Crusades, Jihads and ModernityDepicts the author's viewpoint about the warring Muslim and Christian "fundamentalist" nations post-September 11, drawing conclusions on American ideologies and promoting a new enl...Tariq AliVersomartes, 21 de enero de 2020
Britain and the First World WarThe popular view of the First World War remains that of BLACKADDER: incompetent generals sending brave soldiers to their deaths. Alan Clark quoted a German general's remark that th...Gordon CorriganCassellmartes, 21 de enero de 2020
The Knights of St. JohnThe order of the Knights Hospitaller of St. John of Jerusalem is the most long-lived of the great military orders of knighthood. Originating in a hospice on the road to Jerusalem a...Bradford, Ernle Dusgate S...Editors Varissábado, 18 de enero de 2020
Fighting Back, 1940-1945In 'Fighter Boys' Patrick Bishop brought to life the pilots who flew Spitfires and Hurricanes in the summer of 1940. In 'Bomber Boys', Bishop tells a different but equally fascinat...Patrick BishopLondon : Harper Perennial, 2008.sábado, 18 de enero de 2020
'Impressive . . . perceptive . . . humane . . . the most comprehensive history in any language of the disastrous epoch of the Third Reich' IAN KERSHAW AUTHOR OF HITLER THEY STARTED...Richard J. EvansLondon : Penguin, 2004.sábado, 18 de enero de 2020
Hitler???s first defeatIn late September 1941 the war in the east was approaching a climax. Since the beginning of the German invasion on 22 June 1941, Soviet forces had suffered the staggering loss of o...Robert ForczykEditors Varissábado, 18 de enero de 2020
A landmark work from the intellectually auspicious author of Orientalism that explores the long-overlooked connections between the Western imperial endeavor and the culture that bo...Edward W. SaidLondon : Vintage, 1994.sábado, 18 de enero de 2020
A Fight for SurvivalDuring World War II, the Allies had to win the fight at sea -- and here is the anti-submarine commander's perilous fight to destroy the German U-boats. Follow the hunt, life and de...Bob WhinneyLondon : Cassell, 1986.sábado, 18 de enero de 2020
The Secret HistoryParis is the city of light and the city of darkness - a place of ceaseless revolution and reinvention that for two thousand years has drawn those with the highest ideals and the lo...Andrew Hussey,Penguin Books Ltdsábado, 18 de enero de 2020
How the Nazis Led Germany from Conquest to Disaster'Masterly . . . will surely be the standard history for many years to come . . . This is a warning for the future, as much as a judgement on the past' RICHARD OVERY, DAILY TELEGRAP...Richard J. Evans,Penguinsábado, 18 de enero de 2020
Reflections on the Twentieth CenturyTzvetan Todorov's book examines the history of the past century by analyzing its spectacular political conflicts and by offering moving profiles of individuals who, at great person...Tzvetan TodorovAtlanticsábado, 18 de enero de 2020
The civil war that tore Spain apart between 1936 and 1939 and attracted liberals and socialists from across the world to support the cause against Franco was one of the most hard-f...Antony BeevorPHOENIXsábado, 18 de enero de 2020
This text is Jones's account of his part in British Scientific Intelligence between 1939 and 1949. It was his responsibility to anticipate German applications of science to warfare...R. V. JonesWordsworth Editions, Ltdsábado, 18 de enero de 2020
A History of the World's Most Liberal CityAmsterdam is not just any city. Despite its relative size it has stood alongside its larger cousins - Paris, London, Berlin - and has influenced the modern world to a degree that f...Russell ShortoAbacussábado, 18 de enero de 2020
A Combat Infantryman's War In EuropeThrough the prism of ultimate victory, the greatest generation that fought World War II has been seen as triumphant. But the brutal reality of the war as endured by combat infantry...Roscoe Blunt, Roscoe C. B...Da Capo Presssábado, 18 de enero de 2020
A Global History Since 1945Documents the last fifty years of history as a period of increasing interconnection and fragmentation through such political events as the Cold War, the Chinese revolution, Vietnam...David ReynoldsW. W. Norton & Companysábado, 18 de enero de 2020
Social agitation is as essential a part of public life today as it has ever been. In Eric Hobsbawm's masterful study, Primitive Rebels, he shines a light on the origins of contempo...Eric HobsbawmAbacusjueves, 16 de enero de 2020
Although he has never fought in a war the author creates a realistic picture of the fears, pressures, and mechanics of fighting a battle, emphasizing three particular campaignsJohn KeeganPenguin Books Ltdsábado, 11 de enero de 2020
How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and why We Believe ThemProposes that an exaggerated fear of terrorism, fueled by the Bush Adminstration and the terrorism industry, resulted in an unneccessary war and diverted resources that could have ...John Mueller,Free Presssábado, 11 de enero de 2020
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