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  The influence of sea power upon history, 1660-1783 [microform]

  by A. T. Mahan

  Influential classic of naval history and tactics still used as text in war colleges. Read by Kaiser Wilhelm, both Roosevelts, other leaders. First paperback edition. 4 maps. 24 battle plans.
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  The Trafalgar Companion: A Guide to History's Most Famous Sea Battle and the Life of Admiral Lord Nelson

  by Mark Adkin

  To mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar, fought in October 1805, comes The Trafalgar Companion, a lavishly illustrated volume that surpasses, in both scale and authority, anything ever published on this historic naval battle.
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  History of the Conquest of Mexico (Modern Library Classics)

  by Kerry Shale, William Hickling Prescott

  One of the most famous and remarkable history books ever written--and an excellent account of the origin and nature of Mexican civilization at the time of the conquest. Here is a rich and detailed portrait of the Aztec culture, which dominated the many races of Mexico with savage brutality, and of Hernando Cortes and his small party of cavaliers, who succeeded against all odds in defeating them. As the story... (more)
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  Agincourt

  by Christopher Hibbert

  Agincourt is a concise history of one of the most extraordinary battles in history.
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  Persuasive Images: Posters of War and Revolution from the Hoover Institution Archives

  by Peter Paret

  With powerful, often shocking immediacy, the 317 posters reproduced and discussed in this volume document the political and military conflicts of our century. These works reveal their meaning most clearly when we do not relegate them to the function of illustrating a text or see them merely as specimens of the applied arts, but take them seriously as unique combinations of historical witness and aesthetic object.... (more)