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Traditional histories of the hard-fought Battle of the Bulge routinely include detailed lists of the casualties suffered by American, British, and German troops. Conspicuously lacking in most accoun……続きを見る

In late December 1914, German and British soldiers on the western front initiated a series of impromptu, unofficial ceasefires. Enlisted men across No Man's Land abandoned their trenches and crossed……続きを見る

Following the French reoccupation of Indochina at the end of World War II, the pro-Communist Vietnamese nationalists, or Viet Minh, launched a grassroots insurgency that erupted into a full-fledged ……続きを見る

In 1950, France experienced two parallel but different outcomes in its Indochina war. While the conflict in the north ended with a disastrous defeat for the French at Dien Bien Phu, in southern Viet……続きを見る

« Si les lecteurs veulent bien le lui permettre, l'auteur de ce livre commencera par une confession. Quand il était au collège, il n'aimait pas beaucoup l'histoire. Elle lui inspirait de l'ennui. Et……続きを見る

This book examines the ways in which a minority of primarily white, male, French philanthropists used their social standing and talents to improve the lives of peoples of African descent in Saint-Do……続きを見る

Here is the dramatic story of France in fifteen events, the key turning points that over the course of centuries shaped the country's destiny: from the rise of Joan of Arc to the Massacre of St. Bar……続きを見る

Exam board: OCR Level: A Level Subject: History First teaching: September 2015 First exams: AS: Summer 2016, A Level: Summer 2017 An OCR endorsed resource Successfully cover Unit Group 2 with the ri……続きを見る

Thirty-five years of nonfiction films offer a unique lens on twentieth-century French social issues Critical Mass is the first sustained study to trace the origins of social documentary filmmaking i……続きを見る

Informal Alliance is the first archive-based history of the secretive Bilderberg Group, the high-level transatlantic elite network founded at the height of the Cold War. Making extensive use of the ……続きを見る

Though the greatest number of Huguenots banished from France at the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes were merchants and manufacturers, who transferred their skill and arts to England, which was not……続きを見る

The book that established Thomas Carlyle’s reputation when first published in 1837, this spectacular historical masterpiece has since been accepted as the standard work on the subject. It combines a……続きを見る

Louis Blanc (1811–1882), journaliste et historien français, fut membre du gouvernement provisoire de 1848 et député sous la Troisième République. Son ouvrage « histoire de dix ans (1830 à 1840) », t……続きを見る

Generation Stalin traces Joseph Stalin's rise as a dominant figure in French political culture from the 1930s through the 1950s. Andrew Sobanet brings to light the crucial role French writers played……続きを見る

First published in 1837. According to Wikipedia: "The resulting work was filled with a passionate intensity, hitherto unknown in historical writing. In a politically charged Europe, filled with fear……続きを見る

This monumental work includes all 85 volumes of: Rise of the Dutch Republic 1555-1584, History of the United Netherlands 1584-1609, Life and Death of John of Barneveld 1609-1623, and A Memoir of Joh……続きを見る

This book charts ideas European intellectuals (mostly from Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy) put forward to solve the problem of war during the first half of the twentieth century: a period ……続きを見る

Apocalypse and Reform from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages provides a range of perspectives on what reformist apocalypticism meant for the formation of Medieval Europe, from the Fall of Rome to th……続きを見る

Relations between the new state of Israel and the European Union in the first twenty years of the Community’s existence were a major policy issue given the background of the Holocaust and the way th……続きを見る

Commander of the French Third Army at the Battle of the Marne, commander of the Allied Eastern Army in 1916-17, and high commissioner to Syria and Lebanon in 1924-25, Sarrail was one of the most con……続きを見る

This is a late 19th century look at what Paris was like at the time. Excerpt from the intro: When the sun shines, the city is en fête. Rows of geraniums flame in the well ordered gardens of the Tuil……続きを見る

Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation. Napoleon at St. Helena Volume 1 of 2 is an overview of Napoleon's exile. 続きを見る

Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation. Napoleon and the Marshals of the Empire Vol 2 of 2 are biographies of Napoleon's marshals. 続きを見る

Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation. The Bonaparte Letters and Despatches is a collection of Napoleon's writings during War. This is the fi……続きを見る

Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation. Napoleon’s Life in Camp and Cabinet is a massive biography of Napoleon. 続きを見る

Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation. Napoleon in Exile, a Voice from St. Helena Volume 2 of 2 contains Napoleon's writings while in exile. 続きを見る

Extrait : "I.-LA JEUNESSE ET LE CARACTÈRE DE VERGNIAUD Pierre-Victurnien Vergniaud appartenait, par son père et sa mère, à l'ancienne bourgeoisie du Limousin. «Sans posséder une grande fortune, dit ……続きを見る

Although civilian internment has become associated with the Second World War in popular memory, it has a longer history. The turning point in this history occurred during the First World War when, i……続きを見る

Black French Women and the Struggle for Equality, 1848–2016 explores how black women in France itself, the French Caribbean, Gorée, Dakar, Rufisque, and Saint-Louis experienced and reacted to French……続きを見る

Much of the historiography on the age of democratic revolutions has seemed to come to a halt until recent years. Historians of this period have tried to develop new explanatory paradigms but there a……続きを見る