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Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I
Alexander Watson · Basic Books; 1st edition
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For Germany and Austria-Hungary the First World War started with high hopes for a rapid, decisive outcome. Convinced that right was on their side and fearful of the enemies that encircled them, they threw themselves resolutely into battle. Yet, despite the initial halting of a brutal Russian... |
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The Shi'ites of Lebanon: Modernism, Communism, and Hizbullah's Islamists
Rula Jurdi Abisaab · Syracuse University Press
Pages: 350
Format: Print book |
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The complex history of Lebanese Shi'ites has traditionally been portrayed as rooted in religious and sectarian forces. The Abisaabs uncover a more nuanced account in which colonialism, the modern state, social class, and provincial politics profoundly shaped Shi'i society. The authors... |
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Charles James: Beyond Fashion
Jan Reeder · Metropolitan Museum of Art
Format: Hardcover |
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Charles James, often considered to be America’s first couturier, was renowned in the 1940s and 1950s as a master at sculpting fabric for the female form and creating fashions that defined mid-century glamour. Although James had no formal training as a dressmaker, he created strikingly... |
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The Bombers and the Bombed: Allied Air War Over Europe 1940-1945
R J Overy · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 562
Format: Hardcover |
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The ultimate history of the Allied bombing campaigns in World War IITechnology shapes the nature of all wars, and the Second World War hinged on a most unpredictable weapon: the bomb. Day and night, Britain and the United States unleashed massive fleets of bombers to kill and terrorize... |
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The Scorpion's Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War
James Oakes · W W Norton
Pages: 207
Format: Hardcover |
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An award-winning historian illuminates the strategy for ending slavery that precipitated the crisis of civil war. Surrounded by a ring of fire, the scorpion stings itself to death. The image, widespread among antislavery leaders before the Civil War, captures their long-standing strategy... |
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