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  • France’s Long Reconstruction

    In Search of the Modern Republic

    by Herrick Chapman ...
    At the end of World War II, France’s greatest challenge was to repair a civil society torn asunder by Nazi occupation and total war. Recovery required the nation’s complete economic and social transformation. But just what form this “new France” should take remained the burning question at the heart of French political combat until the Algerian War ended, over a decade later. Herrick Chapman ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

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  • Why Did Europe Conquer the World?

    by Philip T. Hoffman ...
    Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
    The startling economic and political answers behind Europe's historical dominanceBetween 1492 and 1914, Europeans conquered 84 percent of the globe. But why did Europe establish global dominance, when for centuries the Chinese, Japanese, Ottomans, and South Asians were far more advanced? In Why Did Europe Conquer the World?, Philip Hoffman demonstrates that conventional explanations—such as ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

  • GUNNER

    The story of Sgt Leslie Todd and the 90th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA in World War 2

    by Bill Todd, Zoe Todd-Martell ...
    This is the war diary of Sergeant Leslie Todd of the 90th (Middlesex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, TA, from the Battle of Normandy in 1944, through Belgium and Holland to the end of their war near Hamburg, Germany. ... Read more

    $1.84 CAD

  • John A. Costello The Reluctant Taoiseach

    A Biography of John A. Costello

    by David McCullagh ...
    John A. Costello remains the most elusive of our former Taoisigh, despite his enormous contribution to Irish history. He declared the Republic, led the country's first ever coalition government, and faced the Mother and Child Crisis. A surprise choice who battled against taking the job, Costello was the Reluctant Taoiseach. Historian and political correspondent David McCullagh charts the life of ... Read more

    $9.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • For the Cause of Liberty

    A Thousand Years of Ireland's Heroes

    by Terry Golway ...
    A popular history of Irish nationalism For the Cause of Liberty is the epic story of the rebels and patriots who defended their country in the fight for a free and united Ireland.Ireland’s struggle for freedom reaches back much further into the annals of history than most of us can imagine. Since the 11th century, when legendary king Brian Boru united the chieftains of Ireland to resist Viking ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Voices of the Lusitania

    by Diana Preston ...
    Diana Preston curates a spectacular and harrowing collection of voices from the Lusitania tragedy. Eyewitness accounts capture the ship's sinking in real-life detail as more than half the ship's crew and passengers were drowned when a German U-boat torpedoed the ship on its 101st crossing of the Atlantic on May 7th, 1915. ... Read more

    $16.59 CAD

  • Antiquarianism and Intellectual Life in Europe and China, 1500-1800

    by Francois Louis, Peter N. Miller ...
    Series series The Bard Graduate Center Cultural Histories of the Material World
    This book is a project in comparative history, but along two distinct axes, one historical and the other historiographical. Its purpose is to constructively juxtapose the early modern European and Chinese approaches to historical study that have been called "antiquarian." As an exercise in historical recovery, the essays in this volume amass new information about the range of antiquarian-type ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

  • Waterloo

    The Decisive Victory

    Edited by Colonel Nick Lipscombe ...
    Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, this lavishly illustrated volume looks at all the different aspects of the 100-day campaign which has become synonymous with the Napoleonic Wars and saw the eventual defeat of Napoleon's French forces.Ten articles by internationally renowned historians examine the battle from different angles, from the microcosm of the ... Read more

    $32.49 CAD

  • Dutch Armies of the 80 Years’ War 1568–1648 (1)

    Infantry

    by Bouko de Groot ...
    Series Book 510 - Men-at-Arms
    A highly illustrated study of the Dutch struggle for independence from Spain, ideal for enthusiasts of 16th and 17th century warfare and the development of military strategy.The 80 Years' War (also known as the Dutch War of Independence) was the foundation of Dutch nationhood, and during the course of the conflict one of its main leaders – Maurice of Orange-Nassau – created an army and a tactical ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD

  • Europe United

    Power Politics and the Making of the European Community

    by Sebastian Rosato ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
    The construction of the European Community (EC) has widely been understood as the product of either economic self-interest or dissatisfaction with the nation-state system. In Europe United, Sebastian Rosato challenges these conventional explanations, arguing that the Community came into being because of balance of power concerns. France and the Federal Republic of Germany—the two key protagonists ... Read more

    $27.19 CAD

  • Europe, Strategy and Armed Forces

    The making of a distinctive power

    by Sven Biscop, Jo Coelmont ...
    Series series Cass Military Studies
    This book examines how the European Union can pursue a grand strategy and become a distinct global actor in a world of emerging great powers.At the grand strategic level, its sheer economic size makes the EU a global power. However, the EU needs to take into account that many international actors continue to measure power mostly by assessing military capability. To preserve its status as an ... Read more

    $105.80 CAD

  • A Tale of Two Passes

    An Inquiry into Certain Alpine Literature

    by William Lowell Putnam ...
    William Putnam's book chronicles the history of two important routes through the Alps, which are devoted to treasuring the history of Mont Cenis and the Great Saint Bernard passages. Both of these passes were prominently and frequently used by the Romans in establishing and maintaining their empire. It is surmised that Hannibal and his troops found elephant-friendly passages through the Mont Cenis ... Read more

    $17.85 CAD