Robert of Nantes was Latin patriarch of Jerusalem from 1240 to 1254, and, according to Bernard Hamilton, was "e;the most important single person"e; in the Frankish Kingdom of Jerusalem after the Battle of Forbie in 1244.
This book aims to extend existing historical, literary and media knowledge of neglected written voices as a form of print participation in the Second World War.
In 'Imperial Germany & the Industrial Revolution' by Thorstein Veblen, the author delves into the economic and social changes brought about by industrialization in Germany during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
In Hermann Löns Buch 'Dahinten in der Heide' taucht der Leser in die malerische Landschaft der norddeutschen Heide ein, während er die Geschichte von jungen Liebenden verfolgt, die gegen gesellschaftliche Konventionen kämpfen.
Winner of the 2024 Investigative Reporters and Editors Book Award Winner of the 2024 Commodore John Barry Award for Excellence in Maritime Literature #1 New York Times bestselling author Craig Whitlock's ';masterly investigation into one of the Navy's worst scandals' (The New York Times).
"e;Cow Country Cavalcade"e; by Maurice Frink is an insightful and comprehensive chronicle of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association (WSGA), detailing its profound impact on the cattle industry and the development of the American West over eight decades.
Se presenta en estas páginas la crónica histórica de las principales batallas que marcaron uno de los momentos más difíciles en la historia del México independiente: la invasión norteamericana.
Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, the Red Baron, was the most successful fighter pilot of World War I, shooting down 80 enemy airplanes and receiving more high decorations than any other German combatant.
In the winter of 1948, only a few months before the establishment of the State of Israel, the tension mounted between the Haganah and the Irgun, two competing bands of Zionist freedom fighters.
Lion Rampant is Robert Woollcombe's graphic account of his experiences as a front-line infantry officer with the King's Own Scottish Borderers during the desperate battle for Normandy and the Allied advance into Germany.
A monastic outpost in the Celtic Sea, a fortress built to defend an Empire, a prison established to intern a nation; Spike Island's remarkable 1300-year history far exceeds its modest acreage.
John Fiske's 'The American Revolution' is a comprehensive and insightful analysis that explores the causes, events, and consequences of one of the most pivotal periods in American history.
Executive editor: Klaus-Peter Friedrich; English-language edition prepared by: Elizabeth Harvey, Russell Alt-Haaker, Johannes Gamm, Georg Felix Harsch, Dorothy Mas, and Caroline Pearce This source edition on the persecution and murder of the European Jews by Nazi Germany presents in a total of 16 volumes a thematically comprehensive selection of documents on the Holocaust.
What makes the Civil War so fascinating is that it presents an endless number of "e;what if"e; scenariosmoments when the outcome of the war (and therefore world history) hinged on a single small mistake or omission.
Everything you've been taught about the World War II "e;internment camps"e; in America is wrong:They were not created primarily because of racism or wartime hysteriaThey did not target only those of Japanese descentThey were not Nazi-style death campsIn her latest investigative tour-de-force, New York Times best-selling author Michelle Malkin sets the historical record straight-and debunks radical ethnic alarmists who distort history to undermine common-sense, national security profiling.
This book is aimed at presenting fresh views, interpretations, and reinterpretations of some already researched issues relating to the Yugoslav foreign policy and international relations up to year 1991.
The concentration of terrorists, political suspects, ethnic minorities, prisoners of war, enemy aliens, and other potentially "e;dangerous"e; populations spans the modern era.
This story is set in a broken Germany in the dying days of the Second World War when seven refugees travelling from Berlin to Dresden form an unlikely alliance.
A comprehensive synthesis tracing 1,300 years of cultural transformation in the Apalachicola-lower Chattahoochee Valley, from Late Woodland societies to the modern era.
Winston Churchill's 'The Gathering Storm: The Origins of the Second World War' is a compelling and meticulously researched account of the events that led to the deadliest conflict in human history.
On 7 December 1941, an armada of 354 Japanese warplanes launched a surprise attack on the United States, killing 2,403 people and forcing America's entry into the Second World War.
In 'Die schwarze Spinne' des Autors Jeremias Gotthelf wird die idyllische Dorfgemeinschaft von einem mysteriösen Fluch heimgesucht, der in Gestalt einer schwarzen Spinne über das Land kommt.
