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9781843410690 | New edition (Gardners Books, April 14, 2016), cover price $14.10
9781874744825 | Birlinn Ltd, December 1, 2001, cover price $19.95

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Product Description: The British Navy's catastrophic attempt to pass through the Dardanelles to Constantinople was a turning point in the history of World War I, and its repercussions still affect us today. Acclaimed naval military expert Dan van der Vat argues that the disaster at the Dardanelles prolonged the war by two years, led to the Russian Revolution, forced Britain to the brink of starvation, and contributed to the destabilization of the Middle East...read more

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9781590202234 | Overlook Pr, July 9, 2009, cover price $26.95

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9781590203392 | Reprint edition (Overlook Pr, September 28, 2010), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: The British Navy's catastrophic attempt to pass through the Dardanelles to Constantinople was a turning point in the history of World War I, and its repercussions still affect us today.
9780715637791 | Gardners Books, August 26, 2010, cover price $17.55

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9780711230538 | Frances Lincoln Ltd, October 1, 2009, cover price $24.95

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In honor of the forthcoming sixtieth anniversary of the greatest invasion of all time, a collection of compelling eyewitness accounts, many never before published, captures the human drama, heroism, and sacrifice of the assault on Nazi-occupied France, accompanied by personal artifacts, historical and modern photographs, and war artists' paintings. 100,000 first printing. (view table of contents)
By John S. D. Eisenhower (introduced by) and Dan Van Der Vat

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9781582343143 | Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, November 1, 2003, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: A collection of eyewitness account captures the human drama, heroism, and sacrifice of the assault on Nazi-occupied France, accompanied by personal artifacts, historical and modern photographs, and war artists' paintings.

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By John S. Eisenhower (introduced by) and Dan Van Der Vat

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9781897330272, titled "D Day: The Greatest Invasion-a People's History" | Original edition (Madison Press Books, August 1, 2010), cover price $29.95

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Product Description: This definitive, illustrated history re-creates for a new generation the two hour attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, that left more than twenty-three hundred men dead, eight battleships sunk or damaged, and the United States at war...read more

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9780465089833 | Basic Books, October 1, 2002, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: This definitive, illustrated history re-creates for a new generation the two hour attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, that left more than twenty-three hundred men dead, eight battleships sunk or damaged, and the United States at war.

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Filled with gorgeous photographs, paintings, and dimensional diagrams, a compelling visual recreation of the Pacific War explores the causes and effects of this battle and provides gripping first-hand accounts of people who were there, from Japanese and Americans and military and civilians to adults and children. 150,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo. (view table of contents)
By Tom Freeman (illustrator), John McCain (introduced by) and Dan Van Der Vat

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9780465089826 | Basic Books, May 1, 2001, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Explores the causes and effects of the battle and provides first-hand accounts from the people who were there, including Japanese and Americans, military and civilian.

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Product Description: This is the story of 12 days that changed the world. As the outbreak of the Great War drew ever nearer, the German navy had just two ships in the Mediterranean - the new battle-cruiser Goeben and the light cruiser Breslau. Against them was arrayed 16 British and French battleships and cruisers...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780917561139 | Olympic Marketing Corp, May 1, 1986, cover price $6.98 | About this edition: The exploits of the German battle cruiser Goeben at the outbreak of World War I changed the early course of the war and had a decisive impact on subsequent world history.

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9781841580623 | Revised edition (Birlinn Ltd, March 1, 2001), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: This is the story of 12 days that changed the world.

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The crew of the World War I German surface raider Emden had one of the greatest adventures in naval history-- for three months it seriously impeded British operations in the Indian Ocean. The Emden sank two warships and sixteen merchantmen, captured four colliers, shelled the harbor at Madras and raided Penang. In the end seventy-eight British ships were required to run her down. Even being captured left the gallant crew undaunted. (view table of contents)

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9781841580616 | Revised edition (Birlinn Ltd, February 1, 2001), cover price $19.95
9780586062654 | Reprint edition (Academy Chicago Pub, May 1, 1985), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: The crew of the World War I German surface raider Emden had one of the greatest adventures in naval history-- for three months it seriously impeded British operations in the Indian Ocean.

