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MAO
Life&Times
by Jonathan Clements
His leadership of the communist revolution and the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, after two decades of civil war and Japanese invasion, earned him the title Chairman Mao and the Great Leader.
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2006-01-31
978-1-904950-33-2
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World
Biography, History, Politics
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Yitzhak Rabin
The Battle for Peace
by Linda Benedikt
He was dubbed ‘Mr Security’ by his countrymen, yet Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995) was murdered for what he ultimately failed to deliver: security. It seems that only in death did he become the symbol of what could have been possible: a just peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
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2005-11-25
978-1-904950-06-6
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World
Biography, History, Politics
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CASEMENT
Life&Times
by Angus Mitchell
Roger Casement’s revolutionary fire was lit in the Congo where he saw at first hand some of the worst abuses of the colonial project. The fire burned hotter in Brazil, where he gradually became convinced that exploitation and abuse were inextricably linked with the exercise of imperial power.
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2003-08-05
978-1-904341-41-3
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World
Biography, History
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de Gaulle
Life&Times
by Professor Julian Jackson
General Charles de Gaulle, the saviour of France’s honour in 1940 and founder of the Fifth Republic in 1958, was a man of contradictions. A conservative who brought the communists into his government and an imperialist who completed France’s decolonisation.
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2005-11-15
978-1-904341-44-4
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World
Biography, History
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Florence Nightingale and The Viceroys
by Patricia Mowbray
A biography that reveals an aspect of Florence Nightingale’s life that has been largely overlooked. Her profound influence on health and welfare in India, on both rural life in the country and the conditions of soldiers sent out to serve in India during the high water mark of the British Empire.
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2008-03-15
9781905791231
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World
Biography
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