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If secret agents were truly secret, books such as this could never be written. Fortunately for the curious reader, agents become double agents, spies rat out their handlers, and intelligence officer……続きを見る

Ron Evans takes you Behind the scenes and delivers mouth-watering knowledge about desert storm, desert storm facts, desert storm for kids, desert shield and more. 続きを見る

This edited volume explores conscription in the Napoleonic era, tracing the roots of European conscription and exploring the many methods that states used to obtain the manpower they needed to prose……続きを見る

Amsterdam is not just any city. Despite its relative size it has stood alongside its larger cousins - Paris, London, Berlin - and has influenced the modern world to a degree that few other cities ha……続きを見る

This edition features • a linked Table of Contents, linked Footnotes, and linked Index CONTENTS (abridged list) CHAPTER I. CAUSES OF THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR. CHAPTER II. THE BOHEMIAN REVOLUTION. CHAPT……続きを見る

Mark Zuehlke, author of the Canadian Battle Series, writes of this book, “Jan Braakman's War in the Corner offers an insightful, dramatic, and evocative examination of the experiences of one small N……続きを見る

Are you looking for a journey that will take you through 100 of the, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choic……続きを見る

Tamburlaine the Great is a play in two parts by Christopher Marlowe. It is loosely based on the life of the Central Asian emperor, Timur "the lame". Written in 1587 or 1588, the play is a milestone ……続きを見る

A study of Brazil during a critical formative period which illuminates the causes of her special historical development within Latin America. Professor Maxwell analyzes the shifting relationships be……続きを見る

Few periods illustrate so well the dilemma posed by the appearance of a revolutionary power; and the problems of organizing a legitimate order, as the decade after the Napoleonic Wars. Revolutionary……続きを見る

A major work of history that for the first time reveals the violence and terror at the heart of Britain's civilizing mission in Kenya As part of the Allied forces, thousands of Kenyans fought alongs……続きを見る

"Mare Liberum" is a book (originally written in Latin) on international law written by the Dutch jurist and philosopher Hugo Grotius. In Mare Liberum, Grotius formulated the new principle that the s……続きを見る

From Robert Hughes, one of the greatest art and cultural critics of our time, comes a sprawling, comprehensive, and deeply personal history of Romeーas city, as empire, and, crucially, as an origin ……続きを見る

Much has been written about the origins of the great push which led Europe to colonise sub-Saharan Africa at the end of the nineteenth century. This book provides a new perspective on this controver……続きを見る

"Rich in history and admirable scholarship. . . . It's a fine grande champagne of a book, to be savored over and over." -Patricia Wells, author of The Provence Cookbook Called the "brandy of the god……続きを見る

Examining women's property rights in different societies across the entire medieval and early modern Mediterranean, this volume introduces a unique comparative perspective to the complexities of gen……続きを見る

The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Rome generated its own nemesis. Ce……続きを見る

This edited volume sets out to explore the paradox that the European Union (EU) produces policies with strategic qualities, but lacks the institutions and concepts to engage in strategic reasoning a……続きを見る

How the age of the great WWI aces came to an end in the skies over the Western Front At the beginning of 1918 the great aces seemed invincible. Flying above the battlefields of the Western Front, th……続きを見る

Shortly after moving to Spain and converting from Judaism to Catholicism, the events of those times - World War I and the Spanish Civil War - led Robert on an adventure even he couldn't have imagine……続きを見る

To coincide with the Channel 4 series to be aired at the end of this year – David Starkey's ‘Monarchy’ charts the rise of the British monarchy from the War of the Roses, the English Civil War and th……続きを見る

The discovery of a hidden diary containing mysterious sketches leads to a personal and intriguing journey through the Saar Valley London New York and Israel. As a clinical psychologist and child of ……続きを見る

You’ve probably heard of Saint Valentine’s Day. You may have given someone a card or a present. You may even have done it in secret, and watched the look of happiness on their face. You probably tri……続きを見る

Key note: The Battle of Albuera was one of the bloodiest, and yet least decisive of the battles fought in the Peninsular War. In the spring of 1811, the French armies in Portgual were in headlong re……続きを見る

The untold story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World Warーnow a Netflix original series starring Jose Miguel Vasquez, Bryan Hibbard, and Bradley James “Exceptiona……続きを見る

Muita tinta tem corrido relatando o intenso romance de Napoleão e Josefina. O que permanece, mais ou menos desconhecido, é a personalidade sedutora deste grande general que, ao longo da sua vida, am……続きを見る

A comprehensive study – recently updated for the eBook edition – which introduces the reader to the vigour and variety of the fourth century AD. After being beset by invasion, civil war and internal……続きを見る

This book seeks to reassess the role of Europe in the end of the Cold War and the process of German unification. Much of the existing literature on the end of the Cold War has focused primarily on t……続きを見る

Bede (672 – 26 May 735), also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede, was an English monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth and of its companion monastery, Sain……続きを見る

“Attention, ‘Game of Thrones’ fans: The most enjoyably sensational aspects of medieval politicsーdouble-crosses, ambushes, bizarre personal obsessions, lunacy and naked self-interestーare in abundan……続きを見る