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Punjab: A History From Aurangzeb to Mountbatten
For centuries, the fertile land of five rivers in the north of the Indian subcontinent was coveted by numerous empires and invaders. In this, the first major account of undivided Punjab, award-winning historian, biographer and scholar, Rajmohan Gandhi, traces its history during its most tumultuous phase from the death of Aurangzeb, in the early eighteenth century, to its brutal partition in 194…
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- 1st Edition
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- 978-9382277583
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- 432 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustra
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- -
- Call Number
- 954.552
Why Nations Go to War
WHY NATIONS GO TO WAR is unique. The reflections of author John G. Stoessinger are built around ten case studies and provide a deep analysis of the root causes of modern war, from from World War I to the modern day. The author's main emphasis is on the pivotal role of the personalities of leaders who take their nations, or their following, across the threshold into war. Students are sure to rem…
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- 1st Edition
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- 978-0495797180
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- 230 pages 22 cm
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- Political Science, General
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- 909.82
The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis: Geographic Patterns & Relationships
The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis, Volume 1 shows how geographic analysis with GIS can identify patterns, relationships, and trends that lead to better decision making. Using examples from various industries, this book focuses on six of the most common geographic analysis tasks: mapping where things are, mapping the most and least, mapping density, finding what is inside, finding what is nearby, a…
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- 1st Edition
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- 978-1879102064
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- 3 volumes : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 c
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- Science, Earth Sciences, Geography
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- 910.285
Making Sense of War: The Second World War and the Fate of the Bolshevik Revol…
In Making Sense of War, Amir Weiner reconceptualizes the entire historical experience of the Soviet Union from a new perspective, that of World War II. Breaking with the conventional interpretation that views World War II as a post-revolutionary addendum, Weiner situates this event at the crux of the development of the Soviet--not just the Stalinist--system. Through a richly detailed look at So…
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- 1st Edition
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-0691095431
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- 1 online resource (432 pages) : illustrations, map
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- History, Wars & Conflicts, World War II, General, Russia & the Former Soviet Union
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- 940.5310947
The Sabres of Paradise: Conquest and Vengeance in the Caucasus
The Sabres of Paradise was first published in 1960, a hundred years after the story it recounts had ended. The Soviet Union was at the height of its power and the Caucasus had been coerced into submissive conformity by the brutalities of Stalin. Today, the narrative is a lot more relevant - post-Vietnam, post-Afghanistan, post-Soviet Union and post-September 11. A dramatist by training, Lesley'…
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- 1st Edition
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-0993092725
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- xii, 495 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : il
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- -
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- 947.9
Qabar Ki Aghosh
Raja Anwar is a Pakistani journalist, writer, and former PPP political activist. He belongs to the Bhakral Rajput clan. He was born in Kallar Syedan Tehsil. Anwar was appointed as an adviser on Students and Labour in Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's government (1974?1977). He escaped to Afghanistan after Bhutto was toppled by a right-wing military coup led by Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. In Kabul, Anwar joined B…
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- 1st Edition
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- 978-9639621305
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- 180 pages, [32] Seiten : zahlreiche Illustrationen
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- -
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- 949.7201
SWORD OF ALLAH : Khalid Bin Al-Waleed His Life & Campaigns
Khalid bin Al-Waleed was one of the greatest generals in history, and one of the greatest heroes of history. Besides him, Genghis Khan was the only other general to remain undefeated in his entire military life. Khalid was sent to the Persian Empire with an army consisting of 18,000 volunteers to conquer the richest province of the Persian empire, Euphrates region of lower Mesopotamia, (present…
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- 1st Edition
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- 978-8174355218
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- xxiv, 504 pages maps 23 cm
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- -
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- 953.0209
Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth
"Aurangzeb Alamgir (r. 1658-1707), the sixth Mughal emperor, is widely reviled in India today. ... While many continue to accept the storyline peddled by colonial-era thinkers--that Aurangzeb, a Muslim, was a Hindu-loathing bigot--there is an untold side to him as a man who strove to be a just, worthy Indian king."--Jacket
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- 1st Edition
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- 978-0670089819
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- xiv, 189 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations
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- -
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- 954.0258092
An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India
In 1930, the American historian and philosopher Will Durant wrote that Britain's 'conscious and deliberate bleeding of India... [was the] greatest crime in all history'. He was not the only one to denounce the rapacity and cruelty of British rule, and his assessment was not exaggerated. Almost thirty-five million Indians died because of acts of commission and omission by the British-in famines,…
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- 1st Edition
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-9383064656
- Collation
- 131 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Series Title
- Political Science, General
- Call Number
- 954.03
Kargil : From Surprise to Victory
The definitive account of the 1999 Kargil war - the strategy, the effects, the heroism - from the man in charge. In February 1999, Pakistani Army personnel, disguised as jehadi militants, infiltrated into mountainous Kargil and occupied key vantage points. Their intrusion triggered off a limited war between the world's newest nuclear states. It was a bitter battle, and one that throws up import…
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- 1st Edition
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-8172239671
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- 436 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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- Technology & Engineering, Military Science
- Call Number
- 954.6053
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