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Three hundred and fifty-one men were executed by British Army firing squads between September 1914 and November 1920. By far the greatest number, 266 were shot for desertion in the face of the enemy. The executions continue to haunt the history of the war, with talk...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2015-10-29
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Scholarship on the history of the British Isles is currently experiencing a golden age. The breakdown of modernism and the eclipse of both the Marxist tradition and the 'Whig interpretation' that sees all history as progress, combined with the trajectories of...
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Vintage Digital
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2015-10-29
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‘In many respects, the nineteenth century belonged to Britain.’For much of the period between 1800 and 1914 Britain was at the height of its power and influence, one of the world’s superpowers, if not its greatest. It was the golden Victorian age – one of prosperity and...
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Vintage Digital
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2015-10-29
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In 1937 an ordinary school teacher on the island of Maui took a group of under privileged children, most of Japanese ancestry, and trained them to become Olympic swimmers. He called his plan the 'Three-Year Swim Club' and he succeeded in producing true American heroes...
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Little, Brown Book Group
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2015-10-27
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Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was one of the most admired astronomers who ever lived and a key figure in the scientific revolution. A defender of Copernicus´ s sun-centred universe, he famously discovered that planets move in ellipses, and defined the three laws of...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-10-23
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During the Cold War, jazz became a cultural weapon that was employed by both sides to advance their interests. This volume explores the history and roles of jazz in Poland, the German Democratic Republic (GDR), Czechoslovakia, Hungary, the Soviet Union, and the Baltic...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-10-23
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Exam Board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016This is an OCR endorsed resourceBuild strong subject knowledge and skills in A Level History using the in-depth analysis and structured support in this tailor-made series for...
Editeur :
Hodder Education
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2015-10-23
Collection :
OCR A Level History
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Dieses Buch beschäftigt sich mit dem am 25. Februar 1947 durch den Alliierten Kontrollrat verfügten Gesetz Nr. 46 zur Auflösung des Staates Preußen. In einer vorherrschend posthumen Lesart wurde dieser Schritt als ein verspäteter und im Grunde überflüssiger Akt...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-10-23
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Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was one of the most admired astronomers who ever lived and a key figure in the scientific revolution. A defender of Copernicus´ s sun-centred universe, he famously discovered that planets move in ellipses, and defined the three laws of...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-10-22
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'An exceptionally vivid account by a masterly writer' Max Hastings'No book depicts all the myriad aspects better than Jonathan Dimbleby's majestic overview... truly gripping' Andrew Roberts__________________________A gripping tale that transforms our understanding of...
Editeur :
Penguin
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2015-10-22
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How people engaged with materials such as clay or stone, why people dug features such as pits, why they decorated their bodies, or treated their dead in certain ways, were all meaningful in the African past. However, these are subjects that have been generally neglected...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-10-22
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In the last hours of the 1916 Easter Rising, 20-year old Charlie Saurin came face to face with his Commander-in-Chief, Patrick Pearse.In a final gamble, Pearse had a desperate plan to save the collapsing rebellion.It required the sacrifice of Saurin and his comrades.The...
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Transworld Digital
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2015-10-22
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On 4 July 1187 the legendary Muslim leader Saladin destroyed the Crusader army of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem with a terrible slaughter at the battle of Hattin - and went on to restore the Holy City of Jerusalem to Islamic rule.
The carnage at Hattin was the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-10-22
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On 4 July 1187 the legendary Muslim leader Saladin destroyed the Crusader army of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem with a terrible slaughter at the battle of Hattin - and went on to restore the Holy City of Jerusalem to Islamic rule.
The carnage at Hattin was the...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-10-22
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There has been no shortage of heroic stories over the course of the Anzac Centenary: stories of courage and sacrifice, fortitude and endurance, mateship and resolve. But a hundred years on, there is a need for other stories as well - the stories too often marginalised...
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E-Penguin
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2015-10-21
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With 30 historiographical essays by established and rising scholars, this Companion is a comprehensive picture of the presidencies and legacies of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. Examines important national and international events during the 1970s, as well as...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2015-10-21
Collection :
Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History
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Indian Arrivals, 1870-1915: Networks of British Empire explores the rich and complicated landscape of intercultural contact between Indians and Britons on British soil at the height of empire, as reflected in a range of literary writing, including poetry and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-10-15
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Catholic Europe, 1592-1648 examines the processes ofCatholic renewal from a unique perspective; rather than concentrating on the much studied heartlands ofCatholic Europe, it focuses primarily on a series of societies on the European periphery and examines how...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-10-15
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The years leading up to the independence and accompanying partition of India mark a tumultuous period in the history of Bengal. Representing both a major front in the Indian struggle against colonial rule, as well as a crucial Allied outpost in the British/American war...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-10-15
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Here, in a single convenient volume, is the essential reference book for anyone with an interest in British history. First published in 1997, under the editorship of the late John Cannon and in consultation with over 100 distinguished contributors, this Companion has...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-10-15
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