Winston Churchill rages against time and his own mortality, in conflict with friend and foe alike, in this tumultuous political drama of his last ten years of public life.
Vom Staatsmythos Buchenwald zum Angriff auf die Demokratie Auch 80 Jahre nach der Befreiung von Buchenwald ist die Erinnerung an den Holocaust nicht in der demokratischen Mitte angekommen.
En estos textos Hannah Arendt despliega todo el filo de su pensamiento para examinar, sin concesiones ni dogmas, las relaciones entre ideología, poder y libertad en uno de los momentos más turbulentos del siglo pasado que sigue marcando nuestro tiempo.
Fueron muy pocos los que previeron los acontecimientos que sucedieron entre 1989 y 1991; si bien la llegada de Gorbachov al poder implico un cambio en las relaciones entre las dos grandes potencias, la carrera armamentista y los enfrentamientos indirectos mantenian abierta la posibilidad de una guerra que hubiera tenido consecuencias mundiales.
Paired Lives in Latin America's Cold War takes a biographical approach to teaching the history of the Cold War in Latin America and provides a unique overview to a period that is steeped in reform, revolution, and repression.
Paired Lives in Latin America's Cold War takes a biographical approach to teaching the history of the Cold War in Latin America and provides a unique overview to a period that is steeped in reform, revolution, and repression.
Residential Housing and Nuclear Attack (1984) considers the likely effects of a nuclear attack and examines the effectiveness of proposed civil defence measures.
Residential Housing and Nuclear Attack (1984) considers the likely effects of a nuclear attack and examines the effectiveness of proposed civil defence measures.
Cultural scholar John Wills takes readers on a cultural tour of Doom Town, USA, designed to be the model 1950s American city and destroyed by an atomic bomb on live television to educate Americans on the need to prepare for possible nuclear warbut also to sell new products in the emerging postwar economic boom.
Cultural scholar John Wills takes readers on a cultural tour of Doom Town, USA, designed to be the model 1950s American city and destroyed by an atomic bomb on live television to educate Americans on the need to prepare for possible nuclear warbut also to sell new products in the emerging postwar economic boom.
The American military presence in Scotland during the Cold War was greater than in either of the World Wars, bringing with it the largest peace-time number of foreign military personnel in Scotland's history.
Als der Zweite Weltkrieg zu Ende ging, lebten etwa eine Million Menschen, die aus der Sowjetunion kamen, hauptsächlich in den westlich besetzten Zonen Deutschlands und Österreichs.
Als der Zweite Weltkrieg zu Ende ging, lebten etwa eine Million Menschen, die aus der Sowjetunion kamen, hauptsächlich in den westlich besetzten Zonen Deutschlands und Österreichs.
Unnoticed by the general public, after the end of the Cold War a new East-West conflict developed - NATO versus Russia - which is now threatening to escalate.
This volume charts the history of transnational and transatlantic fascism in East Central and Southeastern Europe, a lesser-known phenomenon that occurred throughout the twentieth century into the present.
Published shortly after the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe and the dissolution of the Soviet regime, Specters of Marx is one of Derrida's most interesting and prophetic books.
Published shortly after the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe and the dissolution of the Soviet regime, Specters of Marx is one of Derrida's most interesting and prophetic books.
Die große Geschichte der Nachbarn Russlands – vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart neu erzähltBruno-Kreisky-Preis für das politische Buch 2025In einem großen zeitlichen Bogen vom Mittelalter bis heute zeichnet Oliver Schmitt die Geschichte und die Erfahrungen der Gesellschaften vom Nordkap bis zum Schwarzen Meer nach.
The launching of Sputnik in 1957 sparked an education movement that stressed the importance of curricular rigor and standardization as a means to improve education and bolster national defense.
The launching of Sputnik in 1957 sparked an education movement that stressed the importance of curricular rigor and standardization as a means to improve education and bolster national defense.
The launching of Sputnik in 1957 sparked an education movement that stressed the importance of curricular rigor and standardization as a means to improve education and bolster national defense.
This volume charts the history of transnational and transatlantic fascism in East Central and Southeastern Europe, a lesser-known phenomenon that occurred throughout the twentieth century into the present.
En estos textos Hannah Arendt despliega todo el filo de su pensamiento para examinar, sin concesiones ni dogmas, las relaciones entre ideología, poder y libertad en uno de los momentos más turbulentos del siglo pasado que sigue marcando nuestro tiempo.
Nonostante le grandi trasformazioni del suo paesaggio urbano negli ultimi 30 anni, Berlino rimane il luogo migliore per scoprire la storia della divisione e della riunificazione tedesca.
Drawing upon Vietnamese, Chinese, former Soviet, and American sources, Ang Cheng Guan provides an updated and concise account of the Vietnam War (1954-1975) from the Vietnamese communists' perspective.
Drawing upon Vietnamese, Chinese, former Soviet, and American sources, Ang Cheng Guan provides an updated and concise account of the Vietnam War (1954-1975) from the Vietnamese communists' perspective.
This book reassesses Richard Nixon's historic visit as the first American president ever to visit mainland China in 1972, personalizing the actors involved and exploring the event's lasting impact.
This book reassesses Richard Nixon's historic visit as the first American president ever to visit mainland China in 1972, personalizing the actors involved and exploring the event's lasting impact.
