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A companion volume to his bestselling Armageddon, Max Hastings account of the battle for Japan is a masterful military history.

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Originally published: London: Pimlico, 2003.

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A fresh, enlightening and comprehensive history of Britain in the early 1960s by a supremely talented young historian.

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Three hundred action-packed years of Roman history, encompassing the fall of Rome and the rise of a new empire in the East.

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Serious and playful, this work of creative conjecture by historians and political scientists reexamines key events and decisions in New Zealands history - sensitive to possibilities that were plausible at the time - and speculates about circumstances that with only a modest degree of adjustment could easily have taken an entirely different turn.

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A work of creative conjecture by leading historians and political scientists which reexamines key events and decisions in New Zealands historysensitive to possibilities that were plausible at the timeand speculates about circumstances that with only a modest degree of adjustment could easily have taken an entirely different turn.

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Surveys the period 1972-1990, providing a record of New Zealand's major international preoccupations, describing how they were officially handled, and making assessments of how effectively challenges were interpreted and acted upon.

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Conveys some of the complexities of a small land in a world war, by examining individual facets of New Zealand society. Its 18 investigations, researched and written by specialist contributors, of particular social institutions, associations and groups give us a richer, more detailed understanding of how New Zealanders thought and acted during the First World War.

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First published in 1986, James Belich's groundbreaking book transformed New Zealanders' understanding of the "bitter and bloody struggles" between Maori and Pakeha in the nineteenth century. This bestselling classic of New Zealand history is a must-read - and Belich's larger argument about the impact of historical interpretation resonates today.

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Both colonial and postcolonial historical approaches often sideline New Zealand as a peripheral player. This book redresses the balance, and evaluates its role as an imperial power - as both a powerful imperial envoy and a significant presence in the Pacific region. -- .

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Since 1943, during war, humanitarian and natural disasters and flashpoints of global tension, one government department has been charged with the critical role of representing New Zealand's interests overseas.

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First published in 1995, this New Zealand and Maori history is a bilingual collection, in 67 chapters, of the histories, genealogies, songs and chants of the Tainui people. It represents the culmination of a life's work by the scholar and historian Dr Pei Te Hurinui Jones.

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This is the biography of the mighty ceremonial waka taua Ngtokimatawhaorua that rests on the Treaty Grounds at Waitangi.

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A highly illustrated study of the battle of Nieuwpoort in 1600, one of the key engagements of the Eighty Years War. It will appeal to all enthusiasts of 16th and 17th century warfare and the development of military strategy generally.

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The final work of Robert Fisk, following on from the authoritative and highly acclaimed The Great War for Civilisation, which charted his 30-year career as a reporter in the war zones of the Middle East.

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Award-winning, critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling William Dalrymple takes us to the heart of an undiscovered India

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A thoroughly original exploration of Jerusalem, told through the voices of its contemporary residents

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An extraordinary tale of the remarkable bond between one man and his dog during the Second World War.

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An account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid from inside the US Navy Seal team who carried out the extraordinary mission to kill the terrorist mastermind.