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Presents a collection of oral histories from men of three United States regiments that participated in the invasion of Normandy. Weaving each participant's story into the larger picture of the assault, this book challenges the orthodoxy established in the post-war period that the operation was a remarkable success from a planning perspective.

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Written by a survivor of the Warsaw Uprising, this book examines the background of the ill-fated 63-day uprising that pitted poorly armed Polish civilians and volunteers against Hitler's well-armed and veteran forces.

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Uniting Christian Europe in a common cause, the crusades defined forever the spirit of the West.A magisterial recounting of this great and terrible campaign, Deus lo Volt!

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Each section includes basic information about the country, a map, and a chronology followed by entries, arranged alphabetically, on people, places, political parties, and the events that have shaped the country's history since 1945.

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Nordstrom's work fills a serious gap in English-language reference sources on the Scandinavian countries. The dictionary spans the period from the Viking Age to the present. Choice

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This work presents the first five hundred of the over 2,000 documents that Robert I. Burns will make available from the registers of Jaume the Conqueror at the Crown Archives in Barcelona--the most impressive archives of this kind outside the papal series, and the first extensive use of paper by a European government. Volume II begins the four plan

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Unfolding a panoramic history of medieval Valencia, this title presents a set of documents from the registers of Jaume the Conqueror at the Crown Archives in Barcelona. It focuses on 500 government charters covering the years 1264 to 1270, and the culmination of the king's warrior fame in Christendom.

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Open up to readers the humanistic panorama of medieval life as seen from the traveling court of a conqueror king. This work collects 500 charters that cover a kaleidoscope of topics, including public baths, castles, the renaissance of law, irrigation, mosques and monasteries, hospitals and banks, even exotic women.

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Considers the historical, political, economic, legal and military rationale for the decision to adopt a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare by the United States in December 1941. The author argues that a similar rationale prompted the adoption of this policy by both Germany and the USA.

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This text describes the diplomatic activities of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania during the Cold War. Although absorbed by the Soviet Union during World War II, these countries managed to maintain some form of diplomatic representation at various times in assorted countries world-wide. McHugh (politi

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Presents a study of the history of Poland and its political development during the eighteenth century. The author considers how the republican ideals and the political culture of its ruling class and nobility remain part of the historical legacy not only of what is today Poland, but also of the successor states: Lithuania, Ukraine and Belarus.

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First detailed study of the history of Poland and its political development during the eighteenth century.

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An adventurer and charlatan A clever rogue Or perspicacious politician, founder of the modern British Conservative party These different characteristics have all had their supporters: Disraeli rarely experienced indifference from his contemporaries.

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This book reviews Benjamin Disraeli's political career in the context of Victorian politics. It also explores Disraeli 'the man' and his motivations and ambitions.

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