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Brazil, 1964-1985 The Military Regimes of Latin America in the Cold War

Klein Herbert S., Luna Francisco Vidal

ISBN: HB: 9780300223316, Yale University Press, April 2017
216 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 11 black&white illus.

An insightful study of the political, economic, and social changes Brazil experienced during the twenty-year rule of its Cold War military regime. Cuba's revolution in 1959 fueled powerful anti-Communist fears in the United States. As a result, in t...

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Courage in Combat Stories by and about Recipients of the Nation's Highest Awards

Rinaldo Richard J.

ISBN: PB: 9781612004563, Casemate, April 2017
456 pp., 23.6x15.9 cm

Published in conjunction with the Legion of Valor of the United States of America, this is an anthology of pieces about courage in combat, including stories by and about recipients of the United States' highest decorations, the Medal of Honor, the Di...

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Australian Soldier Collection 1914-1918

Brown Lawrence

ISBN: PB: 9782815103534, Casemate, OREP, April 2017
32 pp., 24x17 cm

Almost a century has passed since the signing of the armistice on 11 November 1918. Of all the soldiers who went through that hell on earth, photographs, letters, stories and old uniforms kept in attics are all that is left. Thanks to a collection of...

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Canadian Soldier Collection 1914-1918

Brown Lawrence

ISBN: PB: 9782815103589, Casemate, OREP, April 2017
32 pp., 24x17 cm

Almost a century has passed since the signing of the armistice on 11 November 1918. Of all the soldiers who went through that hell on earth, photographs, letters, stories and old uniforms kept in attics are all that is left. Thanks to a collection of...

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Somme Four Years of Fighting

Brown Lawrence

ISBN: PB: 9782815102926, Casemate, OREP, April 2017
48 pp., 24x17 cm

Throughout the course of centuries, the Somme has been the scene of numerous battles and the passageway for armies. However, the Great War of 1914-1918 was, by far, the most murderous conflict to fall upon the region, leaving in its wake an indelible...

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British Cruiser Tanks A9 & A10

Brown Peter

ISBN: PB: 9788360672280, Casemate, Model Centrum Progres, April 2017
88 pp., 29x20.5 cm, 124 black&white photos, 30 colour plates of artwork, 64 line drawings

The A9 and A10 were the first of the British Cruiser tanks. They played an important part in the battles in France in 1940 and North Africa in 1941. Covering their development, production and service this book fills a long-neglected gap in the histor...

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Understanding the Ypres Salient An Illuminating Battlefield Guide

Scotland Thomas, Heys Steven

ISBN: PB: 9781911512509, Casemate, Helion and Company, April 2017
256 pp., 21x14.8 cm, 49 maps, 147 colour illus.

This work aims to provide the reader with a clear understanding of what happened in Ypres Salient between 1914 and 1918. It sets out to transport the visitor around sites of importance for the First, Second and Third Battle of Ypres, and in so doing...

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Two Wheels to War A Tale of Twelve Bright Young Men Who Volunteered Their Own Motorcycles for the British Expeditionary Force 1914

Shelley Martin, Shelley Nick

ISBN: HB: 9781911096580, Casemate, Helion and Company, April 2017
302 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 8 maps, 100 black&white illus.

"Two Wheels To War" is a scholarly but entertaining look at the largely forgotten world of the motorcycle despatch rider in the early months of the First World War, then a new phenomenon in the field of conflict. At the heart of the book is an illust...

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On the Frontlines of the Television War A Legendary War Cameraman in Vietnam

Hirashiki Yasutsune

ISBN: HB: 9781612004723, Casemate, April 2017
304 pp., 23.6x15.9 cm

"On The Frontlines of the Television War" is the story of Yasutsune "Tony" Hirashiki's ten years in Vietnam – beginning when he arrived in 1966 as a young freelancer with a 16mm camera but without a job or the slightest grasp of English and ending in...

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Passchendaele 103 Days in Hell

Churchill Alexandra, Holmes Andrew, Dyer Jonathan

ISBN: HB: 9781911512301, Casemate, Helion and Company, April 2017
224 pp., 24.2x27.5 cm, 8 maps, 130 black&white illus.

2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the 3rd Battle of Ypres. In "Passchendaele: 103 Days in Hell", Alexandra Churchill, with Andrew Holmes and Jonathan Dyer, explains this pivotal engagement using 103 personal stories of men who fought in it. Using a...

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