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The next in this series of admirably concise yet nevertheless comprehensive titles looks at the history of all Americans as well as America; its en...

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Discover the key battles, tactics, technologies and turning points of the First World War - the epic conflict that was supposed to be "the war to e...

After the Second World War, new international rules heralded an age of human rights and self-determination. Supported by Britain, these unprecedent...

Cities and countries engulfed by panic and death, desperate for vaccines but fearful of what inoculation may bring. This is what the world has just...