Adria - 20th Century 1

How migrants imagined a country through their acts of return What does it mean to go back home, especially when “home” is shaped by conquest, labor, and longing? This question has animated the exper……続きを見る

Tactical Air Command, based in the United States itself, held the majority of the USAF’s tactical air power. The wartime role for most TAC units was to deploy their assets to regional USAF commands,……続きを見る

The final decade of the Cold War saw unprecedented peacetime expansion of the US Navy, including Naval Aviation. President Reagan’s plan for a 600-ship Navy resulted in stepped-up construction of Ni……続きを見る

This, the second of two volumes covering United States Naval Aviation in the 1980s, completes the story by exploring training, reserve, test and US Marine Corps air stations. US Marine Corps aviatio……続きを見る

Tracing roots to colonial militia formed in 1636, the National Guard provides the militia of US states, districts, commonwealths and territories. The Air National Guard was split away from the Army ……続きを見る

‘Fighter pilots make movies, bomber pilots make history’ – or so the bomber pilots say, anyway. Strategic Air Command held a constant nuclear-armed vigil, ready to launch nuclear war at a moment’s n……続きを見る

Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and Alaskan Air Command (AAC) were Major Commands of the United States Air Force. Pacific Air Forces controlled units stationed in Hawaii, Japan, South Korea and the Phili……続きを見る

Military Airlift Command was a United States Air Force Major Command, responsible for strategic and tactical airlift, primarily operating C-130, C-141 and C-5 transports. MAC also provided president……続きを見る

What if the most formidable strategist of the Apache Wars was neither general nor chiefーbut a woman whose power history refused to name? The Apache Joan of Arc confronts the distortion surrounding ……続きを見る

Examines both the strengths and weaknesses of one of Great Britain's most renowned military leaders. Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery had a dynamic personality that often led to difficulties wit……続きを見る

Ontdek de Geheimen van het Verleden met Het Haarlemmer-Meer-Boek! Stap in de fascinerende wereld van de 17e eeuw en laat je meevoeren door de briljante geest van Jan Adriaanszoon Leeghwater. Dit mee……続きを見る

La cuenca media del río Magdalena debe su carácter a unas faenas concretas, a unas prácticas sociales idiosincráticas, que hicieron a la naturaleza entre las gentes y a las gentes entre la naturalez……続きを見る

En las últimas décadas del siglo XX la cuenca media del río Magdalena era un territorio azotado por distintas violencias protagonizadas por guerrilleros, paramilitares, narcotraficantes y fuerza púb……続きを見る

La imagen de la guerra de pacificación resultó determinante no solo para sujetar a los pueblos indígenas caribes sino para la invención del indio antiguo. De un lado, para inventarlo como una entida……続きを見る

La introducción del modo de producción moderno supuso que la cuenca media del río Magdalena transitó de un mundo mítico que se expresaba en el canto y la poesía a un mundo histórico que era expresad……続きを見る

El ciclo de violencias iniciado en los años treinta del siglo XX supuso el colapso de la cuenca media del río Magdalena como un mundo que escindido del mito pero apenas incurso en la historia era po……続きを見る

In den letzten Jahren sind mehrere Biografien über Carmen Sylva und Neuausgaben ihrer literarischen Werke in Rumänien, Deutschland und Frankreich erschienen, die heute wieder an die einstmals weltwe……続きを見る

Pourquoi trois jeunes horlogers sont-ils morts le 14 novembre 1918 à Granges ? Ils ont été abattus par des balles de l'armée suisse, alors qu'ils participaient à la Grève générale, comme 250 000 aut……続きを見る

São ainda pouco numerosas as discussões acadêmicas, em língua portuguesa, acerca do rock anglo-americano – a reflexão crítica sobre o tema parece permanecer restrita ao mundo anglófono. Causa particu……続きを見る

Icon. Legend. Saviour. These are just a few words that have been used to describe the Supermarine Spitfire in more than 80 years since its first flight in March 1936. IWM holds approximately 11 mill……続きを見る

Post-communism, Democracy, and Illiberalism in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union explores how the downfall of communism brought about a difficult transition for Eastern a……続きを見る

'Glamour, scholarship and superlative storytelling [...] an enthralling read.' LUCY WORSLEY Adrian Tinniswood opens the doors on the excess, intrigue and absurdities of life in the late Victorian an……続きを見る

The Munich Security Conference, founded as "Wehrkundetagung" in 1963, has evolved into the leading independent forum for security policy. Traditionally seen as a kind of transatlantic family meeting……続きを見る

La historia de Enrique Blat (1879-1951) es la biografía singular de un hombre corriente y un fiel reflejo, al mismo tiempo, de los temores, las esperanzas y las frustraciones de buena parte de sus c……続きを見る

A náci Németországban Schutzstaffelnek nevezték. A világ a rettegett SS-ként ismerte meg – a Harmadik Birodalom leghűségesebb és legkönyörtelenebb erőszakszervezeteként. Kezdetben csak egy politikai……続きを見る

La Revolución de Octubre de 1917, que supuso la desaparición de Rusia y dio comienzo a la Unión Soviética, pareció traer un "nuevo amanecer". Sin embargo, la toma del poder por parte del partido bol……続きを見る

In 1919, Nancy Astor became the first woman to take a seat in parliament. She was not what had been expected. Far from a virago who had suffered for the cause of female suffrage, she was already nea……続きを見る

From the bestselling author of The Long Weekend: a wild, sad and sometimes hilarious tour of the English country house after the Second World War, when Swinging London collided with aristocratic val……続きを見る

Mountbatten, Cold War and Empire 1945-79 focuses upon Admiral Lord Mountbatten as a commanding – if controversial – figure in the history of Britain and its empire, from Churchill's wartime coalitio……続きを見る

What do You know about Pandemics!? Facts and Fiction! Which is the Current Situation?! What will happen in the future?! Intermittent infectious disease outbreaks have had significant and enduring ef……続きを見る