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1	The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe more books like this by Professor Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist In 1683, two empires - the Ottoman, based in Constantinople, and the Habsburg dynasty in Vienna - came face to face in the culmination of a 250-year power struggle: the Great Siege of Vienna. Within the city walls the choice of resistance over surrender to the largest army ever assembled by the Turks created an all-or-nothing scenario: every last ... see all copies from $8.96! new only from $10.86! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Habsburgs more books like this by Professor Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist The Habsburgs have been described at one extreme as demons - responsible for a 'long history of atrocities'; and, at the other, as dodos - living fossils unable to adapt to the modern world. In reality, the flamboyant royal family appear, in many ways, to have behaved much like most other monarchies. Their story, however, is none the less ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.03! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Habsburgs: Embodying Empire more books like this by Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist This title is a history of the extraordinary rise to power and eventual decline of the Habsburg Empire. This episode in history covers three centuries, and traces their area of influence to almost all the countries of Europe - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Spain and Italy. Because the Habsburgs dominated so many ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $49.95! \| first editions
4	The Road to War the Road to War: Revised Edition Revised Edition more books like this by Richard Overy, Professor Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist Without resort to hindsight, this study looks at why the world's greatest powers were at war 60 years ago. It aims to recapture the concerns, anxieties and prejudices of the statesmen of the 30s and the people they led. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $6.21!
5	Life & Times of Shaikh (English more books like this by Professor Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist The emergence of the Gulf States as important players on the world stage has been one of the most significant historical economic events of the modern era, and among the Gulf States the development of the State of Bahrain in this century is quite remarkable. Bahrain has pioneered sustained social development over a period of more than half a ... see all copies from $3.07! new only from $3.07! \| first editions
6	Who's Who in Military History: From 1453 to the Present Day more books like this by John Keegan, Professor Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist This text examines those men and women who have shaped the course of war. It concentrates on all those periods about which the reader is likely to want information - the 18th-century wars in Europe, the American Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars and the major conflicts of the 19th-century. There is full coverage of World Wars I and II, and the many ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.44! \| first editions
7	Infidels: A History of the Conflict Between Christendom and Islam more books like this by Professor Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist In this dazzlingly-written, pull-no-punches account of the long conflict between Christianity and Islam, Wheatcroft delves beneath stereotypes, and looks incisively at how images and ideas, as well as politics, religion, and conquest, fueled a seemingly unquenchable enmity and hostility on both sides across centuries. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.39! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Ottomans: 9dissolving Images more books like this by Professor Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist The author teases out those qualities which were uniquely Ottoman - not Turkish, not Middle Eastern or even a shadowy echo of the West, they were born warriors from the steppes of Central Asia who became a singular urban culture. Their legacy still lives on in the Middle East and parts of Europe and the author recovers their long-forgotten and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.95! \| first editions
9	The world atlas of revolutions more books like this by Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
10	Nicholas II : the last tsar more books like this by Marvin Lyons add to wishlist see all copies from $8.86! new only from $163.38! \| first editions
11	Tennyson album : a biography in original photographs. more books like this by Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
12	Bahrain Original Photographs 188 more books like this by Professor Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00! new only from $149.90!
13	The children's Bible more books like this by David Christie-Murray, Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
14	The Ottomans: 5dissolving Images more books like this by Professor Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist The Ottoman Empire was a "mystery wrapped inside the enigma". This book aims to unravel the mystery in two ways. Firstly, it looks at the Ottomans and their world in terms relevant to an eastern Islamic society, with its own principles and practices that seemed merely barbaric to the West. The book also comes to terms with the West's expectations ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.99!
15	Infidels: The Conflict Between Christendom and Islam, 638-2002 more books like this by Professor Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist How did we learn to hate or despise? Simply, because we were taught to. In 638, the Christian Patriarch of the holy city of Jerusalem called the Muslim Caliph's presence an abomination in the sight of God. Christians and Muslims have since regarded each other warily and have silently thought of each other as "infidels". This work traces the long ... see all copies from $19.93! new only from $30.45! \| first editions
16	Childrens Bible more books like this by Andrew Wheatcroft (Illustrator), David Christie-Murray add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
17	Arabia & the Gulf more books like this by Professor Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist see all copies from $34.55! first editions
18	The Habsburg Empire: the world of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy in original photographs, 1840-1916 more books like this by Franz Hubmann, Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist see all copies from $30.00! first editions
19	Who's Who in Military History more books like this by John Keegan, Keegan John, Professor Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist This comprehensive reference looks at those people who have shaped the course of war. Broad in geographical and chronological scope, it concentrates on all the major periods and conflicts in history, from 1453 up to the present day. The book provides: detailed biographies of the most interesting and important figures in military history; a series ... see all copies from $3.50! new only from $12.09! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	A Christmas carol more books like this by Shona McKellar, Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist This text combines Charles Dickens' classic story "A Christmas Carol" with illustrations and photographs in order to provide a factual context. Retellings and abridgements aim to capture the essence of the work for children as young as eight to read to themselves. see all copies from $11.00! first editions
21	The Habsburg Empire: The World of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Original Photographs, 1840-1916 more books like this by Andrew Wheatcroft (Editor), Franz Hubmann add to wishlist see all copies from $49.45!
22	The Covent Garden Album: Two Hundred Fifty Years of Theatre, Opera & Ballet more books like this by Andrew Wheatcroft, Lord Drogheda, Charles Garrett Drogheda add to wishlist see all copies from $9.58!
23	The Road to War more books like this by R. J. Overy, Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist This study of international security and military intelligence in Europe just prior to the start of World War II evaluates the willingness and readiness of England and France to engage Hitler--especially in light of the still-lingering memory of the horrors of World War I. see all copies from $5.35! new only from $19.95! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Road to War: The Origins of World War II more books like this by Professor Andrew Wheatcroft, Richard Overy add to wishlist In the years between the two great wars, the nations of the world, ravaged by war and depression, struggled to maintain a delicate peace. Torn between pressing social needs - record-setting unemployment and the threat of revolutions, Western Europe played for time in which to repair its economies and to strengthen its governments. No one wanted ... see all copies from $14.63! new only from $14.63!
25	War, economy and the military mind more books like this by Geoffrey Best, Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist see all copies from $4.97! first editions

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