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After the Berlin Wall: Putting two Germanys back together again by Christopher HiltonThe Berlin Wall, one of the most powerful and enduring symbols of the Cold War, fell on 9 November 1989. This is the story of two decades of a unique human experience: putting the two Germanies back together again. For almost three decades the country and its capital had been divided between France, the UK and the USA in the west and the USSR in the east. How did one go about marrying a totalitarian, atheist, communist system with a democratic, Christian one?
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The hermit king: The dangerous game of Kim Jong Un by Chung, MinLeeAsian geopolitical expert Chung Min Lee tells the story of the rise of the Kim Dynasty and its atrocities, motivations, and diplomatic goals. He also discusses the possible outcomes of its aggressive standoff with the world superpowers. Kim Jong Un is not a crazed "Rocket Man" or a bumbling despot; he has been groomed since birth to take control of his country and stay in power at all costs. He is now at a fateful crossroads. Will he make good on decades of threats, liberalize North Korea and gain international legitimacy, or watch his regime crumble around him? Lee analyzes the likelihood and consequences of each of these possibilities, cautioning that in the end, a humanitarian crisis in the region is all but unavoidable.
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Checkpoint Charlie: the Cold War, the Berlin Wall, and the most dangerous place on earth by Iain MacGregorCheckpoint Charlie is the story of the men and women - from both sides of the Cold War's political divide - who lived, served on, or escaped through the Berlin Wall during its life span (13th August 1961 - 9th November 1989). It was the one place in a paranoid continent where East faced West across one hundred yards of No Man's Land. Where soldiers served, spies watched through trained binoculars, escapees fled, politicians made speeches, people died and, mothers wept.
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| A house in the mountains: The women who liberated Italy from fascism by Caroline MooreheadA group of anti-fascist women in Italy's Piedmont region spearheaded the country's resistance efforts after Mussolini's fall in 1943, navigating a treacherous web of Nazi invaders, Italian fascists, and mistrustful Allies. A portrait of four heroic women eager to shake off the social norms of a system that preferred them to be passive. |
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Stalin and the fate of Europe: The postwar struggle for sovereignty by Norman M NaimarkThe Cold War division of Europe was not inevitable--the acclaimed author Norman Naimark shows how postwar Europeans fought to determine their own destinies. Was the division of Europe after World War II inevitable? In this powerful reassessment of the postwar order in Europe, Norman Naimark suggests that Joseph Stalin was far more open to a settlement on the continent than we have thought. Through revealing case studies from Poland and Yugoslavia to Denmark and Albania, Naimark recasts the early Cold War by focusing on Europeans' fight to determine their future.
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Digging up Britain: Ten discoveries, a million years of history by Mike Pitts Mike Pitts leads us on a journey through time from the more recent and familiar to the most remote and bizarre, just as archaeologists delving into the earth find themselves moving backwards through the years until they reach the very oldest remnants of the past. All are extraordinary tales of luck and cutting-edge archaeological science that have produced profound, and often unexpected, insights into people's lives on these islands between a thousand and a million years ago.
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Inconspicuous consumption: The environmental impact you don't know you have by Tatiana Schlossberg,Tatiana Schlossberg reveals how we all participate in a greenhouse gas-intensive economy and society, and how some of the biggest and most consequential areas of unintended emissions and environmental impacts are unknowingly part of our daily activities. She will empower people to make the best choices that they can, while allowing them to draw their own conclusions.
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The English job: Understanding Iran and why it distrusts Britain by Jack StrawWith tensions rising sharply between Tehran and the West, former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw unveils a richly detailed account of Britain's turbulent relationship with Iran, illuminating the culture, psychology and history of a much-misunderstood nation. Informed by Straw's wealth of experience negotiating Iran's labyrinthine internal politics, The English Job is a powerful, clear-sighted and compelling portrait of an extraordinary country.
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This book sheds a clarifying light on the pattern of rebellion and repression that swept across China during the tumultuous first years of China's Cultural Revolution. Among its novel discoveries is the crucial role played by supposed "forces of order" in the collapse of the state and the subsequent intensification of collective violence. situation, accelerated the slide into factional warfare.
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| Amazons: The real warrior women of the Ancient World by John ManA sweeping history of the women warriors of central Asia whose mystique inspired the ancient Greeks to create myths about them that endure to this day. Historian John Man's playful account debunks many common misconceptions about the Amazons' way of life. |
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| Madame Fourcade's secret war: The daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitlerby Lynne OlsonFrench Resistance operative Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, aka "Hedgehog," led a spy network of thousands in occupied France and her efforts crucially helped secure an Allied victory on D-Day. In this dramatic account of the war that split France in two and forced its people to live side by side with their hated German occupiers, Lynne Olson tells the fascinating story of a woman who stood up for her nation, her fellow citizens, and herself. |
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Louisa on the front lines: Louisa May Alcott in the Civil War by Samantha SeipleLittle Women author Louisa May Alcott's experiences as a Civil War nurse shaped her as a writer and bolstered her dedication to the abolitionist movement. Alcott fans, Civil War buffs, and teen readers will all find much to appreciate in this engaging adult debut written by young adult nonfiction author Samantha Seiple.
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| Women warriors: An unexpected history by Pamela D. TolerA spirited exploration of women warriors, many of them from non-Western countries, who "have been pushed into the shadows, hidden in the footnotes, or half-erased." Featuring: the Trung sisters of Vietnam, who led an uprising to drive the Chinese out of their homeland; Buffalo Calf Road Woman, the Northern Cheyenne woman who felled Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn; mestiza military leader Juana Azurduy de Padilla, who defended Bolivia from Latin American colonization; Hausa queen Amina, who led a three-decade campaign of territorial expansion in present-day Nigeria. |
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