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The Treasures of World History - The Story of Civilization in 50 Documents by Peter Snow; Ann MacMillan
69.99 AUD
Category: History
A spirited examination of world history, told through 50 key documents, by two celebrated historians and journalists. With a wealth of experience between them on political, social, cultural and military history, and today's current affairs, Peter Snow and Ann MacMillan are the perfect guides to apprecia ...Show more
The Uses and Abuses of History by Margaret MacMillan
22.99 AUD
Category: History
History is useful when it is used properly: to understand why we and those we must deal with think and react in certain ways. It can offer examples to inform our decisions and guesses about the consequences of our actions. But we should be wary of looking to history for dogmatic lessons.We should distru ...Show more
The War that Ended Peace: How Europe Abandoned Peace for the First World War by Margaret MacMillan
24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: WARTHE
WINNER of the International Affairs Book of the Year at the Political Book Awards 2014Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2013The First World War followed a period of sustained peace in Europe during which people talked with confidence of prosperity, progress and hope. But in 1914, Europe walked int ...Show more
War: How Conflict Shaped Us by Margaret MacMillan
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Category: Warfare
How the human history of conflict has transformed the world we live in - for good and evil. The time since the Second World War has been seen by some as the longest uninterrupted period of harmony in human history: the 'long peace', as Stephen Pinker called it. But despite this, there has been a militar ...Show more
War - How Conflict Shaped Us by Margaret MacMillan
39.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
How the human history of conflict has transformed the world we live in - for good and evil. The time since the Second World War has been seen by some as the longest uninterrupted period of harmony in human history: the 'long peace', as Stephen Pinker called it. But despite this, there has been a militar ...Show more
Women of the Raj by Margaret MacMillan
19.99 AUD
Category: History
The apparent glamour of the Indian Raj continues to fascinate long after the British quit the subcontinent. But along with the beauty of the Indian landscape and the privilege of servants and holidays in hill stations, British women in that vanished world faced challenges and fears that came from being ...Show more