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On the Origins of War: And the Preservation of Peace On the Origins of War: And the Preservation of Peace
by Donald Kagan

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By lucidly revealing the common threads that connect the ancient confrontations between Athens and Sparta and between Rome and Carthage with the two calamitous world wars of the 20th century and the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kagan reveals new insights into... (read more)

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NATO and the Warsaw Pact: Intrabloc Conflicts NATO and the Warsaw Pact: Intrabloc Conflicts
by Mary Ann Heiss

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There is no shortage of literature addressing the workings, influence, and importance of Nato and the Warsaw Pact individually or how the two blocs faced off during the decades of the Cold War. However, little has been written about the various intrabloc... (read more)

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Uppity Women of the Renaissance Uppity Women of the Renaissance
by Vicki Leon

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The author of "Uppity Women of Ancient Times" introduces some of history's most outrageous women from Renaissance times. Illustrations.... (read more)

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Living Through the End of the Cold War (Living Through the Cold War) Living Through the End of the Cold War (Living Through the Cold War)
by Jeff Hay

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This volume examines what life was like for ordinary people during the exciting years of the 1980s and 1990s when the decades-long Cold War came to an end. It includes the speeches and ideas of such leaders as U.S. president Ronald Reagan and Soviet... (read more)

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Versions of History from Antiquity to the Enlightenment Versions of History from Antiquity to the Enlightenment
by Donald Kelly

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There are many problems verifying arms reduction under existing treaties and, more importantly, under the treaties now being negotiated with the Soviet Union. These proceedings of the London (UK) Workshop on Verification of Nuclear and Conventional... (read more)

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Power and Profit: The Merchant in Medieval Europe Power and Profit: The Merchant in Medieval Europe
by Peter Spufford

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 414-428) and index.... (read more)

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The Past Within Us: Media, Memory, History The Past Within Us: Media, Memory, History
by Tessa Morris Suzuki

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Despite predictions of the "death of the past" and the "end of history," the past refuses to go away. In fact, the start of the twenty-first century has seen an upsurge of interest in popular representations of history on the large and small screen, and... (read more)

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Crusades Crusades
by Michael Paine

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This book examines the bloody, violent, and sometimes farcical reality behind our images of the Crusades, traces the chronology of the campaigns from 1095, when the first crusade was set in motion by Pope Urban II, to 1291, and the fall of Acre, and... (read more)

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World Since 1945 World Since 1945
by T E Vadney

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The world since 1945 has witnessed fundamental changes, notably the increasing influence of the West -- particularly the United States -- in a variety of spheres, the emergence and collapse of the U.S.S.R., the end of colonial empires in Asia and Africa,... (read more)

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That Sweet Enemy That Sweet Enemy
by Robert Tombs

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A definitive study of the unique and endlessly fascinating relationship between France and Britain — and its effects on the world. The relationship between Britain and France is one of the catalysts of world history. Their geographical proximity... (read more)

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I Wish I'd Been Therea(r), Book Two: European History I Wish I'd Been Therea(r), Book Two: European History
by Byron Hollinshead

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What is the scene or incident in European history that you would like to have witnessed—and why?This is the question that the editors posed to twenty superb historians who wrote a personal essay in response. The result is this engrossing book, a... (read more)

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European Integration: Trade and Industry European Integration: Trade and Industry
by L A Winters

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An important contribution to our understanding of the effects of the completion of the European internal market in 1992.... (read more)

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Cleopatra Cleopatra
by Ernle Bradford

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Cleopatra was an intellectual, an astute politician, and a powerful Queen of Egypt, but most people remember her primarily as a seductress. In this illuminating biography, Ernle Bradford suggests that Cleopatra's prurient reputation was likely... (read more)

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Power & Greed: A Short History of the World Power & Greed: A Short History of the World
by Phillipe Gigantes

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With purposeful brevity and intellectual liveliness Philippe Gigantes examines the progress of humanity through the centuries, and behind every critical event, in every culture and every era, he finds repeatedly the same two driving forces—... (read more)

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The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West
by Niall Ferguson

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Astonishing in its scope and erudition, this is the magnum opus that Niall Ferguson's numerous acclaimed works have been leading up to. In it, he grapples with perhaps the most challenging questions of modern history: Why was the twentieth century... (read more)

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The First Crusade: A New History The First Crusade: A New History
by Thomas Asbridge

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The chilling reverberations of the brutal First Crusade still echo in the world today, as revealed in this gripping account of the titanic, three-year adventure. Maps.... (read more)

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Bring Out Your Dead: The Past as Revelation Bring Out Your Dead: The Past as Revelation
by Anthony Grafton

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The work of the Renaissance humanists comes to life in Anthony Grafton's exploration of the primary sources and modern scholarship, classical and modern elements in the world of European letters from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. Tracing the... (read more)

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Sources of Social Power Volume 2 1760 1914 Sources of Social Power Volume 2 1760 1914
by Michael Mann

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This second volume of Mann’s analytical history of social power deals with power relations between the Industrial Revolution and WWI.... (read more)

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Society and the Holy in Late Antiquity Society and the Holy in Late Antiquity
by Peter Brown

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With the blend of art and learning that is the hallmark of his work, Peter Brown here examines how the sacred impinged upon the profane during the first Christian millennium.... (read more)

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The Age of Revolution: Europe, 1789-1848 The Age of Revolution: Europe, 1789-1848
by Eric Hobsbawm

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This magisterial volume follows the death of ancient traditions, the triumph of new classes, and the emergence of new technologies, sciences, and ideologies, with vast intellectual daring and aphoristic elegance. Part of Eric Hobsbawm's epic four-volume... (read more)

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