The involuntary soldiers of an unmilitary people such were the forces that American military planners had to pit against hardened Axis veterans, yet prewar unpreparedness dictated that whole divisions of such men would go to war under the supervision of tiny professional cadres.
Short-listed for the 2002 Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research In the seventy years since 1931, various organizations large and small, including several semi-private ones, have issued or re-issued various original 78 rpm recordings from original metal plates.
The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Nationalism comprehensively surveys the sub-disciplinary area of religious nationalism, an interaction between religion and nationalism.
Historical and systematic in its treatment, this work reviews the idea of progress in Western thought as it relates to civilization, in a more comprehensive survey than is to be found in previous writings on the subject.
After relatively successful military interventions in Iraq in 1992 and Yugoslavia in 1998, many American strategists believed that airpower and remote technology were the future of U.
When Stage-Coach Days in the Bluegrass was first published in 1935 by the Standard Press in Louisville, the New York Times reviewer described "e;this charming work"e; as "e;an interesting example of that very useful class of books, local histories, which so rarely get the attention they deserve.
El sorprendente hallazgo y la exploracion sistematica del tunel bajo el Templo de la Serpiente Emplumada en Teotihuacan, uno de los contextos arqueologicos mas importantes descubiertos en los ultimos anos, permitio la recuperacion de una gran cantidad y variedad de objetos y materiales.
Long recognized as a classic account of the early Spanish efforts to convert the Indians of Peru, Father De Arriaga's book, originally published in 1621, has become comparatively rare even in its Spanish editions.
This study is the first to analyze both the Nazi party's membership development and composition, as well as the motives for joining and the exoneration strategies of former party members chosen during the denazification process.
When Spain exploded into civil war in July 1936, a conflict whose roots were deep in the Spanish past became the arena for the violent political passions that divided Europe north of the Pyrenees.
The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky is the authoritative reference on the people, places, history, and rich heritage of the Northern Kentucky region.
Knowledge production in the Anglosphere depends on the erasure of non-Western ways of knowing especially ways of knowing oneself, the lands and waters, and the relationships between these entities.
This book presents corresponding images and essays of fifty early modern artefacts of encounters between European explorers and indigenous peoples, addressing relationships and material exchanges that extend beyond this framework to encompass diverse interactions across early modern societies.
This study is the first to analyze both the Nazi party's membership development and composition, as well as the motives for joining and the exoneration strategies of former party members chosen during the denazification process.
The Routledge Handbook of Information History offers a definitive, inclusive, and far-reaching study of how information practices have influenced-and have been influenced by-society, politics, culture, and technology over millennia.
At the dawn of the American Revolution, 39-year-old Molly Brant, a Mohawk Indian, is the widowed partner of the legendary Sir William Johnson and mother of their eight young children.
At the dawn of the American Revolution, 39-year-old Molly Brant, a Mohawk Indian, is the widowed partner of the legendary Sir William Johnson and mother of their eight young children.
The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Nationalism comprehensively surveys the sub-disciplinary area of religious nationalism, an interaction between religion and nationalism.
"e;L'assassinat de Kennedy explique"e; cherche a determiner la verite dans l'affaire de l'assassinat de John Kennedy, le 22 novembre 1963, a Dallas, en etudiant le dossier complet de facon scientifique et raisonnee, et en separant les faits de la fiction.
