Cultural Literature
The Belgrade Offensive: The History and Legacy of the Campaign to Liberate Yugoslavia's Capital from the Nazis during World War II
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “The peoples of Yugoslavia do not want Fascism. They do not want a totalitarian regime, they do not want to become slaves of the German and Italian financial oligarchy...
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The Berlin Airlift and Berlin Wall: The History and Legacy of the Fight Over the Occupied City during the Cold War
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents In the wake of World War II, the European continent was devastated, and the conflict left the Soviet Union and the United States as...
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The Berlin Airlift: The History and Legacy of the First Major Crisis of the Cold War
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the blockade and airlift by Berliners, American officials, and pilots *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “Here in Berlin, one cannot help being aware that you are...
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The Berlin Wall: The History and Legacy of the World's Most Notorious Wall
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts written about the construction and fall of the wall by people at the time *Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the...
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The Bermuda Triangle: The History and Mysteries of the Devil's Triangle
Most scientists believe that mankind was originally spawned in the salty waters of the seas, and that over millennia creatures managed to evolve into today's primates. If this is so, the oceans have made it abundantly clear that have no...
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The Biggest Battles of the Eastern Front During World War II: The Siege of Leningrad, the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of Moscow, the Battle of Kursk,
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the battles by soldiers and generals on both sides*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsWorld War II was fought on a scale unlike anything before or since in human history,...
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The Biggest Battles of the Pacific Theater: The History of the Decisive Campaigns that Led to Victory Over Japan in World War II
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the campaigns*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe waters of the Pacific Ocean – stretching deep blue under the tropical sun, or scourged by typhoons – provided World War II's most far-flung battlefield. Two of the world's...
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The Biggest Civil War Battles of 1863: Stones River, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, and the Chattanooga Campaign
*Includes pictures.*Includes accounts of the battles by important generals who fought them.*Includes bibliographies for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.The Civil War was the deadliest conflict in American history, and had the two sides realized it would take 4 years...
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The Birth of the Italian Republic: The History and Legacy of the Allied Occupation of Italy after World War II
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingOn March 25, 1957, Italy signed the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Economic Community (EEC), a forerunner of the European Union (EU) that was promoted as a guarantor of future peace in...
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The Birth of the Republic of Ireland: The History of Ireland's Split from the British Empire in the Early 20th Century
“If you strike us down now we shall rise again and renew the fight. You cannot conquer Ireland; you cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom then our children will...
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The Birth of the Royal Air Force in World War I: The History and Legacy of British Air Power during the Great War
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingOne of the most important breakthroughs in military technology associated with World War I, and certainly the one that continues to capture the public imagination, was the use of...
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The Black and White City: The History of Racism and Race Relations at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the world's fair*Includes online resources, footnotes, and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“All the World's a Fair; where some are bought and some are sold.” - Archibald MaclarenWalking around Chicago today, it’s easy...
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The Black Dahlia Case: The History of the Unsolved Murder of Elizabeth Short
*Includes pictures*Profiles Short's life and death, and the theories and suspects*Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“The body was just a few feet from the sidewalk and posed in the grass in such...
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The Black Death: The History and Legacy of the Middle Ages' Deadliest Plague
If it is true that nothing succeeds like success, then it is equally true that nothing challenges like change. People have historically been creatures of habit and curiosity at the same time, two parts of the human condition that constantly...
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The Black Hand: The History of the Secret Serbian Nationalist Group Whose Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Sparked World War
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the group's members and activities*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsAlthough a couple of wars were fought on the European continent during the 19th century, an uneasy peace was mostly...
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The Black Sox Scandal: The History and Legacy of America's Most Notorious Sports Controversy
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the scandal written by Sox players, newspapers, and more*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“As Jackson departed from the Grand Jury room, a small boy clutched at his sleeve and...
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The Boer War: The History and Legacy of the Conflict that Solidified British Rule in South Africa
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“The Boers were hostile toward indigenous African peoples, with whom they fought frequent range wars, and toward the government of the Cape, which was attempting to control...
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The Bonus Army: The History of the Controversial Protests by American World War I Veterans in 1932
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the Bonus Army written by members and eyewitnesses *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "On a day in June, 1932, I saw a dusty automobile truck roll...
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The Boston Strangler: The History and Mystery of the Notorious Crime Spree
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary newspaper reports about the crimes *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “It wasn’t as dark and scary as it sounds. I had a lot of fun….killing people is...
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The Boxer Rebellion: The History and Legacy of the Anti-Imperialist Uprising in China at the End of the 19th Century
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe 19th century saw the rise of one of the largest, most powerful empires of the modern era. The sun never set on the British Empire, whose holdings spanned the globe, in one form...
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