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Food is fundamental to soldiers morale and performance and yet to date it has received little attention from historians, who have reiterated army statistics without an investigation of their veracity. . Extensively researched with a wide range of sources so that theoretical concepts are illuminated with the mens own accounts of lived experience.

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The Unkown Courier tells the true story of the events that inspired Ben MacIntyre's bestselling Operation Mincemeat. When British Intelligence mislead German High Command by planting a corpse with false top secret plans, it achieved one of the greatest wartime deceptions in history and changed the course of World War Two.

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The classic Old West narrative of the chase, trial, capture, and execution of outlaw Henry Plummer and his road agent band. In the gold rush-era of Virginia City, Montana, crime was afoot and justice shaky.

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The Korean War of 1950-1953 ended in a frustrating stalemate, the echoes of which reverberate to this day. It was the only conflict of the Cold War in which forces of major nations of the two opposing systems - capitalism and communism - confronted each other on the battlefield. And yet, in the sixty years since it was fought it has...

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A rare collection of posters from the World War I era created in 1916 and 1917

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Drawing on many moving first-hand accounts including those of celebrated poets Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves These Englishmen Who Died for France dives into a detailed, exhilarating, harrowing account of the experiences of British soldiers as they unfolded on the front that day in July.

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Through firsthand accounts, interviews with survivors, and powerful photos, an award-winning author brings to life the experiences of 14-year-old Florence Kelly and 11-year-old Russell Park, who survived a German U-boat attack on the passenger ship Athenia, the first casualty of the Battle of the Atlantic. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2.

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From flaming shells and shrapnel to the smoky air after cannon fire, these brutal, vivid accounts of Civil War from both soldiers and their commanders bring the reader onto the battlefield and, with each fallen soldier, demonstrate the cost of war. This book is suitable for Civil War enthusiasts and history buffs alike.

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Contains a chronological history of the war in Vietnam, with day-by-day listings of the war on the ground, in the air, and at sea; international and US events; and a biographical dictionary of major military and civilian figures.

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Zinn's compelling case against the Vietnam War

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"An extraordinary human document and a suspense story that is hard to put down." The New York...

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In June of 2002, war looms and Saddam Hussein still has a brutal grip on a nation in disarray. The author travels the length and breadth of Iraq, following the fast-evolving events and interviewing people from all walks of life and all religious and political affiliations. This title offers a personal history of this controversial conflict.

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Nigel Hamilton's celebrated trilogy culminates with a story of triumph and tragedy. Just as FDR was proven right by the D-Day landings he had championed, so was he found to be mortally ill in the spring of 1944. He was the architect of a victorious peace that he would not live to witness.

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Neugass, an American ambulance driver in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled his service as a member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. This newly discovered journal of his experience on the front lines is being published for the very first time.

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Originally published by Avon Books in 1997.