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For sixty years the journal Civil War History has presented the best original scholarship in the study of America's greatest struggle. The Kent State University Press is pleased to present this third volume in its multivolume series, reintroducing the most influential of more than 500 articles published in the journal. From military command, strategy, and tactics to political leadership, race, abolitionism, the draft, and women's issues, and from...
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For more than fifty years the journal Civil War History has presented the best original scholarship in the study of America's greatest struggle. The Kent State University Press is pleased to present this second volume in its multivolume series reintroducing the most influential of the more than 500 articles published in the journal. From military command, strategy, and tactics, to political leadership, race, abolitionism, the draft, and women's issues,...
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Sara Lorenzini is associate professor of international history in the School of International Studies at the University of Trento in Italy.
In the Cold War, "development" was a catchphrase that came to signify progress, modernity, and economic growth. Development aid was closely aligned with the security concerns of the great powers, for whom infrastructure and development projects were ideological tools for conquering hearts and minds around the...
4) Building an Army | Children's Military & War History Books: Children's Military & War History Books
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There isn't anything good about war except for the lessons that can be learned from each of them. Every war in the history happened for a reason or a lot of reasons and that's exactly why they need to be discussed. This book aims to inform, educate and avoid the mistakes of the past from happening today. Get this book here.
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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.
From the end of World War Two to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia and America eyed each other with suspicion and hostility as the world lived in the shadow of the Cold War. As post-war Europe was rebuilt, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin struggled to maintain peace among the former Eastern and Western Allies. Two ideologies, two political systems, two cultures, two superpowers became...
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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. 'War, what is it good for?' THE VIETNAM WAR: HISTORY IN AN HOUR gives a gripping account of the most important Cold War-era conflict, fought between the United States and the Viet Cong, the Vietnam People's Army and their Communist allies. It was one of the most traumatic military conflicts America has ever been involved in - and provoked a backlash of anti-war protests at home.
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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. Bringing together the military might's of the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United Nations States, the Korean War raged for three years from 1950 to 1953. Not only the result of a carving of Korean territories following the Pacific conflicts of the Second World War, it was also a battle of ideologies as General MacArthur's American military forces occupied...
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People could truly learn so much reading history, there's no doubt about that. This military and war history book is intended for the younger generation to know enough about how and why civilizations were conquered in the past. It is highly important that the children of today be knowledgeable about yesterday's feats. Relive some of the world's best histories. Get a copy now.
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No, this book does not and will never promote war or any battle to your kids' precious young minds. This book aims to provide knowledge on military and war history for your children to learn from. The book also discusses brilliant battle strategies to highlight the wisdom and effort our war heroes have exerted to fight for their principles and rights. Grab your copy now!
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The narrative of the Korean War in the West, and particularly in the United States, tells the tale of a conflict between two global superpowers and competing ideologies in a far-flung corner of the globe.
The reality is that the wheels of motion that drove the country to war in 1950 began turning long before American boots set foot on Korean soil. The heart of the conflict was a civil war between a population arbitrarily divided by colonization and...
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West Virginia is the only state formed by seceding from a Confederate state. And its connections to the Civil War run deep. One day at a time, award-winning historian Michael Graham presents intriguing, event-driven anecdotes and history related to the state. On July 11, 1861, a Union force attacked 1,300 Confederate troops camped at Rich Mountain in a renowned battle. Confederate guerrillas raided Hacker's Creek on June 12, 1864. Find little-known...
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Explore how the Korean War started, the aftermath, and the events in between!
The narrative of the Korean War in the West, and particularly in the United States, tells the tale of a conflict between two global superpowers and competing ideologies in a far-flung corner of the globe. The reality is that the wheels of motion that drove the country to war in 1950 began turning long before American boots set foot on Korean soil. The heart of the conflict...
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This book is perfect for the future armies of the world. Raise patriotic children with this Children's Military and War History Book entitled Armies for Life. The memories of all war heroes and victims should be kept alive from one generation to another. This book strongly believes and upholds this idea. Get it here now.
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The ability to forget the violent twentieth-century past was long seen as a virtue in Spain, even a duty. But the common wisdom has shifted as increasing numbers of Spaniards want to know what happened, who suffered, and who is to blame. Memory Battles of the Spanish Civil War shows how historiography, fiction, and photography have shaped our views of the 1936-39 war and its long, painful aftermath.
Faber traces the curious trajectories of iconic...
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Illustrated with over 40 photos and 10 maps. Official history of a NZ Regiment which saw service in the Middle East in the Great War. The Regiment was established in 1911, but this book deals solely with its WWI services - Egypt, Gallipoli and Palestine (Gaza, Beersheba, Jerusalem, Jordan). The narrative is clear and informative, with plenty of detail and with many individuals mentioned by name (especially casualties).
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Sure, you've probably heard about the Revolutionary War. It was a period of awakening and of fighting for what people believed in. But have you also heard about how life was like for the colonists at that time? Surely, it wasn't easy and this book will tell you all about the details. Are you ready to uncover the truth? Then grab a copy today!
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Can you believe how differences can create a war that lasts for a hundred years? In this history book, you'll be reading about the Hundred Years War. You'll be learning why it happened, who the main personalities were and how it ended. Do you think another hundred years war is possible? We can never truly know for sure!
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What really happened when the world's two greatest superpowers went head to head during the Cold War? We Now Know is a major reappraisal of the struggle for political and ideological supremacy between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1945 to the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
Published in 1997 by Pulitzer Prize-winning American John Lewis Gaddis-"The Dean Of Cold War Historians" according to the New York Times-We Now Know uses fascinating...
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After the Civil War came the tedious task of rehabilitation. The way of life of most Southerners have been uprooted. Many former slaves have been set free but with no means of starting over. This book focuses on the reconstruction, the opposing view coming from political parties and the problems that came with it. It will end with the triumphs of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments.
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