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May 24, 2018

What's new in May 2018

Introductions to American Naval History and Demography are now available, plus a new edition of the VSI to Terrorism ...

April 26, 2018

What's new in April 2018

Three introductions are now available online: Criminology, Decadence, and The U.S. Constitution ...

March 22, 2018

What's new in March 2018

This month seven books have been published online ...

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