Roads to glory late imperial Russia and the Turkish Straits / by Bobroff, Ronald, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Stolypin and a policy of avoiding confrontation, 1908 to March 1911 -- Policy drift and the Italo-Turkish War, March 1911 to October 1912 -- The Balkan Wars: choosing between the Balkan States and the Straits, 1912-1913 -- Turkish naval expansion and the Liman von Sanders Crisis, March 1912 to July 1914 -- War deferred: diplomacy dominant during Turkish neutrality, July 1914 to October 1914 -- War engaged: allied and domestic disputes over the fate of Constantinople and the Straits, November 1914 to July 1916 -- Conclusion: a Russian tragedy.…”
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Roads to glory late imperial Russia and the Turkish Straits / by Bobroff, Ronald, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Stolypin and a policy of avoiding confrontation, 1908 to March 1911 -- Policy drift and the Italo-Turkish War, March 1911 to October 1912 -- The Balkan Wars: choosing between the Balkan States and the Straits, 1912-1913 -- Turkish naval expansion and the Liman von Sanders Crisis, March 1912 to July 1914 -- War deferred: diplomacy dominant during Turkish neutrality, July 1914 to October 1914 -- War engaged: allied and domestic disputes over the fate of Constantinople and the Straits, November 1914 to July 1916 -- Conclusion: a Russian tragedy.…”
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Black garden Armenia and Azerbaijan through peace and war / by De Waal, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…Crossing the line -- February 1988 : an Armenian revolt -- February 1988 : Azerbaijan : puzzlement and pogroms -- Shusha : the neighbors' tale -- 1988-89 : an Armenian crisis -- Yerevan : mysteries of the East -- 1988-90 : an Azerbaijani tragedy -- Baku : an eventful history -- 1990 : a Soviet civil war -- Divisions : a twentieth century story -- Hurekavank : the unpredictable past -- August 1991-May 1992 : war breaks out -- Shusha : the last citadel -- June 1992-September 1993 : escalation -- Sabirabad : the children's republic -- September 1993 : exhaustion -- Stepanakert : a state apart -- 1994-2001 : no war, no peace -- Sadakhlo : the future.…”
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Black garden Armenia and Azerbaijan through peace and war / by De Waal, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…Crossing the line -- February 1988 : an Armenian revolt -- February 1988 : Azerbaijan : puzzlement and pogroms -- Shusha : the neighbors' tale -- 1988-89 : an Armenian crisis -- Yerevan : mysteries of the East -- 1988-90 : an Azerbaijani tragedy -- Baku : an eventful history -- 1990 : a Soviet civil war -- Divisions : a twentieth century story -- Hurekavank : the unpredictable past -- August 1991-May 1992 : war breaks out -- Shusha : the last citadel -- June 1992-September 1993 : escalation -- Sabirabad : the children's republic -- September 1993 : exhaustion -- Stepanakert : a state apart -- 1994-2001 : no war, no peace -- Sadakhlo : the future.…”
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Uprooted how Breslau became Wrocław during the century of expulsions / by Thum, Gregor, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…A note on names -- Prologue: A dual tragedy -- The destruction of Breslau -- Poland's shift to the west -- pt. 1. …”
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Uprooted how Breslau became Wrocław during the century of expulsions / by Thum, Gregor, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…A note on names -- Prologue: A dual tragedy -- The destruction of Breslau -- Poland's shift to the west -- pt. 1. …”
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Stalin's wars from World War to Cold War, 1939-1953 / by Roberts, Geoffrey, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Stalin at war -- Unholy alliance : Stalin's pact with Hitler -- Grand illusions : Stalin and 22 June 1941 -- War of annihilation : Stalin versus Hitler -- Victory at Stalingrad and Kursk : Stalin and his generals -- The politics of war : Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt -- Triumph and tragedy : Stalin's year of victories -- Liberation, conquest, revolution : Stalin's aims in Germany and Eastern Europe -- Last battles : Stalin, Truman and the end of the Second World War -- The lost peace : Stalin and the origins of the Cold War -- Generalissimo at home : the domestic context of Stalin's postwar foreign policy -- Cold War confrontations : Stalin embattled -- Conclusion : Stalin in the court of history.…”
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Stalin's wars from World War to Cold War, 1939-1953 / by Roberts, Geoffrey, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Stalin at war -- Unholy alliance : Stalin's pact with Hitler -- Grand illusions : Stalin and 22 June 1941 -- War of annihilation : Stalin versus Hitler -- Victory at Stalingrad and Kursk : Stalin and his generals -- The politics of war : Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt -- Triumph and tragedy : Stalin's year of victories -- Liberation, conquest, revolution : Stalin's aims in Germany and Eastern Europe -- Last battles : Stalin, Truman and the end of the Second World War -- The lost peace : Stalin and the origins of the Cold War -- Generalissimo at home : the domestic context of Stalin's postwar foreign policy -- Cold War confrontations : Stalin embattled -- Conclusion : Stalin in the court of history.…”
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Tocqueville the Ancien R�egime and the French Revolution / by Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859

