European

Image of The Battle of the Tanks: Kursk, 1943
Author(s):
Lloyd Clark
Genre(s):
World War II, Military History & Affairs, German, European

The Battle of the Tanks: Kursk, 1943

October 31, 2011

“Mr. Clark has a reputation for both his deep knowledge of military history and his ability to make it accessible to a substantial reading audience.

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Image of Rome: A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History
Author(s):
Robert Hughes
Genre(s):
Italian, European

Rome: A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History

October 26, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Jillian Abbott

Robert Hughes’s latest tome, Rome: A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History, proves once again that this erudite man can take on a mammoth task such as chronicling the entire history of Ro

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Image of Tigress of Forli
Author(s):
Elizabeth Lev
Genre(s):
Historical, Italian, Royalty

Tigress of Forli

July 4, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Norman Powers

“Ms.

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Image of The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
Author(s):
Edward Dolnick
Genre(s):
Historical, Scientists & Inventors, British

The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World

January 25, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Dr. Lydia Pyne

Europe in the year 1660 was an environment of interesting mixed historical contradictions.

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Image of Renegades: Irish Republican Women 1900-1922
Author(s):
Ann Matthews
Genre(s):
History, World, Women in History, European

Renegades: Irish Republican Women 1900-1922

October 15, 2010
Reviewed by: 
John L. Murphy PhD

Coverage of women’s contributions to the struggle for Irish independence early last century harps on two names: Maud Gonne and the Countess Constance de Markievicz.

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Image of The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris
Author(s):
Peter Beinart
Genre(s):
European, Military History & Affairs, U.S.

The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Dave Moyer

The Icarus Syndrome uses the Greek myth of Icarus to illustrate American foreign policy shortcomings following World War I, Vietnam, and Iraq.

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Image of Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen
Author(s):
Anna Whitelock
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Royalty, British, Historical

Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Garth Von Buchholz

In Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen, Anna Whitelock sets out to offer a picture of English first Queen Regnant as something other than the “weak-willed failure as so often rendered by tradition

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Image of 48 Hours of Kristallnacht: Night Of Destruction/Dawn Of The Holocaust
Author(s):
Mitchell G. Bard
Genre(s):
Holocaust & Other Genocide, German, World War II

48 Hours of Kristallnacht: Night Of Destruction/Dawn Of The Holocaust

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Charles S. Weinblatt

(The Lyons Press, 2008)

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Image of The Rising: Ireland: Easter 1916
Author(s):
Fearghal McGarry
Genre(s):
European, Education

The Rising: Ireland: Easter 1916

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
John L. Murphy PhD

(Oxford University Press, 2010)

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Image of Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen
Author(s):
Anna Whitelock
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Royalty, British, Historical

Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Susan Harper PhD

In Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen, Anna Whitelock sets out offer a picture of English first Queen Regnant as something other than the “weak-willed failure as so often rendered by traditional

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