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Skadeståndslagen 50 år
Den 1 juli 1972 trädde skadeståndslagen i kraft, vilket innebär att den just har fyllt 50 år. För att fira och uppmärksamma detta har flera skadeståndsrättare gått ihop och skrivit …
Profits of War
In this seminal work originally published in 1992, an insider account from the man who paid off the Iranians for the American hostages Ari Ben-Menashe spent more than a decade in …
Hitler's Stalingrad Decisions
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them …
A War Too Far
There are few today who can claim that the US occupation of Iraq has been a success, for either side. A War Too Far takes this on by looking back on the many unanswered questions …
British Expeditionary Warfare and the Defeat of Napoleon, 1793-1815
How did Britain manage the transportation of large numbers of troops to French controlled territory during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and successfully land them? …
Operation Defensive Shield
On March 29, 2002 the Israeli army launched Operation Defensive Shield, the largest military offensive against Palestinian civilians since the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. When the …
Spring 1865
When Gen. Robert E. Lee fled from Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia, in April 1865, many observers did not realize that the Civil War had reached its nadir. A large number of …
The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Courtrai, 11 July 1302)
Flemish townspeople defeat the cream of French nobility, and explode the myth of knightly invincibility for ever. Discussion of bias in sources and difficulties of interpretation …
War and Combat, 1150-1270: the Evidence from Old French Literature
An investigation of the depiction of warfare in contemporary writings, in both fictional narratives and factual accounts. War and combat were significant factors in the lives of …
The Chronicle of William of Puylaurens
First translation into English of key chronicle for events of the Albigensian Crusade and the attack on heresy, including the siege of the Cathar stronghold, Montsegur. The …
It Made You Think of Home
"We took our positions, five kneeling and five standing, we got the order to fire. One blank and nine live rounds. I did not have the blank." That is the voice of Deward Barnes, …
Swein Forkbeard's Invasions and the Danish Conquest of England, 991-1017
New insight gained into this exciting period of English history through focusing on the activities of Swein Forkbeard and, after his death in 1014, the Danish warlord Thorkell the …