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The Army of the Swabian League 1525The Swabian League was established as a defensive alliance of princes, prelates, and Imperial cities to maintain the peace within the territory of Southern Germany. In 1525 the League faced an existential threat in the form of an attempt by the exiled Duke Ulrich...
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From Maubeuge to the Rhineland: History of the 1st Division in the Great WarFrom sore-footed reservists and old sweats in 1914 to conscripted men after 1916; the 1st Division faced the challenge of war from beginning to end.This account includes a rare glimpse into Operation Hush which might have provided a successful strategic alternative to the blood-soaked...
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Skyhawks Over the South Atlantic: Argentine Skyhawks in the Malvinas/Falklands War 1982By 1982, the backbone of the Argentine combat aviation, both on the Air Force and the Navy, was formed by three batches of Douglas A-4 Skyhawks, with the A-4B and C of the Air Force and the A-4Qs of the Navy. Despite their age,...
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The Yugoslav Air Force in the Battles for Slovenia Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina 1991-1992: Volume 1 - Jrvipvo in Yugoslav War, 1991-1992During the late 1980s, the former Socialist Federal Republic of Jugoslavia (SFRJ) - a country dominating the Balkans - experienced a period of major crisis. Led by the Communist Party, the nation's leadership failed to understand the depth of political changes all over Eastern...
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Prussian Socialism and Other EssaysOswald Spengler, in the aftermath of the Great War, gained international repute as a philosopher-historian whose apparently doom-laden forecast on the eclipse of Western Civilisation, The Decline of The West, struck a chord amidst a period of moral, cultural, social and economic decay, around...
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Last Throw of the Dice: Bourbaki and Werder in Eastern France 1870-71This book recounts the last attempt by the Government of National Defence to reverse the outcome of the Franco-Prussian War, as Leon Gambetta launched the Army of the East under General Charles Bourbaki, the former commander of the Imperial Guard, in a desperate attack...
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At All Costs: The British Army on the Western Front 19161916 was a pivotal year for the British Army. It was a year of intense combat that was defined by the Battle of the Somme and the appalling casualties of the 1st July 1916. Yet it was also the year in which the British...
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Demolishing the Myth: The Tank Battle at Prokhorovka, Kursk, July 1943: An Operational Narrative"A groundbreaking book when first published in Russia in 2005, now Valeriy Zamulin's study of the crucible of combat during the titanic clash at Kursk - the fighting at Prokhorovka - is available in English. A former staff member of the Prokhorovka Battlefield State...
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An Analysis of Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and StalinA flagbearer for the increasingly fashionable genre of "transnational history," Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands is, first and foremost, a stunning example of the critical thinking skill of evaluation. Snyder's linguistic precocity allows him to cite evidence in 10 languages, putting fresh twists on the familiar...
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Dubno 1941: The Greatest Tank Battle of the Second World WarIn June 1941 - during the first week of the Nazi invasion in the Soviet Union - the quiet cornfields and towns of Western Ukraine were awakened by the clanking of steel and thunder of explosions; this was the greatest tank battle of the...
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The French Army of the Orient 1798-1801: Napoleon's Beloved 'Egyptians'More than 200 years ago - under the inspiration and leadership of Bonaparte - a revolutionary French Army invaded Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire; this presence lasted beyond Bonaparte's own departure and subsequent rise to power as First Consul. It ended with...
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Tippu Tip: Ivory, Slavery and Discovery in the Scramble for AfricaTippu Tip, notorious to some, intriguing to others, was a Zanzibari Arab trader living in the turbulent and rapidly changing Africa of the late 19th century. This biography transports the reader into his extraordinary world, describing its exotic cast of characters and the principal...
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The Machinery of the Mind: The Mechanisms Underlying Esoteric and Occult Experience (Aziloth Books)One of Dion Fortune's first works - when she still wrote under her given name, Violet Firth - this book began life as a series of lectures on elementary psychology given at the Medico-Psychological Clinic in Brunswick Square, London, where she was a counsellor...
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Christianity As Mystical Fact; and The Mysteries of Antiquity: (Aziloth Books)This work is a powerful argument for Christianity as a religion of mystical initiation and the only religion in which the eternal wisdom, the Logos, was made flesh - in Christ. Moreover, unlike the adepts of old, Jesus was "...the initiator of the whole...
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The ForgerSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER AWARD 2019Hamburg, 1948 In a routine operation, Chief Inspector Frank Stave is shot down. He survives, but transfers from the murder commission to the office combatting the black market. There, Stave is confronted with an enigmatic case: Trummerfrau,...
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Arthur Szyk: Soldier in ArtThis is an indispensable publication on the life and work of the great Polish-Jewish-American artist-activist Arthur Szyk. A master of miniature painting and calligraphy, Szyk (1894-1951) brought his unmistakable style to subjects as diverse as biblical stories, literary classics, and political cartoons. This powerful,...
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Under the Canopy: Trees Around the WorldA gorgeous picture book that explores the cultural myths and stories behind trees all over the world, revealing the beauty behind these giants living among us. This stunningly illustrated book explores the cultural significance that trees have in different societies. From the olive trees...
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Bombs, Bullets and the Border: Policing Ireland's Frontier: Irish Security Policy, 1969-1978Patrick Mulroe's book shines a penetrating light onto the under-studied role of the Irish government's security policy during the early years of the Troubles...The results might surprise even seasoned analysts of contemporary Irish history.--M.L.R. Smith, King's College, U. London ***Bombs, Bullets and the Border...
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Living Dangerously in Korea: The Western Experience 1900-1950Korea was "discovered" by the West after World War II when it became a flashpoint in the Cold War. Before the war, however, it was home to many hundreds of Westerners who experienced life there under Japanese colonial rule. These included missionaries who opened...
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This Young MonsterThis Young Monster is a hallucinatory celebration of artists who raise hell, transform their bodies, anger their elders and show their audience dark, disturbing things. What does it mean to be a freak? Why might we be wise to think of the present as...
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