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A uniquely detailed and engrossing look at the individuals, scientific innovation, and bureaucratic warfare behind the scenes at the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology

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Includes the definitive report from the Presidential Commission on Weapons of Mass Destruction Intelligence and the most revealing official investigations and statements that answer the question of how the United States could go to war on false premises.

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In the years 1916-1918, the Wolf, an ordinary freighter fitted-out with a hidden arsenal of weapons, was sent by Germany on one of the most daring clandestine naval missions of modern times. Drawing on eyewitness accounts, unpublished memoirs, declassified government files, newspaper reports and family archives, this book tells the story of Wolf.

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A definitive survey of the Iranian women's movement from its origins in the Pre-Pahlavi period to its status under Khomeini.

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A collection of essays that present the best of feminist scholarship on the suffrage movement, illustrating its complexity. It includes major studies of the fascinating, but neglected groups that participated in the campaign: the Women's Franchise League; the Women's Freedom League; the Women's Tax Resistance League and the United Suffragists.

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Men dominate history because they write it. This book offers a reappraisal which aims to re-establish women's importance at the centre of the worldwide history of revolution, empire, war and peace. As well as looking at the influence of ordinary women, it looks at those who have shaped history.

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When war broke out in 1939, the Women's Land Army (WLA) was already organised and ready for action. This book tells the story of the Women's Land Army - how it was organised, what its members did, what training was provided, and the work of the Timber Corps of the WLA, also known as the 'Lumber Jills'.

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Suitable for family historians, students and those interested in social history, this title offers an overview of the struggle for women to gain the vote in Great Britain and explores who the women were that formed and led or became members of the women's suffrage movement.

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Everyone has heard of the workhouse. But exactly what was it Who went there And how did an institution so universally hated come to be set up This title tells the story from its first beginnings in Elizabethan times until the final demise of "the union" in the 1940s.

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Academics and students researching modern and contemporary social and cultural history, sociology, cultural studies and human geography -- .

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African Sovereigns shows how the lived experience of Jamaican Maroons is linked to the African Diaspora. The author demonstrates that an examination of Jamaican Maroon communities, particularly their socio-political development, can further highlight the significance of the African Diaspora as an analytical tool.

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Using data and examples from all over the world, this book explores how the symbiotic relationships between the aircraft industry and national governments have arisen, how they influence all facets of aircraft manufacture, and what implications they have for the future.

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An important new book discussing the unexplored dynamics of English aristocratic society.

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Discussing the dynamics of English aristocratic society, this book investigates the rewards and obligations of status, including birth, wealth, the importance of public and royal service and the need to participate in local affairs, especially legal and administrative business.

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Volumes 1-3 originally published in 1950 by Odhams Press. Volume 4 originally published in 1929 by Charles Scribner's Sons. Volume 5 originally published in 1931 by Charles Scribner's Sons.