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  • Strange Victory

    Hitler's Conquest of France

    by Ernest R. May ...
    "[A] splendid revisionist work," this history examines Germany's World War II successful campaign against France in 1940 ( Los Angeles Times Book Review ).Before the Nazis killed him for his work in the French Resistance, the great historian Marc Bloch wrote a famous short book, Strange Defeat, about the treatment of his nation at the hands of an enemy the French had believed they could easily ... Read more

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  • Transforming U.S. Intelligence

    Series series Georgetown Center for Security Studies
    The intelligence failures exposed by the events of 9/11 and the missing weapons of mass destruction in Iraq have made one thing perfectly clear: change is needed in how the U.S. intelligence community operates. Transforming U.S. Intelligence argues that transforming intelligence requires as much a look to the future as to the past and a focus more on the art and practice of intelligence rather ... Read more

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  • Suez Deconstructed

    An Interactive Study in Crisis, War, and Peacemaking

    Experiencing a major crisis from different viewpoints, step by step. The Suez crisis of 1956—now little more than dim history for many people—offers a master class in statecraft. It was a potentially explosive Middle East confrontation capped by a surprise move that reshaped the region for years to come. It was a diplomatic crisis that riveted the world's attention. And it was a short but ... Read more

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  • Bach Perspectives, Volume 2

    J. S. Bach, the Breitkopfs, and Eighteenth-Century Music Trade

    Series series Bach Perspectives
    Launched in 1995, Bach Perspectives has become the premier English-language serial book series dedicated to cutting-edge Bach scholarship. The University of Illinois Press now offers the first four volumes in open access editions available for free to all interested readers.From 1727 to 1787, the Bach and the Breitkopf families enjoyed close professional ties forged by the growing trade between ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • History and Neorealism

    Neorealists argue that all states aim to acquire power and that state cooperation can therefore only be temporary, based on a common opposition to a third country. This view condemns the world to endless conflict for the indefinite future. Based upon careful attention to actual historical outcomes, this book contends that, while some countries and leaders have demonstrated excessive power drives, ... Read more

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  • Early Saints and Other Saintly Stories for Children

    This book puts the stories of different Saints into a format that allows children to understand them. ... Read more

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician

    The Learned Musician

    Finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Biography. A landmark biography of Bach on the 250th anniversary of the composer's death, written by the leading Bach scholar of our age.Although we have heard the music of J. S. Bach in countless performances and recordings, the composer himself still comes across only as an enigmatic figure in a single familiar portrait. As we mark the 250th anniversary of ... Read more

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  • The Tragedy of Great Power Politics

    "A superb book....Mearsheimer has made a significant contribution to our understanding of the behavior of great powers."—The National Interest, Barry R. PosenA decade after the cold war ended, policy makers and academics foresaw a new era of peace and prosperity, an era in which democracy and open trade would herald the "end of history." The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, sadly shattered ... Read more

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  • Dark Continent

    Europe's Twentieth Century

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  • The Beethoven Encyclopedia

    by Paul Nettl ...
    This comprehensive A-to-Z reference is comprised of detailed and authoritative entries on every aspect of the great composer's life.Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the most famous and revered composers in classical music. His instantly recognizable concertos and symphonies continue to be among the most performed by symphonies across the globe. In this definitive reference volume, eminent ... Read more

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