This book relays the largely untold story of the approximately 1,100 Australian war graves workers whose job it was to locate, identify exhume and rebury the thousands of Australian soldiers who died in Europe during the First World War.
A Pulitzer Prize–winning author examines South Pole expeditions, “wrapping the science in plenty of dangerous drama to keep readers engaged” (Booklist).
Over thirty years in the making, the most comprehensive work in English on Ukraine is now complete: its history, people, geography, economy, and cultural heritage, both in Ukraine and in the diaspora.
Der "Friedenskanzler" Willy Brandt ist mit seiner Ostpolitik bis heute Teil des kollektiven Gedächtnisses – in seinem Schatten steht der "Frontstadtbürgermeister", der West-Berlin entschlossen gegenüber der Bedrohung aus dem Osten verteidigte.
Covering topics such as the Soviet monopoly over information and communication, violence in the gulags, and gender relations after World War II, this festschrift volume highlights the work and legacy of Sheila Fitzpatrick offers a cross-section of some of the best work being done on a critical period of Russia and the Soviet Union.
This book is the first full-length study of the Soviet Constitution of 1936, exploring Soviet citizens' views of constitutional democratic principles and their problematic relationship to the reality of Stalinism.
Mit seiner Arbeit "Dialog, Narration, Transformation" stellt Martin Illert eine Gesamtschau der bilateralen theologischen Dialoge der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland (EKD) und des Bundes der Evangelischen Kirchen in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (BEK) mit den Patriarchaten Moskau, Konstantinopel, Sofia und Bukarest für den Zeitraum 1959-2013 zur Verfügung.
Translated into English for the first time, this is a fascinating history of intelligence practices and their impact on great power rivalries in the early modern eraIn the sixteenth century, an intense rivalry between the Ottoman Empire and the Spanish Habsburg Empire and its allies spurred the creation of early modern intelligence.
Bis 1953 war der gesamte Nordosten der UdSSR (die Kolyma bis zur Beringstraße mit der Hauptstadt Magadan) als "großes Lager" konzipiert: Seine Durchdringung und Ausbeutung erfolgte ausschließlich durch Zwangsarbeit, beherrscht von den Organen der Geheimpolizei (NKVD-MVD).
Women in Russian Culture and Society, 1700-1825 is a collection of essays by leading researchers shedding new light on women as writers, actresses, nuns and missionaries.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History, the National Book Award for Nonfiction, the George Bancroft Prize, and the Francis Parkman Prize, this absorbing volume explores the complexities of the Soviet-American relationship between the November Revolution of 1917 and Russia's final departure in March 1918 from the ranks of the warring powers.
Distinguished Scholars Explore Early Christian Views on the Problem of EvilWhat did the early church teach about the problem of suffering and evil in the world?
The book is the first attempt to investigate how and to what extent authoritarian (personalistic) regimes fail to provide fundamental goods and services.
This book examines how the types, numbers and designs of Russian warships were determined in the years preceding the two world wars, with the three-way interplay of naval staff, naval designers, and political leaders, resulting in fleets that contained some outstanding units but were, on the whole, inappropriate to the tasks set by those wars.
'The most significant issue that Dockrill addresses is that of how Japan views the war in retrospect, a question which not only tells us a lot about how events were seen in Japan in 1941 but is also, a matter still of importance in contemporary East Asian politics.
This book takes a timely look at histories of radical Jewish movements, their modes of Holocaust memorialisation, and their relationships with broader anti-colonial and anti-racist struggles.
Countless attempts at analyzing Russia's actions focus on Putin to understand Russia's military imbroglio in Ukraine, hostility towards America, and disdain of 'Gayropa'.
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Over the century between the first Oblate mission to the Canadian central Arctic in 1867 and the radical shifts brought about by Vatican II, the region was the site of complex interactions between Inuit, Oblate missionaries, and Grey Nuns - interactions that have not yet received the attention they deserve.
Seit der Zeit der Reformation wird in Trier ein altes Textil als 'Heiliger Rock Christi' von Katholiken, vermehrt auch von Orthodoxen, verehrt und von Protestanten verspottet.
John Chryssavgis explores the sacred dimension of the natural environment, and the significance of creation in the rich theological history and spiritual classics of the Orthodox Church, through the lens of its unique ascetical, liturgical and mystical experience.
