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La dinastia giulio-claudia è, senza ombra di dubbio, la stirpe più affascinante, vituperata e romanzata dell’intera storia universale. Per duemila anni, il nostro immaginario è rimasto prigioniero d……続きを見る

Global Goals: How Football United (and Divided) the Planet is a sweeping chronicle of the world’s most popular game and its extraordinary power to shape history. From colonial fields to billion-doll……続きを見る

From ancient wrestling contests and Greek pankration to bare-knuckle prizefighting, Olympic boxing, Muay Thai stadiums, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, modern mixed martial arts, and the global pay-per-view ag……続きを見る

Tennis began as a game of courts, clubs, lawns, and rituals, but it grew into one of the world’s most recognisable sporting cultures. Net Gains: The Rise of Tennis in Sporting Culture tells the fact……続きを見る

From the windswept links of Scotland to the grand stages of Augusta, St Andrews, Pebble Beach, and the Ryder Cup, Fairway Dreams: How Golf Became a Game of Ambition, Patience, and Prestige tells the……続きを見る

Im zerbombten Berlin des Jahres 1949 war Nahrung nicht nur ein Mittel zum Überleben, sondern eine knappe Währung auf dem Schwarzmarkt. Fleisch war extrem rar, qualitativ minderwertig und Därme zur W……続きを見る

Reduce della guerra civile spagnola, internato nei campi di concentramento francesi, militare sul fronte greco-albanese, comandante della divisione intitolata alla memoria di Felice Cascione in Ital……続きを見る

United State of Africa is a powerful and timely reflection on Kwame Nkrumah's prophetic vision for a united continent. His message remains urgent because Africa continues to face the same challenges……続きを見る

For generations, Africans have been taught a version of history that disconnects them from their greatness. This book challenges that narrative. Drawing from historical analysis, lived experience, a……続きを見る

The year is 1600. It is April and Japan’s iconic cherry trees are in full flower. A battered ship drifts on the tide into Usuki Bay in southern Japan. On board, barely able to stand, are twenty-thre……続きを見る

This open access book examines why Japan discontinued its quarter-century history of troop contribution to UN Peacekeeping Operations (1992–2017). Japan had deployed its troops as UN peacekeepers si……続きを見る

This book ー the latest in our series East Asian Security ー was inspired by the Japan–Taiwan Security Dialogue, held by the Taiwan Center for Security Studies, National Chengchi University, and Osa……続きを見る

Critical acclaim for The Battle for Okinawa "An indispensable account of the fighting and of Okinawa's role in the Japanese defense of the home islands." --The Wall Street Journal "A fascinating, hi……続きを見る

Comprendere il capitolo più buio della Storia d'Europa: come è stato possibile assistere all'ascesa del Nazismo? Queste biografie ripercorrono la storia e le convinzioni dei tanti gerarchi che hanno……続きを見る

BnF collection ebooks - "On a cru que, avant la fondation de l'hospice des Quinze-Vingts, il existait déjà à Paris une maison des Aveugles, et que S. Louis n'avait fait que la prendre sous sa protec……続きを見る

Ruszin-Szendi Romulusz altábornagy, a Magyar Honvédség egykori legfiatalabb parancsnoka, a Honvéd Vezérkar volt főnöke mögött példátlanul színes és fordulatos pályafutás áll. Katonai karrierjének há……続きを見る

«Garrote y prensa» constituye una expresión atribuida exclusivamente al general Francisco Franco, y surgida en el marco de la Guerra Civil, momento en que la pena de muerte se aplicó de forma cotidi……続きを見る

War has been an indelible part of human civilisation since the dawn of history, and the war in our neighbourhood has shown that it is not just a remote event in time and space. Conflict, violence an……続きを見る

Rigorously inventive and revelatory in its adventurousness, 1650–1850 opens a forum for the discussion, investigation, and analysis of the full range of long-eighteenth-century writing, thinking, an……続きを見る

Resilience and Autonomy in Prewar and Wartime Japan: The Internal Governance of Industries (1925-1945) illuminates the processes by which industrial manufacturing organizations in Japan conducted co……続きを見る

„Meggyőződésem, hogy a háború öt alapelve nemcsak és kizárólag a katonáknak ad, adhat iránymutatást, hanem alkalmazható az élet más területein is.” A háborúk a történelem hajnalától kezdve az emberi……続きを見る

Two days before Christmas in 1987, at the age of 17, Niromi de Soyza found herself in an ambush as part of a small platoon of militant Tamil Tigers fighting government forces in the bloody civil war……続きを見る

Se você quer saber de forma concisa e com muitas referências toda a história sobre o surgimento, o crescimento do Cristianismo e a comparação com outras religiões mais antigas e ao mesmo tempo conhe……続きを見る

I conflitti che opposero Romani ed Etruschi durante l’età repubblicana segnarono la fine dell’Etruria come potenza indipendente e la sua assimilazione nel mondo romano. La guerra più lunga fu quella……続きを見る

Sir Garrett O'Moore Creagh (1848-1923) was born on 2nd April 1848 in Cahirbane, County Clare, Ireland. He was the son of Captain James Creagh, RN, and Grace Emily, daughter of The O'Moore, Cloghan C……続きを見る

The Japanese Empire and Latin America provides a comprehensive analysis of the complicated relationship between Japanese migration and capital exportation to Latin America and the rise and fall of t……続きを見る

An abridged collection of the laws passed during the reign of the Emperor Justinian I. Most of them deal directly with the administration of the church within the empire, its relationship to the aut……続きを見る

CAMICIA NERA! È l'unica storia militare della Milizia Volontaria Sicurezza Nazionale dalle origini al 25 luglio del 1943 e allo scioglimento di quella che fu la Guardia Armata della Rivoluzione Fasc……続きを見る

Caporetto è la battaglia più famosa e più discussa della storia d'Italia, entrata nel linguaggio comune come sinonimo di disastro, immortalata da film e romanzi come Addio alle armi di Hemingway. A ……続きを見る

Scrive Michael Mallet, il maggiore storico europeo della situazione militare italiana del Rinascimento, nel suo fondamentale studio sulla guerra nel Rinascimento italiano: Uno dei principali interlo……続きを見る