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Product Description: The legendary historian and author of A Savage War of Peace and The Price of Glory distills a lifetime's study to reflect on six critical battles that changed the course of the twentieth century.Sir Alistair Horne has been a close observer of war and history for more than fifty years...read more

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9781504648493, titled "Hubris: The Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century: Library Edition" | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, November 17, 2015), cover price $59.99 | About this edition: The legendary historian and author of A Savage War of Peace and The Price of Glory distills a lifetime's study to reflect on six critical battles that changed the course of the twentieth century.

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Product Description: “EMINENTLY PROVOCATIVE AND READABLE.”—THE WALL STREET JOURNALSir Alistair Horne has been a close observer of war and history for more than fifty years and in this wise and masterly work, he revisits six battles of the past century and examines the strategies, leadership, preparation, and geopolitical goals of aggressors and defenders to reveal the one trait that links them all: hubris...read more

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9780062397805 | Harpercollins, November 17, 2015, cover price $28.99
9780297867623 | Orion Pub Co, July 9, 2015, cover price $41.20
9780405090936, titled "Shakespeare on the Stage: Second Series" | Ayer Co Pub, June 1, 1972, cover price $36.95 | also contains Shakespeare on the Stage: Second Series

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9780062397812 | Reprint edition (Perennial, November 22, 2016), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: “EMINENTLY PROVOCATIVE AND READABLE.

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9781504648509 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, November 17, 2015), cover price $39.99

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9781447288756 | Pan Macmillan, April 23, 2015, cover price $25.35

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9780753818534 | New edition (Orion Pub Co, December 1, 2012), cover price $13.30

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9780743272834 | Simon & Schuster, June 16, 2009, cover price $30.00

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9781439195222 | 1 reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, June 29, 2010), cover price $28.99

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Product Description: Superbly illustrated, The French Revolution brings to life events such as the storming of the Bastille, the march of the Parisienne women on Versailles, the Oath of the Tennis Court, endeavoring to find a middle-way compromise, the Royal Familys attempted flight to Varenne, their execution, the ferocious tricoteuses (made famous by Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities) and sans culottes baying for blood on the Concorde, the Terror, in all its gore; the famous contemporaries, Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, Mirabeau, Danton, Marat, St Just and Robespierre, and finally the advent of 26-year-old General Bonaparte...read more

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9781847321671 | Slp edition (Andre Deutsch Ltd, February 28, 2009), cover price $45.00 | About this edition: Superbly illustrated, The French Revolution brings to life events such as the storming of the Bastille, the march of the Parisienne women on Versailles, the Oath of the Tennis Court, endeavoring to find a middle-way compromise, the Royal Familys attempted flight to Varenne, their execution, the ferocious tricoteuses (made famous by Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities) and sans culottes baying for blood on the Concorde, the Terror, in all its gore; the famous contemporaries, Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, Mirabeau, Danton, Marat, St Just and Robespierre, and finally the advent of 26-year-old General Bonaparte.
9780134500645, titled "Life Science" | 2 edition (Prentice Hall, June 1, 1978), cover price $23.28 | also contains Life Science

A concise history of France profiles the lives of the great leaders, artists, and others who helped shape Western culture and thought, and examines the impact of important events, social movements, and military campaigns.

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9781400041404 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, August 23, 2005, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: A concise history of France profiles the lives of the great leaders, artists, and others who helped shape Western culture and thought, and examines the impact of important events, social movements, and military campaigns.

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9781400034871 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, June 6, 2006), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A concise history of France profiles the lives of the great leaders, artists, and others who helped shape Western culture and thought, and examines the impact of important events, social movements, and military campaigns.

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9781439562772 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, October 10, 2008), cover price $26.95

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Product Description: The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It caused the fall of six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict and as many European settlers were driven into exile...read more
By James Adams (narrator) and Alistair Horne

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9781433208874 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, January 1, 2008), cover price $44.95 | About this edition: The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962.

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Product Description: The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It caused the fall of six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict and as many European settlers were driven into exile...read more
By James Adams (narrator) and Alistair Horne

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9781433208881 | Mp3 una edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, January 1, 2008), cover price $44.95 | About this edition: The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962.

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Product Description: The Algerian War of 1954-1962 was marked by an unholy marriage of revolutionary terror and state torture. It now looks like a full-dress rehearsal for the sort of amorphous struggle that now ravages the Middle East.
By James Adams (narrator) and Alistair Horne

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9781433208850 | Blackstone Audio Inc, January 1, 2008, cover price $140.00

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9781433208843 | Blackstone Audio Inc, January 1, 2008, cover price $129.95 | About this edition: The Algerian War of 1954-1962 was marked by an unholy marriage of revolutionary terror and state torture.

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Product Description: The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It caused the fall of six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict and as many European settlers were driven into exile...read more

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9781590172186 | New York Review of Books, October 10, 2006, cover price $19.95
9780140101911 | Rev sub edition (Penguin USA, July 1, 1987), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Recounts the causes of the Algerian War, explains how it caused the downfall of six French prime ministers, and tells how peace was finally acheived

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9781433208867 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, January 1, 2008), cover price $44.95 | About this edition: The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962.

