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Rulers in the Shadow By Dr. Bodo Schiffmann Behind every throne stands another power ー unseen, unvoted, and untouchable. In Rulers in the Shadow, Dr. Bodo Schiffmann investigates the hidden hierarc……続きを見る

Los años 1910 y 1917 marcaron el devenir del resto del siglo XX en México y Rusia. Dos revoluciones acaecidas a miles de kilómetros de distancia que, sin embargo, resultaron fundamentales para enten……続きを見る

«This unique volume takes the reader on an extraordinary journey through flights of the political and social imagination across Iberia and Latin America from the conquest of the Americas, via insurg……続きを見る

The first book-length account of Brazilian science fiction cinema. This book offers a pioneering critical history of Brazilian science fiction (SF) cinema, from its first appearances in the mid-twen……続きを見る

Cina, 1934. L’esercito nazionalista del Kuomintang guidato da Chang Kai-Shek accerchia l’armata rossa nella regione del Jiangxi. Per sfuggire all’assedio, l’esercito comunista deve ritirarsi. Sarà l……続きを見る

In "The Anglo-Saxon Century and the Unification of the English-Speaking People," John R. Dos Passos delves into the historical trajectories that shaped the Anglo-Saxon identity and its expansive inf……続きを見る

Benito Pérez Galdós's 'Saragossa' is a captivating historical novel that transports readers to the tumultuous period of the Peninsular War in Spain. Through vivid and detailed descriptions, Galdós p……続きを見る

A dramatic, detailed account of the events leading up to the State of Israel's creation and President Truman's controversial 1948 decision to recognize it. "[This] revelatory account of Truman's vit……続きを見る

Tyrannen haben wieder Konjunktur. Eine wachsende Zahl von Autokraten ist dabei, dem westlichen Traum vom unaufhaltsamen Siegeszug der Demokratie und Rechtsstaatlichkeit ein Ende zu bereiten. Darunte……続きを見る

Beyond question, the Middle East is currently a region of upheaval, crises and fresh beginnings. The social, political and economic problems of the region in the early twenty-first century are threa……続きを見る

A comprehensive history of crime and corruption in Cuba, The Cuban Connection challenges the common view that widespread poverty and geographic proximity to the United States were the prime reasons ……続きを見る

Winner: Henry Adams Prize The Vietnam war continues to be the focus of intense controversy. While most peopleーliberals, conservatives, Democrats, Republicans, historians, pundits, and citizens alik……続きを見る

The event that defined the 1930s in the United States came before it started. On October 29, "Black Tuesday," stock-market investors lost more than 30 billion in the Great Crash. The ten-year Great ……続きを見る

No decade in American history has roared as loudly as the 1920s. For two centuries, the United States had lived in happy isolation from international issues. Then it was drawn into World War I. Alth……続きを見る

Benjamín Chaparro, az egykori Buenos Aires-i vizsgálóbírósági titkár még nyugdíjasként sem tud szabadulni egy harminc évv……続きを見る

From its founding in the aftermath of World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency has been discovered in the midst of some of the most crucial-and most embarrassing--episodes in United States rela……続きを見る

Few figures in the past quarter-century have played a more significant role in American foreign policy than Colin Powell. He wielded power at the highest levels of the most important foreign policy ……続きを見る

Debating Turkish Modernity describes the opening act of Turkey's half century bid to join the European Community. Between 1959 and 1980, Turks from all walks of life weighed in on their prospective ……続きを見る

A military intelligence expert examines the most formative battle of World War II. The Battle of Normandy was the greatest offensive campaign the world had ever seen. Millions of soldiers battling f……続きを見る

The Cold War continues to shape international relations almost twenty years after being acknowledged as the central event of the last half of the twentieth century. Interpretations of how it ended t……続きを見る

Madame de Pompadour's famous quip, "Après nous, le deluge," serves as fitting inspiration for this lively discussion of postwar French intellectual and cultural life. Over the past thirty years, Nor……続きを見る

This book is a systematic inquiry of conspiracy theories across Latin America. Conspiracy theories project not only an interpretive logic of reality that leads people to believe in sinister machinat……続きを見る

**"The Ghosts of Langley offers a detail-rich, often relentless litany of CIA scandals and mini-scandals. . . [and a] prayer that the CIA learn from and publicly admit its mistakes, rather than perp……続きを見る

In December 1974, a front-page story in the New York Times revealed the explosive details of illegal domestic spying by the Central Intelligence Agency. This included political surveillance, eavesdr……続きを見る

One of the most controversial figures of the New Deal Era, Harry Hopkins elicited few neutral responses from his contemporaries. Millions admired him and believed the New Deal agencies he headed had……続きを見る

Un affresco biografico che attraversa momenti cruciali della storia del XX secolo. Si potrebbe definire in questo modo il discorso che Giuseppe Dossetti tenne nella sala dello Stabat Mater dell'Arch……続きを見る