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The Cold War began in Europe in the mid-1940s and ended there in 1989. Notions of a “global Cold War” are useful in describing the wide impact and scope of the East-West divide after World War II, b……続きを見る

Es sind eher die Badestrände und die vielen abgelegene Buchten, die Urlauber seit Jahrzehnten anziehen und dieser Region ihre Bezeichnung verliehen – die Türkische Riviera. Auf den zweiten Blick abe……続きを見る

Diese Farben kennzeichnen die drei geologisch-geografischen Regionen von Istrien – der größten Halbinsel an der nördlichen Adria. Es ist die Bevölkerung der drei Länder, Italien, Slowenien und Kroat……続きを見る

Lying on the political fault line between East and West for the past seventy-five years, the significance of Hungary in geopolitical terms has far outweighed the modest size of its population. This ……続きを見る

The Polish Experience through World War II explores Polish history through the lives of people touched by the war. The touching and terrible experiences of these people are laid bare by straightforw……続きを見る

Ein immer noch fremd anmutendes, von Kriegen und Katastrophen zerklüftetes Gebiet beginnt östlich von Deutschland und erstreckt sich über Russland bis zum Orient. Navid Kermani ist entlang den Gräbe……続きを見る

This book analyzes practices of collecting in European art museums from 1989 to the present, arguing that museums actualize absence both consciously and unconsciously, while misrepresentation is an ……続きを見る

The first major study of the early Reformation and the Polish monarchy for over a century, this volume asks why Crown and church in the reign of King Sigismund I (1506-1548) did not persecute Luther……続きを見る

La Décomposition de l’armée et du pouvoir, Février-septembre 1917, écrit par le général russe Anton Ivanovitch Dénikine (1872 – 1947). Général russe, chef d'état-major dans les armées de la Russie i……続きを見る

GERMANY stands in the centre of Europe, and on her soil all the great international struggles have been fought, the Thirty Years' War, the early campaigns of the Spanish Succession War, the Seven Ye……続きを見る

The historical interest that attaches to Montenegro is utterly out of proportion to the space that country occupies on the surface of the earth. With the exception of the politically insignificant r……続きを見る

A sweeping yet intimate narrative about the last hundred years of turbulent European history, as seen through one of Mitteleuropa’s greatest housesーand the lives of its occupants When Norman Eisen ……続きを見る

This title was first published in 2002: Presenting a new and original theoretical approach to conflict resolution this timely work draws on the findings from fifty interviews conducted with internat……続きを見る

In the Northwest of Hungary, on the banks of the Danube, begins the mountainous region known under the name of the Carpathian range, which for beauty is not surpassed by the Alps, and in extent fair……続きを見る

Constantinople, the Turkish capital, the mysterious, ancient, ever-flourishing city, sacred alike to Christian and Mahometan, stands in its wondrous beauty upon European shores; yet Turkey is an Asi……続きを見る

Pułkownik w stanie spoczynku prof. dr hab. Franciszek Kusiak nauczał najpierw podchorążych Wyższej Szkoły Oficerskiej im. Tadeusza Kościuszki we Wrocławiu historii wojskowości, a później, na stanowi……続きを見る

Dreams and Shadows is a story about the lives of people trapped in the oppressive reality of a totalitarian regime. This is Bulgaria, a Balkan country, which was overrun by the Red Army on September……続きを見る

Six chapters in the book, like six stars in one constellation, contain the names Maria, Emma, Valentina, Gennady, Larissa and John. Maria, a Russian beauty, is a symbol of love, determination and de……続きを見る

It is 1890 when three young women head toward a meadow hidden in the woods outside the village of Shipkovtsi, Bulgaria. As Trina, Vella, and Dobrinka meet in front of an old monastery, a family trea……続きを見る

Heroin, Organized Crime, and the Making of Modern Turkey explores the history of organized crime in Turkey and the roles which gangs and gangsters have played in the making of the Turkish state and ……続きを見る

In the beginning of this short memoir, mention is made of certain publications and the broadcast media interpretation of events in WWII refugee camps in Egypt. These are so replete with propaganda f……続きを見る

In the last decade of the nineteenth century, a traditional Jewish cemetery was established in the small town of Bagnowka, located near the urban center of Bialystok in current northeastern Poland. ……続きを見る

The oral history of a renowned Czech writer, whose optimism and faith in people survived grueling experiences under authoritarian regimes. Heda Margolius Kovály (1919-2010) was a renowned Czech writ……続きを見る

A pioneer in the field of Russian and Soviet studies in the West, Alfred J. Rieber’s five decade career has focused on increasing our understanding of the Russian Empire from Peter the Great to the ……続きを見る

This volume provides an in-depth analysis of the attempts of language experts and governments to control language use and development in Eastern Europe, Eurasia and China through planned activities ……続きを見る

»Mein kleines DDR-ABC« ist keine wissenschaftliche oder leidenschaftslose Darstellung des Alltags in dem vor 25 Jahren untergegangenen Land, sondern die subjektive Erinnerung des Autors. Dank seines……続きを見る

Bernard Nowak zeigt uns, dass in diesem seltsamen Tanz der Lebenden und der Toten – Polen, Deutsche, Russen, Flüchtlinge aus den Ostgebieten hinter dem Bug, Partisanen der Heimatarmee, Soldaten der ……続きを見る

A classic work of reportage about the Katyń Massacre during World War II by a soldier who narrowly escaped the atrocity himself. In 1941, when Germany turned against the USSR, tens of thousands of P……続きを見る

When the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (CPY) took power after the Second World War, it had a vision for a new and better society in which all humans would live together in peace and prosperity and i……続きを見る

Although the earliest authentic records of Romania or, more correctly speaking, of Dacia, the Roman province which embraced Romania, Transylvania, and some adjoining territories of to-day, do not re……続きを見る