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9780141030654 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, November 27, 2007), cover price $21.00
9780140134308 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, July 1, 1990), cover price $9.95

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Product Description: Six months before the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq, Field Marshal The Lord Bramall warned that an operation to remove Saddam Hussain would produce a display of massive, dynamic United States activity which provides one of the mainsprings of motivation for terrorist action in the Middle East and, far from advancing the 'war on terrorism', it would make matters infinitely worse...read more
By Alistair Horne (foreword by) and Michael Tillotson

Paperback:

9780750942393 | Revised edition (Trafalgar Square, December 30, 2006), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Six months before the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq, Field Marshal The Lord Bramall warned that an operation to remove Saddam Hussain would produce a display of massive, dynamic United States activity which provides one of the mainsprings of motivation for terrorist action in the Middle East and, far from advancing the 'war on terrorism', it would make matters infinitely worse.

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An account of the reign and legacy of Napoleon covers his birth into poverty, rise to prominence after the French Revolution, military prowess, and twenty-year rule, during which he made significant changes in such areas as the social hierarchy, censorship, and culture. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

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9780679642633 | Modern Library, April 1, 2004, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: An account of the reign and legacy of Napoleon covers his rise to prominence after the French Revolution, military prowess, and twenty-year rule, during which he made significant changes in such areas as law, society, and culture.

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9780812975550 | Reprint edition (Modern Library, May 9, 2006), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: An account of the reign and legacy of Napoleon covers his birth into poverty, rise to prominence after the French Revolution, military prowess, and twenty-year rule, during which he made significant changes in such areas as the social hierarchy, censorship, and culture.

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Field Marshal The Lord Bramall, now a House of Lords cross-bencher, continues to speak against the failure of successive governments to provide adequate support for the nation's security and argues for the much closer co-ordination of foreign and defence policy.
By Alistair Horne (foreword by) and Michael Tillotson

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9780750942386 | Sutton Pub Ltd, October 30, 2005, cover price $46.95 | About this edition: Field Marshal The Lord Bramall, now a House of Lords cross-bencher, continues to speak against the failure of successive governments to provide adequate support for the nation's security and argues for the much closer co-ordination of foreign and defence policy.

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Hardcover:

9780415949385 | Routledge, June 1, 2005, cover price $160.00

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9780415949392 | Routledge, June 1, 2005, cover price $36.95

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Traces the development of Paris from the twelfth century to the mid-twentieth century, identifying seven key periods in the city's history, from the medieval and Renaissance ages, through revolutionary and Napoleonic Paris, to the German occupation during World War II and its liberation. Reprint. 35,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

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9780679454816 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, November 1, 2002, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Traces the development of Paris from the twelfth century to the mid-twentieth century, identifying seven key periods in the city's history.

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9781400034468, titled "Seven Ages of Paris" | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, April 1, 2004), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Traces the development of Paris from the twelfth century to the mid-twentieth century, identifying seven key periods in the city's history, from the medieval and Renaissance ages, through revolutionary and Napoleonic Paris, to the German occupation during World War II and its liberation.

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This indepth portrayal of the fall and siege of Paris begins with the military operations from the beginning of the Siege in September, 1870, to the last resistance of the Commune during May Week, 1871.

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9780141030630, titled "The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune, 1870-71" | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, November 27, 2007), cover price $17.00
9780330490368 | 3 edition (Pan Macmillan, October 11, 2002), cover price $16.90 | About this edition: This indepth portrayal of the fall and siege of Paris begins with the military operations from the beginning of the Siege in September, 1870, to the last resistance of the Commune during May Week, 1871.
9780140052107 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, July 1, 1990), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Alistair Horne's The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune, 1870-71 is the first book of Alistair Horne's trilogy, which includes The Price of Glory and To Lose a Battle and tells the story of the great crises of the rivalry between France and Germany.

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By Alistair Horne (editor)

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9780333765524 | Macmillan Pub Ltd, December 1, 2001, cover price $24.95

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A renowned historian provides a fascinating history of Napoleon by documenting his successes and failures, argues that the Battle of Austerlitz was Napoleon's final triumphant campaign, resulting in his swift decline, and compares him to other modern historical leaders such as Hitler. Reprint.

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9780312155483 | St Martins Pr, August 1, 1997, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Traces the rise and fall of Napoleon, explains the reasons for his success, and describes Napoleon's greatest victory and greatest defeat

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9780312187248 | Griffin, August 1, 1998, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Traces the rise and fall of Napoleon and the reasons for his success and failure

A biography of the legendary General Bernard Law Montgomery draws on personal papers and diaries and focuses on the fighting in Northern Europe from D-Day to Germany's surrender, explaining his approach to war and why and when it succeeded or failed. Reprint.

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9780060170820, titled "Monty: The Lonely Leader 1944-1945" | Harpercollins, June 1, 1994, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Draws on personal papers and diaries to trace the personal life and military career of Field Marshall Bernard Law Montgomery

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9780060926403 | Reprint edition (Perennial, June 1, 1995), cover price $15.00 | also contains Susie Sexpert''s Lesbian Sex World | About this edition: A biography of the legendary General Bernard Law Montgomery draws on personal papers and diaries and focuses on the fighting in Northern Europe from D-Day to Germany's surrender, explaining his approach to war and why and when it succeeded or failed.

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