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War in the Modern World volume 4
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Travel back in time to examine the series of events that followed World War II from the allied occupation of Germany to the Greek Civil War. See how the Soviet Union contended with insurgencies in the Baltic region and explore the beginnings of a new kind of global conflict between the United States and the USSR.
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War in the Modern World volume 14
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Having explored so many volatile conflicts thus far, one question comes to mind: Why hasn't World War III happened yet? From the dawn of atomic power to the Cuban Missile Crisis, discover how nuclear weapons fundamentally changed the way that great powers engage with each other globally.
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How were wars fought after 1945, and who fought them? Why did the United States invade Afghanistan, lose the war in Vietnam, and support authoritarian governments in South America? How do insurgent groups win wars against powerful, well-financed nation-states? What does the "McDonald's theory" have to do with peacekeeping? Why did the British, French, and Soviet Union empires collapse after World War II? How have new weapons and technologies reconfigured...
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War in the Modern World volume 19
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Civil wars are some of the deadliest contemporary conflicts we fight, but are they more common now than they were before the Second World War? Understand what it really means to fight a civil war, and learn about the extraordinarily violent conflicts that tore Congo and Rwanda apart.
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War in the Modern World volume 20
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The 1980 Iran-Iraq War fundamentally changed geopolitics in the region; human costs aside, the conflict altered international relations in the 21st century. Delve into a three-way rivalry between Iraq, Iran, and Saudi Arabia that eventually blossomed into war, and understand how the United States fit into the mix.
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War in the Modern World volume 7
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Why did America fight a war in Korea? How did the USSR engage with the conflict? Could the United States wage a "limited" war on the peninsula like it had intended? And what are we to make of a war that ended not in peace, but in an armistice? Get to the bottom of these questions and more.
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War in the Modern World volume 22
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Intense ethnic conflicts plagued Yugoslavia for more than a century. In the 1990s, just a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, these internal tensions manifested in war on the European continent. Dive into the history of the Bosnian War and how the so-called "new world order" contended with violent conflict in Europe.
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War in the Modern World volume 15
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The war in Vietnam remains one of America's most salient military losses, testing just how far the United States was willing to go in the global battle against communism. Focus on America's war in Vietnam by examining the history and military strategy behind the conflict across two decades and three US presidencies.
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War in the Modern World volume 6
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As war raged on across the globe, China had to contend with a civil war between Mao Zedong's Communists and Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Party. Explore the war from its colonial roots to the establishment of the People's Republic of China and discover how the USSR and the United States became involved in the bloody conflict.
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War in the Modern World volume 9
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Like the UK, France struggled to hold on to its overseas territories. Explore the fight waged by Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh to establish a communist government in his country. Learn about the complicated, bloody history of Algerian independence, and see how each of these wars highlighted the costs of both colonialism and protracted involvement in local conflicts.
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War in the Modern World volume 18
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What did war at sea look like in the post-World War II era? The infamous clash between Great Britain and Argentina over the Falklands might offer some clarity. Explore the causes and effects of the Falklands war. Investigate why Britain succeeded and Argentina did not. And discover the importance of anti-ship cruise missiles.
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War in the Modern World volume 16
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While America struggled to beat back communism in Vietnam, the Soviet Union fought a costly, unsuccessful war of its own in Afghanistan. What factors contributed to the loss? Why were Afghans so resistant to the USSR and the Soviet-aligned People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan?
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War in the Modern World volume 17
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Investigate the scale and scope of violent conflicts in Latin America. Start by examining the lead up to a civil war in Guatemala. Investigate the rise of communism in Cuba through the life of Fidel Castro. Then, take a closer look at the violence surrounding a right-wing government in Chile and a left-wing government in Nicaragua in the late 20th century.
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World War II Battlefield Europe volume 4
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With Germany's land grab in 1939, Britain and France reluctantly concluded that Hitler was bent on European domination. Follow the story of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union, the dramatic invasion of Poland in September 1939, and the rise of a new kind of German warfare called blitzkrieg ("lightning war").
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War in the Modern World volume 2
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From the "McDonald's theory"-referring to when a country can economically support a network of McDonald's restaurants-to a state's nuclear capabilities, evaluate the factors that explain why wars between great powers look different nowadays, and explore what future conflicts could look like between the United States and two of its major adversaries.
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War in the Modern World volume 12
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The Six-Day War, though a testament to Israel's military might, did not resolve its problems. Explore how the Israeli state dealt with instability both inside of and beyond its borders post-1967. Follow the events that led to the historic Camp David and Oslo Accords. And examine contemporary clashes between Israel and hostile groups like Hezbollah and Hamas.
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War in the Modern World volume 1
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After the Second World War, the nature of war-not only where, but how it is fought-changed dramatically. In this inaugural episode, begin to explore the transformation of violent conflicts between major world powers by delving into a particularly recent example: America's 20-year war in Afghanistan.
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World War II Battlefield Europe volume 14
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In the second half of 1941, Hitler decided to murder every Jew in Europe. How did the extermination camp system operate? How did one escapee manage to inform others about the horrors of Auschwitz? What could the Allies have done to stop (or even slow down) the Holocaust?
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World War II Battlefield Europe volume 24
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From the fate of everyday Germans and captured German leadership to the creation of NATO and the European Union, take stock of the global situation at the end of World War II. It was a time that would see a system of cooperation for the Allies, as well as the dawn of a lengthy Cold War with the Soviet Union.
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War in the Modern World volume 11
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Dive into the thorny history of Israel and Palestine, from the rise of Zionism in the 19th century to the Six-Day War. See how other entities like the United Nations and Israel's Arab neighbors navigated complex political tensions. And investigate the series of Arab-Israeli wars that shaped the region into what it is today.
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