History - Europe - General

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingTens of millions died during World War II as the warring powers raced to create the best fighter planes, tanks, and guns, and eventually that race extended to bombs which carried enough power to destroy civilization itself. While...

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In continuation of a long-standing national self-image, Switzerland saw itself after 1945 as a "small neutral state," which because of its will to resist and a clever policy managed not to be drawn into the Second World War. However, this self-image has been the...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2006 in the subject History Europe - Germany - 1848, Empire, Imperialism, grade: 1, Charles University in Prague, language: English, abstract: In my thesis I examine German colonial policies in South West Africa towards the natives from their first...

Structure and coordination of the Hanse's network trade system are analysed in an institutional economics framework. Simplicity and flexibility of this medieval network organisation enabled Hansards to bridge existing gaps in the econcomic development of northern Europe, but also contributed to the later decline...

The Correspondence of Prince Talleyrand and King Louis XVII - During the Congress of Vienna is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1881. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions,...

Early Modern Black Diaspora Studies brings into conversation two fields--Early Modern Studies and Black Studies--that traditionally have had little to say to each other. This disconnect is the product of current scholarly assumptions about a lack of archival evidence that limits what we can...

Royal women did much more to wield power besides marrying the king and producing the heir. Subverting the dichotomies of public/private and formal/informal that gender public authority as male and informal authority as female, this book examines royal women as agents of influence. With...

This book explores the puzzling phenomenon of the remarkable revival of monarchy in nineteenth-century Europe through a new prism: the public persona of the 'Sailor Prince'. It highlights how four usually overlooked dynastic figures - the younger sons and brothers of monarchs such as...

During the 1930s, no event was more absorbing or galvanizing to Ernest Hemingway than the Spanish Civil War. Hemingway was passionately devoted to the cause of the democratically elected Spanish Republic and he spent much of the war reporting from its front lines, producing...

This edited collection explores the perceptions and memories of parliamentarianism across Europe, examining the complex ideal of parliament since 1800. Parliament has become the key institution in modern democracy, and the chapters present the evolution of the ideal of parliamentary representation and government, and...

1. Introduction2. From Great War to Fascist Warfare3. National Socialist Assessments of Fascist Warfare (1935-1939)4. Civil War, Total War, Fascist War. Rebel Violence and Occupation Policies in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)5. Fascist Civil Warfare: Mussolini's Wars in Spain and Italy, 1936-19456. Cultures of...

Even in the harsh conditions of total war, food is much more than a daily necessity, however scarce-it is social glue and an identity marker, a form of power and a weapon of war. This collection examines the significance of food and hunger in...

This book discusses the ways in which early modern hagiographic sources can be used to study lived religion and everyday life from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century. For several decades, saints' lives, other spiritual biographies, miracle narratives, canonisation processes, iconography, and dramas, have...

This book investigates a host of primary sources documenting the Calvinist Reformation in Geneva, exploring the history and epistemology of religious listening at the crossroads of sensory anthropology and religion, knowledge, and media. It reconstructs the social, religious, and material relations at the heart...

The B-25 Mitchell was one of the major medium bomber of WW2, and fought with three major users, the Americans, the Soviets and the British. But other countries received the Mitchell during the war, and among them, Australia was one of the smallest, having...

*Includes pictures *Includes Pierre's quotes about life and science *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Is it right to probe so deeply into Nature's secrets? The question must here be raised whether it will benefit mankind, or whether the knowledge will...

*Includes pictures of Napoleon, Wellington and important people, places and events in their lives. *Includes maps of famous battles, including Austerlitz and Waterloo. *Answers common myths about Napoleon, including whether he was short, whether his men shot off the Sphinx's nose, whether he played...

There is a predictable tendency, when teaching the history of Western political philosophy, to cover the classical worthies such as Plato, Aristotle, Seneca, Cicero, Augustine and Aquinas. Then, such moderns as Machiavelli, Locke, Hobbes, Smith, Rousseau, Mill and tribe are walked onto front stage...

*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading It has often been said that the greatest invention of all time was the sail, which facilitated the internationalization of the globe and thus ushered in the modern era. Columbus'...

This book on the relationship between communications and nonviolent resistance captures a new understanding of the events that led ultimately to the fall of the authoritarian system in communist Central and Eastern Europe in 1989. In particular, it analyzes history-making acts of resistance and...

Few countries are as marked by their history as the Maltese islands of Malta and Gozo. At least five centuries before St. Paul was shipwrecked on Malta's northern shore on his way to Rome and martyrdom, what are perhaps the oldest stone buildings in...

In many elections - especially those using single-member constituency systems - the allocation of seats is incommensurate with each party's share of the votes cast. Seats, Votes and the Spatial Organisation of Elections provides a convincing, rigorous analysis of this disproportionality which has not...

Europeans are eating out in unprecedented numbers - in cafs, pubs, brasseries and restaurants. Globalization brought about changes in patterns of leisure and consumption, as well as a democratization of restaurant culture. But what if we open up this concept of 'eating out' to...

