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In early May 1940, the fortress of Eben Emael was a potent sentinel over the Belgian-Dutch borderlands. The fortress covered 75 hectares on the surface, had 5km of tunnels underground and was studded with bunkers, gun turrets and casemates.

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"The Fall of English France 1449-53".

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The collapse of France in 1870 had an overwhelming impact - on Paris, on France and on the rest of the world. People everywhere saw Paris as the centre of Europe and the hub of culture, fashion and invention. This book tells the story of the great crises of the rivalry between France and Germany

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Originally published: New York: Random House, 2013.

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This book offers a fresh assessment of the Western Roman Empire's ostensible decline. Neil Christie presents a compelling argument that the Roman Empire did not dissolve; rather it was simply transformed in the West and persisted in the East.

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Offers guidance both to newcomers and to the more experienced, on how to make best use of the labyrinth of genealogical sources in England and Wales. This book takes into account changes to the civil registration system. It includes bibliography for those who discover that their ancestors migrated from other countries.

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Discover your Irish roots! Trace your Irish ancestors from American shores back to the Emerald Isle.

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This book studies the evolution of the family from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century and how the process radically influenced child-rearing, education, contraception, sexual behaviour and marriage.

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My book draws on studies shows how the neo-baroque can be understood as a strategy that allows artists in Latin America and the Caribbean to rearticulate the imperial, colonialist gaze of globalization.

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* Three Extraordinary Men and Their Race for the Land Speed Record
* The story of the speed kings - the obsessive fast-car record-breakers of the 1920s to 1940s

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"Drawing on long-ignored archival sources and original research, this volume brings together an international team of leading scholars to reconsider one of the most important and controversial questions of 20th-century history: how to explain the rise of the repressive Stalinist dictatorship."--

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This cultural history provides an examination of the Federal Theatre Project in the American South during the New Deal era. It analyzes the role of racial segregation and conservative politics, how the project drew from distinct regional heritages, and how it shaped successive generations debates over government, art, and cultural expression.

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This cultural history provides an examination of the Federal Theatre Project in the American South during the New Deal era. It analyzes the role of racial segregation and conservative politics, how the project drew from distinct regional heritages, and how it shaped successive generations debates over government, art, and cultural expression.

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While many people are aware that women are actively serving in the US armed forces, few understand what exactly is expected of women in the military, the duties they perform, and the limitations and restrictions placed on them, especially in a combat zone. This book reveals much about its subjects.

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Describes and examines the Fuhrerhauptquartiere - the 14 or so headquarters built for Hitler. Revealing their locations and how they were used to direct the Nazi war apparatus, this title offers insights into various historical sites from Berghof to the Wolf's Lair.

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In modern times, ten Americans rose to five-star rank: Pershing (who chose to wear only four stars), Leahy, Marshall, King, Arnold, MacArthur, Nimitz, Halsey, Eisenhower, and Bradley. He explains that war operates on five levels of perspective: heroism, tactics, operations, theaters, and national purpose.