CK - 20th Century 1

The complete story of A-6 combat operations during the Vietnam War, illustrated throughout. Designed in the years following the Korean War and then manufactured for over 30 years starting in 1960, t……続きを見る

A detailed, illustrated combat history of an aircraft described as a legend in its own time. The A-1 was designed for use in World War 2, yet proved so versatile and capable that it saw service in t……続きを見る

An illustrated history of the pilots of VF-2 who had a spectacular scoring rate and fought in many of the major aerial campaigns of the Pacific War. The first VF-2 was a prewar unit that had been du……続きを見る

Matchbox toys were ubiquitous items for children across the Western world. Originally labelled Christmas-cracker trash by retailers and shopkeepers, the small-scale 1-75 series soon began to see unp……続きを見る

From Appomattox to World War I, Black Americans continued their quest for a secure position in the American system. The problem was how to be both black and Americanーhow to find acceptance, or even……続きを見る

WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE Berlin. 11 July 1986. They meet by chance on a bus. She is a young student, he is older and married. Theirs is an intense and sudden attraction, fuelled by a……続きを見る

Pride in prejudice offers a concise introduction to extreme right cultures in Britain today, exploring the origins of this complex movement and the numerous groups and activists that make up Britain……続きを見る

U.S.S. Seawolf: Submarine Raider of the Pacific is the famous first-hand account of the legendary U.S. Navy submarine Seawolf a.k.a. the Wolf which patrolled the Pacific during World War 2 and had o……続きを見る

Das Auswärtige Amt, nach einem preußischen Vorläufer unter Bismarck im Kaiserreich gegründet, ist die wichtigste Institution deutscher Außenpolitik. Zugleich ist es ein traditioneller Karrierehafen ……続きを見る

We are living in a stressful world, yet despite our familiarity with the notion, stress remains an elusive concept. In The Age of Stress, Mark Jackson explores the history of scientific studies of s……続きを見る

Prolific munitions production keyed America’s triumph in World War II but so did the complex economic controls needed to sustain that production. Artillery, tanks, planes, ships, trucks, and weaponr……続きを見る

This is a remarkable account of the revolutionary impact of modern dance on European cultural life in the early twentieth century. Edward Ross Dickinson uncovers modern dance's place in the emerging……続きを見る

The classic account of survivors of the sleeping-sickness during the great epidemic just after World War Iーand their return to the world after decades of “sleep.” • From the distinguished neurologi……続きを見る

In 1918, a devastating world-wide influenza epidemic hit the United States. Killing over 600,000 Americans and causing the national death rate to jump 30% in a single year, the outbreak obstructed t……続きを見る

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize One of the Best Books of the Year: The New York Times From the editor of The New Yorker: a riveting account of the collapse of the Soviet Union, which has become the sta……続きを見る

John Beckett was a rising political star. Elected as Labour's youngest M.P. in 1924, he was constantly in the news and tipped for greatness. But ten years later he was propaganda chief for Mosley’s ……続きを見る

Greatest Works of Frederick Douglass Abolition Fanaticism in New York Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass John Brown My Bondage and My Freedom The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 続きを見る

Since the dawn of children's television in the 1950s, toy companies have been keen to capitalise on the success of these programmes. Toy historian and collector Anthony A. McGoldrick here charts the……続きを見る

Walther L. Bernecker, Professor für Auslandswissenschaft an der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, und Horst Pietschmann, emeritierter Professor für Geschichte Lateinamerikas an der Universität Hamburg,……続きを見る

Eine unheimliche Stimmung grundiert diese Familiensaga, die mit Flüchtlingen beginnt und mit Verfolgten endet: Die Dichterin Dagmar Nick erzählt die wechselvolle Geschichte ihrer jüdischen Vorfahren……続きを見る

From this major author comes a totally unique history of the twentieth century. Eschewing the traditional model for histories of this kind – blow-by-blow political narratives typically overloaded wi……続きを見る

Through an examination of the Pan-German League - one of Germany's most prominent radical nationalist groups - and its connections to a range of right-wing organizations between 1918 and 1939, this ……続きを見る

The sheer size and influence of the British Indian Army, and its major role in the Allied War effort between 1939 and 1945 on behalf of a country from which it was seeking independence, maintains it……続きを見る

America’s most elite commando unit, the US Navy SEAL Team Six pulled off one of the most remarkable covert operations in military history when they infiltrated the secret hideout of Osama Bin Laden ……続きを見る

Magic has stepped out of the movies, off the pages of fairy tales and into the modern mind. Soccer moms are getting voodoo head washings in their backyards, U.S. soldiers chant to pagan gods of war,……続きを見る

This book is a re-examination of the fertile years of early modernism immediately preceding the First World War. During this period, how, where, and under whose terms the avant-garde in Britain woul……続きを見る

First published in 2010, this book explores the legacy of the baby boomers: the generation who, born in the aftermath of the Second World War, came of age in the radical sixties where for the first ……続きを見る

The creators of the Vichy regime did not intend merely to shield France from the worst effects of military defeat and occupation; rather the leaders of Vichy were inspired by a will to regenerate Fr……続きを見る

'Influence' is a slippery concept, yet one of tremendous relevance for those wishing to understand global politics. From debates on the changing sources of power in the international system, through……続きを見る

Seventies Spotting Days Around the Southern Region is a full-colour photographic album depicting the 1970s with coverage of both diesel and electric traction from that great period of change on our ……続きを見る