Social groups: religious groups and communities

 IMAGINE ELIZABETH BETTINA’S SURPRISE when she discovered that her grandmother’s village had a secret: over a half century ago, many of Campagna’s residents defied the Nazis and risked their lives to shelter and save hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust.

Assuming no prior knowledge, The Qur'an: A Philosophical Guide is an introduction to the Qur'an from a philosophical point of view.

Dmitry Likhachev (1906-1999) was one of the most prominent Russian intellectuals of the twentieth century.

An essential volume spanning the theology, tradition, and practical considerations of altar guild ministryThis necessary and practical guide is designed to function as a theological, formational, and spiritual resource for any altar guild member.

The Battle of Kursk: The Red Army’s Defensive Operations and Counter- Offensive, July - August 1943, offers a peculiarly Soviet view of one of the Second World War’s most critical events.

World War II was a significant period of development for American missile programs, during which time the US built pioneering examples of guided weapons systems.

This illustrated reference work covers a wide range of festivals that have sacred origins and are, or have been, part of a folk tradition, a world religion, or a major civilization.

An illustrated exploration of the dramatic aerial combats between the US Navy's long-range bomber and Japanese flying boats in the Pacific War.

Stephen P.

In 1941 the US Navy had 17 battleships - of which eight would be knocked out on the first day of the war - four aircraft carriers, and about 340,000 men including reservists.

Bimberg provides a military history of the Moroccan Goums, the knife-wielding irregular troops who distinguished themselves, fighting under French command in Tunisia, Italy, France and Germany during World War II.

'Victor Failmezger's passion for the city of Rome is matched by his extensive knowledge of its dark recent past.

';Exquisite, dreamlike The poetry of Cruz's writing is what those who love his work cite most often about his style, and Sotto Voce has that It also contains passages that are realistic, whimsical, sensual and heartbreaking.

Zen Buddhist practice has its own indigenous music: the ritual chanting which, along with bells and percussion instruments, form a part of virtually every Zen ceremony and formal event, both monastic and lay.

First Published in 1992.

Full-length accounts of three decisive WWII events—Pearl Harbor, Midway, and the evacuation of Dunkirk—from a #1 New York Times–bestselling author.

This biography tells the story of Andre and Magda Trocme, two individuals who made nonviolence a way of life.

No other combatant nation employed motorcycles on the scale produced by the Third Reich.

In twentieth-century Germany, Karl-Friedrich Bonhoeffer rose to prominence as a brilliant physical chemist, even as several of his relatives-Dietrich Bonhoeffer among them-became involved in the resistance to Hitler, leading to their executions.

A Battle for Neutral Europe describes and analyses the forgotten story of the British government's cultural propaganda organization, the British Council, in its campaign to win the hearts and minds of people in neutral Europe during the Second World War.

Was bleibt 80, 100 Jahre nach dem Ende des Holocaust?

This book explores the complex ways in which people lived and worked within the confines of Benito Mussolini's regime in Italy, variously embracing, appropriating, accommodating and avoiding the regime's incursions into everyday life.

"e;For over a century Yiddish served as a major vehicle for expressing left-wing ideas and sensitivities.

While the history of food on the home front in wartime Britain has mostly focused on rationing, this book reveals the importance and scale of nation-wide communal dining schemes during this era.

Wie gelangte in die Medien, was diese schließlich druckten oder sendeten?

There are love stories and then there's Days Like These-the story of Kristian and Rachel Anderson.

A passionate history of Judaism; a world unfolding across many continents and five centuries by one of our greatest and internationally bestselling historians.

Based on numerous diaries and letters, this book depicts the story of America's soldier sin Asia and the Pacific during World War II.

Muslim Americans are grossly marginalized in US democracy and mainstream politics.

When Frederick Morgan was appointed COSSAC (Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander), in the spring of 1943, there was no approved plan for a cross-Channel attack and no commander.

This study challenges the rose-tinted view of the interwar period in Romanian history, which is often judged against the darkness of almost five decades of Communist rule.

A compact but comprehensive history of the American armed forces in World War II, examining the strategy, logistics, high command, operations, and home-front aspects of the military campaign.

This book is about the global resurgence of culture and religion in international relations, and how these social changes are transforming our understanding of International Relation theory, and the key policy-related issue areas in world politics.

The remarkable World War II story of PC 1264's crew of fifty African-American enlisted men as recounted by the ship's captain

The existence of German-speaking units fighting for the Allied cause during WW2 has remained largely a well-kept secret.

Recovery of Paul and Luther's theology of the cross has been an enduring legacy of twentieth-century theology, and in our own day the topic has continued to expand as more and more global voices join the conversation.

Anne Super was born in 1938 in Warsaw.

Nominated for the 2013 PushkinHouse/Waterstone's Russian Book Prize.

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This is a study of the Federazione Universitaria Cattolica Italiana (FUCI) between 1925 and 1943, the organisation of Catholic Action for the university sector.

The command and control of military operations is a difficult art.

The very name Stalingrad has become synonymous with military folly and political arrogance.

With the help of this compact guide, anyone suffering from CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome) (also known as RSD - Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy) will better understand their condition and cope with the reality of living with it.

The revised essays collected here, four of which are published for the first time, continue a longstanding argument made by McCutcheon and others: that the study of religion would benefit from self-conscious scrutiny of its tools, the interests that may drive them, and the effects that might follow their use.