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The first book-length treatment of the Damietta Crusade in almost 40 years, written in accessible language and driven by a narrative and analysis firmly grounded in the primary sources in multiple languages.

The Company's Sword reveals how the British East India Company acquired a private army and how Indian and European soldiers shaped the Company's expansion. Tracing the institutional development of the Company's armies alongside the rebellions that challenged its growth, Christina Welsch uncovers the militarism at the heart of colonial India.

Defying an impossible fate, destiny's abruptly rewritten by unimaginable paths. Eerie synchronicity directs a miraculous escape from grips of WWII Europe to America, as skilled artistry quiets chaos in a quest for truth and self-peace.

Examining one of the defining events of the twentieth century, Doris L. Bergen situates the Holocaust in its historical, political, social, cultural, and military contexts. Including firsthand accounts from perpetrators, victims, and eyewitnesses, her book is immediate, human, and eminently readable.

Preventing Nuclear War: The Medical and Humanitarian Case for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons provides a window into the work of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) health professionals, advocates and activists.

Aspects of British Policy and the Treaty of Versailles looks at some key issues involving British policy and the Treaty of Versailles, one of the twentieth century's most controversial international agreements.

This book, spanning the years 1965-1967-the years leading up to and culminating in the June 1967 Six Day War-is the fourth in a four-volume collection of documents from the Russian Federation and the Israeli State Archives portraying relations between the Soviet Union and the State of Israel.

This book, spanning the years 1961-1964, is the third in a four-part collection of documents from the archives of the Russian Federation's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Israel State Archives portraying relations between the Soviet Union and the State of Israel.

This book, spanning the years 1954-1957, is the first in a four-part collection of documents from the archives of the Russian Federation's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Israel State Archives portraying relations between the Soviet Union and the State of Israel.

This book, spanning the years 1957-1961, is the second in a four-part collection of documents from the archives of the Russian Federation's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Israel State Archives portraying relations between the Soviet Union and the State of Israel.

This collection includes articles focusing on women's depiction in contemporary writing on the crusades and their involvement with the military religious orders, the Templars' and Hospitallers' relations with the rulers of Latin Christendom and with their noble patrons, and their operations in Britain and Ireland.

What does reconciliation mean and entail? Is collective reconciliation for entire societies or nations possible? This book aims to present it as a highly achievable albeit difficult and complex goal requiring political and collective commitment, resources, and-most importantly-the will to change.

This book explores how information and communications technologies are adapted, governed, and reinterpreted in areas where the state has limited reach.This book will be of great interest to students of Socio-Legal Studies, Science and Technology Studies, (Critical) Security Studies and International Relations.

Explores a Cold War concept of technology as a catastrophic influence on modern politics

India and Israel contextualises the varied aspects of the partnership between India and Israel, with a specific focus on the dominant driver - the defence engagement between the two sides, forged in the context of mutual complementarities.

The Spatiality of Violence in Post-war Cities analyses violence in post-war cities from different perspectives and in different parts of the world, with a shared attention to space and how it affects violent dynamics.

A comprehensive operational and technical account of the Luftwaffe's famous Zerstörer, from its inception as a new type of combat aircraft to its service on all fronts in defence of the Reich.

A chronological narrative of the CIA's assassination operations during the Kennedy Administration.

A riveting history book that reads like a novel, STIRLING'S MEN investigates the story of the SAS from its creation by David Stirling to the last battles of World War II. This is the first account of the SAS to be officially supported by the veterans and based on their unique first-hand testimony. Gavin Mortimer weaves their stories together to produce a fabulous page-turning narrative that will capture the imagination.

The extraordinary true stories of German resistance to Hitler's murderous orders at the end of the Second World War.In the last months of World War II, Hitler ordered destruction across Europe on a massive scale: wrecking towns, ports, industries, museums and railways. Yet a brave few, many of whom paid with their lives, disobeyed Hitler's orders. In this fascinating and gripping book, Randall Hansen explores some of the great untold mysteries of the war. Was Rommel planning to open the Western Front to Allied forces as part of the plot to kill Hitler in 1944? Did Albert Speer single-handedly prevent the destruction of all features of civilised life across Europe? And did the actions of one Prussian general save Paris from total devastation?A gripping account of resistance in the face of tyranny in the 80th anniversary of the last year of the war. Perfect for readers of Max Hastings and Tom Holland.

Scotland's unique geography and topography provided a useful base for Allied military preparations during the Cold War. This book explores Scotland's critical position on the front line.

With the men missing in action, can the Bomber Girls find a way to bring them home?Pearl, Thea and Jenny fling themselves into making Fenthorpe as festive as it can be, hoping they will be able to celebrate the end of C-Charlie's tour. Disaster strikes when the squadron has to make a forced landing behind enemy lines and all the crewmen are reported missing. Pearl and Thea's grandmother, Edith, immediately travels to Lincoln to support her granddaughters. But Edith has history at Fenthorpe - can the girls uncover her secrets to help their grandmother find new romance?And can C-Charlie evade capture and survive in enemy-occupied Holland to make it home for Christmas?It's never too late to fall in love in this heartwarming Second World War saga, perfect for fans of Soraya Lane, Kate Thompson and Lizzie Page.

The joint Allied invasion of Sicily, the first successful attempt to occupy enemy territory, and the precursor for both the invasion of Italy and the later Normandy campaign.

'As a military historian Max Hastings has few equals.' - Times Literary Supplement One of the greatest military feats during the Second World War was the transformation of the German force's activities in the weeks following the battles in Holland and on the German border, where the Allies had finally inflicted the greatest catastrophes of modern war on them. Somehow the Germans found the strength to halt the Allied advance in its tracks and to prolong the war to 1945. Armageddon by Max Hastings is the epic story of those last eight months of the war in northern Europe.