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Isma'il Sidqi, 1875-1950: Pragmatism and Vision in Twentieth Century Egypt - Malak Badrawi - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=OX2Et5s8qtQC&pg=PA27&dq=%22Firmin+van+den+Bosch%22&hl=de&ei=NTKYTcesHY7T4waK5fXUAQ&sa=X&oi=book_
Traces the life of Isma'il Sidqi - twice Egyptian Prime Minister, in 1930 and in 1946, and opponent of Egypt's disastrous 1948 decision to intervene in Palestine - and seeks to interpret his motives and actions in the light of his own statements.
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Pilum High: The Javelin Anti-Armor Missile
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/pilum-high-the-javelin-anti-armor-missile-03440/#more-3440
The FGM-148 Javelin missile system aimed to solve 2 key problems experienced by American forces. One was a series of disastrous experiences in Vietnam, trying to use 66mm M72 LAW rockets against old Soviet tanks. A number of replacement options like
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House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power - James Carroll - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=gdIN5ALnJgUC&pg=PA95
From the National Book Award–winning author of An American Requiem and Constantine's Sword comes a sweeping yet intimate look at the Pentagon and its vast—often hidden—impact on America. This landmark, myth-shattering work chronicles the most powerful…
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The Disastrous Mrs. Weldon: The Life, Loves and Lawsuits of a Legendary ... - Brian Thompson - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=6R11m2JraXkC&pg=PA56&dq=%22Poodle+Byng%22#v=onepage
Born to fanatically snobbish Victorian parents, Georgina Weldon grew up to wreak havoc on almost everyone she met. She was supposed to marry well and restore the family fortune, but soon proved to have other ideas. Her scandalous affair with a married man…
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Disastrous Ventures: German and British Enterprises in East New Guinea up to ... - Hans-Jürgen Ohff - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=wX1wCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT98&lpg=PT97&ots=hgQlv2sVyF&focus=viewport&dq=dallmann+samoa#v=onepage&q=dallm
The colonies of German New Guinea (GNG) and British New Guinea (BNG) which from 1906 became the Territory of Papua, experienced different paths of development due to the colonial administrators’ divergent commercial policies. The establishment of these…
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China Under Mao - Andrew G. Walder - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=yMLFCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA334
China’s Communist Party seized power in 1949 after a long guerrilla insurgency followed by full-scale war, but the revolution was just beginning. Andrew Walder narrates the rise and fall of the Maoist state from 1949 to 1976—an epoch of startling…
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Hitler's Generals - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=f0fclZ_UjwQC&pg=PA337&dq=Dieter+von+Arnim&cd=7#v=onepage&q=rundstedt&f=false
In Hitler's Generals, distinguished historian Correlli Barnett has gathered together an outstanding team of military historians to write about the characters and careers of twenty-six generals of the Third Reich. The book probes the central mystery of why…
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British and European Trucks of the 1970s - Colin Peck - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=V9pJYvEWQL0C&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=%22Argyle+Motor+Manufacturing%22&source=bl&ots=SdiXVpHrgA&sig=
The ’70s witnessed a number of amalgamations, mergers and take-overs that would change the face of the pan-European trucking industry. It saw the birth of the infamous British Leyland empire, which was to have far-reaching and disastrous consequences for…
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The Pope's Battalions: Santamaria, Catholicism and the Labor Split - Ross Fitzgerald, Adam James Carr, William J. Dealy - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=hI0gyEa1KV8C&pg=PA31&dq=%22Serving+in+Naval+Intelligence+during+the+Second+World+War,+Kelly+woul
A prophet whose confident prophecies were frequently proved wrong, B.A. Santamaria profoundly affected 20th century Australian political life. Although he rarely gave interviews and never held elected office, Santamaria became widely known through his…
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Automakers Say You Don’t Really Own Your Car | Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://www.eff.org/de/deeplinks/2015/04/automakers-say-you-dont-really-own-your-car
EFF is fighting for vehicle owners’ rights to inspect the code that runs their vehicles and to repair and modify their vehicles, or have a mechanic of their choice do the work. At the moment, the anti-circumvention prohibition in the Digital Millennium…