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Nelson's refuge Gibraltar in the age of Napoleon / by Musteen, Jason R.

Table of Contents: “…Vincent, 1793-1797 -- From the pillars to the pyramids : the Nile and Egypt, 1798-1801 -- The battles of Algeciras and the Gut of Gibraltar : French victory and Saumarez's revenge, 1801 -- A royal mess : the Duke of Kent at Gibraltar, 1802-1803 -- Gibraltar fever : the perennial killer -- From Amiens to Trafalgar : war with Spain and a hero's final return, 1803-1805 -- Sir Hew Dalrymple at Gibraltar : the origins of the Peninsular War, 1806-1808 -- Defending the rock and projecting power : the early Peninsular War, 1808-1811 -- An appendage of this garrison : the defense of Tarifa, 1811-1812 -- The end of the war and peace on the rock, 1812-1815 -- From a proud fortress to a post of power -- Appendix A. …”
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Deterrence its past and future : papers presented at Hoover Institution, November 2010 /

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State and citizen British America and the early United States /

Table of Contents: “…: debating status and power for subjects--and Slaves--through the religious debates of the early British Atlantic / Holly Brewer -- The laws of war and peace: legitimating slavery in the age of the American Revolution / Eliga H. …”
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Reading the European novel to 1900 : a critical study of major fiction from Cervantes' Don Quixote to Zola's Germinal / by Schwarz, Daniel R.

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A short history of Ireland by Ranelagh, John

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Global neorealism : the transnational history of a film style /

Table of Contents: “…/ Caroline Eades -- "With an incredible realism that beats the best of the European cinemas": the making of Barrio Gris and the reception of Italian neorealism in Argentina, 1947-1955 / Paula Halperin -- Living in peace after the massacre: neorealism, colonialism, and race / Saverio Giovacchini -- From Italian neorealism to new Latin American cinema: ruptures and continuities during the 1960s / Mariano Mestman -- Importing neorealism, exporting cinema: Indian cinema and film festivals in the 1950s / Neepa Majumdar -- Neorealism and nationalist African cinema / Sada Niang -- Documenting the social reality of Brazil: Roberto Rossellini, the Paraban -- Documentary school, and the cinema novistas / Sarah Sarzynski -- Neorealism Iranian style / Hamid Naficy -- Epilogue: neorealism, cinema of poetry, and Italian contemporary cinema / Silvia Carlorosi.…”

A short history of Ireland by Ranelagh, John

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Do the Balkans begin in Vienna? : the geopolitical and imaginary borders between the Balkans and Europe / by Foteva, Ana

Table of Contents: “…Travelogues of war and travelogues of peace -- Black lamb and grey falcon : the south Slavs and the "imperial" West -- Balkan ghosts : the Balkans as a wormhole of space-time -- Milo Dor's larger homeland : a paradigm for an inclusive Europe -- Once again for Thucydides : narrative islands of peace amidst of war -- 2. …”
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Do the Balkans begin in Vienna? : the geopolitical and imaginary borders between the Balkans and Europe / by Foteva, Ana

Table of Contents: “…Travelogues of war and travelogues of peace -- Black lamb and grey falcon : the south Slavs and the "imperial" West -- Balkan ghosts : the Balkans as a wormhole of space-time -- Milo Dor's larger homeland : a paradigm for an inclusive Europe -- Once again for Thucydides : narrative islands of peace amidst of war -- 2. …”
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Texas Aggies go to war in service of their country / by Dethloff, Henry C.

