Réseaux parallèles, fonds secrets, barbouzeries, intox et manipulations : les stéréotypes ont la vie dure dès qu'il s'agit d'évoquer le caméléon de la Françafrique et des officines gaullistes. Ce my……続きを見る
Camicera nera des fascistes italiens ou chemises brunes des nazis, veste Mao ou béret étoilé du Che, foulard rouge des Komsomols en URSS ou bleu des Pionniers en RDA, krâma cambodgien : tous ces vêt……続きを見る
There is one card game that towers above all others as the most intelligent, intricate, and psychologically absorbing ever to be invented. It has a rich history. It's played and loved by some of the……続きを見る
Ever since Professor Beyer read The Da Vinci Code, he became intrigued by Dan Brown's use of facts in fiction. He realized that an examination of the novel could be a tantalizing and entertaining en……続きを見る
ho was Mario Puzo's model for the Don Corleone character in The Godfather? Was it Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonanno? The infamous Salvatore Maranzano? No . . . it was Puzo's mother! Senator Joseph McCart……続きを見る
The definitive, illustrated A-to-Z reference by “one of the nation’s leading researchers on the Lincoln assassination” (NPR’s Morning Edition).
The first book of its kind, The Lincoln Assassination ……続きを見る
Decode the secrets and uncover the origins and meanings of over 2,000 signs and symbols, from ancient hieroglyphs to modern-day logos.
Why is a heart pierced by an arrow a classic symbol of love? Wh……続きを見る
In the early modern world, the Safavid, Ottoman, and Mughal empires sprawled across a vast swath of the earth, stretching from the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. The diverse……続きを見る
History paints war out to be a man's business, but there is an army of women warriors who stand between the lines of history books, waiting to be seen. This biographical dictionary tells the story o……続きを見る
Embark on a journey through the tumultuous days of the Russian Revolution with John Reed's 'Ten Days That Shook the World'-a book recommended by Lenin himself. Renowned journalist and eyewitness, Re……続きを見る
Embark into the immersive story of 'Epochs: A Brief History of the World,' where history comes alive in a captivating journey from ancient realms to modern frontiers. Uncover the rise and fall of ci……続きを見る
Stories of the British airmen shot down over Western Europe who evaded capture by the Germans and made their way to Allied territory during World War II.
During the five years from May 1940 to May 1……続きを見る
The Mau-Mau uprising (1952-60) remains a controversial conflict, waged by warriors about whom many myths have been formed, but little truth has been written. Condemned by history as a brutal rag-tag……続きを見る
The Battle of France in 1940 involved the first large-scale tank-against-tank battles in history. The massive clashes at Stonne, Hannant, and Gembloux involved hundreds of tanks on both sides, yet h……続きを見る
Get enchanted with the Great Wall of China's history and its remarkable events.
Are you struggling to make sense of what happened at that specific point in history? Do you want to learn all of the h……続きを見る
History Encounters unearths the greatest stories with the major events from Battle of Verdun to expand reader horizons for readers to be best informed.
The Battle of Verdun was planned by German Ge……続きを見る
In 1912, the Balkan states formed an alliance in an effort to break free from the crumbling Ottoman Empire. Forming an army of some 645,000 troops from Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenego, they t……続きを見る
While small in numbers, the Belgian Army played a vital role in World War 1 that is often overlooked. Germany's invasion of neutral Belgium, which led Britain to declare war in August 1914, should h……続きを見る
In the years between 31 BC and AD 500 the Romans carved out a mighty empire stretching from Britain to the deserts of North Africa. The men who spearheaded this expansion were the centurions, the to……続きを見る
In the English-speaking world, it is generally unknown that a volunteer Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB) fought alongside the US Army in Italy from mid-1944 until the end of the war. This was in ……続きを見る
The scope of Britain's wartime Middle East Command stretched far beyond the Libyan desert where the 8th Army's most famous battles were fought from Gibraltar and Tunisia in the west, to Iraq and Per……続きを見る
When war broke out between the United States and Great Britain in 1812, neither side was prepared for the conflict, as evidenced by their respective fortifications. The most sophisticated and modern……続きを見る
Born in the Civil War of 1922–23, the army of the Republic of Ireland occupied a sensitive place in the national culture for many years. In World War II, it faced the challenge of maintaining Irelan……続きを見る
This book details the growth of the European Fur trade in North America and how it drew the Native Americans who lived in the Great Lakes region, notably the Huron, Dakota, Sauk and Fox, Miami and S……続きを見る
著者:Ron Field
出版社: Bloomsbury Publishing
発売日: 2022年11月02日
This book looks closely at the life, military experiences and key battlefield exploits of Giuseppe Garibaldi. Born on 4 July 1807 in the city of Nice, the turning point in his life occurred in April……続きを見る
This Osprey Command book looks closely at the early life, military experiences and key battlefield exploits of Al-Malik al-Nasir Yusuf Ibn Najm al-Din Ayyub Ibn Shahdi Abu'l-Muzaffar Salah al-Din – ……続きを見る