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  • Assassinations That Shaped the Ancient World

    by Phil Carradice ...
    Explores the history of political assassinations from ancient Egypt to the Dark Ages, examining notable figures and motivations.Assassination! Just mentioning the word is enough to send a shiver up the spine. And yet, for many years, the deliberate act of 'taking out' notable public figures has been the mainstay of political factions and individuals when faced with problems and dilemmas that ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Night of the Long Knives

    Hitler's Excision of Rohm's SA Brownshirts, 30 June – 2 July 1934

    by Phil Carradice ...
    Series series History of Terror
    The historian and author of The Shanghai Massacre presents an in-depth chronicle of Hitler's plot to eliminate political rivals and his own SA Brownshirts.In the summer of 1934, Adolf Hitler conducted a ruthless purge of his own fascist colleagues, many of whom had helped the Nazi Party rise to power. The brawling street thugs of the SA had bludgeoned Hitler's political opposition into submission ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Shanghai Massacre

    China's White Terror, 1927

    by Phil Carradice ...
    Series series History of Terror
    On 19 February 1927, the city of Shanghai fell silent as a general strike gripped the factories of the industrial district. A magnet for foreign traders and businessmen (British, French, American, then later Japanese), by the 1920s the pursuit of profit had produced one of the most cosmopolitan cities that the world has ever seen. Known as the Whore of the Orient, Shanghai was a melting pot where ... Read more

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  • Bloody Mary

    Tudor Terror, 1553–1558

    by Phil Carradice ...
    Series series History of Terror
    The tragic history of Queen Mary I and her brief reign of terror against Protestants in sixteenth century England—includes illustrations.When Mary Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VIII, succeeded to the throne of England in 1553, she enjoyed a degree of popularity rarely seen on the accession of a British monarch. Yet at her death only five years later, she was so reviled by her people that she was ... Read more

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  • Hitler and his Women

    by Phil Carradice ...
    This unique biography examines Hitler's many female relationships, from his mother and sisters to his girlfriends, secretaries, and adoring public.To most of the world, Adolf Hitler was a ranting, evil demagogue whose insane ambitions caused incalculable harm to humanity. But to the women in his life, he was kind, compassionate, and loving—a man to be admired and adored. In Hitler and His Women, ... Read more

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  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

    Thirteen Days on an Atomic Knife Edge, October 1962

    by Phil Carradice ...
    Series series Cold War, 1945–1991
    This gripping Cold War history chronicles the events that brough the world to the edge of nuclear war—and the political drama that averted disaster.The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 was the closest the world has yet come to nuclear war, a time when the hands of the Doomsday Clock really did inch towards the witching hour of midnight. By placing nuclear missiles on the Caribbean island of Cuba where ... Read more

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  • Masada

    Mass Suicide in the First Jewish-Roman War, C. AD 73

    by Phil Carradice ...
    Series series History of Terror
    The dramatic history behind one of the great landmarks of ancient Israel.In the spring of 73 AD, the rock fortress of Masada on the western shore of the Dead Sea was the site of an event that was breathtaking in its courage and self-sacrifice. Here the last of the Jewish Zealots who, for nearly eight years, had waged war against the Roman occupiers of their country made their last stand. The ... Read more

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  • A Hundred Years of Spying

    by Phil Carradice ...
    Early espionage organisations like Walsingham's Elizabethan spy network were private enterprises, tasked with keeping the Tudor Queen and her government safe. Formal use of spies and counter spies only really began in the years after 1909, when the official British secret service was founded. Britain became the first major proponent of secret information gathering and other nations quickly ... Read more

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  • Bay of Pigs

    CIA's Cuban Disaster, April 1961

    by Phil Carradice ...
    Series series Cold War, 1945–1991
    This account of the disastrous invasion of Cuba funded and directed by the United States is " a readable, accessible introduction to the topic" ( H-Net).Perhaps not in casualties but as far as prestige and standing in the world were concerned, the Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961 was the worst disaster to befall the USA since the War of 1812 when British forces burned the White House. Badly planned, ... Read more

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  • Prague Spring 1968

    Warsaw Pact Invasion

    by Phil Carradice ...
    Series series Cold War, 1945–1991
    A historian's overview of Czechoslovakia's Alexander Dubček, the Prague Spring of 1968, and the Warsaw Pact Invasion.Cold War nadir: January 1968 and in Czechoslovakia, the new Communist Party leader, Alexander Dubcek, has made it clear that this is the opportunity to loosen the Soviet stranglehold on the country. As the Prague winter slowly eases into a Prague spring, it really does seem as if ... Read more

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  • The Welsh Braveheart

    Owain Glydwr, The Last Prince of Wales

    by Phil Carradice ...
    Like William Wallace in Scotland, Owain Glyndwr fought for his country and was only finally defeated by superior numbers and the military genius of Henry V. Yet Glyndwr was not just a freedom fighter. He was the last native-born Prince of Wales, a man who initiated the first Welsh parliament at Machynlleth and proposed an entirely independent Welsh church. Glyndwr also laid plans for two Welsh ... Read more

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  • The People's Story of the Great Fire of London

    The Destruction of England's Capital City

    by Phil Carradice ...
    The Great Fire of London which destroyed much of England's capital city in the autumn of 1666 was one of those seminal events that stand out in history, enthralling, fascinating and yet repulsive in the damage and destruction it caused.The story of the fire, which began in the early hours of Sunday 4th September, has been told many times. Phil Carradice's new re-telling of the disaster is ... Read more

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