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“…For Indian nationalists the war has tended to be seen as a distraction from the quest for national independence - but Raghavan shows that in fact the war lay at the very heart of how and why colonial rule ended in South Asia. …”

“…But in their own lifetimes, the joint glory of calculus was not enough for either and each declared war against the other, openly and in secret. This long and bitter dispute has been swept under the carpet by historians — perhaps because it reveals Newton and Leibniz in their worst light — but The Calculus Wars tells the full story in narrative form for the first time. …”

“…From the American Revolution to the Iraq war, pivotal decisions have hung on such shifts of perspective. …”

“…Comprehensively and for the first time, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Steve Coll recounts the history of the covert wars in Afghanistan that fueled Islamic militancy and sowed the seeds of the September 11 attacks. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Paramilitarism in Europe after the Great War: an introduction / Robert Gerwarth and John Horne -- Part I: Revolution and counter-revolution -- The syndrome of violence in Russia's civil wars, 1918-1920 / William G. …”

“…An examination of one of the most important yet underexplored aspects of World War II--intelligence--shows how espionage successes and failures by the United States, Britain, Russia, Germany, and Japan influenced the course of the war and its final outcome…”

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