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This edition represents a thoroughly written history of Marines' military campaigns in Europe, Africa and the Pacific during the Second World War. Marines played a central role in the Pacific War, a……続きを見る

Western democracy is now at a critical juncture. Some worry that power has been wrested from the people and placed in the hands of a small political elite. Others argue that the democratic system gi……続きを見る

Illustrated with 30 maps and 40 photos. “Britain defeats Italy on land and sea in Africa and the Mediterranean in 1940. “The first of eight volumes in the 18-volume official British History of the S……続きを見る

Originally published in 1978, this volume comprises articles previously published in the historical journal, Past and Present, ranging over nearly a thousand years of Graeco-Roman history. The essay……続きを見る

“BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.” ーTime “It is impossible to name a book that had a greater effect on the political and moral consciousness of the late twentieth century.” ーDavid Remnick……続きを見る

This edition represents a thoroughly written history of Marines' military campaigns in Europe, Africa and the Pacific during the Second World War. Marines played a central role in the Pacific War, a……続きを見る

Illustrated with 29 maps/diagrams and 44 photographs “The second of the eight volumes dealing with the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern theatres in the 18-volume official British History of the Seco……続きを見る

Guardians of Eden (Vol. II of God’s Country) identifies what is wrong in the chiefdoms and Zambia as a whole and provides a plan for the future. It is a legal, policy and organizational aid, a refer……続きを見る

«Si legge come un thriller.» The New York Review of Books «Acuto, eccezionale.» London Review of Books «Accurato nelle ricerche ed elegantemente narrato.» The Wall Street Journal «Una lettura fondam……続きを見る

From the ashes of World War II to the conflict over Iraq, William Hitchcock examines the miraculous transformation of Europe from a deeply fractured land to a continent striving for stability, toler……続きを見る

2 Werke von Franz Joseph I. Kaiser von Österreich, König von Ungarn (1830-1916) Dieser Band enthält eine Sammlung von 2 Werken von Franz Joseph I. . Ein dynamisches Inhaltsverzeichnis ermöglicht den……続きを見る

JOAN EL MIRACLER. El jorn s’anava encenent, i amunt del cel els estels s’apagaven. Hom sentí la remor del forrellat del temple; i darrera el sagristà, que va obrir per a difondre solemnialment el to……続きを見る

This is the first comprehensive study based on a detailed textual analysis of the classical works on war by Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, Mao Tse-tung, and to a lesser extent, Jomini and Machiavelli. Brushin……続きを見る

"... a diverse and fascinating array of perspectives on the history of Canada's national parks, illuminating many less well-understood aspects of the evolving place of people in and near these parks……続きを見る

Captured by the Japanese after the fall of Bataan, Lester Tenney was one of the very few who would survive the legendary Death March and three and a half years in Japanese prison camps. With an unde……続きを見る

Investigating the logic, conduct and nature of war on the highest political and strategic levels, these essays put less emphasis on operational and tactical aspects. They look at the impact of techn……続きを見る

This is an important new history of decision-making and policy-making in the British Admiralty from Trafalgar to the aftermath of Jutland. C. I. Hamilton explores the role of technological change, t……続きを見る

Inspired as I am by a deep conviction, springing from a long line of experimental elucidations and deductions pointing to the conclusion that, if a man desires sincerely and seriously, and out of no……続きを見る

A definitive survey of the Olympic games, from 776 B.C. to A.D. 261, this scholarly, yet immensely readable account of Olympic athletes in ancient times takes a highly realistic view of these fabled……続きを見る

The fearefull aboundinge at this time in this countrie, of these detestable slaues of the Deuill, the Witches or enchaunters, hath moved me (beloued reader) to dispatch in post, this following treat……続きを見る

Specimens of Bushman Folklore by W.H.I. Bleek and L.C. Lloyd "Specimens of Bushman Folklore is a book by the linguist Wilhelm H. I. Bleek and Lucy C. Lloyd published in 1911. The book records eighty……続きを見る

Basketball, the only major world sport undeniably invented by a Canadian, has ironically failed to win Canadians’ hearts more than a century after its creation. James Naismith’s brainchild is a popu……続きを見る

In this ground-breaking study M.I. Franklin explores the form and substance of everyday life online from a critical postcolonial perspective. With Internet access and social media uses accelerating ……続きを見る

It was still dark, for the autumn days begin late. Heavy grey clouds glided slowly over the sky, in which the first streaks of dawn were hardly visible. These clouds glided so low that they seemed t……続きを見る

While the main action of the Revolution swirled along the Atlantic seaboard. Ohio was a no man’s land between the Colonists’ Fort Pitt and the British Fort Detroit. A campaign to neutralize Detroit ……続きを見る

Several years ago, on looking up the literature pertaining to the earlier Sufi poets of Persia, I found that there was no European edition or translation, nor even any extended account of the conten……続きを見る

EXACTLY A MONTH HAS ELAPSED since I finished the first series of my writingsーjust that period of the flow of time which I intended to devote exclusively to resting the parts of my common presence s……続きを見る

An epic saga of hubris , cruelty, and redemption, Now the Hell Will Start tells the remarkable tale of the greatest manhunt of World War II. Herman Perry, besieged by the hardships of the Indo-Burme……続きを見る

Published in 1996, Clausewitz and Modern Strategy is a valuable contribution to the field of Military Strategic Studies. The magnum opus of Carl von Clausewitz, On War, is a work frequently quoted (……続きを見る

L’ESPARVER. Beneïda sia la penitència! A cada respir, un raig de sol moria en l’aire que s’omplia de porpra. L’or volava pel cel. Els ceps, que havien passat l’agonia tardoral, tenien la saba aturad……続きを見る