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Utah Beach
The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations on D-Day, June 6, 1944
In this unforgettable narrative of D-Day, Joseph Balkoski describes the minute-by-minute combat as it unfolded on Omaha Beach, allowing soldiers to speak for themselves as they recall their attempts to maneuver bombers through heavy cloud cover, the claustrophobic terror aboard transports, and the relentless fire that greeted them on the beach.
ISBN-13: 9780811733779 (Paperback)
Publisher: STACKPOLE BOOKS (NBN)
Imprint: STACKPOLE BOOKS
Joseph Balkoski
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Local release date: 16/10/2006
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Categories: General & world history [HBG]Postwar 20th century history, from c1945 to c2000 [HBLW3]Military history [HBW]

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Mask of Anarchy
The Destruction of Liberia and the Religious Dimension of an African Civ
Liberia has been one of Africa's most violent trouble spots. This book traces the history of the civil war that has blighted Liberia and looks at its political, ethnic and cultural roots. It focuses on the role religion and ritual have played in shaping and intensifying this brutal war.
ISBN-13: 9780814722381 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Stephen Ellis
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AUD $64.99
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Local release date: 01/10/2006
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Categories: African history [HBJH]Postwar 20th century history, from c1945 to c2000 [HBLW3]Military history [HBW]Liberia [1HFDL]c 1990 to c 2000 [3JJPR]

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The Barbarization of Warfare
The images from Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad have been a grim reminder of warfare's undiminished capacity for brutality and indiscriminate excess. What happened in Abu Ghraib has happened before: the World War II, and more recent wars and insurgencies in Algeria, Congo, Angola, Vietnam, Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya, and many others, all bear witness ......
ISBN-13: 9780814747964 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
George Kassimeris
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AUD $184.00
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Local release date: 01/10/2006
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Categories: Military history [HBW]Religious freedom / freedom of worship [JPVH4]

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The Barbarization of Warfare
Explores the effects of the barbarization of warfare on our cultures and societies
ISBN-13: 9780814747971 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
George Kassimeris
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AUD $60.99
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Local release date: 01/10/2006
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Categories: Military history [HBW]Religious freedom / freedom of worship [JPVH4]

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Generals in Blue and Gray
Davis'S Generals
The twenty-one profiles of Confederate generals in this volume chronicle the South's war effort. Familiar leaders such as Lee, Jackson, and Stuart are each covered, as are the notorious Nathan Bedford Forrest, Episcopalian bishop Leonidas Polk, and John C. Breckinridge, who ran against Lincoln in 1860 and briefly served in the US Senate.
ISBN-13: 9780811732888 (Paperback)
Publisher: STACKPOLE BOOKS (NBN)
Imprint: STACKPOLE BOOKS
Wilmer L. Jones
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Local release date: 15/08/2006
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Categories: History of the Americas [HBJK]Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL]Military history [HBW]

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Generals in Blue and Gray
Lincoln'S Generals
The twenty-one profiles of Confederate generals in this volume chronicle the South's war effort. Familiar leaders such as Lee, Jackson, and Stuart are each covered, as are the notorious Nathan Bedford Forrest, Episcopalian bishop Leonidas Polk, and John C. Breckinridge, who ran against Lincoln in 1860 and briefly served in the US Senate.
ISBN-13: 9780811732864 (Paperback)
Publisher: STACKPOLE BOOKS (NBN)
Imprint: STACKPOLE BOOKS
Wilmer L. Jones
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Local release date: 19/07/2006
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Categories: History of the Americas [HBJK]Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL]Military history [HBW]

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Elmira
Death Camp of the North
The Civil War prison camp at Elmira, New York, had the highest death rate of any prison camp in the North: almost 25 percent. Comparatively, the overall death rate of all Northern prison camps was just over 11 percent; in the South, the death rate was just over 15 percent. Clearly, something went wrong in Elmira.
ISBN-13: 9780811732765 (Paperback)
Publisher: STACKPOLE BOOKS (NBN)
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Michael Horigan
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AUD $40.99
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Local release date: 19/02/2006
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Categories: History of the Americas [HBJK]Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL]Military history [HBW]Prisoners of war [JWXR]New York [1KBBEY]

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Spanish-Cuban-American War and the Birth of American Imperialism: v. 2
This volume covers the imposition of U.S. domination over Cuba through the Platt Amendment, which marks the beginning of U.S. neocolonialism.
ISBN-13: 9780853452676 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: MONTHLY REVIEW PRESS
Philip Sheldon Foner
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Local release date: 14/03/2005
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Categories: Military history [HBW]

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A Survey of Chemical and Biological Warfare
An in-depth analysis of nearly all chemical and biological weapons, their effects, and the politics surrounding their deployment.
ISBN-13: 9780853452232 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: MONTHLY REVIEW PRESS
John Cookson, Judith Nottingham
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Local release date: 13/01/2005
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Categories: Military history [HBW]Chemical & biological weapons [JWMC]