For King and Kaiser: Scenes from Saxony's War in Flanders 1914–1918 9781526748652, 9781526748645, 1526748657

The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War 1324006498, 9781324006497

One of America’s finest reporters and essayists explores the powerful currents beneath the roiled waters of a nation com

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An Instinct for War: Scenes from the Battlefields of History 9780674043930

Spiller locates a dozen turning points in the history of warfare that altered our understanding of war and its pursuit.

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King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins Who Led the World to War 0802718833, 9780802718839

The extraordinary family story of George V, Wilhelm II, and Nicholas II: they were tied to one another by history, and h

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King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins Who Led the World to War 0802718833, 9780802718839

The extraordinary family story of George V, Wilhelm II, and Nicholas II: they were tied to one another by history, and h

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A German Deserter's War Experience: Fighting for the Kaiser in the First World War 9781783463176, 9781473850118, 9781473850293, 1783463171

In 1913 Julius Koettgen, a pacifist and a socialist, was drafted into the ranks of sapper battalion No. 30. He dutifully

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Authors in Court: Scenes from the Theater of Copyright 9780674969926

Through a series of vivid case studies, Authors in Court charts the 300-year-long dance between authorship and copyright

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Light in Germany: Scenes from an Unknown Enlightenment 9780226205243

Germany’s political and cultural past from ancient times through World War II has dimmed the legacy of its Enlightenment

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Enough: Scenes from Childhood 9780571362912, 0571362915

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Two Cakes Fit for a King: Folktales from Vietnam 9780824840488

For centuries, Vietnamese have sustained the history of their nation, both actual and mythic, through their folklore. Th

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Bristol and the Civil War: For King and Parliament 9780750951388, 0750951389

In the seventeenth century Bristol was the second city of England. It was the main west coast port, an internationally i

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