Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions

The Irish Guards in the Great War is Rudyard Kipling's meticulous two-volume chronicle of the First and Second Battalions from 1914 to 1918.

In 1968, Mexico prepared to host the Olympic games amid growing civil unrest.

Surfing today evokes many things: thundering waves, warm beaches, bikinis and lifeguards, and carefree pleasure.

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Die Erfindung der Monarchie: Eine Analyse der politischen Evolution ist eine tiefgreifende Untersuchung, die das Phänomen der Monarchie in der Menschheitsgeschichte von seinen Ursprüngen bis zur modernen Weltordnung durchleuchtet.

This book provides students and general readers with an introduction to revolutionary France whilst also presenting a clear argument to explain the events of the period.

A Companion to the American Revolution is a single guide to the themes, events, and concepts of this major turning point in early American history.

A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It is the story of Paul Kagame, a refugee who, after a generation of exile, found his way home.

This book examines the intellectual problem of Latin American poverty, and discusses some of the explanations scholars have traditionally used to account for it.

Since the first edition of this book appeared in 1982, El Salvador has experienced the most radical social change in its history.

This book is a collage of human experiences made from overlapping pieces and woven together by themes of crises, revolution, and change, aiming to raise issues that people in the twentieth-century world tried to address.

In The Iranian Revolution Then and Now , Dariush Zahedi assesses the Islamic Republic's potential for revolution through an in-depth, theoretically informed, comparative analysis of the present with 1979 pre-Revolutionary Iran.

One of the few survivors of the German Resistance, von Schlabrendorff traces his anti-Nazi activity from his student days in the 1920s, through Hitler's rise to power, to the war and his involvement in the July 20, 1944, plot.

The vivid portratal of the "e;Velvet Revolution"e; describes the dramatic social and political changes that heralded the downfall of the Communist leadership in Czechoslavakia.

In contrast to previous studies that have centered on the institutionalization of revolution in Latin America and the Caribbean, Modern Latin American Revolutions, Second Edition, introduces the concept of consolidation of the revolutionary process?

In this fully revised and expanded second edition, Dr.

These evocative stories bring to life the tragic personal impact of the Cultural Revolution on the families of China's intellectuals.

This book examines the intellectual problem of Latin American poverty, and discusses some of the explanations scholars have traditionally used to account for it.

Since the first edition of this book appeared in 1982, El Salvador has experienced the most radical social change in its history.

This book is a collage of human experiences made from overlapping pieces and woven together by themes of crises, revolution, and change, aiming to raise issues that people in the twentieth-century world tried to address.

In The Iranian Revolution Then and Now , Dariush Zahedi assesses the Islamic Republic's potential for revolution through an in-depth, theoretically informed, comparative analysis of the present with 1979 pre-Revolutionary Iran.

In contrast to previous studies that have centered on the institutionalization of revolution in Latin America and the Caribbean, Modern Latin American Revolutions, Second Edition, introduces the concept of consolidation of the revolutionary process?

In this fully revised and expanded second edition, Dr.

One of the few survivors of the German Resistance, von Schlabrendorff traces his anti-Nazi activity from his student days in the 1920s, through Hitler's rise to power, to the war and his involvement in the July 20, 1944, plot.

The vivid portratal of the "e;Velvet Revolution"e; describes the dramatic social and political changes that heralded the downfall of the Communist leadership in Czechoslavakia.

These evocative stories bring to life the tragic personal impact of the Cultural Revolution on the families of China's intellectuals.

Unknown Conflicts of the Second World War: Forgotten Fronts is a collection of chapters dealing with various overlooked aspects of the Second World War.

Unknown Conflicts of the Second World War: Forgotten Fronts is a collection of chapters dealing with various overlooked aspects of the Second World War.

The decade of the 1980s began in China with great expectations of the societal benefits of modernisation, and ended with gunfire in Tiananmen Square.

The decade of the 1980s began in China with great expectations of the societal benefits of modernisation, and ended with gunfire in Tiananmen Square.

The Cultural Revolution in China generated a cascade of commentaries and interpretations on the development and meaning of the upheaval.

The Cultural Revolution in China generated a cascade of commentaries and interpretations on the development and meaning of the upheaval.

Rival Conceptions of Freedom in Modern Iran is an original historiographic examination of the idea of freedom in early modern Iran within a larger context of the formation of modern Muslim thought.

Rival Conceptions of Freedom in Modern Iran is an original historiographic examination of the idea of freedom in early modern Iran within a larger context of the formation of modern Muslim thought.

This volume provides the English-speaking reader with little-known perspectives of Central and Eastern European historians on the topic of the Russian Revolution.

This volume provides the English-speaking reader with little-known perspectives of Central and Eastern European historians on the topic of the Russian Revolution.

"e;This volume is a memorial tribute to the late Professor F.

This book systematizes available information on leftist guerrilla groups in countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This book analyzes the processes of social transformation in Iran from the height of the country's power in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries under the Safavid dynasty to the aftermath of the startling revolution that overthrew the Pahlavi monarchy in 1979.

"e;China Briefing, 1990"e; approaches the events of the previous year differently from past volumes in the series, providing a long-term perspective on the dramatic developments of spring and summer 1989.

Is there a risk that Malaysia's racial mixture and its weighted political and economic structures could again explode into the kind of violence which, in 1969, was only just prevented from setting the whole country on fire?

As press secretary to Mikhail Gorbachev, Andrei Grachev witnessed and recorded many events unobserved by the general public.

Cry Palestine provides a unique perspective, a glimpse into the world behind the intifada from both the Palestinian and Israeli points of view.

"e;This book is intended as an overview of the uprising-the Intifada of the Palestinian Arabs in the West Bank and Gaza, territories occupied by Israel since the June 1967 war.

Since the late nineteenth century and especially in times of great tension in the Middle East, observers have asked whether the longstanding Arab-Jewish conflict could have been avoided.

Providing fresh analysis of the history and politics of Chinese communism, this book utilizes previously inaccessible sources to reassess the epic Long March.

This latest edition of A Modern History of the Somali brings I.

This study consists of a comprehensive examination of Communist policies toward rural populations and indigenous societies in a cross-section of developing Third World states.

Leber's thumbnail portraits bring to life and record the heroism of sixty-four members of the Resistance from every walk of life.