associated with its first commander, the charismatic and revered Manfred von Richthofen.

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Who built Avebury and Stonehenge Why and when were more than 600 stone circles, and thousands of barrows and cairns, erected in prehistoric Britain What were they used for and what do they tell us about the beliefs and culture of their builders This is a history of the variety of answers that have been given to these questions.

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"Ride Around Missouri: Shelby's Great Raid 1863".

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This study provides an overview of the International Air Force (IAF) concept, which emerged in the early 20th century out of a long progression of schemes for creating multi-national armed forces to enforce the peace, most often referred to as an international police force (IPF).

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An edited collection of biographies of key Spanish conservative politicians from the 1920s to the end of WWII written by leading historians in the field.

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An edited collection of biographies of key Spanish conservative politicians from the 1920s to the end of WWII written by leading historians in the field.

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Historians agree that the Germans had enough information to stop the Allied invasion at Normandy, but instead kept half their forces at Calais. Having written widely about World War II, Johnson was dissatisfied with the conventional explanation that Hitler was crazy and refused to listen to his advi

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An account of the part Raoul Wallenberg played during World War II in saving the lives of around 100,000 Jews in Hungary. He was subsequently taken prisoner by the Russians and since then has never again been seen or heard of in the West.

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Since the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920, Mexico's rebellious peasant has become a subject not only of history but of literature, film, and paintings. With his sombrero, his machete, and his rifle, he marches or rides through countless Hollywood or Mexican films, killing brutal overseers, hacienda owners, corrupt officials, and federal soldiers. S

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But he also paints a vivid picture of the vicious discipline of the army, skulduggery at elections, the class violence of industrial struggles, the ritual violence of duelling and the swingeing punishment of poachers.

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A study of the growth of semi-personal Chinese armies and the rise of militarists to a position that permitted them to seize power upon the breakdown of the monarchic system. It traces the modernization of the land forces of the Chinese Empire and evaluates progress attained up to the establishment of the Republic in 1912. Ralph Powell is on leave

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Tracing the micro-history of the John Jay through legal records, this book illustrates the political and legal challenges faced by U.S. maritime businesses in the Atlantic during the Napoleonic Wars.

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An expert analysis of current U.S.-Russian relations as they play out in central Asia in the aftermath of the attacks of 9/11.

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An expert analysis of current U.S.-Russian relations as they play out in central Asia in the aftermath of the attacks of 9/11.

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The first major naval action of World War II, the Battle of the River Plate was a British victory. Highly-illustrated, this engaging study will appeal to military and naval historians alike.

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This is a probing narrative of the history which came to its climax at Pearl harbor; an account of the attitudes and actions, of the purposes and persons which brought about the war between the United States and Japan. It is full and impartial. Though written as an independent and private study, records and information of an exceptional range and

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This book traces the history of revolutionary movements in nineteenth- century Russia, ending with the great famine of 1891-92, by which time Marxism was already in the ascendant. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the dis

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The first part of Orwell's account, Gollancz wrote in Left News in April 1937, has done, perhaps in a greater degree than any previous book, what the [Left Book] Club is meant to do it has provoked thought and discussion of the keenest kind.