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Texas takes wing : a century of flight in the Lone Star State / by Ganson, Barbara Anne, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Flying Takes Off in Texas -- The Stinson Flying Family of San Antonio and Texas Aviators in the Great War -- Between the World Wars : Barnstormers--Owners and Operators of Flying Services -- Record Setters and Air Racers -- Creating a More Connected World -- Flight Training -- Texas Air Power during the Second World War -- Aircraft Designers and Manufacturers -- Red, White, and Blue All Over : Texas Air Power in the Cold War and the Space Age -- Epilogue: Aeronautical Achievements, Education, and the Future of Air and Space Travel -- Appendices.…”
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Submarine torpedo tactics : an American history / by Monroe-Jones, Edward, Roderick, Shawn S., 1976-

Table of Contents: “…"The torpedo is born -- First World War fire control techniques -- Between the wars -- An analysis of the fire control problem -- The Second World War -- The Era of the GUPPY -- From Tang to Nautilus -- A most unusual torpedo -- Skipjack, the convergence of Nautilus and Albacore -- The Sturgeon-class submarine -- The Los Angeles class submarine -- The ballistic missile submarine -- The Seawolf and Virginia submarines -- The future of American submarines -- Appendix A: A glossary of submarine fire control terminology -- Appendix B: An evolution of submarine torpedo fire control equipment."…”
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Latin America's Cold War by Brands, Hal, 1983-

Table of Contents: “…Convergent conflicts -- Intervention and the limits of power -- From crisis to crisis -- The third world war -- The Latin American diplomatic challenge -- The revolution in context -- Maelstrom -- The end of history?.…”
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Latin America's Cold War by Brands, Hal, 1983-

Table of Contents: “…Convergent conflicts -- Intervention and the limits of power -- From crisis to crisis -- The third world war -- The Latin American diplomatic challenge -- The revolution in context -- Maelstrom -- The end of history?.…”
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Universal human rights origins and development / by James, Stephen Andrew, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Universal human rights : from the earliest days to 1939 -- World War II and its aftermath -- The U.N. Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- 1966 covenants.…”
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On history Tariq Ali and Oliver Stone in conversation. by Ali, Tariq

Table of Contents: “…From the Russian Revolution to the Second World War -- The Post/Word War II Order -- The Soviet Union and its Satellite States -- Pax Americana? …”
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On history Tariq Ali and Oliver Stone in conversation. by Ali, Tariq

Table of Contents: “…From the Russian Revolution to the Second World War -- The Post/Word War II Order -- The Soviet Union and its Satellite States -- Pax Americana? …”
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Universal human rights origins and development / by James, Stephen Andrew, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Universal human rights : from the earliest days to 1939 -- World War II and its aftermath -- The U.N. Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- 1966 covenants.…”
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War and the environment military destruction in the modern age /

Table of Contents: “…administering Germany's environment in two world wars / Frank Uekötter -- World War II and the axis of disease: battling malaria in twentieth-century Italy / Marcus Hall -- Birds on the home front: wildlife conservation in the western United States during World War II / Robert Wilson -- Creating the natural fortress: landscape, resistance, and memory in the Vercors, France / Chris Pearson -- Wartime destruction and the postwar cityscape / Jeffry M. …”
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War and the environment military destruction in the modern age /

Table of Contents: “…administering Germany's environment in two world wars / Frank Uekötter -- World War II and the axis of disease: battling malaria in twentieth-century Italy / Marcus Hall -- Birds on the home front: wildlife conservation in the western United States during World War II / Robert Wilson -- Creating the natural fortress: landscape, resistance, and memory in the Vercors, France / Chris Pearson -- Wartime destruction and the postwar cityscape / Jeffry M. …”
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The transatlantic century Europe and the United States, 1890-2010 / by Nolan, Mary, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…An uncertain balance, 1890-1914; 2. World War I: European crisis and American opportunity; 3. …”
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A History of Icelandic Literature / by Stefán Einarsson, 1897-1972

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Eddic Poetry -- Skaldic Poetry -- Sacred Poetry -- Secular Poetry of the Later Middle Ages -- Literature of the Clergy -- The Earliest Historiographers -- The Kings' Sagas -- The Sagas -- The Family Sagas -- Sturlunga Saga -- Fornalder Sogur -- Romances of Chivalry and Lygi Sogur -- The Reformation -- The Icelandic Renaissance -- Secular Poetry, 1550-1750 -- Enlightenment (Neo-Classicism), 1750-1830 -- National Romanticism, 1830-1874 -- Realism to Neo-Romanticism, 1874-1918 -- Tradition and Revolt Between the World Wars, 1918-1940 -- After World War II, 1940-1956 -- American-Icelandic Writers.…”
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The transatlantic century Europe and the United States, 1890-2010 / by Nolan, Mary, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…An uncertain balance, 1890-1914; 2. World War I: European crisis and American opportunity; 3. …”
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A History of Icelandic Literature / by Stefán Einarsson, 1897-1972

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Eddic Poetry -- Skaldic Poetry -- Sacred Poetry -- Secular Poetry of the Later Middle Ages -- Literature of the Clergy -- The Earliest Historiographers -- The Kings' Sagas -- The Sagas -- The Family Sagas -- Sturlunga Saga -- Fornalder Sogur -- Romances of Chivalry and Lygi Sogur -- The Reformation -- The Icelandic Renaissance -- Secular Poetry, 1550-1750 -- Enlightenment (Neo-Classicism), 1750-1830 -- National Romanticism, 1830-1874 -- Realism to Neo-Romanticism, 1874-1918 -- Tradition and Revolt Between the World Wars, 1918-1940 -- After World War II, 1940-1956 -- American-Icelandic Writers.…”
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Farming in a global economy a case study of Dutch immigrant farmers in Canada / by Schryer, Frans

Table of Contents: “…Dutch farm immigrants after World War II -- pt. 3. The Dutch presence in Ontario agriculture.…”
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Farming in a global economy a case study of Dutch immigrant farmers in Canada / by Schryer, Frans

Table of Contents: “…Dutch farm immigrants after World War II -- pt. 3. The Dutch presence in Ontario agriculture.…”
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Keeping America informed : the U.S. Government Printing Office : 150 years of service to the nation.

Table of Contents: “…"Publick printing" and the founding of the GPO -- Industrialization and the gilded age -- The progressive era, the depression, and world war -- Expansion and computerization -- GPO in the digital era -- Afterword -- Heads of Public Printing, 1861-2011.…”
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Keeping America informed : the U.S. Government Printing Office : 150 years of service to the nation.

Table of Contents: “…"Publick printing" and the founding of the GPO -- Industrialization and the gilded age -- The progressive era, the depression, and world war -- Expansion and computerization -- GPO in the digital era -- Afterword -- Heads of Public Printing, 1861-2011.…”
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Managing white supremacy race, politics, and citizenship in Jim Crow Virginia / by Smith, J. Douglas

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : separation by consent -- A fine discrimination indeed : party politics and white supremacy from emancipation to world war -- Opportunities found and lost : race and politics after world war -- Redefining race : the campaign for racial purity -- Educating citizens or servants? …”
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Managing white supremacy race, politics, and citizenship in Jim Crow Virginia / by Smith, J. Douglas

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : separation by consent -- A fine discrimination indeed : party politics and white supremacy from emancipation to world war -- Opportunities found and lost : race and politics after world war -- Redefining race : the campaign for racial purity -- Educating citizens or servants? …”
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