Table of Contents: “…-- Counterattack -- North Africa to Italy -- From Normandy to the gates of Berlin -- War in the Pacific -- The impact of peace -- The Cold War -- Korea: the forgotten war -- From Korea to Vietnam: an end and a new beginning -- Vietnam: eye of the dragon -- A global commitment -- Desert Storm: Iraqi freedom -- A tradition of service: the civilian soldier -- The honor guard -- Appendices -- A. …”
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War and the environment military destruction in the modern age /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: landscapes of peace, environments of war / Charles Edwin Closmann -- America's military footprint: environmental implications of the U.S. army since 1789 / J. …”
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Anna Haag and her secret diary of the Second World War : a democratic German feminist's response to the catastrophe of National Socialism / by Timms, Edward, Haag, Anna

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: fragments of history in the raw -- Paradigms of creativity and marriage with an educational mission -- Fighting for the Fatherland: sacrifice, resilience and loyalty betrayed -- Republican values, female agency and the international peace campaign -- Responses to Hitler's seizure of power: a purely masculine affair? …”
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Texas Aggies go to war in service of their country / by Dethloff, Henry C.

Table of Contents: “…-- Counterattack -- North Africa to Italy -- From Normandy to the gates of Berlin -- War in the Pacific -- The impact of peace -- The Cold War -- Korea: the forgotten war -- From Korea to Vietnam: an end and a new beginning -- Vietnam: eye of the dragon -- A global commitment -- Desert Storm: Iraqi freedom -- A tradition of service: the civilian soldier -- The honor guard -- Appendices -- A. …”
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War and the environment military destruction in the modern age /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: landscapes of peace, environments of war / Charles Edwin Closmann -- America's military footprint: environmental implications of the U.S. army since 1789 / J. …”
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Anna Haag and her secret diary of the Second World War : a democratic German feminist's response to the catastrophe of National Socialism / by Timms, Edward, Haag, Anna

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: fragments of history in the raw -- Paradigms of creativity and marriage with an educational mission -- Fighting for the Fatherland: sacrifice, resilience and loyalty betrayed -- Republican values, female agency and the international peace campaign -- Responses to Hitler's seizure of power: a purely masculine affair? …”
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Too hot to touch the problem of high-level nuclear waste / by Alley, William M.

Table of Contents: “…The Cold War legacy; 6. The peaceful atom and its wastes; 7. Recycling; 8. Dry cask storage; 9. …”
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Too hot to touch the problem of high-level nuclear waste / by Alley, William M.

Table of Contents: “…The Cold War legacy; 6. The peaceful atom and its wastes; 7. Recycling; 8. Dry cask storage; 9. …”
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A new division of labor meeting America's security challenges beyond Iraq /

Table of Contents: “…-- Different demands for joint warfighting prowess -- Maintaining strategic focus -- Achieving joint tactical proficiency -- A new joint division of labor -- Implications for the Armed Forces -- Building the "inform and act" system -- A strategically decisive Army: winning at peace as well as war -- A new air-ground partnership -- Integrating air, space, and maritime power -- Getting more from the Corps -- Security cooperation in the new security environment -- Potential actions for the DoD's leadership.…”
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Women embracing Islam gender and conversion in the West /

Table of Contents: “…Conversion and gender, two contested concepts / Willy Jansen -- Gender and conversion to Islam in the West / Karin van Nieuwkerk -- Contextualizing conversion -- The quest for peace in submission: reflections on the journey of American women converts to Islam / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad -- The shaping of a Scandinavian "Islam": converts and gender equal opportunity / Anne Sofie Roald -- Symbolizing distance: conversion to Islam in Germany and the United States / Monika Wohlrab-Sahr -- Discourses and narratives -- Gender, conversion, and Islam: a comparison of online and offline conversion narratives / Karin van Nieuwkerk -- The shifting significance of the halal/haram frontier: narratives on the hijab and other issues / Stefano Allievi -- Trajectories and paradigms -- Female conversion to Islam: the Sufi paradigm / Haifaa Jawad -- African American Islam as an expression of converts' religious faith and nationalist dreams and ambitions / Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons -- Feminism and conversion: comparing British, Dutch, and South African life stories / Margot Badran -- Transmission and identity -- How Deborah became Aisha: the conversion process and the creation of female Muslim identity / Nicole Bourque -- Keeping the faith: convert Muslim mothers and the transmission of female Muslim identity in the West / Marcia Hermansen.…”
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