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Military History
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And There Was Light : Abraham Lincoln and the American Experiment€41.99A president who governed a divided country has much to teach us in a twenty-first-century moment of polarization and political crisis. Hated and hailed, excoriated and revered, Abraham Lincoln was at the pinnacle of American power when implacable secessionists gave no quarter in a clash of visions bound up with money, race, identity, and faith. In him we can see the possibilities of the presidency as well as its limitations.
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The History of Russia : From the Rus' people to President Putin€23.99From monarchy to the world's first socialist state, from Communism to Capitalism, from mass poverty to Europe's new super rich, Russia has seen immense revolutions in just the past century, including purges, poisonings, famines, assassinations and massacres.
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Nuclear Folly : A New History of the Cuban Missile Crisis€18.99For more than four weeks in the autumn of 1962 the world teetered. The consequences of a misplaced step during the Cuban Missile Crisis could not have been more grave. Ash and cinder, famine and fallout; nuclear war between the two most-powerful nations on Earth.
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A Pretoria Boy : The Story of South Africa's 'Public Enemy Number One'€14.99The powerful and timely story of Peter Hain's political life fighting South African apartheid and modern-day corruption. Peter Hain has had a dramatic 50-year political career, in Britain and his native South Africa.
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The Bletchley Park Codebreakers in Their Own Words€31.99This important volume tells the story of Bletchley Park through countless letters written by key players to former colleagues and loved ones as the war unfolded. Having intercepted millions of German communications, the codebreakers had felt bound by the Official Secrets Act and said little about their wartime activities.
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Abyss : The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962€36.99The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union.
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The Enigma Story : The Truth Behind the 'Unbreakable' World War II Cipher€12.99In 1926, the German navy began to send messages that were scrambled in a more random way, making them almost impossible to decipher.
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Boudicca - Her Place in History and the Fortunes of Her Tribe€24.99This book, through extensive research and analysis, endeavours to reveal what actually happened when in 60 AD Boudicca was elected to lead the united British tribes in their war against Roman rule.
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Russia's Road to War with Ukraine : Invasion amidst the ashes of empires€24.99When Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, many in the West were left stunned at his act of brutal imperialism.