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From the critically acclaimed author of The Establishment, an excoriating take-down of Western hubris – and the book that reveals why we’re really in the state we’re in. Almost everywhere we turn th……続きを見る

Following on from his popular series examining industrial steam in regions of the UK, Gordon Edgar looks at a series of fascinating workings around the world during the final days of steam in indust……続きを見る

Over half of the Wirral’s built environment is Victorian; the era has left a huge imprint on the area. In this period the first docks across the River Mersey from Liverpool opened and Birkenhead bec……続きを見る

The international order constructed after 1991 is visibly fracturing. The assumptions that underpinned three decades of global governanceーAmerican unipolarity, the liberalizing force of economic in……続きを見る

The phrase "Great Reset" entered public consciousness through the World Economic Forum's 2020 initiative, but the historical reality it describes is far older. Every major economic paradigm shiftーt……続きを見る

Every conflict has its hingesーmoments when a different decision, a different agreement, or a different response might have altered the course of history. The Israel-Palestine conflict is defined by……続きを見る

Wie door het centrum van Amsterdam loopt, kan zich geen voorstelling maken van hoe de stad er een halve eeuw geleden bij lag. Verkrotte huizen, vaak in stutten, gaten in de gevelwand en panden waarv……続きを見る

In May 1877, Ulysses S. Grant, newly departed from two terms in the White House, embarked on an extraordinary three-year journey that defined a pivotal moment in the Gilded Age. Driven by a lifelong……続きを見る

The abolition of slavery across European empires resulted not from parliamentary enlightenment but from sustained resistance by enslaved people themselves, combined with economic pressures, military……続きを見る

The twentieth century witnessed ideological competition of unprecedented intensity as communism, fascism, and liberal democracy offered fundamentally incompatible visions for organizing society, eco……続きを見る

Leyla Perrone-Moisés analisa o mais antigo documento do primeiro contato francês com o Brasil: o relato oficial da viagem de Paulmier Gonneville. Os problemas enfrentados ao longo do trajeto, o enco……続きを見る

Depuis son apparition à la fin du XIXe siècle sous la forme industrielle, la nouvelle énergie électrique s’est immiscée dans les paysages métropolitains, industriels ou ruraux. Mais cette immixtion,……続きを見る

As the Arctic melts, the world's oldest geopolitical instincts return. In Trump's Greenland Crisis: Arctic Power Grab in the Melting Ice**, award-winning geopolitical author Billy Jones exposes how ……続きを見る

El desconocimiento que en general poseemos de la historia de este país tiene como consecuencia que se ignore, por ejemplo, que Yemen ha sido una especie de laboratorio político dentro del mundo árab……続きを見る

Stap in een wereld van avontuur en ontdekking met 'Van Peking naar Parijs per auto'! Beleef de opwindende reis van Luigi Barzini en Scipione Borghese, die in 1907 de wereld versteld deden staan met ……続きを見る

Stap in een wereld van avontuur en ontdekking met 'Van Peking naar Parijs per auto'! Beleef de opwindende reis van Luigi Barzini en Scipione Borghese, die de grenzen van het mogelijke verleggen in e……続きを見る

Sean Maloney reveals how Vladimir Putin has aggressively leveraged nuclear signaling to manipulate NATO and deter Western intervention in Ukraine. With Cold War–level brinkmanship and modern informa……続きを見る

Le maître-livre de la "reine de l'histoire". L'édition de prestige. Parmi tous ses ouvrages, Simone Bertière confesse une inclination particulière pour cette superbe biographie, couronnée par plusie……続きを見る

This book introduces readers to the historical roots of the key events, issues, and themes in the post-World War II period since 1945. Organized by regionーEurope, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and……続きを見る

The Iraq War is a visual record of the American-led Operation Iraqi Freedom of 2003, which resulted in the dramatic overthrow of dictator Saddam Hussein. In a striking sequence of photographs Anthon……続きを見る

This is the first book-length study of why states sometimes ignore, oppose, or undermine elements of the nuclear nonproliferation regimeーeven as they formally support it. Anchored by the Treaty on ……続きを見る

International efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)ーincluding nuclear, biological, and chemical weaponsーrest upon foundations provided by global treaties such as the N……続きを見る

Sheds new light on European and regional book markets, the development of a public sphere and the impact of new media on intellectual, social, religious and political change. How do you become a cit……続きを見る

This book uses new sources to indepth the early history of the Telegraph Union (today the International Telecommunication Union) and focuses on the key role – political, diplomatic, economic and tec……続きを見る

Au Luxembourg, la génération adulte dans les années 1940 porte en elle la fracture de la guerre, de l’occupation-annexion et de ses lourdes conséquences. Arrivant au pouvoir après 1945, les hommes d……続きを見る

This groundbreaking volume offers a historical comparison between the events leading up to World War I and current global tensions related to the economical and political rise of Asia. What are the ……続きを見る

La littérature renaissante accorde une place forte à l’histoire-jugement, soit l’histoire écrite du point de vue de ses acteurs, qui mêle témoignage et commentaire, méditation humaniste sur la fortu……続きを見る

Indécourageables, c’est le mot qui vient à l’esprit une fois ce livre refermé. Plus de deux ans où la vie ressemble à l’enfer : policiers corrompus, passeurs pires que des bourreaux, chasses à l’hom……続きを見る

Ses rêves de gloire vont du siège de Toulon à la plaine de Waterloo. Il chevauche l’Europe de Varsovie à Naples, de Madrid à Moscou, l’Orient du Caire à Jérusalem où, entouré de scientifiques, il dé……続きを見る

The latest volume in Anthony Tucker-Joness series of books on armoured warfare in the Images of War series is a graphic account of the development of armoured forces in the Arab and Israeli armies f……続きを見る