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Product Description: This is the real story of Albert Speer, manipulator of history and architect of his own legend. On the stand at the Nuremberg war-crimes trials, Albert Speer was alone among the accused in showing anything like remorse: he denied any direct knowledge of Hitler's Final Solution yet accepted his share of the guilt as an unwitting collaborator...read more

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9780395652435 | 1 edition (Houghton Mifflin, October 1, 1997), cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Explores the life of this seemingly penitent participant in the Holocaust who, in fact, ordered the eviction of 75,000 German Jews

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9780395924945 | Mariner Books, January 1, 1999, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: This is the real story of Albert Speer, manipulator of history and architect of his own legend.

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A first-rate naval historian has chronicled the amazingly rapid development of the ships that are meant to sink...fast-moving and well written. -- The Economis.

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9780735100497 | Replica Books, December 1, 1998, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Documents the history of the submarine from its origins in the sixteenth century through the disintegration of the Soviet Union, and examines its importance in the two World Wars, the Cold War nuclear arms race, and the future
9780395652428 | Houghton Mifflin, April 1, 1995, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Documents the history of the submarine from its origins in the sixteenth century through the disintegration of the Soviet Union, and examines its importance in the two World Wars, the Cold War nuclear arms race, and the future

Examines contradictory evidence from official inquiries, transcripts of radio transmisions, and reports of relics recovered from the downed ship

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9781559723473, titled "The Titanic Conspiracy: Cover-Ups and Mysteries of the World's Most Famous Sea Disaster" | Birch Lane Pr, March 1, 1996, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Examines contradictory evidence from official inquiries, transcripts of radio transmisions, and reports of relics recovered from the downed ship

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9780806518909, titled "The Titanic Conspiracy: Cover-Ups and Mysteries of the World's Most Famous Sea Disaster" | Birch Lane Pr, December 1, 1997, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Examines contradictory evidence from official inquiries, transcripts of radio transmisions, and reports of relics recovered from the downed ship

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Uses documents from the Naval Historical Center to reassess the war in the Pacific and reveal the long history of conflict between Japanese imperialism and American 'manifest destiny' (view table of contents)

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9780671792176 | Simon & Schuster, December 1, 1992, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Uses documents from the Naval Historical Center to reassess the war in the Pacific and reveal the long history of conflict between Japanese imperialism and American 'manifest destiny'

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Product Description: The euphoric reunification of Germany is turning into an abysmal economic and social disaster for the former German Deomcratic Republic. Unemployment of 50 per cent is forecast. So is unrest, as the federal government in Bonn struggles with a spiralling crisis which is wildly underestimated...read more

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9780340552742 | Hodder & Stoughton, September 1, 1992, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: The euphoric reunification of Germany is turning into an abysmal economic and social disaster for the former German Deomcratic Republic.

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Uses documents from the Naval Historical Center to reassess the war in the Pacific and reveal the long history of conflict between Japanese imperialism and American 'manifest destiny'

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9780671738990 | Simon & Schuster, December 1, 1991, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Uses documents from the Naval Historical Center to reassess the war in the Pacific and reveal the long history of conflict between Japanese imperialism and American 'manifest destiny'

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Product Description: Examines the war at sea between the United States, its allies and Japan from 1941 to 1945. The narrative moves from cabinet meetings to foxholes on steaming tropical islands, from events under the sea to dogfights in the air and the huge, set-piece battles on the surface.

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9780340496619 | Hodder & Stoughton, December 1, 1991, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Examines the war at sea between the United States, its allies and Japan from 1941 to 1945.

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Extensive research in the American, British, Canadian, and German archives reveals the battles between the U-boats, the convoys, and their escorts in the Atlantic

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9780060916312 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, October 1, 1989), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Extensive research in the American, British, Canadian, and German archives reveals the battles between the U-boats, the convoys, and their escorts in the Atlantic

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Details the adventures of the World War I German light cruiser the S.M.S. Emden and its captain Karl von Muller

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9780688031152 | Book Sales, August 1, 1987, cover price $1.98 | About this edition: Details the adventures of the World War I German light cruiser the S.

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