General and world history

A groundbreaking new history of how the Vietnam War thwarted U.

The amazing life of one of the Marine Corps' premier combat leaders in World War II and Korea.

SCHWERPUNKT-BIOGRAPHIE EINES DER EINFLUSSREICHSTEN KONZILSTHEOLOGEN DES 20.

Eine Hommage und zugleich ein Dankeschön an die Menschen, denen Frankfurt seine ständige Entwicklung verdankt Frankfurt war schon immer eine Stadt, in der Menschen mit großen Namen lebten.

La llamada a la cruzada ha resurgido con fuerza en el debate político y cultural de Occidente tras la aparición del terrorismo islamista.

La llamada a la cruzada ha resurgido con fuerza en el debate político y cultural de Occidente tras la aparición del terrorismo islamista.

The abolition of slavery across large parts of the world was one of the most significant transformations in the nineteenth century, shaping economies, societies, and political institutions.

Lavishly illustrated with over 100 illustrations that detail the composition, organization, uniforms, weapons and equipment of each force.

Voices of the Georgian Age is the story of seventeen witnesses to the remarkably diverse Georgian century after 1720.

The Light Division is rightly regarded as the most famous force within Wellington's army in the Peninsular War.

The Light Division is rightly regarded as the most famous force within Wellington's army in the Peninsular War.

Voices of the Georgian Age is the story of seventeen witnesses to the remarkably diverse Georgian century after 1720.

Thomas Percy Gleave began his RAF career in 1930, three years later becoming a member of the RAF aerobatic team.

An analysis of the builders of the British Empire, how they were represented in popular culture of the day, and how that vision has changed over time.

This pictorial history covers the US Marine Corps' outstanding contribution, organization, tactics, fighting doctrine and weaponry during the Korean War.

In this classic text, now in its fourth edition, Gilbert Rist provides a complete and powerful overview of what the idea of development has meant throughout history.

In this classic text, now in its fourth edition, Gilbert Rist provides a complete and powerful overview of what the idea of development has meant throughout history.

As a spokesman for a country, a continent and the developing world, Thabo Mbeki plays a crucial role in world politics, but to many people he is an enigma.

This Handbook addresses the role of women in communism as a global, social and political movement for the first time, exploring their lives, forms of activism, political strategies and transnational networks.

Spätestens mit dem Angriff auf die Ukraine stellt sich die Frage, wie Russland zu dem wurde, was es heute ist.

A leading international relations expert uncovers the key stages that led from the end of the Cold War to the War in Ukraine.

This book confronts the key questions surrounding comparative secularism in historical perspective.

After 9/11, the world felt the "e;shock and awe"e; of the War on Terror.

This edited collection offers a timely and original perspective on the many upheavals and revolutions that broke out across the world during the earlytwentieth century.

An extensively researched, comprehensive biography of Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek, one of the twentieth century's most powerful and controversial figures Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975) led the Republic of China for almost fifty years, starting in 1926.

An in-depth examination of the law and geopolitics of China's maritime disputes and their implications for the rules of the international law of the sea China's Law of the Sea is the first comprehensive study of the law and geopolitics of China's maritime disputes.

A bold redefinition of historical inquiry based on the "e;cropscape"e;-the people, creatures, technologies, ideas, and places that surround a crop Human efforts to move crops from one place to another have been a key driving force in history.

The untold story of how intelligence shaped US perceptions and policy towards France during the early Cold War.

The untold story of how intelligence shaped US perceptions and policy towards France during the early Cold War.

This Element describes Living with Machines, the largest digital humanities project ever funded in the UK.

The 'Defenestration of Prague', the coup d'etat staged by Protestant Bohemian nobles against officials of the Hapsburg Emperor triggered the Thirty Years War.

Das Buch behandelt die Kulturbeziehungen zwischen der Volksrepublik Ungarn und den beiden deutschen Staaten im Zeitalter der bipolaren Weltordnung (1949-1989/90).

Aus der Geschichte lernen, kann man nur, wenn die Geschichte richtig erzählt wird.

Encyclopedia of Assassinations is the most comprehensive handbook on over 400 assassinations, attempts, and plots against political figures.

Mennonites in Russia?

Born in India in 1937, Michael Fosss childhood was spent between the cold, grey austerity of Britain under threat, and the brightly lit and teeming vitality of wartime India.

A thrilling new account of the tragic life and troubled times of Henry VI.

WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZEA profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the British arrival in India in the early seventeenth century.

**Longlisted for the 2023 Cundill History Prize**The iconic deserts of the American southwest could not have been colonized and settled without the help of desert experts from the Middle East.

Luis Morones Negrete nació en 1890 en el seno de una familia de escasos recursos.

He aquí algunas afirmaciones que el autor ha oído por televisión y en otras ocasiones: «Con seguridad, el budismo es superior: no tiene la ingenuidad del cristianismo»; «¿Cristo?

The Russian Revolution in Asia: From Baku to Batavia presents a unique and timely global history intervention into the historiography of the Russian Revolution of 1917, marking the centenary of one of the most significant modern revolutions.

Explores how Islamic esoteric sciences and spiritual mediators have shaped social change in the Saharan West.

Shard engineer Roma Agrawal deconstructs our most complex inventions into seven fundamental objects: the nail, spring, wheel, lens, magnet, string and pump.

Rebellinnen verändern die WeltSie waren Künstlerinnen, Herrscherinnen, Wissenschaftlerinnen – oder auch Piratinnen, Räuberinnen und Betrügerinnen.

A writer's travels along the legendary yet contested Jordan River-exploring the long conflict over water supply Access to water has played a pivotal role in the Israel-Palestine dispute.

Amongst the Ruins explores the loss of ancient civilizations, the collapse of ruling elites, and the disappearance of more recent communities and their local traditions.

This is the story of one man's service in the British South Africa Police of Rhodesia during his service of nearly fifteen years, between the years 1965 and 1979, and in many ways forms a sequel to the author's book Mad Dog Killers.