Europas Grenzen aus westlicher und östlicher Sicht - "Schengen" ist die Geschichte eines grenzenlosen Kerneuropas und seiner Erweiterung, auch über die Grenzen des ehemaligen "Eisernen Vorhangs" hinaus.
"e;Les vrais Suisses sont noirs"e; vous demontrera que la Suisse appartient aux populations noires qui l'ont peuplee et en ont pris soin, bien avant l'arrivee des Blancs.
Wolfgang Templin erzählt die unwahrscheinliche und abenteuerliche Geschichte der zweiten Gründung des polnischen Staates: Nach 123 Jahren der Aufteilung zwischen Russland, Österreich und Preußen ließen die Polen im November 1918 ihr Land als souveräner Staat wieder entstehen, während die drei Großmächte mit dem Ende des Weltkriegs in Niederlage und Revolution taumelten.
Both modern Ukrainian nationhood and the historical preconditions of the country's contemporary conflict with Russia are rooted in a complex period of development in Cossack Ukraine.
Der Systemwechsel in Polen, dem zweitwichtigsten Land des Warschauer Paktes, gilt aufgrund seines friedlichen Verlaufs als Vorbild für eine gelungene Revolution.
The book is the first historical reconstruction of Italian political events over the last thirty years, that is, the period from the Tangentopoli crisis of the early 1990s to the present day.
The book is the first historical reconstruction of Italian political events over the last thirty years, that is, the period from the Tangentopoli crisis of the early 1990s to the present day.
Du 14 fevrier 1793 au 21 floreal an II - 10 mai 1794, Pache, maire de la Commune de Paris, defendit, de concert avec le peuple parisien et des deputes montagnards, un projet de societe fonde sur les droits naturels de l'homme et du citoyen a l'existence, a l'instruction et a la liberte individuelle et en societe ou souverainete populaire.
Memoire a la gloire de Normandie-Niemen evoque la genese du groupe de chasse Normandie-Niemen dans le contexte d'avant-guerre, puis de Londres au Liban.
A partir de las fuentes documentales y arqueológicas, Gómez Espelosín nos ofrece una nueva mirada sobre la antigua Grecia frente a sus visiones estereotipadas.
Providing an inclusive history of the entire territory and people of medieval Europe from 250 to1450, this volume examines not just the political history but the rich social and cultural history, too.
Le 9 novembre 1970, alors qu'il peregrine dans les flammes du Purgatoire, Charles de Gaulle a une surprise de taille en tombant nez a nez avec Petain qui attend depuis plus de dix-neuf ans son entretien avec Dieu le Pere.
England's Fairyland: Most books about the fairy lore of Britain tend to focus on the Celtic parts of the country, but The Crew that Never Rests is mainly about the local legends and tales of the fairies as recorded in the counties of England.
England's Fairyland: Most books about the fairy lore of Britain tend to focus on the Celtic parts of the country, but The Crew that Never Rests is mainly about the local legends and tales of the fairies as recorded in the counties of England.
Albrecht von Wallenstein, der schillernde und umstrittene Herzog von Friedland, tritt aus den Nebeln des Dreißigjährigen Krieges hervor und prägt eine ganze Epoche.
Joachim Peiper (1915-1976), Liebling Himmlers und 1938 bis 1941 sein Adjutant, war der idealtypische "Vorzeigeoffizier" der Waffen-SS, ein Exponent der Junkerschulgeneration, deren Angehörige in der zweiten Kriegshälfte als junge Kommandeure den rücksichtslosen Geist ihrer Trup-pe präg-ten.
This book excavates the diverse and mostly unnoticed political meanings made available to American and German audiences by the blockbuster films helmed by transplanted West German directors Roland Emmerich and Wolfgang Petersen.
Drawing on the expertise of Chinese and Western academics and practitioners, the contributors to this volume aim to advance the understanding of philanthropy for health in China in the 20th century and to identify future challenges and opportunities.
One of the main questions addressed in this book is whether the EU enlargement fatigue has resulted in broken promises leading to a "e;commitment fatigue"e; among the EU candidate states from Western Balkans.
One of the main questions addressed in this book is whether the EU enlargement fatigue has resulted in broken promises leading to a "e;commitment fatigue"e; among the EU candidate states from Western Balkans.
Establishing a 'missed link' between the work of Piero Manzoni and Helio Oiticica and their respective cultural contexts, this book sheds new light on overlooked aspects of these two artists' practices, particularly focusing on the shift from painting to performance in the long 1960s.
This book examines Machiavelli in contemporary or past realities through the way in which he read, wrote, related to cultures distant in time and space—a first in the field of Machiavellian studies.
This book examines Machiavelli in contemporary or past realities through the way in which he read, wrote, related to cultures distant in time and space—a first in the field of Machiavellian studies.
