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Known as the last great "stand-up fight" of World War II, the battle for the Rhineland was brutal in the extreme, calling on a "broad front policy" to take the whole Rhineland. This title examines the battle in detail, including information on opposing commanders, and the aftermath.

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A compelling narrative of one of the Civil War's most pivotal campaigns in which Federal armies drove Robert E. Lee's army to the brink of defeat in April 1865.

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A thorough history of WWII in southeastern France, featuring previously unseen sources and photographs.

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The Vietnam War lasted twenty years and resulted in the deaths of over 58,000 American soldiers, with many more Vietnamese victims.

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The Imperial Army established by Augustus drew on the nomenclature and traditions of the late Roman Republic, but was revolutionary in its design. He decided to meet the military needs of the Empire from a standing, professional army. Military service became a career: enlistment was for 25 years, and men were sometimes retained even longer.

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The image of the Roman legionary is as familiar today as it was to the citizens - and enemies - of the vast Roman Empire. This book examines the Roman Army from the first armed citizens of the early Republic through the glorious heights of the Imperial legions to the shameful defeats inflicted upon the late Roman Army by the Goths and Huns.

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A brilliant but little-known operation, the Shimazu clan raid on the independent kingdom of Rykyu (modern Okinawa) in 1609 is one of the most extraordinary episodes in samurai history and the culmination of centuries of rivalry between the two powers. This title gives a blow-by-blow account of the operation.

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Despite minor setbacks, Christian Europe had enjoyed success on previous Crusader campaigns. This book shows how pursuing an ambitious but politically flawed strategy against an Islamic state friendly to their Crusader neighbours, the knights of the Second Crusade suffered a crushing defeat at Damascus in 1148.

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The culmination of decades of nationalist aspiration and cynical Realpolitik, the Second War of Italian Unification saw Italy transformed from a patchwork of minor states dominated by the Habsburg Austrians into a unified kingdom under the Piedmontese House of Savoy. This book aims to examine the conflict as a critical event in Italian history.

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A. W. Purdue provides one of the most concise yet comprehensive assessments of the entire course of World War II, covering both the European and the Asian Pacific conflicts. The second edition of this established text has been thoroughly revised and updated in the light of recent research and current debates.

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The Seminole of Florida were one of five so-called 'Civilized Tribes' who for many years lived in peace with the settlers. However, by 1815, frontier Americans had grown increasingly envious of their relative wealth and land, and resentful of their harbouring of former slaves. This book reveals the dramatic stories behind the Seminole wars.

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McClellan away from the Confederate capital of Richmond, VA, in the summer of 1862.

The Seven Days' Battles: The War Begins Anew examines how Lee's Confederate forces squared off against McClellan's Union Army during this week-long struggle, revealing how both sides committed many errors that could have affected the outcome.

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The most extraordinary siege in medieval history began with the arrival of a Christian army at Jerusalem on the dawn of 6 June, 1099. This book offers an insight into the final siege of the First Crusade.

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The first book to study the cultural impact of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 -- .