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Pancho Villa was many things to many people. To some, he was a freedom fighter and revolutionary; to others, he was nothing more than a bloodthirsty bandit and killer. Villa's life did indeed take m……続きを見る

In 1837, Hong Xiuquan failed the notoriously difficult exam to gain entry to the Chinese Civil Service and suffered a nervous breakdown. In a weakened state, he had visions which he later interprete……続きを見る

The brief history of the Weimar Republic is generally seen as an abbreviated intermission between the First and Second World Wars. It was the government, led by the Social Democratic Party, which to……続きを見る

The Mau Mau Rebellion took place in Kenya, beginning in 1952. A group of native Kenyan peoples, mostly from the Kikuyu tribe, rose up against their British colonizers, who had held the region since ……続きを見る

In the midst of World War I, the Easter Rising took place in Dublin and throughout Ireland in April, 1916. The revolutionary movement faced many problems from the beginning, including splintered lea……続きを見る

Most scholars believe that China’s nationality policy, like that of other socialist states, imitated the Soviet nationality model, a system which has been termed an “affirmative action empire.” This……続きを見る

The Marquis de Lafayette may be a name that sounds vaguely familiar. If you've studied even a little American history, you'll recall Lafayette as George Washington's right-hand man during the Americ……続きを見る

The Haitian Revolution began in 1791 in the French colony of Saint Domingue, when a group of slaves rebelled in order to secure their freedom and the end of slavery. In the midst of the French Revol……続きを見る

If anything, Karl Marx's life reminds us of the power of the pen over the sword. During his lifetime, he lived in relative obscurity. Rather than making any waves, Marx was usually lucky just to mak……続きを見る

What was the Age of Enlightenment? What were the principles of the French Revolution? What was the Suffrage Movement? This encyclopedia will answer these and more whats and hows for you. Learning is……続きを見る

As commander of the Allied Military Mission to the Greek guerrillas in Greece in 1943-4, C. M. Woodhouse had to hold an uneasy balance between the communist and government sides. The struggle for Gr……続きを見る

This book tells of the events which led, in September 1948, to the integration of the princely state of Hyderabadthe largest and the richest of the princely statesinto the Indian Union. Over the cen……続きを見る