Biography: historical, political and military

This book, based on a systematic analysis of leaders' speeches, examines how regimes in Turkey, India, Russia, and China strategically weaponize the concept of 'civilization' along with emotional appeals, such as pride, fear, and nostalgia, to challenge global liberal democratic norms.

Parool / Parole is ’n keur van sy toesprake wat steeds literêre, politieke en filosofiese vure aansteek.

Born in the hamlet of Mount Gilead, North Carolina, Julius Chambers (19362013) escaped the fetters of the Jim Crow South to emerge in the 1960s and 1970s as the nation's leading African American civil rights attorney.

One German soldier’s experience in the deadly crucible of World War II combat.

Some cities, through hardship or glory or a combination of both, produce extraordinary women.

The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author "e;gives us flesh and blood Whitman in this fine and sensitive biography"e; (The Boston Globe).

Author Stephen Young was a seaman first class assigned to gunnery duty in turret no.

Barack Obama's election to the U.

This volume provides the first transnational overview of the relationship between translation and the book trade in early modern Europe.

From the American Revolution to the War in Afghanistan, the United States has had no shortage of conflicts on both domestic and world stages.

"e;The chronicle of [Broman's] Cold War CIA career bounces around the globe with his own recollections of running agents and other espionage derring-do, as well as stories told to him by friends and colleagues.

Can there be a spiritually rich engagement between Hindus and Christians?

'An affirmation of the power of love, kindness, courage and human resilience' - Lara Marlowe, author of Love in a Time of WarBernard Phelan was working for an Iranian tour operator when he was arrested on false charges of spying on 3rd October 2022, becoming a political hostage.

How did a bar like P.

The South has always been one of the most distinctive regions of the United States, with its own set of traditions and a turbulent history.

The Afterlife of King James IV explores the survival stories following the Scottish kings defeat at the battle of Flodden in 1513, and how his image and legacy were used in the years that followed when he remained a shadow player in the politics of a shattered kingdom.

A collection of Ronald Reagan's private thoughts, jokes, and favorite quotations from the #1 New York Times-bestselling editor of The Reagan Diaries.

What impact did the printing press a new means of communicating the written word have on early modern English lawyers?

"e;Now that the United States has declared war upon the German Empire, and that men will more than likely be conscripted into the service, I shall feel embarrassed should I fail to be among the first to go to the training camp,"e; wrote Dae Hinson of Leesville, Louisiana, in April 1917.

The private and public lives of James David Edgar and Matilda Ridout Edgar symbolized the increasingly complex nature of Toronto society as older generations gradually gave way to a new generation of "e;outsiders"e; seeking fame and prominence.

To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the end of the Civil War, Diversion Books is publishing seminal works of the era: stories told by the men and women who led, who fought, and who lived in an America that had come apart at the seams.

A record of the 2015 Building Bridges Seminar for leading Christian and Muslim scholars, this collection of essays explores the nature of divine and human agency through themes of creations goal, humankinds dignity and task, and notions of sovereignty.

The twentieth century witnessed the rise of the United States as the preeminent player on the world stage.

George Barnett transformed the United States Marine Corps from an antiquated afterthought to a modern force with an international reputation.

Known today chiefly for his surrender to the American forces at Saratoga, New York, in 1777, General John Burgoyne was one of the most interesting - and extraordinary - figures of the eighteenth century.

A Sunday Times bestseller, powerful, highly-charged and moving, No Way Out is Adam Jowett's tribute to the men of Easy Company who paid a heavy price for serving their country in Afghanistan.

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This title was originally published in 1953.

Captain Klevenhagen was one of the best officers Texas ever had.

A positive legacy of the troubled Nixon administration--and one virtually unknown to the American public--is the extensive acquisition of valuable art and antiques for the White House and the redecoration of the executive mansion by Pat Nixon.

No one could doubt that Frederick Warren Merriam was one of the earliest and most important of Britain's aviation pioneers.

As the Bride of Christ, the body of Christian believers has been called to serve Him.

The era following the American War of Independence was one of enormous conflict for the Allegany Senecas.

This ';informativehighly readable' (The Wall Street Journal) New York Times bestselling book from the author of the bestseller Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most powerful job in the world: President of the United States.

Founder of the Tudor dynasty, Henry VII was a crucial figure in English history.

Christians of the future global church will face challenges.

Hans Fackler wird, wie viele andere Jungen seines Alters, mit gerade einmal 17 Jahren in die Wehrmacht eingezogen und zu den Pionieren an die Ostfront geschickt.

Venetian music print culture of the mid-sixteenth century is presented here through a study of the Scotto press, one of the foremost dynastic music publishers of the Renaissance.

In January 1944 sixteen black enlisted men gathered at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois to begin a cram course that would turn them into the U.