The Sons of Night is two, or more, books in one. The first is Antoine Gimenez's memoir of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, an engaging tale of heroism and intrigue. The remaining three-quarters of the manuscript is a record of the fascination...

Author: Ralph G. a. Hamilton, The Hon Ralph G. a. Hamilton (Master ofISBN-10: 1847345182ISBN-13: 9781847345189Publisher: Naval & Military PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/20/2006Pages: 540Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.80lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.38d

Author: Rowland FeildingISBN-10: 1847341128ISBN-13: 9781847341129Publisher: Naval & Military PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/20/2006Pages: 428Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.49lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.06d

An incredible adventure from the Great War This is a unique and riveting book. The steamer Tara and her crew spent the early part of WW1 patrolling the Northern Channel between England and Ireland before a transfer to coastal duties off Egypt and Libya....

Two of history's greatest commanders clash with the fate of Empires at stake In the Ulm campaign of 1805, Napoleon demonstrated his mastery of the command of the Grande Armee-some 210,000 men-in a masterful flanking movement which was designed to defeat the Austrian Army...

Two of history's greatest commanders clash with the fate of Empires at stake In the Ulm campaign of 1805, Napoleon demonstrated his mastery of the command of the Grande Armee-some 210,000 men-in a masterful flanking movement which was designed to defeat the Austrian Army...

A unique and exceptional account of the British Army on campaign against Napoleon Most British military memoirs of the Napoleonic period focus, understandably, on the actions of Wellington's army as it fought through the Iberian peninsula during the bloody struggle to expel the French...

A Highland Regimental Scout recounts his experience of the Retreat from Mons. This is a superb account of the early stages of the First World War in Europe. Its author was a infantryman of the British Army who had been a serving soldier for...

The final phase of the campaign in the Iberian Peninsula F. C. Beatson's famous trilogy on the genius of the Duke of Wellington as military commander as he led his 'old peninsular army' towards victory is a classic study of the 'great captain of...

The East African Campaign through a British Army Doctor's eyes The author of this book-a practicing doctor in the British Army-had already served on the Western Front in the early months of the Great War and had actually become a P. O. W. at...

'Exciting Episodes In Libya and Hejaz, and Especially Railway-raiding Exploits With Lawrence' - Yorkshire Post - 'Rolls, the driver, our strongest and most resourceful man, the ready mechanic, whose skill and advice largely kept our cars in running order, was nearly in tears over...

This publication reveals that the Celts were not merely a collection of barbaric tribes but that their civilization compared favourably with those of other ancient civilizations. The detail of the book includes political and social groups, domestic and family life, social hierarchies, housing, food,...

What were the consequences of the German occupation for the economy of occupied Europe? After Germany conquered major parts of the European continent, it was faced with a choice between plundering the suppressed countries and using their economies to supply its needs. The choices...

Author: Somers Lord Somers, Lord SomersISBN-10: 1843426862ISBN-13: 9781843426868Publisher: Naval & Military PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/21/2003Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d

Author: W. Miller Henry W. Miller, Henry W. MillerISBN-10: 1843426811ISBN-13: 9781843426813Publisher: Naval & Military PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/21/2003Pages: 328Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.73d

Author: M. Howell Edgar M. Howell, Edgar M. HowellISBN-10: 184342617XISBN-13: 9781843426172Publisher: Naval & Military PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/28/2003Pages: 256Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.54d

Author: Onight Hawk O. MC (Pseud of W. J. HarveyISBN-10: 1843425513ISBN-13: 9781843425519Publisher: Naval & Military PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/05/2003Pages: 216Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.62lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.49d

Author: H. a. JonesISBN-10: 1843424118ISBN-13: 9781843424116Publisher: Naval & Military PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/08/2002Pages: 204Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.47d

This is a great history, one of the best of its kind. Just look at the wealth of information contained in the appendices: the nominal roll of all officers and other ranks who served 1914-1919, identifying those who died (1,227); list of officers of...

Author: Lieut -Col C. C. R. MurphyISBN-10: 184342245XISBN-13: 9781843422457Publisher: Naval & Military PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/02/2002Pages: 468Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.43lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d

Author: Ludwig RennISBN-10: 1843421984ISBN-13: 9781843421986Publisher: Naval & Military PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/22/2001Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.82d

Author: Capt Ea JamesISBN-10: 1843421968ISBN-13: 9781843421962Publisher: Naval & Military PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/26/1994Pages: 60Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.14d

This is the story of the three battalions of Welsh Guards that served during WWII. After a very brief account of previous service (the regiment was raised in February 1915) the first part of the book gives a general survey of the regiment's part...

Although modern tourism did not begin in Ireland, it developed there rapidly after 1750, making the island one of the first counties in which tourism became a driving economic and cultural factor. Based on the accounts of British and Anglo-Irish travelers, this book charts...

The cultural borders of Europe are today more visible than ever, and with them comes a sense of uncertainty with respect to liberal democratic traditions: whether treated as abstractions or concrete realities, cultural divisions challenge concepts of legitimacy and political representation as well as...