Interdisciplinary studies

A bracing corrective to predictions of the European Union's decline, by a leading historian of modern EuropeIs the European Union in decline?

An incisive and sympathetic examination of the case for ending the practice of imprisonmentDespite its omnipresence and long history, imprisonment is a deeply troubling practice.

Edgework brings together seven of Wendy Brown's most provocative recent essays in political and cultural theory.

Making War and Building Peace examines how well United Nations peacekeeping missions work after civil war.

Immigration divides our globalizing world like no other issue.

In One Economics, Many Recipes, leading economist Dani Rodrik argues that neither globalizers nor antiglobalizers have got it right.

In the immediate aftermath of World War II, more than a quarter million Jewish survivors of the Holocaust lived among their defeated persecutors in the chaotic society of Allied-occupied Germany.

Since the Taliban seized Kabul in 1996, the public has grappled with the relationship between Islamic education and radical Islam.

Balancing respect for religious conviction and the values of liberal democracy is a daunting challenge for judges and lawmakers, particularly when religious groups seek exemption from laws that govern others.

The Christian Right is frequently accused of threatening democratic values.

Under the Cover follows the life trajectory of a single work of fiction from its initial inspiration to its reception by reviewers and readers.

Language is our key to imagining the world, others, and ourselves.

The heroic story of Jewish resistance and survival during the Second World War.

Definitive account of French volunteers in the Waffen-SS Blow-by-blow retelling of battles on the Eastern Front, including the fight for Berlin Focuses on all French SS units, especially the 33rd SS Grenadier Division "e;Charlemagne"e; Impeccably researched, this book tells the story of the Frenchmen who, motivated by their hatred of Communism, chose to fight for the Third Reich in World War II, first in the regular army and then as part of the Waffen-SS.

Battalion- and company-level account of the vital contributions of Canadian soldiers to victory in Europe in World War IIBased on war diaries, casualty reports, and after-action interviewsThe author is one of Canada's preeminent military historiansConsisting of the Calgary Highlanders, the Black Watch, and the French-speaking RA*giment de Maisonneuve, the 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade landed in France in early July 1944 as part of British General Bernard Montgomery's 21st Army Group.

[A] dramatic, affecting account.

Did the bombing of Japan's citiesculminating in the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasakihasten the end of World War II?

From the biblical days of Delilah to mdern times there have been women who ventured at their peril as spies into the conflicts of armed men.

A classic about real-life WWII espionage,as conducted by its modern master*A Man Called Intrepid is the classic true story of Sir William Stephenson (codenamed Intrepid) and the spy network he founded that would ultimately stall the Nazi war machine and help winWorld War II.

John Hodgkins was eight years old when his father was drafted into the army and left for Europe for fight in WWII.

Revised edition of a rare account of a German armored division in combat at the epic Battle of Stalingrad.

Fascinating look from the Japanese side at Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway Fully authorized account including contemporary interviews with those that flew with Lt.

THE LAST SURVIVOR is the incredible story of a man who survived three concentration camps and a major maritime disaster at the end of WW II.

In The Hidden Places of WWII, the author takes readers to overlooked places where WWII history was made.

A brutal siege.

Military historian Victor Brooks argues that the year 1943 marked a significant shift in the World War II balance of power from the Axis to Allied forces.

2017 is the 100th anniversary of America's declaration of war against Germany.

By the time the war clouds of Europe and Asia spilled onto the shores of the United States, the allied military found itself outmanned, outgunned and out flown.

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Never to Return is the harrowing tale of the torpedoing and sinking of a Coast Guard ship and the loss of 171 Coast Guardsmen off the coast of Iceland during WWII.

The First Counterspyis the pulse-quickening and traumatic story of spy, counterspy, and an American family unwittingly caught in its web.

From an historian and columnist in Leatherneck and Armor magazines, this is the exciting, personal account of a Marine fighter squadron in the South Pacific during the critical days of 1943 when the tide turned against the Japanese.

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor changed the lives of almost every American, and began the process of putting 17 million of them in uniform to fight in World War II.

Over the course of his long and storied career, George Mitchell proved to be much more than just that senator from Maine.

Inspired by the old African proverb: When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground, high-school student Morgan Reilly sought to preserve as many Maine libraries as he could by interviewing men and women from Maine who served in World War II and preserving their stories.

Ein gutes Interview informiert, unterhält und gibt etwas über die befragte Person preis.

This exciting 2015 volume of Best Sex Writing features a number of significant bloggers and some of the most important stories of the past two years.

In 1914, journalist and mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart traveled to Europe alone to cover World War I for the Saturday EveningPost.

The superb, bestselling diaries of Victor Klemperer, a Jew in Dresden who survived the war - hailed as one of the 20th century's most important chronicles.

From the Magna Carta to the Falklands, the years that have made Britain, for better and for worseDid the longbow secure victory at Agincourt or are the English just better in mud?

En la presente versión de la Cátedra Institucional Lasallista 2014, denominada "Cartografías para la paz: la experiencia de las ciudadanías", quisimos avizorar las posibilidades de paces desde los ciudadanos y las comunidades locales, que reclaman una reconfiguración de los actores de la guerra precisamente en relación con la civilidad misma, una institucionalidad dialogante y renovada y unas opciones distintas de desarrollo, respetuosas con el medio ambiente y con el mundo simbólicorelacional, acciones que consecuentemente permitirían la mutación de la sociedad en su conjunto.

'Touching and heartwarming .

Ein eindrucksvolles Buch über die zwei Karrieren des SS-Standartenführers Joachim Peiper (1915-1976).

El hecho de que la publicidad esté en el banquillo de los acusados, el hecho de que una gran mayoría de los habitantes de las sociedades más desarrolladas del planeta se declaren hartos de publicidad, no impide el sentimiento fascinación que la publicidad sigue provocando entre esos mismos individuos.

What makes a leader truly great?

En este libro titulado Humanismo y pedagogía: educación en las fronteras, la apuesta de unos humanistas pensando en lo que hacen y en el cómo lo hacen y –aunque parezca normal– no es habitual, justamente porque partimos de la idea de que todos somos humanistas y lo que nos ha hecho pensar en este ejercicio de pensamiento es que nada hay más lejos de la realidad que nos pensemos a nosotros mismos y en lo que hacemos.

From supply chain management to entrepreneurship and social responsibility, The 30 Day MBA in International Business provides a comprehensive insight into this fascinating sector.

From supply chain management to entrepreneurship and social responsibility, The 30 Day MBA in International Business provides a comprehensive insight into this fascinating sector.

Seit mehr als drei Jahren wird die Menschheit weltweit durch politische Maßnahmen, vornehmlich in den Industriestaaten in Angst und Schrecken versetzt.