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Books in Essential Histories: War and Conflict in Modern Times series

  • The Korean War

    State Department Official Carter Malkasian

    Library Binding (Rosen Publishing Group, Sept. 1, 2008)
    The Korean War was a significant turning point in the Cold War. This book explains how the conflict in a small peninsula in East Asia had a tremendous impact on the entire international system and the balance of power between the two superpowers, America and Russia. Through the conflict, the West demonstrated its resolve to thwart Communist aggression and the armed forces of China, the Soviet Union and the United States came into direct combat for the only time during the Cold War.
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  • The Suez Crisis

    Derek Varble

    Library Binding (Rosen Pub Group, Sept. 1, 2008)
    Describes the events preceding and during the Sinai Campaign in 1956, detailing the battles, political negotiations, and consequences of the conflict.
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  • The Arab-Israeli Conflict: The 1948 War

    Efraim Karsh

    Library Binding (Rosen Pub Group, Sept. 1, 2008)
    Describes the events preceding and during the Arab-Israeli conflict in 1948, detailing the battles, political negotiations, and consequences of the war.
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  • The Iran-Iraq War

    Efraim Karsh

    Library Binding (Rosen Pub Group, Sept. 1, 2008)
    Describes the events preceding and during the Iran-Iraq War, detailing the battles, political negotiations, and consequences of the war.
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  • The Gulf War of 1991

    Alastair Finlan

    Library Binding (Rosen Publishing Group, Sept. 1, 2008)
    Describes the events preceding and during the Gulf War of 1991, detailing the battles, political negotiations, and consequences of the war.
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