Head Hunters in the Malayan Emergency investigates the infamous political scandal sparked after horrific photographs of war crimes during the Malayan Emergency were leaked to the British press.
In this, the third volume in his comprehensive, highly illustrated three-volume history of the evolution of armored maneuver warfare in the British army, Dick Taylor covers the post-war period, up to the present day.
The second of two comprehensive directories of all the Luftwaffe's single-seater fighter pilots who were awarded the Knight's Cross during the Second World War.
The previously unpublished memoir of social worker Charles Schermerhorn offers new and eye-opening source material pertaining to the epicenter of the early Cold War: northern Greece.
Head Hunters in the Malayan Emergency investigates the infamous political scandal sparked after horrific photographs of war crimes during the Malayan Emergency were leaked to the British press.
The Evacuation of Singapore to the Prison Camps of Sumatra aims to describe the events prior to, during and after the Fall of Singapore and the ways in which former prisoners are remembered on Bangka Island today.
The Evacuation of Singapore to the Prison Camps of Sumatra aims to describe the events prior to, during and after the Fall of Singapore and the ways in which former prisoners are remembered on Bangka Island today.
Through a series of novelistic biographies that showcase the pivotal roles and actions of those involved, dive into a centuries-long fight for survival for the Han empire that resulted in a golden age for China.
Through a series of novelistic biographies that showcase the pivotal roles and actions of those involved, dive into a centuries-long fight for survival for the Han empire that resulted in a golden age for China.
During the carnage of World War I, ambulance companies were essential, carrying casualties off the battlefield on litters, dressing wounds, and rushing the wounded to the rear, often amid intense fire and poison gas.
Discover the pleasures of watching insects with this fun, informative, and marvelously illustrated how-to guideInsects are the most abundant wildlife on the planetbut also the least observed.
This is the extraordinary story of the author's twenty year quest to find gold coins which his father's family buried in their backyard in Poland just prior to being deported by the Nazis into concentration camps.
A woman wearing a ballgown singing in the snow for returning ski troops; a technician's tears ruining a master recording of a new wartime song; fresh recruits spontaneously standing and doffing their caps to a new song, thereby creating the new wartime anthem.
Über die kleineren der insgesamt 342 Ghettos im Generalgouvernement Polen ist wenig bekannt – weder über die Dauer ihrer Existenz noch über die Anzahl der in ihnen eingesperrten Jüdinnen und Juden.
Doba-Mera Medvedeva belongs to a vanishingly small group of memoirists who are neither elite nor highly literate, but whose observations from the ground cast a vivid light on a lost world.
Specializing in covert reconnaissance, counter-terrorism and hostage rescue, the SAS is one of the world's most famous, feared and respected elite fighting forces.
This book argues that long-distance trade in luxury items - such as diamonds, gold, cinnamon, scented woods, ivory and pearls, all of which require little overhead in their acquisition and were relatively easy to transport - played a foundational role in the creation of what we would call "e;global trade"e; in the first millennium CE.
First published in 1965, The English Militia in the Eighteenth Century directs light on English politics and government, through studying the militia, from the Restoration to the days of the younger Pritt.
First published in 1965, The English Militia in the Eighteenth Century directs light on English politics and government, through studying the militia, from the Restoration to the days of the younger Pritt.
A fascinating portrait of Reinhard Heydrich, one of the darkest figures of Hitler's elite, featuring words with those who knew him best, including in-depth and rare interviews with his wife, Lina.
From master storyteller Andy McNab, this is the opening book in an adventure-filled and action-packed new series telling, for the first time ever, the true stories of Special Forces missions.
En enero de 1930, tres años antes de que Hitler llegara al poder, los nazis ganaron elecciones locales en Turingia y, bajo ese manto de legalidad, iniciaron una purga en el ámbito cultural: prohibieron el teatro expresionista, la música atonal y el jazz, la asistencia a cabarets; retiraron de los museos obras vanguardistas, como las de Klee y Kandinski; censuraron películas que tenían un toque de erotismo.
One of WWII's final untold stories, this visceral account of the white-knuckled bombing mission American airmen carried out on Hitler's hometown of Linz, Austria is now told for the first time through the eyes of the men on the airplanes as well as the innocent Austrians under the bombs.
This book argues that long-distance trade in luxury items - such as diamonds, gold, cinnamon, scented woods, ivory and pearls, all of which require little overhead in their acquisition and were relatively easy to transport - played a foundational role in the creation of what we would call "e;global trade"e; in the first millennium CE.
Dans un contexte où les menaces stratégiques pesant sur les démocraties s’accroissent gravement, comment nourrir un débat constructif autour des tensions qui peuvent s’exercer entre, d’une part, les idéaux et les procédures démocratiques et, d’autre part, l’exercice de la dissuasion nucléaire ?
Die grauenhaften Erlebnisse eines Soldaten im Russlandfeldzug 1941, aber auch die Sinnlosigkeit und Verbitterung über den militärischen Alltag als Besatzer in Frankreich und Italien, die Monotonie und nie endende Langeweile des täglichen Dienstes hätten ihn nahezu zermürbt, wäre da nicht eine innige Liebe trotz der großen geographischen Entfernungen herangewachsen.
Exploring the use of praise and blame in Greek tragedy in relation to heroic identity, Kate Cook demonstrates that the distribution of praise and blame, a significant social function of archaic and classical poetry, also plays a key role in Greek tragedy.
Exploring the use of praise and blame in Greek tragedy in relation to heroic identity, Kate Cook demonstrates that the distribution of praise and blame, a significant social function of archaic and classical poetry, also plays a key role in Greek tragedy.
The destruction of monuments during the Black Lives Matter movement of 2020 shows how many nations are being forced to grapple with their national histories.
The destruction of monuments during the Black Lives Matter movement of 2020 shows how many nations are being forced to grapple with their national histories.