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Tocqueville the Ancien R�egime and the French Revolution / by Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859

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December 1941 twelve days that began a world war / by Mawdsley, Evan, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…1 December: Japan, Germany, and the coming world war -- 1 December: the fight to the death in Russia -- 1 December: London, Libya, and the dangers of the Far East -- 1 December: Washington, magic, and the Japanese peril -- 2 December: two doomed battleships in Singapore -- 3 December: the president's secret promise -- 4 December: Hitler and Japan's war of conquest -- 5 December: the lull before two storms -- 6 December: General Zhukov throws in his armies -- 7 December: date of infamy: Japan's undeclared wars in Malaya and Hawaii -- 8 December: the beginning of the end of the British empire -- 9 December: FDR begins the American century -- 10 December: Force 'Z' and the Malayan tragedy -- 11 December: Hitler's war on America -- 12 December: world war and the destruction of the Jews -- Aftermath: the new war and a new world.…”
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Cleopatra a sphinx revisited /

Table of Contents: “…Takács -- Love, triumph, tragedy : Cleopatra and Egypt in high Renaissance Rome / Brian Curran -- The amazing afterlife of Cleopatra's love potions / Ingrid D. …”
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December 1941 twelve days that began a world war / by Mawdsley, Evan, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…1 December: Japan, Germany, and the coming world war -- 1 December: the fight to the death in Russia -- 1 December: London, Libya, and the dangers of the Far East -- 1 December: Washington, magic, and the Japanese peril -- 2 December: two doomed battleships in Singapore -- 3 December: the president's secret promise -- 4 December: Hitler and Japan's war of conquest -- 5 December: the lull before two storms -- 6 December: General Zhukov throws in his armies -- 7 December: date of infamy: Japan's undeclared wars in Malaya and Hawaii -- 8 December: the beginning of the end of the British empire -- 9 December: FDR begins the American century -- 10 December: Force 'Z' and the Malayan tragedy -- 11 December: Hitler's war on America -- 12 December: world war and the destruction of the Jews -- Aftermath: the new war and a new world.…”
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Cleopatra a sphinx revisited /

Table of Contents: “…Takács -- Love, triumph, tragedy : Cleopatra and Egypt in high Renaissance Rome / Brian Curran -- The amazing afterlife of Cleopatra's love potions / Ingrid D. …”
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In the eye of the China storm a life between East and West / by Lin, Paul T. K., 1920-2004

Table of Contents: “…PART I 1920-1949: In the Beginning Was Father ; A Budding Scholar and Orator ; China Family / by Eileen Chen Shu Lin ; Two Lives Entwined / by Eileen Chen Shu Lin ; From Academics to Activism -- PART I I 1950-1964: Journey to New China ; Beijing Learnings ; A Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party -- PART I I I 1965-1982: Return to Canada and Cold War Chill ; Bright Beginning and Tragedy ; Cold War Warming ; Passionate Dialogues ; Cultural Revolution Conundrums ; China Opens to the World ; Generations -- PART IV 1982-2004: University of East Asia, Macau ; From Idealism to Idealistic Pragmatism ; An Enigma Reconsidered -- Appendix 1: Paul T.K. …”
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In the eye of the China storm a life between East and West / by Lin, Paul T. K., 1920-2004

Table of Contents: “…PART I 1920-1949: In the Beginning Was Father ; A Budding Scholar and Orator ; China Family / by Eileen Chen Shu Lin ; Two Lives Entwined / by Eileen Chen Shu Lin ; From Academics to Activism -- PART I I 1950-1964: Journey to New China ; Beijing Learnings ; A Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party -- PART I I I 1965-1982: Return to Canada and Cold War Chill ; Bright Beginning and Tragedy ; Cold War Warming ; Passionate Dialogues ; Cultural Revolution Conundrums ; China Opens to the World ; Generations -- PART IV 1982-2004: University of East Asia, Macau ; From Idealism to Idealistic Pragmatism ; An Enigma Reconsidered -- Appendix 1: Paul T.K. …”
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King Hussein of Jordan a political life / by Ashton, Nigel John

