Now, with "Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom, " Mr. Platt presents the first book-length foray in this direction, providing a compelling alternative account of much-studied events that feels both a bit old-fashioned (in its panoramic view of battles and leaders) yet also very much in step with recent scholarship, placing national stories into global frameworks.

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Petraeus and his staff will discuss at length the shading of colors on a slide, or the direction of arrows depicting causality.

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When a stock or index breaks out of a multi-month consolidation pattern like that wedge, the next move in the direction of the break generally lasts about the same length of time that it took to form the pattern.

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Since joining the Test side just 15 months ago, he has taken 89 wickets at 17.13 from his first 16 games through the simple tactic of landing the ball on a perfect line and length and consistently moving it half the width of the bat in either direction.

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