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Drawing on the rich trove of recently declassified Russian and Chinese archival materials, this history of Sino-Soviet relations in the 20th century sheds new light on key events during this period.……続きを見る

This book explores contemporary debates surrounding Poland’s 'war children', that is the young victims, participants and survivors of the Second World War. It focuses on the period after 2001, which……続きを見る

This book discusses the emergence of care for orphaned, abandoned and poor children in Lithuania from the early twentieth century to the beginning of the Second World War. In particular, it focuses ……続きを見る

Connaissez-vous Marc Ahr ? En 1989, alors âgé de vingt-sept ans, Marc partit pour Berlin où venait de tomber le Mur qui depuis 1961 séparait les deux Allemagne. Là, cet artiste vagabond gagna des di……続きを見る

This book brings together thirteen scholars to introduce the newest and most cutting-edge research in the field of Russian and East European art history. Reconsidering canonical figures, re-examinin……続きを見る

“Ho visto che cosa può fare la guerra, ho visto come un uomo può, quasi per capriccio, cancellare intere generazioni di propri simili e questo mi ha sconvolta. Ho visto anche, però, una tenacia, una……続きを見る

Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d’abord les comprendre Que reste-t-il de l’ex-Yougoslavie ? De tous les peuples de l’ancienne république disloquée par la guerre, les Serbes sont sans d……続きを見る

A sweeping narrative history of Eastern Europe from the late eighteenth century to today In the 1780s, the Habsburg monarch Joseph II decreed that henceforth German would be the language of his real……続きを見る

Lviv’s Uncertain Destination examines the city’s tumultuous twentieth-century history through the lens of its main railway terminal. Whereas most existing studies of eastern European cities centre t……続きを見る

Extrait : "Les lecteurs qui ont bien voulu m'accompagner, l'an dernier, dans mon excursion à Vienne, se rappellent peut-être la route que nous primes pour nous rendre de Paris dans la capitale de l'……続きを見る

Nouvel État souverain issu de la partition, le 1er janvier 1993, de la République fédérative tchèque et slovaque (Fédération tchéco-slovaque), la République tchèque a mis en _x009c_œuvre un processu……続きを見る

The Russian Empire and its legal institutions have often been associated with arbitrariness, corruption, and the lack of a 'rule of law'. Stefan B. Kirmse challenges these assumptions in this import……続きを見る

Questo saggio è frutto della ricerca su origini e storia ‘evolutiva’ dell’Europa condotta in 20anni dall’autore attraversando gli avvenimenti politici, militari, religiosi e socio-economici degli ul……続きを見る

A finely drawn portrait of Einstein's sixteen months in Prague In the spring of 1911, Albert Einstein moved with his wife and two sons to Prague, the capital of Bohemia, where he accepted a post as ……続きを見る

This book describes the incredible story of the ACM, the Belgian army’s first unit of armored cars. It covers the unit’s formation in 1915 and its transfer to the Russian Front, where the Belgians f……続きを見る

The Cold War is conventionally regarded as a superpower conflict that dominated the shape of international relations between World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Smaller powers had to adapt……続きを見る

At the end of the High Middle Ages in Europe, with buying power and economic sophistication at a high, an itinerary detailing the toll stations along a commercial artery carrying eastern goods (from……続きを見る

De onvoorstelbare alliantie tussen de Verenigde Staten en de Sovjet-Unie Nood breekt wet. Dat bewezen de Verenigde Staten en de Sovjet-Unie begin 1944. In De alliantie van wantrouwen vertelt bekroon……続きを見る

At the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, where the victorious Allied powers met to reenvision the map of Europe in the aftermath of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson's influence on the remapping of b……続きを見る

Mit ihrem wirtschaftlichen Engagement in Ost- und Mitteleuropa unmittelbar nach dem Mauerfall 1989 legten Unternehmen aus Deutschland und Österreich die Grundlagen für politische und gesellschaftlic……続きを見る

Le passé de la Russie, au triple point de vue de la civilisation, de l’ethnographie et de la linguistique, se présente à nous sous l’aspect d’un vaste palimpseste dont les origines remontent bien au……続きを見る

By the early twentieth century, consumers around the world had developed a taste for Ottoman-grown tobacco. Employing tens of thousands of workers, the Ottoman tobacco industry flourished in the dec……続きを見る

Vladimir Babitsky was born before the Second World War and migrated West after Perestroika. The theory of vibro-impact systems that he developed helped create the world’s safest jackhammer and other……続きを見る

EXTRAIT: Chaque peuple possède une âme collective et sa physionomie individuelle. Si l’on veut la connaître et la déchiffrer il faut en étudier la culture. La culture est une sorte de miroir qui ref……続きを見る

Nous ne connaissons dans l’histoire aucune catastrophe que nous puissions comparer, pour sa soudaineté, son étendue, sa puissance de destruction, à la chute de la monarchie russe. Un miracle du mal ……続きを見る

The fourth edition of this critically acclaimed work includes a new chapter, a new epilogue, and revisions throughout the book. Sabrina Ramet, a veteran observer of the Yugoslav scene, traces the st……続きを見る

Although their plight now dominates television news worldwide, the Bosnian Muslims were until recently virtually unknown outside of Yugoslavia. This meticulously researched, comprehensive book trace……続きを見る

The vivid portratal of the "Velvet Revolution" describes the dramatic social and political changes that heralded the downfall of the Communist leadership in Czechoslavakia. Bernard Wheaton, one of t……続きを見る

This edited book examines the East German foreign intelligence service (Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung, or HVA) as a historical problem, covering politics, scientific-technical and military intelligence……続きを見る

The Price of Freedom surveys and explains the fascinating and intricate history of East Central Europe - the present day countries of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. Taking a thema……続きを見る