Table of Contents: “…The tragedy of King Talal -- Breaking the British connection, 1953-6 -- To hold a throne, 1956-7 -- A dynasty under threat, 1957-61 -- Arab Cold War and détente, 1962-6 -- The path to disaster, 1966-7 -- Lost in a sandstorm: Hussein and the peace process, 1967-8 -- 'Seven questions of Israel': the September 1970 crisis -- The October war -- Disengagement and disillusionment, 1973-7 -- The Camp David disaster, 1977-9 -- The Iran-Iraq war, 1980-88 -- Fishing in the Dead Sea: King Hussein and the peace process, 1980-89 -- Between Iraq and a hard place: King Hussein and the Gulf Crisis, 1990-91 -- From Madrid to Oslo: King Hussein and the peace process, 1991-3 -- The best of enemies, the best of friends: Hussein, Rabin and the Jordanian, Israeli peace treaty -- The bitter aftertaste of peace -- The liberation of Iraq, 1995-7 -- A destiny fulfilled?…”
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King Hussein of Jordan a political life / by Ashton, Nigel John

Table of Contents: “…The tragedy of King Talal -- Breaking the British connection, 1953-6 -- To hold a throne, 1956-7 -- A dynasty under threat, 1957-61 -- Arab Cold War and détente, 1962-6 -- The path to disaster, 1966-7 -- Lost in a sandstorm: Hussein and the peace process, 1967-8 -- 'Seven questions of Israel': the September 1970 crisis -- The October war -- Disengagement and disillusionment, 1973-7 -- The Camp David disaster, 1977-9 -- The Iran-Iraq war, 1980-88 -- Fishing in the Dead Sea: King Hussein and the peace process, 1980-89 -- Between Iraq and a hard place: King Hussein and the Gulf Crisis, 1990-91 -- From Madrid to Oslo: King Hussein and the peace process, 1991-3 -- The best of enemies, the best of friends: Hussein, Rabin and the Jordanian, Israeli peace treaty -- The bitter aftertaste of peace -- The liberation of Iraq, 1995-7 -- A destiny fulfilled?…”
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Between the lines readings on Israel, the Palestinians, and the U.S. "war on terror" /

Table of Contents: “…The outbreak of the Al Aqsa Intifada and its early development : September 2000-January 2001 -- A Likud-Labor gangster government after Sharon's victory in the 2001 elections : provocative escalations, defiant but handicapped resistance : January-October 2001 -- Back to the essence of the conflict : total war--Zionist left and right close national and class ranks -- The case of MK Azmi Bishara : revealing the true nature of Israel's democracy -- From "defensive shield" to "reforming the PA" : Jenin's noble tragedy : March 2002-February 2003 -- Israeli elections 2003 and the sweeping victory of Sharon : what once was will continue to be, only worse : March 2003 -- The occupation of Iraq : widening U.S. hegemony and its fallout for Palestine : July 2002-April 2003 -- Carte blanche : the era of force, force, and more force : May-September 2003 -- From Arafat's death to the disengagement spectacle : January 2004-September 2005 -- Expanding regionally, resisting locally : "he who wants peace prepares for war" : October 2005-November 2006.…”
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Shalom/salaam/peace a liberation theology of hope / by Hammond, Constance A.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: From the particular to the global and back to the project -- The land of Israel/Palestine -- Jerusalem -- The ownership of land -- The theology of the land -- Generations of God gifting the land -- Conquering in the name of God -- One God : three faiths -- The Word of God -- Scripture from a Palestinian Christian perspective -- Scripture from a Muslim perspective -- Scripture from a Jewish perspective -- A timeline from 1840-1967 -- The land and population in modern day Israel/Palestine -- Settlers and settlements -- Zionism : secular and religious -- Politics, wars and new beginnings -- Peacemakers : Jewish, Christian, and Muslim -- The wall, the fence, the barrier -- The law ancient, the reality today -- Exodus -- Peacemakers versus disturbers of the peace -- Liberation theology and Vatican II -- Economic development and developing revolutions -- Founders of liberation theology -- Leaders and martyrs of the revolution -- Martyrs of liberation theology -- Base Christian communities (communidades de base) -- Liberation theology in North America -- Liberation theology : Jewish and Islamic -- Liberation theology : Palestinian Christian -- Palestinian resistance groups -- The peacemakers in Israel/Palestine -- Israeli Jewish peace groups -- Palestinian Christian and Muslim peace groups -- International peace groups -- Tragedy behind the theology.…”
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