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  • A War of Frontier and Empire

    The Philippine-American War, 1899–1902

    de David J. Silbey ...
    First-rate military history, A War of Frontier and Empire retells an often forgotten chapter in America's past, infusing it with commanding contemporary relevance.It has been termed an insurgency, a revolution, a guerrilla war, and a conventional war. As David J. Silbey demonstrates in this taut, compelling history, the 1899 Philippine-American War was in fact all of these. Played out over three ... Leer más

    $17.29 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in China

    A History

    de David J. Silbey ...
    A concise history of an uprising that took down a three-hundred-year-old dynasty and united the great powers.The year is 1900, and Western empires are locked in entanglements across the globe. The British are losing a bitter war against the Boers while the German kaiser is busy building a vast new navy. The United States is struggling to put down an insurgency in the South Pacific while the ... Leer más

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  • Wars Civil and Great

    The American Experience in the Civil War and World War I

    Edición de David J. Silbey, Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai ...
    Series series Modern War Studies
    Although the Civil War and the Great War were fought only fifty years apart, the perceived time between these two cataclysmic events seems far longer in popular American memory: the Civil War was the centerpiece of the nineteenth century and lies deep in America’s past whereas World War I was a modern prelude to World War II, a conflict still in living memory. Wars Civil and Great breaks down ... Leer más

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  • The Thirty Years War, 1618–1648

    The First Global War and the End of the Habsburg Supremacy

    de John Pike ...
    The 'Defenestration of Prague', the coup d'etat staged by Protestant Bohemian nobles against officials of the Hapsburg Emperor triggered the Thirty Years War. When Habsburg Spain intervened in support of their Holy Roman Emperor relative, what had started as a localised political and religious dispute in Germany, transformed into a European and global conflict. In seeking to exploit the Bohemian ... Leer más

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  • From Warsaw with Love

    Polish Spies, the CIA, and the Forging of an Unlikely Alliance

    de John Pomfret ...
    From Warsaw with Love is the epic story of how Polish intelligence officers forged an alliance with the CIA in the twilight of the Cold War, told by the award-winning author John Pomfret.Spanning decades and continents, from the battlefields of the Balkans to secret nuclear research labs in Iran and embassy grounds in North Korea, this saga begins in 1990. As the United States cobbles together a ... Leer más

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  • The Hitler Years: Disaster, 1940–1945

    de Frank McDonough ...
    The Second Volume of a new chronicle of the Third Reich under Hitler's hand, ending with his death and Germany's disastrous defeat.In The Hitler Years: Disaster 1940-1945, Frank McDonough completes his brilliant two-volume history of Germany under Hitler's Third Reich.At the beginning of 1940, Germany was at the pinnacle of its power. By May 1945, Hitler was dead and Germany had suffered a ... Leer más

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  • Retreat from Moscow

    A New History of Germany's Winter Campaign, 1941–1942

    de David Stahel ...
    An authoritative revisionist account of the German Winter Campaign of 1941–1942, with maps: "Hair-raising . . . a page-turner." — Kirkus ReviewsGermany's winter campaign of 1941–1942 is commonly seen as its first defeat. In Retreat from Moscow, a bold, gripping account of one of the seminal moments of World War II, David Stahel argues that instead it was its first strategic success in the East. ... Leer más

    $17.29 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

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  • The Arms of Krupp

    The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Dynasty That Armed Germany at War

    de William Manchester ...
    "A colorful, extremely readable account. . . . To be the biographer of Krupp is to write the history of modern Germany." — New York Times Book ReviewIn this narrative of extraordinary richness, depth, and authority, America's preeminent biographer/historian explores the German national character as no other writer has done. The Arms of Krupp brings to life Europe's wealthiest, most powerful family ... Leer más

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  • The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933–1939

    de Frank McDonough ...
    From historian Frank McDonough, the first volume of a new chronicle of the Third Reich under Hitler's hand.On January 30th, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed the German Chancellor of a coalition government by President Hindenburg. Within a few months he had installed a dictatorship, jailing and killing his leftwing opponents, terrorizing the rest of the population and driving Jews out of public ... Leer más

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  • William L. Shirer: Twentieth Century Journey

    The Start, 1904–1930; The Nightmare Years, 1930–1940; A Native's Return, 1945–1988

    de William L. Shirer ...
    Series series Twentieth Century Journey
    Now in one volume: the three-part autobiography from the National Book Award–winning author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.The former CBS foreign correspondent and historian provides an invaluable look back at his life—and the events that forged the twentieth century.The Start (1904-1930): In the first of a three-volume series, Shirer tells the story of his early life, growing up in Cedar ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Inventing the World

    Venice and the Transformation of Western Civilization

    de Meredith Small ...
    An epic cultural journey that reveals how Venetian ingenuity and inventions—from sunglasses and forks to bonds and currency—shaped modernity.How did a small, isolated city—with a population that never exceeded 100,000, even in its heyday—come to transform western civilization? Acclaimed anthropologist Meredith Small, the author of the groundbreaking Our Babies, Ourselves examines the the unique ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Who Invented Underpants?

    The Weird Trivia of Human Invention from Fire to Fast Food (and Everything In Between)

    de Stewart Ross ...
    Series series Fascinating Bathroom Readers
    A comprehensive collection of fun facts about the origins of pretty much everything, from windows to washing machines to websites.This fact-packed collection recounts the origins, invention, and discovery of just about everything, from the big bang to driverless cars. With sections covering topics such as the arts, sports, weapons, buildings, medicine, food, and many more, you can find out ... Leer más

    $11.59 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus