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Prelude to restoration in Ireland the end of the commonwealth, 1659-1660 / by Clarke, Aidan, 1933-

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Prelude to protectorate in Morocco precolonial protest and resistance, 1860-1912 / by Burke, Edmund, 1940-

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The Balkan Wars, 1912-1913 prelude to the First World War / by Hall, Richard C.

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Palestine in Turmoil. the struggle for sovereignty, 1933-1939 / by Penkower, Monty Noam

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The Alamanni and Rome 213-496 (Caracalla to Clovis) by Drinkwater, J. F.

Table of Contents: “…Prelude -- Arrival -- Settlement -- Society -- Service -- Conflict 285-355 -- Conflict 356-61 -- Conflict 365-94 -- The fifth century -- Appendix : the Lyon medallion.…”
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Army of shadows Palestinian collaboration with Zionism, 1917-1948 / by Cohen, Hillel

Table of Contents: “…-- We, the collaborators -- Old collaborators, new traitors -- Unity ends -- The "traitors" counterattack -- World war, local calm -- Prelude to war -- Treason and defeat: the 1948 War.…”
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The paranoid apocalypse a hundred-year retrospective on the Protocols of the elders of Zion /

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Conceptual prelude -- pt. 2. Medieval prologue -- pt. 3. The early years -- pt. 4. …”
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Hell in An Loc the 1972 Easter Invasion and the battle that saved South Viet Nam / by Lâm, Quang Thi, 1932-

Table of Contents: “…The sieges of the Indochina War -- Setting the state -- The opening salvos -- Prelude to the battle of An Loc -- The first attack on An Loc -- The second attack on An Loc -- Reinforcing An Loc -- The third attack on An Loc -- Securing Route nationale 13 -- End of the siege -- The ARVN 18th Division in An Loc -- Assessing the battle of An Loc -- The aftermath.…”
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Eye on Korea an insider account of Korean-American relations / by Young, James V., 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Preparation -- Into the fray -- The rise of the troop-withdrawal issue -- To Korea again -- The Park assassination and its aftermath -- The 12/12 incident -- Aftermath of 12/12 -- Prelude to Kwangju -- Kwangju and its aftermath -- Return to the United States -- My fourth tour in Korea begins -- Duty with Ambassador Gregg -- Journey to North Korea -- Doing business with North Korea -- Final reflections.…”
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Bosnia and beyond the "quiet" revolution that wouldn't go quietly / by Haskin, Jeanne M., 1964-

Table of Contents: “…The pre-war situation -- Propaganda versus truth -- Milosevic and Izetbegovic -- War in Croatia -- The prelude to war in Bosnia -- War in Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Aid, safe havens, and betrayal -- The Markale Massacre and the slaughter at Srebrenica -- Recognizing genocide -- Fighting genocide -- Collective security -- When and how to intervene -- Partition and peace agreements -- Humanitarian aid -- War crimes -- Peacekeeping reform -- The psychology of genocide.…”
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Leadership in the crucible the Korean War battles of Twin Tunnels & Chipyong-ni / by Hamburger, Kenneth Earl, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Ralph Monclar -- Matthew Ridgway and a new war -- Wonju and patrols to Twin Tunnels -- The battle of Twin Tunnels -- Prelude to Chipyong-ni -- Isolated and encircled at Chipyong-ni -- Fighting and surviving on the second day -- Task force Crombez runs the Gauntlet -- Aftermath and reflections.…”
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The end of empire in French West Africa France's successful decolonization? / by Chafer, Tony

Table of Contents: “…Prelude to decolonization : the Popular Front and the Second World War -- New political context, 1944-6 -- Decolonization through assimilation : the struggle for emancipation, 1946-50 -- Building the nationalist movement, 1950-6 : the trade union, student and youth movements -- Policy and politics, 1950-6 -- The Loi-cadre and the 'Balkanization' of French West Africa, 1956-60 -- Nationalist politics and the campaign for independence, 1957-60 -- Conclusion : decolonization and the French colonial legacy.…”
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The Tet Offensive a concise history / by Willbanks, James H., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Historical overview -- Prelude -- Border battles, hill fights, and Khe Sanh -- The Tet Offensive -- The battle for Hue -- The siege of Khe Sanh -- The impact of the Tet Offensive -- Assessing the Tet Offensive -- Issues and interpretations -- Motivations and objectives of the Tet Offensive - Military intelligence and surprise at Tet -- What happened at Hue? …”
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Wizard 6 a combat psychiatrist in Vietnam / by Bey, Douglas, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Prelude to Vietnam -- Stepping through the looking glass -- Black and white in Vietnam -- Diagnosing and treating patients in the division -- The Viet Cong's perception of mental illness -- Drugs and alcohol -- Civilian health care -- High-risk individuals and REMFs -- High-stress periods -- The first R&R -- Escaping from stress -- Time grinding on -- Madness and medals -- Getting away to Saigon and the second R&R -- Coping with Vietnam -- Short and leaving Vietnam -- And I say to myself.…”
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The Muslim-Croat civil war in Central Bosnia a military history, 1992-1994 / by Shrader, Charles R.

Table of Contents: “…The operational milieu -- Organization of the opposing forces -- Command, control, and communications -- Training, doctrine, and logistics -- Prelude to civil war in central Bosnia -- The ABiH probing attack, January, 1993 -- The ABiH main attack, April, 1993 : the Vitez area -- The ABiH main attack, April, 1993 : Busovaca, Kiseljak, Zenica, and elsewhere -- The continuation of the Muslim offensive, May-June, 1993 -- The continuation of the Muslim offensive, July-August, 1993 -- Operations from September, 1993-February, 1994.…”
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Lloyd George at war, 1916-1918 by Cassar, George H.

Table of Contents: “…Setting the stage -- The home front: The search for a manpower policy ; The challenge of labor ; Controlling shipping and food -- Strategy and the war: The first attempt at a unified command ; Facing the submarine menace ; Prelude to catastrophe ; The horror of Passchendaele ; The peripheral war ; The quest for a negotiated peace ; The creation of the Supreme War Council ; The plans for 1918 ; Before the storm ; Crisis on the western front ; The Maurice Affair ; The origins of intervention in Russia ; The German advance halted ; The turn of the tide ; The road to the armistice -- Conclusion.…”
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NATO's gamble : combining diplomacy and airpower in the Kosovo crisis, 1998-1999 / by Henriksen, Dag

Table of Contents: “…Operation Allied Force: how NATO stumbled into war -- The first week of OAF -- Prelude to war: setting the stage for Operation Allied Force --The airpower debate and OAF -- From Vietnam to Kosovo: U.S. foreign policy and the use of force -- Lessons from Bosnia -- The international handling of the Kosovo crisis -- The crisis emerges: NATO becomes responsible for crisis management -- Shift in U.S. policy toward the KLA--and the summer offensive -- NATO threatens air strikes: silence before the storm -- Račak--and the Rambouillet Conference -- NATO crisis management in perspective -- Diplomacy and airpower.…”
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The gods of Diyala transfer of command in Iraq / by Cage, Caleb S., 1979-

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Map of Baquba and Buhriz -- Evolution -- Genesis -- Insurgency : a prelude -- The Easter offensive -- Insurgency : a primer -- All things conventional -- June -- Insurgency : a practicum -- IEDs : the menace beneath -- A city upon a hill : the urban morass -- A city upon a hill : the high ground -- Good things, bad people, and the pictures to prove it -- The moral fight : photogs -- Regime change -- Revisionistas : an interlude -- Holidays : Orient and Occident -- Ramadan in America -- Christmas in Iraq -- The eve of a nation -- Reformation -- Hope and salvation -- To be or not to be -- Up to the task -- Security -- Democracy.…”
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Mussolini's army in the French Riviera : Italy's occupation of France / by Sica, Emanuele, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…The Armistice Period : June 1940-November 1942 -- The Italian Armistice Commission with France (CIAF) -- Italian Irredentism and French Patriotism in the Cote d'Azur -- A Prelude to Full Occupation -- Part III. The Italian Occupation of Southeastern France : November 1942-September 1943 -- The November 1942 Invasion -- The Italians Settle In -- Life under the Occupation -- Military Repression, Civilian Resistance -- Collaboration and Accommodation -- The Italian Jewish Policy in France -- Drawing the Curtain on the Occupation -- Conclusion.…”
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The unfinished war Korea / by Lee, Bong

Table of Contents: “…Thus it began: Korea, the hermit kingdom ; Korean nationalists -- The Lee family under Japanese occupation: out of the frying pan, into the fire, World War II --The Russians are coming: Kim Il Sung makes an entrance -- Americans in South Korea -- North Koreans discover communism -- Chaos in South Korea: MacArthur in Japan -- Prelude to a hot war -- On a rainy Sunday across the 38th parallel: reactions of Washington -- The ROK army on the brink of disintegration: MacArthur in Suwon ; Tactical errors all around -- An ugly war -- The first hundred days -- Mao's thought in Beijing -- The Inchon landing and its aftermath -- Chinese traps -- A brand new ball game --Refugee stories: the plight of refugees and massacres of innocent civilians -- An old soldier just fades away, a new one steps in -- The way we survived the war -- A talking war -- The tortuous path to armistice agreement -- South Korea after the ceasefire: two schoolgirls -- North Korea now -- Old war, new crisis: the nuclear weapons developement program ; the sunshine policy ; military provocations ; what next.…”
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