Die Außenpolitik des Westens beruht auf einer zentralen Lüge: Seine weltweiten blutigen Militärinterventionen dienen nicht den Menschenrechten, sondern kurzsichtigen ökonomischen und geostrategischen Interessen.
The novel "e;All Roads Lead to Cavalry"e; offers an irreverent take on the social forces at play in England in the period leading up to and just following the outbreak of World War I.
Peter Scholl-Latour kennt Indochina wie kaum ein anderer, er ist mit allen Ländern zwischen dem Golf von Bengalen und dem Golf von Tonking vertraut: Vietnam, Kambodscha, Laos, Thailand, Burma und Singapur.
En este provocador nuevo estudio, el historiador napoleónico Alexander Mikaberidze reconsidera la campaña napoleónica de 1812 y vuelve a relatar la apasionante historia de la batalla de Borodinó, terrible y épica a partes iguales, en la que conjuga con espíritu crítico un abrumador compendio de fuentes francesas, alemanas, británicas y, por supuesto, rusas.
A technical history of the world's first operational jet fighter, this book illustrates all aspects of the plane, using modern photographs of restored examples, wartime photographs, excerpts from official manuals, scale plans of all day fighter versions and illustrations of camouflage and markings.
When the US Army Corps of Engineers began planning construction of The Dalles Dam at Celilo Village in the mid-twentieth century, it was clear that this traditional fishing, commerce, and social site of immense importance to Native tribes would be changed forever.
The Dynamics of Tribals Development Issues and Challenges discusses the nature, process and typology of development in general and with special reference to tribals and displaced persons, to be properly rehabilitated sharing of revenue through Joint Forest.
Un bon temoignage sur Hohenlinden ou Trefcon participa comme sergent, sur la Bretagne ou il fut exile pour son attachement a Moreau, sur les guerres d'Espagne et de Russie, sur Waterloo (nombreux details) et sur la vie d'un demi-solde.
Narrative of Solomon Northup, citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana, is a memoir by Solomon Northup as told to and edited by David Wilson.
Narrative of Solomon Northup, citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana, is a memoir by Solomon Northup as told to and edited by David Wilson.
"e;The Clipper Ship Era: An Epitome of Famous American and British Clipper Ships, Their Owners, Builders, Commanders, and Crews, 1843-1869"e; by Arthur Hamilton Clark is a captivating and meticulously researched chronicle of one of the most dynamic periods in maritime history.
The full story of Josephine Baker's wartime and intelligence work in France and North Africa Before the Second World War, Josephine Baker (1906-1975) was one of the most famous performers in the world.
El principal objetivo de este libro, facilitado por un estilo directo y ágil, es entregar al lector común un resumen serio y fundamentado sobre el periodo de Tercer Reich en Alemania, su actuación durante el conflicto bélico de la década del '40 y sus consecuencias posteriores, recogiendo los aportes más recientes de la investigación.
Este libro, escrito por el historiador Vicente Arrúa, trata sobre la vida de uno de los hombres que más se destacaron por su carisma, coraje y capacidad de liderazgo al frente de sus soldados: Rafael Franco Ojeda.
The War of American Independence, 1763-1783: Falling Dominoes addresses the military, maritime and naval, economic, key personalities, key societal groups, political, imperial rivalry, and diplomatic dynamics and events from the post-Seven Years' War era in Great Britain's North American colonies through the end of the War of American Independence.
The War of American Independence, 1763-1783: Falling Dominoes addresses the military, maritime and naval, economic, key personalities, key societal groups, political, imperial rivalry, and diplomatic dynamics and events from the post-Seven Years' War era in Great Britain's North American colonies through the end of the War of American Independence.
This fully updated and expanded edition of The Crusades: A History provides an authoritative exploration of one of the most significant topics in medieval and religious history.
Useful Captives: The Role of POWs in American Military Conflicts is a wide-ranging investigation of the integral role prisoners of war (POWs) have played in the economic, cultural, political, and military aspects of American warfare.
The only Confederate ship to circumnavigate the globe The Confederate cruiser Shenandoah was the last of a group of commerce raiders deployed to prey on Union merchant ships.
Establishing a 'missed link' between the work of Piero Manzoni and Helio Oiticica and their respective cultural contexts, this book sheds new light on overlooked aspects of these two artists' practices, particularly focusing on the shift from painting to performance in the long 1960s.
A narrative history of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference, the bipartisan, last-ditch effort to prevent the Civil War, an effort that nearly averted the carnage that followed.
