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Explaining History eBook Series

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  • Red Sun at War

    Pearl Harbour and Japan's Pacific Gamble

    by Nick Shepley ...
    Series Book 6 - Explaining History
    The devastating attack on Pearl Harbour, the tragic losses, extraordinary courage of the US sailors and airmen, and the fatal decisions of the Japanese are all examined through eye witness accounts and testimony. The terrible repercussions of the attack are explained in full and the story of how Pearl Harbour changed the war not just for America, but for Britain, Germany and the Soviet Union. Red ... Read more

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  • Explaining International Relations 1870-1914

    Your guide to the ten toughest exam questions on the causes of World War One

    by Nick Shepley ...
    Series Book 17 - Explaining History
    Between 1870 and 1914 Europe experienced mounting diplomatic tensions and the division of the continent into rival alliance systems. The outbreak of war in 1914 had long term origins which are complex and often obscure. This e-book is written to make these conflicts and the debates that surround them easy to understand and accessible. It covers the following key questions: 1. What as the ... Read more

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  • The Roaring 20's and the Wall Street Crash

    Good Times, Deep Pockets and Poverty

    by Nick Shepley ...
    Series Book 3 - Explaining History
    The Wall Street Crash was an epic failure of the financial system at the start of the 20th Century, but it alone did not cause the Great Depression. This edition of Explaining Modern History looks at the deeper causes of the crisis. Ideal for GCSE and A Level. ... Read more

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  • Red Sun Rising

    Japan, China and the West: 1894-1941

    by Nick Shepley ...
    Series Book 5 - Explaining History
    In the second half of the 19th Century, Japan awoke from centuries of isolation to be a surprising and warlike challenge to European power in Asia. This ebook charts the rise of Japan's power and her dominion over China. It also explores how Japan came to challenge European nations convinced of their own invincibility in the east, culminating in the attack on the USA at Pearl Harbour. ... Read more

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  • Hitler, Chamberlain and Munich

    The End Of The Twenty Year Truce

    by Nick Shepley ...
    Series Book 14 - Explaining History
    In the mid 1930s, Hitler's determination to wage a European war and destroy the Treaty of Versailles seemed to be an unstoppable force in international affairs. The weak and divided British and French, crippled by multiple crises over the Rhineland, Spain Abyssinia and Austria were poorly prepared for the ordeal to come. This ebook explains how Hitler schemed and manipulated them in order to ... Read more

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  • Sun Yat Sen and the birth of modern China

    20th Century China: Volume One

    by Nick Shepley ...
    Series Book 9 - Explaining History
    As the increasingly powerless Qing Dynasty in 19th Century China struggled to defend itself from European, American and Japanese colonial control, and bloody civil wars and rebellions fought by an angry and desperate people raged, a new revolutionary force emerged.Sun Yat Sen's Tongmenghui, later known as the Kuomintang adopted the revolutionary ideas of the west, but in a bid to sweep away not ... Read more

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  • The Paris Peace Conference 1919

    A student's guide to the Treaty of Versailles.

    by Nick Shepley ...
    Series Book 20 - Explaining History
    In six months, from December 1918 to May 1919, the fate of the world was decided by a small group of statesmen and diplomats in Paris. The First World War had left behind a chaotic legacy of new nations, collapsed empires and the question of how Germany should be punished. This eBook is the first in a new series called 'Study Essentials', which takes complex historical events and makes them ... Read more

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  • Explaining Britain and Her Empire: 1851-1914

    A Student's Guide to Victorian Britain

    by Nick Shepley ...
    Series Book 16 - Explaining History
    In the six decades between 1851 and 1914 Britain was transformed by industrialisation and empire. Her politics, society, culture and economy all underwent a radical transition. This is an Explaining History e-book written specifically for A level students to help them master this complex and challenging period of study. It covers * The evolution of the party system in Victorian Britain * The ... Read more

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  • Red Sun at War Part II

    Allied Defeat in the Far East

    by Nick Shepley ...
    Series Book 7 - Explaining History
    From the sinking of Repulse and the Prince of Wales to the fall of Malaya, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra and Java and the bombing of Darwin, Japan's armies crashed through poorly defended and ill prepared colonies. With them came a degree of brutality towards prisoners and ethnic cleansing of Chinese civilians that made Japan's war synonimous with cruelty and prejudice. This ebook explores how the ... Read more

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  • Explaining Nazi Germany

    Six Answers To A Level/SAT2 Nazi Germany Questions

    by Nick Shepley ...
    Series Book 18 - Explaining History
    From the Explaining History series, this is a new ebook for students of Germany history designed to dispel the six most pervasive myths about the Third Reich and help students get to grips with the most common problems. Also check out the link for additional bonus material and a free six part modern history course. ... Read more

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  • Explaining International Relations 1918-1939

    A Students Guide

    by Nick Shepley ...
    Series Book 21 - Explaining History
    Between 1918 and 1939 diplomats and politicians sought to create a lasting world order. However, they struggled to maintain stability in an international system still struggling with the legacy of the First World War. This eBook focuses on addressing ten of the most complex and challenging questions that face students of inter war diplomacy, including:1. How did the decisions taken at the Paris ... Read more

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  • Stalin, the Five Year Plans and the Gulags

    Slavery and Terror 1929-53

    by Nick Shepley ...
    Series Book 12 - Explaining History
    From the personal accounts of those devoured by the great darkness of Stalin's Russia, the Explaining History series details the explosive growth of Stalin's vast industrial revolution, and the explosive growth of his terror and the slave camps that held his victims.The lives of workers, peasants, Poles and Jews, intellectuals and secret policemen are explained here in an accessible and straight ... Read more

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