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Federation Versus Freedom
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Female Ascetics: Hierarchy and Purity in Indian Religious Movements (Religion and Society in South Asia)
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Female Ascetics: Hierarchy and Purity in Indian Religious Movements (Religion and Society in South Asia)
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Female Husbands: A Trans History
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Feminist Judgments: Reproductive Justice Rewritten (Feminist Judgment Series: Rewritten Judicial Opinions)
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Feminity and Psychoanalysis: Cinema, Culture, Theory
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Feud in Early Modern Germany
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Fifty Days to Freedom: A Reconstruction
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Fighting Rommel
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Fighting the Fever: Kala-azar in Eastern India, 1875–1947
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Fighting the People’s War: The British and Commonwealth Armies and the Second World War (Armies of the Second World War)
0₹2,381.00Dive into the Second World War’s vital, untold dimensions with this panoramic history of the British and Commonwealth armies, featuring the crucial contributions of the Indian Army. Jonathan Fennell reveals the true wartime experience of ordinary soldiers, challenging established narratives of WWII. Explore how home front dynamics affected battlefield performance and how soldiers’ evolving political beliefs ignited postwar socio-political transformation. Essential for students of military history and Indian history enthusiasts seeking a deeper understanding of WWII’s impact and the Commonwealth forces.
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Final Solutions: Human Nature, Capitalism and Genocide
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