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"In a series of despatches from July 1999 to January 2001 [the author] vividly describes the atrocities and abuses of the war ..."--Cover.
"Caesar's Legacy recounts the rise to power of Rome's first emperor, Augustus, by focusing on how the bloody civil wars which he and his soldiers fought transformed the lives of men and women throughout the Mediterranean world and beyond. The volume demonstrates how, during this…
"Clan, King and Covenant explores the turbulent history of the Highlands during the seventeenth century." "The signing of the National Covenant in 1638 first challenged the powers of Charles I in Scotland, but it was only when Alasdair MacDonald joined Montrose in raising the Ro…
"Clan, King and Covenant explores the turbulent history of the Highlands during the seventeenth century." "The signing of the National Covenant in 1638 first challenged the powers of Charles I in Scotland, but it was only when Alasdair MacDonald joined Montrose in raising the Ro…
Going beyond the stereotypes of Kalashnikov-wielding Afghan mujahideen and black-turbaned fundamentalists, Larry Goodson combines Taliban interviews and field research with concise analysis to explain what has been happening in Afghanistan in the last twenty years, and why the f…
Going beyond the stereotypes of Kalashnikov-wielding Afghan mujahideen and black-turbaned fundamentalists, Larry Goodson combines Taliban interviews and field research with concise analysis to explain what has been happening in Afghanistan in the last twenty years, and why the f…
"The Burmese Civil War began 12 weeks after Britain granted Burma independence in 1948 and has continued ever since. This book defines its core causes for readers who are new to the subject or baffled by its complexities. Tucker draws on his experience as a trial lawyer to argue…
"The Burmese Civil War began 12 weeks after Britain granted Burma independence in 1948 and has continued ever since. This book defines its core causes for readers who are new to the subject or baffled by its complexities. Tucker draws on his experience as a trial lawyer to argue…
The state of Yugoslavia came into existence, in 1918, as a result of World War I and, in a series of wars starting in 1991, it was broken up into several new and smaller states. In the period before World War I a long series of bloody insurrections had already taken place before…
"World War I created the state of Yugoslavia in 1918 and, in a series of wars, starting in 1991, Yugoslavia was replaced by several new and smaller states. The victors had always presented these wars as wars of national liberation: each war was fought for the sacred cause of nat…
Introduction: The comforts of distance -- Part one: Pompey in Egypt -- See Pompey run -- The fatal case for Egypt -- Memphis versus Alexandria -- Part two: Caesar in Egypt -- A pilgrim's progress? -- The context of Acoreus -- The lessons of Acoreus -- Memphis versus Alexandria I…