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The Wars of the Roses offers a new and authoritative history of the military campaigns of the Wars of the Roses. It draws upon decades of archival research and recent archaeological findings to provide a fresh perspective on the civil wars of the mid-fifteenth century, from the first Battle of St (...)

Details Israel's 1982 invasion, highlighting fierce battles and strategic operations.Following years of growing tensions, in June 1982 Israel launched an all-out invasion of Lebanon. Following initial advances on Palestinian-controlled Tyre and Sidon, the Beaufort Castle, and the amphibious landing (...)

Al principio de la década de los ochenta, una brillante estudiante de Bellas Artes francesa ingresó en una escuela de la provincia de Sichuan y se enfrentó a todo tipo de obstáculos. Su experiencia ofrece una detallada visión de un capítulo de la historia cultural china, así como un vívido (...)

Chronicles the Spanish Civil War's early air battles, showing how foreign aircraft and pilots shaped modern aerial warfare.In July 1936, Spain's air arm stood on the brink of obsolescence. Its handful of Nieuport-Delage Ni52C.1 fighters, Breguet XIX bombers and Dornier seaplanes represented a (...)

Se cumplen novecientos años de la muerte de Urraca de León, la primera mujer que reinó por derecho propio en la Europa medieval. Un mundo donde la soberanía y el poder eran prerrogativas masculinas, pero en el que Urraca, desafiando convenciones y prejuicios, supo defender sus derechos e imponer su (...)

Córdoba es tierra de historia, de arte y de profunda devoción mariana. En sus iglesias, ermitas, santuarios y capillas se custodia un patrimonio único que ha acompañado la vida espiritual, cultural y social de generaciones de cordobeses. En Vírgenes de Córdoba, el historiador Juan José Primo Jurado (...)

La huella española en Flandes invita a redescubrir una de las epopeyas más olvidadas ?y, sin embargo, más decisivas? de la historia de España y de Europa: la presencia de la Monarquía Hispánica en los antiguos Países Bajos. Javier Rubio reconstruye, con rigor documental y pulso narrativo, el papel (...)

This book is a huge asset to any aircraft modelers interested in the J-7 in its many guises, in many liveries, and flying under many nation's flags. The table of contents is detailed, and the chapters do not disappoint with their numerous detailed photographs and diagrams. Evey aspect of the J-7 (...)

Oda Nobunaga was Japan's great military genius and the nation's first to envisage a unified Japan. Long vilified by historians as a cruel and ruthless despot, he remains one of the most controversial figures in Japanese history a man whose strategic brilliance and military prowess are his only (...)

Five centuries have passed since the famed Battle of Pavia - one of the most significant engagements in military history. This clash marked the culmination of the so-called Italian Wars, which had ravaged the Italian peninsula for over 30 years as European powers vied for dominance of the (...)