The Greek War of Independence was fought against the occupying Ottoman Turks from 1821-1832. Started in part by the Filiki Eteria movement in Greece, uprising 1821 soon lead to a full scale war. By…
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John Lord
Charles River Editors, February 2012
ISBN: 9781619823051
History, Greece
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In 2010, the self-immolation of a produce vendor in Tunisia catalyzed a series of massive democratic revolutions and uprisings throughout the Middle East and North Africa. These events would come to…
François Auguste Marie Mignet was born at Aix in Provence in 1796. He was educated at Avignon and in his native town, at first studying law. But, having gained some literary successes, he removed to…
When in March, 1957, Ghana became the first African country in colonial Africa to achieve Independence, the event was enthusiastically welcomed by millions of Africans and liberal non-Africans. Many…
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Joseph Amamoo
iUniverse, November 2000
ISBN: 9781475924510
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Fyffes classic is a chronology of Western Europe from 1792 to 1814 the French Revolution to the rise and fall of Napoleon. A table of contents is included for easier navigation. A number of topical…
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Charles Alan Fyffe
Charles River Editors, February 2012
ISBN: 9781619823785
History, France
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Thomas Paine was one of the most remarkable political writers of the modern world and the greatest radical of a radical age. Through writings like Common Sense--and words such as "The sun never shined…
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Harvey J. Kaye
Hill and Wang, April 2007
ISBN: 9780374707064
History, Revolutionary
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The overthrow and execution of Tsar Nicholas II and the Russian Imperial family is a cause célèbre of 20th century history. Andrew Cooks re-investigation of the story finally solves one of the…
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Andrew Cook
Amberley Publishing, April 2012
ISBN: 9781445607962
Biography & Memoir, Royalty
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Yasith Chhun was just a 42-year-old accountant living a comfortable life in California. Then he tried to overthrow the Cambodian government from his humble office in Long Beach. Inspired by films like…
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Adam Piore
The Atavist, April 2012
ISBN: 9781937894085
True Crime, Espionage
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With a new investigative epilogue by a prominent Washington journalist and a new foreword by the author. Ambassador Joseph Wilson recounts more than two decades of foreign service to our country in…
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Joseph Wilson
PublicAffairs, August 2007
ISBN: 9780786715275
History, Revolutionary
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Traditional walking tours of New York enshrine the wealthy and war heroes by emphasizing what they've left behind. Rarely seen are those buried in their wake those who fought the power, pushing for a…
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