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The Wagner Group: From Savage Global Mercenaries to Putin's Unlikely NemesisThis is the first book on the Wagner Group, the shadowy Russian paramilitary organisation that fought in Ukraine and staged a surprise uprising against Vladimir Putin on 23-24 June. It has been involved in conflicts in Syria, Libya, the Central African Republic, Venezuela and...
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The Value of Hawaiʻi 3: Hulihia, the Turning"Hulihia" refers to massive upheavals that change the landscape, overturn the normal, reverse the flow, and sweep away the prevailing or assumed. We live in such days. Pandemics. Threats to ʻāina. Political dysfunction, cultural appropriation, and disrespect. But also powerful surges toward sustainability, autonomy,...
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The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery; A Rediscovered Narrative, with a Full BiographyA full description of this book will be provided by the publisher when the publication date nears.Author: John Swanson JacobsPublisher: University of Chicago PressPublished: 05/21/2024Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69dISBN: 9780226684307About the AuthorA full author bio will be provided by...
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The Ultimate History Buff Challenge: Over 600 Quiz Questions for Curious History LoversThink you know everything there is to know about history? Think again! The Ultimate History Buff Challenge will push your knowledge to the limit and leave you craving more. With challenges that will test your wits, stump your friends, and keep you guessing until...
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The Trial of a Nazi Doctor: Franz Lucas as Defendant, Opportunist, and DeceiverThe Trial of a Nazi Doctor examines the life of Franz Bernhard Lucas (1911-1994), an SS camp doctor with assignments in Auschwitz, Mauthausen, Stutthof, Ravensbrück, and Sachsenhausen. Covering his career during the Third Reich and then his prosecution after 1945, especially in the Frankfurt...
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The Trail of Tears: The 19th Century Forced Migration of Native AmericansThe Trail of Tears is a fascinating story that revolves around the forced removal of the Native Americans from their ancestral lands in the United States in the 19th century.To understand the occurrence and consequences of the Trail of Tears, it is necessary to...
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The Tories of Chippeny Hill, Connecticut; a Brief Account of the Loyalists of Bristol, Plymouth and Harwinton, Who Founded St. Matthew's Church in EasThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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The Strategists: Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini, and Hitler--How War Made Them and How They Made WarChurchill. Hitler. Stalin. Mussolini. Roosevelt. Five of the most impactful leaders of WW2, each with their own individualistic and idiosyncratic approach to warfare. But if we want to understand their military strategy, we must first understand the strategist. In The Strategists, Professor Phillips Payson...
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The Story of China: The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China DreamMichael Wood has travelled the length and breadth of China, the world's oldest civilization and longest lasting state, to tell a thrilling story of intense drama, fabulous creativity, and deep humanity that stretches back thousands of years. After a century and a half of...
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The Stadium: An American History of Politics, Protest, and PlayThe sweeping story of the American stadium--from the first wooden ballparks to today's glass and steel mega-arenas--revealing how it has made, and remade, American life Stadiums are monuments to recreation, sports, and pleasure. Yet from the earliest ballparks to the present, stadiums have also...
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The Soul of Pittsburgh: Essays on Life, Community and History"Europe stretches to the Alleghenies, America lies beyond." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "They are my people and this is my town and it does my heart good just to be here." - Art Rooney Sr. What does it mean to be from Pittsburgh? Author...
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The Sinking of the Blücher: The Battle of Drøbak Narrows, April 1940A lesser-known event during World War II, the sinking of the Blücher is key part of naval history that marked the beginning of the Norwegian Campaign. The Sinking of the Blücher is a comprehensive investigation into why the German cruiser, named for Gebhard Leberecht...
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The Shining Path in Huancavelica, Peru: Conflict and the Legacy of ExclusionThis is the first work exploring the colonial roots, modern context, trajectory and legacy of the Shining Path insurgency in the region of Huancavelica, Peru, one of Peru's most impoverished and Quechua-speaking regions. The use of terroristic violence to implement a revolutionary and exclusivist...
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The Sheep Industry of Territorial New Mexico: Livestock, Land, and DollarsThe Sheep Industry of Territorial New Mexico offers a detailed account of the New Mexico sheep industry during the territorial period (1846-1912) when it flourished. As a mainstay of the New Mexico economy, this industry was essential to the integration of New Mexico (and...
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The Second World War Fact and Quiz BookPublished by Darby Press, The Second World War Fact and Quiz Book offers the casual student of history, as well as the experienced military enthusiast, a unique perspective on mankind's deadliest of all conflicts. Comprised of 1,000 thought-provoking questions (and answers, if required), The...
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The Roman Empire in Crisis, 248-260: When the Gods Abandoned RomeThis book is a narrative history of a dozen years of turmoil that begins with Rome's millennium celebrations of 248 CE and ends with the capture of the emperor Valerian by the Persians in 260. It was a period of almost unremitting disaster for...
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The Return of History: Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics in the Twenty-First CenturyIn the 2016 CBC Massey Lectures, former Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General and international relations specialist Jennifer Welsh delivers a timely, intelligent, and fascinating analysis of twenty-first-century geopolitics.In 1989, as the Berlin Wall crumbled and the Cold War dissipated, the American political commentator...
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The Resurrection A Biblical StudyDurrwell's classic exploration of the theological significance of the Resurrection of Christ. Argues that the Resurrection is not simply a miraculous event, but a key element in the redemption of humanity, and provides insights into the nature of God and the role of humanity...
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The Other Israel: Voices of Refusal and DissentThe Other Israel is an urgent and passionate intervention by Israeli citizens challenging the continued occupation of Palestinian territory and the failed policies of Ariel Sharon's government. Against a backdrop of increasing violence on both sides, the book presents a broad range of dissenting...
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The Other Border Wars: Conflict and Stasis in Latin American CultureThe Other Border Wars: Conflict and Stasis in Latin American Culture questions bordering as an organizing principle of culture, conflict, and politics. Shannon Dowd argues that Central and South American border conflicts such as the Chaco War, between Bolivia and Paraguay (1932-1935); the Soccer...
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