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This text describes how Finland has emerged as a winner from the ordeals of the 20th century. Finland is remembered for its successful resistance against Soviet attempts to subjugate it during World War II, but less is known about how the Finns preserved their independence during the Cold War.

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This text describes how Finland has emerged as a winner from the ordeals of the 20th century. Finland is remembered for its successful resistance against Soviet attempts to subjugate it during World War II, but less is known about how the Finns preserved their independence during the Cold War.

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Newbury 1643 is one of the decisive campaigns of the English Civil War, marking a turning point in the course of the conflict. This work shows that the battle of Newbury represented the last realistic chance for the king to win a military victory over Parliament.

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This book is a history of negotiations associated with the Berlin crisis from 1958-1963. Events include Khrushchev's visit to the United States in 1959, the Paris 1960 and Vienna 1961 summits, the stalemate at Checkpoint Charlie, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Limited Test Ban Treatyall linked by ongoing diplomatic activities.

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Most Americans believe that the Second World War ended because the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan forced it to surrender. Five Days in August boldly presents a different interpretation: that the military did not clearly understand the atomic bomb's revolutionary strategic potential, that the Allies were almost as stunned by the surrender as the

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The ill-fated Anna Leopoldovna (1740-41), groomed for the throne by her namesake aunt, would be Regent for her young son only briefly before a coup by her aunt Elizabeth would condemn Anna's family to a life of imprisonment, desolation, and death in obscurity.

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The culmination of a lifelong interest in the metaphysics of the body by the premier social historian of medicine. How did we come to a modern understanding of our bodies and souls What were the breakthroughs that allowed human beings to see themselves in a new light

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This book, analyzing the government of Florence during one of her most critical periods, and the forces that destroyed it, is the first study of the Florentine Trecento to use archival sources of the communal government systematically. Originally published in 1962. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again m

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During the Second World War, women pilots were given the opportunity to fly military aircraft for the first time.

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Designed in a rush at the end of 1917 just in time to take part in the German standard fighter competition held in January/February 1918, the D VII walked away with first prize. This work outlines the exploits of the German aces that fought in the aerial battles in the final years of the Great War.

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The Fokker D was the best German fighting scout of World War 1, flown by leading German aces such as Udet and Goring. This work provides detailed text outlining the exploits of the many German aces that fought in the numerous battles during the final stages of the Great War.

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What did ordinary people eat and drink about five hundred years ago How much did they talk about food Did their eating habits change much This book looks for and finds surprising answers to these questions. It shows how commercial, scientific and intellectual movements were closely entwined with changing attitudes and dealings about food.

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Combines modern and medieval approaches to intellectual disability, and engages with a very wide range of sources in order to fill a major gap in this relatively new field, and demonstrate that disability, illness and healthcare are embedded in daily life -- .

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Institutionalised as a fascist game in Mussolini's Italy, football was exploited domestically in an attempt to develop a sense of Italian identity and internationally as a diplomatic tool to improve Italy's standing in the global arena.

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Institutionalized as a fascist game in Mussolini's Italy, football was exploited domestically in an attempt to develop a sense of Italian identity and internationally as a diplomatic tool to improve Italy's standing in the global arena.

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The engaging and admirable story of how the Irish have saved themselves, FOR THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY is a peerless work of scholarship, and it offers a fresh context for the ongoing discussion of Ireland's political future.

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The undercover campaign of the Special Operations Executive in the Balkans during World War II was of great significance to the Allies. This insider's description of the SOE's foundation and structure is coupled with an account of many of its wartime missions.

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During World War II, Germany recruited over eight million foreign laborers from her allies, the neutral countries, and the occupied territories. This book describes the inception, organization, and administration of the Nazi foreign labor program and its relationship to the over-all economy and government. Originally published in 1967. The Prince

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