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For a sparsely populated region on the edge of Europe, Scandinavia has attracted an unusual degree of interest during the twentieth century. This book advocates a government-funded welfare state, an egalitarian tax system and strict job regulation.

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The Normans were some of the most feared warriors of the High Medieval period, descended from the Vikings. They built on their warlike reputation, culminating in their quest of England under Duke William I. This work covers all these developments from the early days of William I.

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A hair-raising tale of idealism, political corruption, shamanism, and survival in the Siberian wilderness

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A hair-raising tale of idealism, political corruption, shamanism, and survival in the Siberian wilderness

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Designed for students with little or no background in ancient Greek language, history, and culture, this new abridgment presents those selections that comprise Herodotus historical narrative. These are meticulously annotated, and supplemented with a chronology of the Archaic Age, Historical Epilogue, glossary of main characters and places, index of proper names, and maps.

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This book brings together recent cutting edge work on British Imperialism by Australian researchers closely associated with Norman Hetherington, one of Australia's most eminent scholars in this field.

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By 1429, French fortunes in the Hundred Years War were at their lowest ebb. At the darkest hour, a deeply religious peasant girl from Champagne came to the Dauphin. Her name was Joan of Arc. This volume tells the story of a legendary episode in France's history.

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Fought at Redesdale in August 1388, the battle originated from the ongoing war between the Scots and the English but rapidly descended into a personal feud between the Scottish clan, Douglas, and the aristocratic English family, Percy. This book details the events that led up to this clash on the borders, using all the contemporary sources.

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This work reveals the story of women's lives in Wales during the 20th century. The areas of women's lives explored include: education; health; home life; leisure; politics; and waged work. The regional variations and differing linguistic and cultural traditions are also investigated.

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The P-51 personified the might of the Eighth Air Force's fighter strength in the latter years of World War II. Their opposition were the pilots of Fw 190 committed to the final, frontline defence of the Reich. The Fw 190 was the scourge of its enemies, superior to all Allied fighters until the introduction of the P-51.

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This work details the development and deployment of the most effective and best known German tank of World War II, the Panther Medium Tank, which was available for service in January 1943. Later models ensured that it became one of the most feared tanks of World War II.

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Describes the design and development of the two opponents, the Panther and the T-34, analysing their strengths and weaknesses and assessing their tactics, weaponry and training. This book gives an insight into the lives of the tank crews themselves who were caught up in the largest land conflict of World War II.

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Achieving tactical and operational surprise, the Panzer divisions broke through enemy defences, enveloping a large number of hostile forces at Dunkirk. This book examines the organizational changes, developments in doctrine and tactics and improved command and control that provided the basis for the success of the Panzer divisions in 1940.

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The Panzerkampfwagen IV was one of the most successful German tanks. This volume details all the variants of the Panzerkampfwagen IV, covering its design and development history, analysis of its combat capabilities, and specific combat history examples.

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The 18th century was the high noon of the gentry's influence and power, and this study is the first to investigate the fortunes and character of the ruling class of this particular isolated corner of Britain during their golden age.

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This book traces the remarkable and sometimes hazardous rise of a Welsh family of the Anglo-Welsh borderland, from relatively humble origins to becoming key players in the politics of thirteenth and fourteenth century Wales, as well as prominent advisers, diplomats and administrators for the English kings of the fourteenth century.

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Includes bibliographic references (p. 92-93) index.

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One of the key battles of the Hundred Years' War, the Battle of Poitiers had huge political consequences. Fought in the picturesque Loire Valley, it led to the capture of King John and a treaty that subsequently gave England half of France.

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The author discusses the texts and performances in the context of the time. He relates the Spanish theatre to the various ideologies and war conditions. He also links the Spanish theatre tradition to the wider context of European political theatre.

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Offers an account of the origins, events and outcome of the Battle of Poltava in 1709, at which Peter the Great's newly modernized Russian Army smashed the Swedish Army of Charles XII, thus ending more than 50 years of Swedish military supremacy in northern Europe.