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Urban World History By Luc-Normand Tellier

March 4th, 2010
Urban World History By Luc-Normand Tellier
Publisher: Presses de l’Universite du Quebec 2009 | 660 Pages | ISBN: 2760515885 | PDF | 7 MB

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British Intelligence in the Second World War Volume 1: Its Influence on Strategy and Operations

March 3rd, 2010
British Intelligence in the Second World War Volume 1: Its Influence on Strategy and Operations
British Intelligence in the Second World War Volume 1: Its Influence on Strategy and Operations
Publisher: Stationery Office Books | 1988-01 | ISBN: 0116309334 | PDF | 578 pages | 54.93 MB

From Abdullah to Hussein: Jordan in Transition

November 3rd, 2009
From Abdullah to Hussein: Jordan in Transition
Publisher: Oxford University Press | pages: 272 | 1994 | ISBN: 0195080270 | PDF | 17 mb

This book examines the most turbulent period in the history of Jordan’s ruling house, the six years following the assassination of the kingdom’s founder, Abdullah (1951-1957). Those years witnessed the country’s lone episode of weak monarchy, when the king–the novice Hussein or his ill-starred father, Talal–was not the preeminent political actor in the land. Rather, it was during that time at the regime was left in the hands of a mix of Palestinian, Continue reading From Abdullah to Hussein: Jordan in Transition


Kalka River 1223: Genghiz Khan’s Mongols invade Russia (Campaign)

July 31st, 2009

Kalka River 1223: Genghiz Khan’s Mongols invade Russia (Campaign)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing | ISBN: 1841762334 | edition 2001 | PDF | 96 pages | 84,9 mb

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Green Beret In Vietnam

May 6th, 2009

Green Beret in Vietnam By Gordon Rottman, Kevin Lyles
Publisher: Osprey Publishing| ISBN: 1855325683 | edition 2002 | PDF | 64 pages | 25,6 mb

Vietnam was the US Special Forces most complex and controversial mission, one that began in 1957 and ended in 1973. Camp strike forces, mobile strike forces, mobile guerrilla forces, special reconnaissance projects, training missions and headquarters duty provided vastly differing experiences and circumstances for SF soldiers.

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Nomads, Tribes, and the State in the Ancient Near East: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives

May 6th, 2009

Nomads, Tribes, and the State in the Ancient Near East: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives
Publisher: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago | ISBN: 1885923619 | edition 2009 | PDF | 304 pages | 6,09 mb

For decades, scholars have struggled to understand the complex relationship between pastoral nomadic tribes and sedentary peoples of the Near East. The Oriental Institute’s fourth annual post-doc seminar (March 7-8, 2008), Nomads, Tribes, and the State in the Ancient Near East, brought together archaeologists, historians, and anthropologists to discuss new approaches to enduring questions in the study of nomadic peoples, tribes, and states of the past: What social or political bonds link tribes and states?

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