This study describes the air-sea offensive supporting the ground-force invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in February and April 1945, which led to the sinking of the Yamato and the onslaught of the Japanese kamikaze.
This volume is both a study of the history of Polish Jews and Jewish Poland before, during, and immediately after the Holocaust and a collection of personal explorations focusing on the historians who write about these subjects.
Caracterizada como una república monárquica, en la cual coexiste la aristocracia y la democracia, Sinapia es una utopía en la que impera una coexistencia armónica.
The first book to offer a comprehensive exploration of Marx's relationship to republicanism, arguing that it is essential to understanding his thoughtIn Citizen Marx, Bruno Leipold argues that, contrary to certain interpretive commonplaces, Karl Marx's thinking was deeply informed by republicanism.
While the PP and PPK were intended for police work, the Walther P 38 was produced for the Germany military; all three pistols have garnered a formidable international reputation since the 1930s.
This book examines political nationalism in Japan through an in-depth analysis of the organisation, ideology and influence of Nippon Kaigi, the most significant nationalist pressure group in contemporary Japan.
The first biography of the Marine general who was decorated for bravery in both WWII and Korea, and went on to serve as a commanding general in Vietnam.
Wie ist es angesichts rasanter Globalisierung und wachsender Reglementierung möglich, ein eigenverantwortliches, glückliches Leben im Einklang mit seinem Gewissen zu führen?
This most thorough and contemporary examination of the religious features of the UK state and its monarchy argues that the long reign of Elizabeth has led to a widespread lack of awareness of the centuries old religious features of the state that are revealed at the accession and coronation of a new monarch.
Die Wiederentdeckung nach 70 Jahren, erstmals auf Deutsch: »Ein literarischer Diamant, scharfkantig und kristallklar«, schreibt die »Times« über József Debreczenis Erinnerungen an Auschwitz.
A gripping examination of the Battle of the Barents Sea, fought in the near darkness and icy cold of the northern winter, in which the Kriegsmarine sought to sever the crucial Allied Arctic Convoy route once and for all.
Revolutionary Hope in a Time of Crisis takes up the question of how to theorize and revive revolutionary hope in the present era of political disillusion.
This book examines political nationalism in Japan through an in-depth analysis of the organisation, ideology and influence of Nippon Kaigi, the most significant nationalist pressure group in contemporary Japan.
This volume focuses on Serbia's need to manage change while preserving community identities, a narrative that avoids the common depiction of Serbian culture as a hostile struggle between modernizers supporting foreign models and traditionalists advocating forms of national cultural patrimony.
This book demonstrates how populist security narratives served as the driving force behind the mobilization of Republican voters and the legitimation of an 'America First' policy agenda under the Trump presidency.
A unique perspective of the global history of U-boats during the entirety of the Second World War by Lawrence Paterson, one of the world's leading U-boat experts.
This is the story of Operation Jericho, the spectacular prison break staged by an elite group of British, Australian and New Zealand bomber pilots, who flew a daring low-level mission to blow holes in the walls of Amiens jail and free French Resistance prisoners under the sentence of death during World War II.
A unique perspective of the global history of U-boats during the entirety of the Second World War by Lawrence Paterson, one of the world's leading U-boat experts.
En Argentinazo: Populismo, fanatismo y el camino hacia la unidad y el progreso, Diego Ariel Grazioso nos propone un recorrido crítico por la historia argentina y las posibles causas de sus interrogantes actuales.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWNLONGLISTED FOR THE WINGATE LITERARY PRIZE'A masterly account' THE TIMES'A brilliant book' OBSERVER'Excellent .
The case studies in this volume examine the activities of faith-based institutions in a representative sample of African and Latin American countries, including societies with and without a dominant religious tradition, and states with different levels and types of government-provided social services.
Cette fiction historique est rédigée, avant tout, pour rendre hommage à ceux que Maria Joffé – une des rares survivantes des communistes massacrés par Staline – appelle « le peuple des esprits vaillants et courageux ».
This volume is both a study of the history of Polish Jews and Jewish Poland before, during, and immediately after the Holocaust and a collection of personal explorations focusing on the historians who write about these subjects.