General and world history

Political developments in Georgia have always been baffling to those who did not live there.

The five-month Monte Cassino campaign in central Italy is one of the best-known European land battles of World War Two, alongside D-Day and Stalingrad.

This ethics of preaching text identifies vices of irresponsible preaching practices.

This interdisciplinary collection considers public and popular history within a global framework, seeking to understand considerations of local, domestic histories and the ways they interact with broader discourses.

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.

This book, the first-ever collection of primary documents on North African history and the Holocaust, gives voice to the diversity of those involved-Muslims, Christians, and Jews; women, men, and children; black, brown, and white; the unknown and the notable; locals, refugees, the displaced, and the interned; soldiers, officers, bureaucrats, volunteer fighters, and the forcibly recruited.

This is a cultural history of borders, hygiene and race.

The Routledge History of Global War and Society offers a sweeping introduction to the most significant research on the causes, experiences, and impacts of war throughout history.

This book returns to a time and place when the concept of transparency was met with deep suspicion.

Each of Germany's World War II armed services could claim one unit which earned a unique combat reputation, and which consequently was enlarged and developed far beyond the size originally planned.

Log cabins and wagon trains, cowboys and Indians, Buffalo Bill and General Custer.

Gods and Heroes of the Greeks (1957) looks at the chief stories of Ancient Greece and how they influenced European literature for centuries.

This is a study of the legal rules affecting the practice of female prostitution at Rome approximately from 200 B.

WINNER of the International Affairs Book of the Year at the Political Book Awards 2014Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2013The First World War followed a period of sustained peace in Europe during which people talked with confidence of prosperity, progress and hope.

Although ultimately unsuccessful, Operation Agreement was one of the most dramatic raids of the war in North Africa.

This first volume of The Cambridge History of the First World War provides a comprehensive account of the war''s military history.

This book, first published in 1977, looks at the two peasant revolts that occurred in 1549, in the troubled period following the death of Henry VIII.

The Tiger tank is probably the most famous tank of World War II.

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The contributions in this volume offer a comprehensive analysis of transitional justice from 1945 to the present.

From The Louisiana Purchase Like many other major events in world history, the Louisiana Purchase is a fascinating mix of destiny and individual energy and creativity.

This work, first published in 1977, is a study of African responses to European conquest in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

This book charts the history of armoured warfare from the first use of the tank in 1916 right through to the 21st century, adopting military, political and global perspectives.

The dramatic story of the turbulent birth of modern Turkey, which rose out of the ashes of the Ottoman Empire to fight off Allied occupiers, Greek invaders, and internal ethnic groups to proclaim a new republic under Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk).

This book reveals how the structures and practices of past empires interact with and shape contemporary ''national'' ones.

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The Northern Sea Route and the Economy of the Soviet North (1956) evaluates the commercial value of the route on the basis of a detailed study of the economy of the Soviet North.

The first of three to examine the genesis, organization and operational deployment of the US airborne divisions in World War II, this book discusses early units, detailing how and why they were formed.

This international analysis of theatrical case studies illustrates the ways that theater was an arena both of protest and, simultaneously, racist and imperialist exploitations of the colonized and enslaved body.

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This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the opponents of Britain's first attempt to join the European Economic Community (EEC), between the announcement of Harold Macmillan's new policy initiative in July 1961 and General de Gaulle's veto of Britain's application for membership in January 1963.

This edited volume represents the latest research on intersections of war, state formation, and political economy, i.

The 1828 presidential election, which pitted Major General Andrew Jackson against incumbent John Quincy Adams, has long been hailed as a watershed moment in American political history.

Drawing on extensive State Department files, declassified Navy policy papers, interviews with both former top officials and individuals who were involved in incidents, David F.

The return of great power politics at a time of surging nationalism invites a fresh look at why the world order centers on the nation-state.

Between the Great War and Pearl Harbor, conservative labor leaders declared themselves America's "e;first line of defense"e; against Communism.

Specifically structured around research questions and avenues for further study, and providing the historical context to enable this further research, Modern Naval History is a key historiographical guide for students wishing to gain a deeper understanding of naval history and its contemporary relevance.

The definitive illustrated history of German World War II fortifications, covering the Atlantikwall, Westwall, and myriad other defensive works.

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Exploration was a central and perhaps defining aspect of the West's encounters with other peoples and lands.

"e;The book that most shocked me this year for its literary quality is called Tzompaxtle, although in English it has another title, Torn from the World.

This book will detail the history and combat experiences of these forgotten pilots who operated in every theatre and every major conflict of the war.

From June 12, 2020, until the passage of the state law making the occupation a felony two months later, peaceful protesters set up camp at Nashvilles Legislative Plaza and renamed it for Ida B.

This is a sweeping tour of the Mediterranean world from the Atlantic to Persia during the last half-century of the Roman Empire.

The narrative surrounding the Titanic's voyage, collision, and sinking in April 1912 seems tailor-made for film.

This edited volume analyses siege warfare as a discrete type of military engagement, in the face of which civilians are particularly vulnerable.

"e;A stimulating volume for readers interested in lost cultures or climate change's role in thepast and present.

The perception of Europeans of the world and of the peoples beyond Europe has become in recent years the subject of intense scholarly interest and heated debate both in and outside the academy.