History

Dieses Buch untersucht, wie Nahrung und ihre Abwesenheit Kriegsverlaufe und gesellschaftliche Strukturen pragen.

In the spring of 1844, King Ludwig I of Bavaria made a catastrophic geopolitical miscalculation: he raised the tax on beer by a fraction of a cent.

In 1781, the captain of the British slave ship Zong made a calculated, cold-blooded decision.

Behind headlines and political debates lies the quiet pulse of daily life in contemporary Iran.

The Metaphysician of Syndicalism brings together for the first time exciting new research on the radical French philosopher and political theorist Georges Sorel (1847-1922).

Lange bevor die Agypter Pyramiden bauten oder die Sumerer die Schrift erfanden, existierte in Anatolien eine bluhende Metropole mit bis zu 10.

Funf Tage nach Hitlers Tod, wahrend Europa in Trummern lag, fand in den osterreichischen Alpen die bizarrste Schlacht des Zweiten Weltkriegs statt.

Outer Mongolia and its International Position (1951) examines the economic, social and political changes which occurred in Mongolia as well as the history of the relations between the country and its neighbours in modern times.

Billed as the unbreakable "e;Iron Dam"e; and a triumph of socialist engineering, the Banqiao Reservoir in Henan province was designed to withstand a once-in-a-millennium flood.

Dieses Buch erzahlt die Geschichte der Blockfreien Bewegung - eines mutigen Versuchs, sich im Kalten Krieg zwischen den Machtblocken zu behaupten.

The Indian Ocean and the Superpowers (1986) provides an analysis of the evolution of superpower strategy and interests in the Indian Ocean.

While the history of the Second World War is traditionally told through the lens of military strategy and political maneuvering, an entirely different and equally fierce battle was being fought in the textile mills and tailoring shops of the home front.

For thousands of years, the Persian Gulf has been the heartbeat of trade, connection, and global ambition.

Hinter dem strahlenden Gold und der makellosen Etikette von Versailles lauerte eine Dunkelheit, die selbst Konig Ludwig XIV.

Im Fruhjahr 1657 wurde eine der groten Metropolen der Welt innerhalb von drei Tagen fast vollstandig ausgeloscht.

Dieser interdisziplinäre Sammelband nimmt historische Tierpräparate und vormoderne Präparationstechniken in den Blick.

In der Nacht des 3.

Im Herzen des Zillertals erhebt sich ein Ort, der Geologen, Historiker und Schatzsucher gleichermaen fesselt: der Burgschrofen.

Im Jahr 1962 legten hochrangige US-Militarberater dem Weien Haus einen Plan vor, der so erschutternd war, dass er jahrzehntelang unter Verschluss blieb.

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Im Jahr 52 v.

Dieses Buch zeichnet die Geschichte der Kriegsberichterstattung von den ersten filmischen Wochenschauen bis zu den heutigen Livestreams nach.

What began as a regional dispute became a defining test for Europe's future.

Dieses Buch erforscht die heikle Dynamik politischer Loyalitat im Wandel der Geschichte - jene Momente, in denen Staaten ihre Allianzen aufgeben und die Seiten wechseln.

Modern conflict no longer begins with gunfire-it starts with data leaks, hacked networks, and divided minds.

The idea of a shared global system is fading.

Es gab keine Explosion und kein Feuer, nur ein zischendes Ventil.

Natural disasters typically unify nations in shared grief.

In 1844, tens of thousands of Americans sold their farms, gave away their life savings, and gathered on hillsides waiting for the end of the world.

This book provides a 'how to' guide to studying eleventh-century Norman charters, to enable readers to develop a confident command of this material, inviting them to explore the possibilities these documents have for their historical studies.

Hoch auf den sanften Hugeln von Oxfordshire erstreckt sich eine gigantische, abstrakte Pferdefigur, die tief in den weien Kreideuntergrund geschnitten wurde.

From the ashes of Hiroshima to the dawn of hypersonic missiles, the story of nuclear strategy is one of fear, calculation, and evolving restraint.

Seit Jahrhunderten sind Geldwertverfall, Abwertung und Wahrungskrisen mehr als bloe wirtschaftliche Phanomene - sie spiegeln menschliche Angste, politische Machtkampfe und den Zerfall sozialer Ordnung wider.

Empires rarely endure by conquest alone.

Long before the Panama Canal, American engineers faced an impossible task: boring a five-mile hole through the solid, unforgiving granite of the Berkshire Mountains.

Als die brutale Expansion des Inka-Imperiums die Ureinwohner der Anden bedrohte, wahlte das Volk der Uru eine Verteidigungsstrategie, die den Gesetzen der Physik zu trotzen schien: Sie verlieen das feste Land und bauten sich eine neue Welt auf dem Wasser.

The Taiwan question is often reduced to a contemporary security dilemma, yet its roots lie in the unfinished Chinese civil war of the 1940s and the frozen confrontation that followed across the Taiwan Strait.

Residential Housing and Nuclear Attack (1984) considers the likely effects of a nuclear attack and examines the effectiveness of proposed civil defence measures.

Originally published in 1976 the theme of this book was that the advance of the British economy between 1660 and 1780 was not continuous and, contrary to a widely held view, there was a pause or at best retarded growth between about 1725 and 1750.

Since 2001, audiences around the world have watched images of siege, displacement, and famine in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Gaza, and beyond-but the stories they receive rarely tell the whole truth.

Since the Cold War, the Indo Pacific has been framed by imagined "e;island chains"e; and the aircraft carriers that move between them, turning geography into a battlefield of power projection.

Es sollte eine Machtdemonstration der wiedererstarkten russischen Marine werden, doch es endete in einem der grausamsten und am starksten politisierten Dramen der modernen Seefahrtsgeschichte.

For centuries forced confinement, cruel 'cures', political repression and ritualized personal degradation have all been rationalized and justified by appeals to the dogmas of psychiatry.

Across millennia, empires have risen in glory and faded into memory, yet their trajectories reveal a persistent rhythm in human history.

From Samurai to Engineer-Manager reconstructs the life and work of the Japanese mining engineer Ohara Junnosuke in the early decades of Japan's industrialization.

West African Government for Nigerian Students (1965) was originally prepared as a guide to a Government exam in Nigeria, but now serves as a useful source of information to pre-colonial institutions and existing institutions in Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and the Gambia.

Political Leadership in Africa (1983) reviews the different types of leadership in Africa, ranging from the beneficial guidance of Nyerere to the despotism of Amin.

Modern conflict no longer unfolds on a single front.

Am 15.

Millionen Menschen beginnen ihren Tag bewusst mit einer dampfenden Tasse koffeinfreiem Kaffee, um den vollen Geschmack ganzlich ohne die nervose Anspannung zu genieen.