This volume offers a comprehensive history of warfare since 1648, covering conventional and unconventional operations and demonstrating how most modern wars have been hybrid affairs that involved both.
Bringing together a diverse collection of primary source documents, this book illuminates the events and experiences of World War I from a variety of perspectives, from soldiers on the front lines to civilians supporting the war effort at home.
The 1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition set off to explore how it might be possible to get to the vicinity of Mount Everest, to reconnoiter possible routes for ascending the mountain, and - if possible - make the first ascent of the highest mountain in the world.
Hannah Arendt's work inspires many to stand in solidarity against authoritarianism, racial or gender-based violence, climate change, and right-wing populism.
Das Handbuch behandelt in über 150 eigenständigen Artikeln den grundlegenden Wortschatz des französischen Ancien Régime und der Französischen Revolution.
The Portuguese revolution marked the closure of the country's five-centuries of imperial history as well as its 48-year authoritarian period, a dramatic moment of political radicalization and social conflict that took place against the backdrop of rapid social transformation in an increasingly globalised world.
Explore the overlooked life of Tiun Chhang-mia, the Taiwanese woman behind the nineteenth century's most accomplished missionary, George Leslie Mackay.
Der lange Weg des MenschenDas Aussterben der Dinosaurier war die große Chance der Säugetiere: Jahrelang lebten sie im Schatten der Ungetüme, nun eroberten sie sich die Erde zurück.
La religiosidad, mas una cultura de disciplinamiento y subordinacion muy arraigada en los actuales residentes de Villa Baviera, obstaculiza el esclarecimiento de crimenes de lesa humanidad y pone en marcha una espiral de silencio.
Pieges entre les contradictions coloniales et le silence de leurs confreres metropolitains, les avocats coloniaux repondaient a des regles confuses et mouvantes voulues par Paris.
Europa auf den Barrikaden1848 – was für ein Jahr: Die Rufe nach Grundrechten und Demokratie wurden lauter, hitzige Debatten wurden zu Barrikadenkämpfen, die Monarchie geriet endgültig ins Wanken.
La prosa de la contrainsurgencia replantea el problema de lo político y presta atención a axiomas emergentes sobre lo social como conjunto de articulaciones complejas y fragmentarias, constituidas en torno a asimetrías fundamentales, y a una creciente proliferación de diferencias.
From breakups that ended empires to naps that sank ships, 10 Mistakes That Changed History reveals how overlooked historical errors are responsible for some of the most era-defining events of the past.
A compelling examination of how economic development projects ignore local history, and the effects of this shortsightedness Foreign aid planners rarely consider the history of the societies in which they work, an oversight noted in the development literature but rarely examined.
An Economist, GQ and Times Book of the Year 2025An ambitious history of masculinity and family, from the Bronze Age to the contemporary 'crisis of men', Fatherhood dares to offer a more caring and affirmative vision of the roles men play at home and in the world.
The Portuguese revolution marked the closure of the country's five-centuries of imperial history as well as its 48-year authoritarian period, a dramatic moment of political radicalization and social conflict that took place against the backdrop of rapid social transformation in an increasingly globalised world.
By 1850, the frontier settlement of San Antonio had seen more than its share of hardships, Indians attacks, rebellions, and repeated military occupations.
By 1850, the frontier settlement of San Antonio had seen more than its share of hardships, Indians attacks, rebellions, and repeated military occupations.
