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Ben Bennion enlisted in the pre-war RAF, serving first as an 'erk' (ground crew) before being selected for pilot training. His first posting led to service in the Middle-East and Bennion's passport ……続きを見る

On 11 November 1965, Rhodesian prime minister Ian Smith unilaterally declared his country independent of Britain. International sanctions were immediately instituted against the minority white regim……続きを見る

In April 2004, the Abu Ghraib photographs set off an international scandal. Yet until now, the full story has never been told. Tara McKelvey -- the first U.S. journalist to speak with female prisone……続きを見る

This book provides a comprehensive environmental history of how Australia’s rainforests developed, the influence of Aborigines and pioneers, farmers and loggers, and of efforts to protect rainforest……続きを見る

This book examines, for the first time, the role of Britain's Empire in far right thought between 1920 and 1980. Throughout these turbulent decades, upheaval in the Empire, combined with declining B……続きを見る

Contemporary citizenship is haunted by the ghost of imperialism. Yet conceptions of European citizenship fail to explain issues that are inclusive of the impact of empire today, and are integral to ……続きを見る

This book describes two men whose careers intersected at the Mount Savage Locomotive Works in Western Maryland. T.H. Paul was Master Mechanic of the Works but left to form his own business based in ……続きを見る

Drawing from personal experience as a German child growing up during the rise of Hitler, and later living in other countries whose democracies slid into autocracy in similar ways, Mack's Parallels i……続きを見る

Originally published in 1967, this book is a history of church puritanism as a movement and as a political and ecclesiastical organism; of its membership structure and internal contradictions; of th……続きを見る

Digital Storytelling as Public History: A Guidebook for Educators provides a practical methodology for teaching public history in the digital age. Drawing on a long-standing collaboration, Fisanick ……続きを見る

Africa throughout its postcolonial history has been plagued by human rights abuses ranging from intolerance of political dissent to heinous crimes such as genocide. Some observers consequently have ……続きを見る

How the Jewish culture war over Kabbalah began The Scandal of Kabbalah is the first book about the origins of a culture war that began in early modern Europe and continues to this day: the debate be……続きを見る

Die Mauer dominierte das Verhältnis der beiden deutschen Staaten und verstellte oft den Blick dafür, dass es in der Realität viele Berührungspunkte gab. Ingolf Kern und Stefan Locke haben nach Orten……続きを見る

Sie waren die Köpfe der deutschen Geheimdienste in Ost und West, des Ministeriums für Staatssicherheit sowie des Bundesnachrichtendienstes und des Verfassungsschutzes: Wilhelm Zaisser und Otto John,……続きを見る

Der neuntägige Staatsbesuch des persischen Schahs Mohammed Reza Pahlavi und seiner Frau Farah im Mai/Juni 1967 wurde von bundesweiten Protesten begleitet, in deren Verlauf am 2. Juni der Polizist Ka……続きを見る

Wie steht es nach 25 Jahren Einheit um die innerdeutsche Verständigung? Wie stark ist der Ost-West-Gegensatz noch? Markus Decker hat sich mit 14 kompetenten Gesprächspaaren aus Ost und West getroffe……続きを見る

Die Studie widmet sich einer internen, von der Politik erzwungenen Personalüberprüfung im BND. Zwanzig Jahre nach dem Ende des Dritten Reiches wurde individuelle NS-Belastung hauptsächlich als mögli……続きを見る

Nachdem die DDR 1975 die KSZE-Schlussakte von Helsinki unterzeichnet hatte, forderten immer mehr Bürger ihre Freiheitsrechte ein. Bis 1989 verließen fast 400.000 Menschen die DDR, indem sie ihre »st……続きを見る

First published in 1995. Geoffrey Crossick and Heinz-Gerhard Haupt provide a major overview of the social, economic, cultural and political development of the petite bourgeoisie in eighteenth-, nine……続きを見る

Nur ein Teil der 440.000 vor den Nazis aus Deutschland und Österreich Geflüchteten kehrt nach 1945 zurück. Willkommen sind sie nicht immer. In diesem Buch geht es um die Rückkehr in Länder, die sich……続きを見る

Alva and Gunnar Myrdal are the only couple ever awarded Nobel prizes as individuals: Gunnar won the prize in Economics in 1974, and Alva won the Peace Prize in 1982. This dual biography examines the……続きを見る

Marc and Debra seemed to have it allーa lovely home in the Prairie town of Medicine Hat, fulfilling careers, a supportive marriage, and two beautiful children: eight-year-old Jacob and twelve-year-o……続きを見る

In these seven engaging essays, renowned Lutheran scholar and Christian apologist John Warwick Montgomery presents a firm defense of Martin Luther, the leader of the Reformation. Republished for the……続きを見る

Charles Dickens’ historiske roman tager os med tilbage til 1780’ernes folkeopstand i England, da parlamentet ophævede nogle gamle forordninger mod katolikkerne. Samtidig fortæller den historien om e……続きを見る

Gregers og Grethe Dirckinck-Holmfelds bog tager dig med om bag Københavns kulisser og fortæller byens spændende historie sted for sted. Med anekdoter fra byens historie guider bogen dig rundt mellem……続きを見る

A lot has been written about the time contractor Raymond Davis spent in a Pakistani jail in 2011. Unfortunately, much of it is misleadingーor downright falseーinformation. Now, the man at the center……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1981, examines the issues inspiring working-class movements after 1848 in France, Germany and Britain, with some consideration also of Austria, Italy, Spain and Russia.……続きを見る

Dans ce livre, Gita Deneckere esquisse un portrait du contexte socioéconomique de la période, en accordant une attention particulière à la dualité entre riches et pauvres, entre la face brillante de……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1980, is an invaluable assessment of SOE’s contribution to the Allied victory. From both first-hand knowledge (Howarth served with SOE for 4 years) and in-depth researc……続きを見る

Der beste Überblick zum 19. Jahrhundert Das "lange 19. Jahrhundert" dauerte vom späten 18. Jahrhundert, also von der Französischen Revolution und dem Zeitalter Goethes, bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg 1917……続きを見る