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  • Sedan 1870

    The Eclipse of France

    A historian analyzes the Franco-Prussian War's Battle of Sedan, from its causes and effects, to the characters involved.The Franco-Prussian War was a turning point in the history of nineteenth-century Europe, and the Battle of Sedan was the pivotal event in that war. For the Germans, their overwhelming victory symbolized the birth of their nation, forged in steel and tempered in the blood of the ... Leer más

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  • Three German Invasions of France

    The Summers Campaigns of 1830, 1914, 1940

    Tension and rivalry between France and Germany shaped the history of Western Europe in the century from 1860. Three times that hostility led to war and the invasion of France - in 1870, 1914 and 1940. The outcomes of the battles that followed reset the balance of power across the continent. Yet the German invasions tend to be viewed as separate events, in isolation, rather than as connected ... Leer más

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  • France at Bay, 1870–1871

    The Struggle for Paris

    The Franco-Prussian War did not end with the catastrophic French defeat at Sedan on 1 September 1870 when an entire French army surrendered, the Emperor Napoleon III was captured and his regime collapsed. The war went on for another five agonizing months, and resolved itself into a contest for Paris—for while Paris held out, France was undefeated. The story of this dramatic final phase of the war ... Leer más

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  • Frederick the Great

    A Military History

    A biography of the Prussian king and military legend from " America's leading historian" (Jeremy Black, author of Imperial Legacies).Famed for his military successes and domestic reforms, Frederick the Great was a remarkable leader whose campaigns were a watershed in the history of Europe, securing Prussia's place as a continental power and inaugurating a new pattern of total war that was to ... Leer más

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  • The Battle of the Berezina

    Napoleon's Great Escape

    Series series Campaign Chronicles
    The full story of Napoleon's legendary escape from Russia under seemingly impossible odds is recounted in this thrillingly vivid military history.In the winter of 1812, Napoleon's army retreated from Moscow under appalling conditions, hunted by three separate Russian armies. By late November, Napoleon had reached the banks of the River Berezina—the last natural obstacle between his army and the ... Leer más

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  • The Hundred Years War

    A People's History

    de David Green ...
    What life was like for ordinary French and English people, embroiled in a devastating century-long conflict that changed their world.The Hundred Years War (1337–1453) dominated life in England and France for well over a century. It became the defining feature of existence for generations. This sweeping book is the first to tell the human story of the longest military conflict in history. Historian ... Leer más

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  • Endkampf

    Soldiers, Civilians, and the Death of the Third Reich

    "This thoroughly researched and superbly written study" examines the final days of WWII combat within Germany during the occupation of Franconia ( WWII History).At the end of World War II, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower turned US forces toward the Franconian region of Germany, ordering them to cut off and destroy German units before they could escape into the Alps. Opposing this advance were German ... Leer más

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  • The Anglo-Saxons at War, 800–1066

    de Paul Hill ...
    The historian and archeologist presents a vivid and comprehensive account of warfare in early Medieval England.In this compelling new study, Paull Hill reveals what documentary records and the growing body of archaeological evidence can tell us about war and combat in the age of the great Anglo-Saxon kings. The violent centuries before the Norman Conquest come to life in this detailed account of ... Leer más

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  • What Stalin Knew

    The Enigma of Barbarossa

    This "riveting account of one of history's greatest blunders" chronicles Russia's tragic mishandling of Nazi Germany's invasion during WWII (William L. O'Neill, The New Leader).On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany's Operation Barbarossa was launched against Russia. Within days, the invading army had taken hundreds of thousands of Soviet captives while the Luftwaffe bombed a number of Russian cities, ... Leer más

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  • The Robber Barons

    The Classic Account of the Influential Capitalists Who Transformed America's Future

    "The best, the liveliest and most illuminating" account of Rockefeller, Morgan, and the other men who seized American economic power after the Civil War ( The New Republic).John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, E. H. Harriman, Jay Gould, Henry Clay Frick . . . their names carry a powerful historical ring, still echoing today in the countless institutions that ... Leer más

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  • The War of the Spanish Succession, 1701–1714

    de James Falkner ...
    How the death of a childless monarch sparked a bloody conflict that raged across Europe and beyond.The War of the Spanish Succession, fought between 1701 and 1714 to decide who should inherit the Spanish throne, was a conflict on an unprecedented scale, stretching across most of western Europe, the high seas, and the Americas. Yet this major subject is not well known and little understood. James ... Leer más

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  • The Secrets of Alchemy

    Series series Synthesis
    "This elegant, readable book…covers the history of alchemy from its shadowy origins in Hellenistic Egypt to its scholarly recovery in the 20th century" (Anthony Grafton, Science).In The Secrets of Alchemy, science historian and practicing chemist Lawrence M. Principe dispels commonly held misconceptions about alchemy and sheds light on what it was, how it began, and how it influenced a range of ... Leer más

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