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Using the Mexican Civil War of 1857–61 as a principal case study, Will Fowler examines the origin, process, and outcome of civil war and provides a new analytical framework for its study.

After the Allies invaded in 1943, there were two Italian governments, one backing the Allies, the other a puppet supporting the Germans. This led to a secret war that was vital to supporting the Allies'' conventional forces.

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With first-hand accounts, vivid photographs, and specially commissioned maps, Stalingrad is a comprehensive examination of the decisive failure of the German assault in early October 1942 that ultimately decided the course of the war.

With first hand accounts, vivid photographs and maps, Kursk: The Vital 24 Hours is a comprehensive examination of the moment of the decisive failure of Germany's last large-scale offensive on the Eastern Front.

With the aid of specially commissioned maps, D-Day: The Longest Day describes the dramatic history of the first 24 hours of the Normandy landings and explains in detail the events that occurred in each landing zone, beach by beach.

Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading. Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of titles, all featuring carefully graded language to make them accessible to learners of all abilities. Through the imagination of some of the world's greatest authors, the English language comes to life...

Stalingrad

Hitler's Russian War in Photographs.

Comprehensively examining the first 24 hours of the liberation of Europe, this work includes first hand accounts from both sides, vivid photographs and specially commissioned maps of the landing areas and combat zones.

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Il volume spiega in maniera essauriente le tattiche di combattimento: dall'uso di un fucile d'assalto al lancio di una granata, dal controllo di un attacco aereo e di un bombardamento di artiglieria all'uso di un'arma anticarro. Analizza tecniche particolari adottate dai reparti di élite, come le tattiche per il recupero degli ostaggi, per infiltrarsi in territorio nemico e uscirne, per condurre un attacco anfibio, per mettersi in salvo. Espon...

Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading. Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of titles, all featuring carefully graded language to make them accessible to learners of all abilities. Through the imagination of some of the world's greatest authors, the English language comes to life...

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Over the last 300 years, military tactics and equipment have changed dramatically. Find out why combat dress developed from coloured uniforms to camouflage gear in high-tech fabrics, and how the ultra modern stealth bomber evolved from the fragile-looking bi-plane.

Will Fowler is a professor of Latin American Studies at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. His many books include Forceful Negotiations: The Origins of the Pronunciamiento in Nineteenth-Century Mexico (Nebraska, 2010) and Santa Anna of Mexico (available in a Bison Books edition).¿Contributors include Catherine Andrews, Linda Arnold, Raymond Buve, Sergio Ca¿edo Gamboa, Eduardo Flores Clair, Juan Ortiz Escamilla, Erika Pani, Terry Rugele...

Will Fowler is a professor of Latin American studies at the University of St. Andrews. His books include Mexico in the Age of Proposals, 1821�53, Tornel and Santa Anna: The Writer and the Caudillo, Mexico, 1795�53, and Latin America, 1800�00.

This authoritative volume reveals the remarkable history of the machine gun, with a country-by-country directory of 160 classic types.