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The Battle of the Falaise Pocket was a disaster for the Germans in August 1944. This books sets the battle in the context of Allied Strategy in Northern Europe. Having set the scene, the readers is led through each phase of the action. The particu...

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This book brings together some of the most significant and influential recent work in French urban history. The trend of historical thinking and research today, typified by such books as Montaillou, is to focus on the surviving demographic and soc...

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Sheds the light of understanding on one of the most horrifying and inhuman episodes in history. Drawing on her first hand visits to all 19 primary concentration camps, on her contact with survivors and former Nazis, and on 20 years of study, the a...

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This major work analyzes competition between followers of two major world religions for mastery of the east central region of Africa. Bennett meticulously traces the process by which European economic and political rivalry with the Muslim rulers o...

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Perhaps the most critical period in the development of modern Middle Eartern politics occurred between the two world wars. Britain and France vied for influence and control in the region by making conflicting promises to the leaders of emergent Ar...

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This fourth volume in the series examines the portrayal of women in film, as well as their involvement in the medium-as filmmakers, screenwriters, actresses, critics, and characters. Distinguished North American and British scholars and film criti...

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This collection by West German film directors provides a dramatic and comprehensive overview of the New German Cinema and its history which since the 1960s has been marked by crisis and confrontation. Battling against political and aesthetic const...

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This book is the first scholarly overview of Anglo-Jewish history covering the century and a half following the political emancipation in 1858 of the Jews in Britain, which is often viewed as a critical point in their history. V.D. Lipman studies ...

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Razor-sharp analysis .... Readers interested in the possible future of the former Soviet republics will find much insight here

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The new edition takes into account recent changes in migration since the fall of the Soviet bloc and the unification of Germany. Current developments in Europe brought forth by the European Union's attempts at increasing mobility between countries...

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Drawing on moving personal accounts-letters, oral histories, and memoirs-as well as original documentary evidence found in parish records, histories, and demographic data, Hugh McLeod explores the role of religion in the everyday life of working-c...

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During the Spanish Inquisition, daring individuals defied and thwarted persecution by writing works in which hidden meanings were apparent only to Jews or fellow conversos, the descendants of Jewish converts to Christianity. Colbert Nepaulsingh an...

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In this book, Christopher Simpson reveals the behind-the-scenes story of the report. Simpson has carefully edited the report and provided notes and explanatory material, making it accessible to a wide range of readers. He brings readers the full s...

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Princess Dagmar, daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark and sister Queen Alexandra of England and King George I of Greece, was betrothed to Tsarevitch Nicholas of Russia, a love match on both sides. Tragically, he died just months before their w...

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Before World War II, Amsterdam was a haven of peaceful relations between Jews and Gentiles and the city was remarkable for its spirit of co-operation. Remembering Jewish Amsterdam is a celebration of the relationship that Amsterdam and its Jewish ...

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This is the history of the Yiddish cinema, and the people who shaped its development. The films were intended as entertainment but also acted to reinforce Jewish identity especially in the United States. The author travelled to fourteen countries,...

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In these two extraordinary works, published posthumously, Gertrude Kolmar's elegiac prose transports us into her characters' rich inner worlds even as it depicts the cold material realities of 1920s Berlin. In A Jewish Mother from Berlin, Martha J...

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