Andrew D Buck, Katy Mortimer, James H. Kane, Stephen J Spencer, Edward Caddy, Peter W Edbury, Susan B. Edgington, Katrine Funding Højgaard, Katherine J Lewis, Mark McCabe...
Based on an extensive body of Russian and German sources, this book reconstructs the fate of the approximately 1.5 million soldiers and officers of the Russian army held in German prisoner of war camps during the First World War. Moving beyond insti...Loe edasi...
This book tells the bewildering tale of one of the most insidious, yet almost forgotten crimes against humanity planned by the Nazis during the Third Reich. Soon after taking power in 1933, the Nazis introduced a program of involuntary sterilization...Loe edasi...
Sari: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jul-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009609982)
This book examines the role of religion in the British Army in an era of rapid and far-reaching change. Michael Snape explores the religious culture of the Army, the religious contexts of its warfighting, counterinsurgency, and peacekeeping operatio...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jul-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN-13: 9781496246400)
Named a 2024 Southwest Book of the Year by Pima County Public Library On July 16, 1945, just weeks before the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that brought about the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II, the United States...Loe edasi...
This book will be of interest to all Namibians and South Africans, especially historians, political scientists, sociologists, and social anthropologists. International relations scholars will also be interested in how Smuts persuaded Wilson to creat...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526190468)
Little Wars of Empire is first history of British multi-war veterans the soldiers, nurses, and military families who experienced both colonial wars in the British empire and the First World War. Using their personal archives, it works to understand...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Verso Books, ISBN-13: 9781804298015)
A group portrait of six of the finest historians of the First World WarIn Disputing Disaster, Perry Anderson picks out from the highly charged historiography on the First World War one leading historian from each of the major po...Loe edasi...
As space becomes more crowded with nearly 10,000 active satellites operated by over sixty countries and hundreds of private companies, preventing conflict in this strategic environment has become increasingly important. The Politics of Space Se...Loe edasi...
This volume presents twelve studies, written between 2007 and 2023, which examine the conduct of war in Carolingian East Francia and Ottonian Germany from the mid-ninth to the early eleventh century. Grouped thematically rather than by date of pub...Loe edasi...
In 1964, East Germany introduced an alternative, unarmed military service that recognized religious belief as a basis for conscientious objection. In a new category of military unit, pacifists performed construction tasks. In 1964,...Loe edasi...
Marie-Hélène Benoit-Otis, Cécile Quesney, Stacey Brown
Sari: Eastman Studies in Music
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Rochester Press, ISBN-13: 9781648251085)
A piercing investigation showing how a glittering Mozart music festival in 1941 Vienna became a powerful instrument of Nazi propaganda in both annexed Austria and occupied France....Loe edasi...
Positioned at the crossroads of global and military history, this is a major contribution to the cultural and social history of war and its aftermath. Cabanes and Givens bring together leading experts to offer an interlaced history which rethinks th...Loe edasi...
Sari: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009692946)
Positioned at the crossroads of global and military history, this is a major contribution to the cultural and social history of war and its aftermath. Cabanes and Givens bring together leading experts to offer an interlaced history which rethinks th...Loe edasi...
This book offers an analysis of the United States’ conventional military buildup during the final decade of the Cold War.Departing from a historiography largely focused on strategic arms and summit diplomacy, the work examines how the moder...Loe edasi...
Through a series of case studies, Gavin J. Bailey reveals new details of how Britain used American aircraft and integrates this with broader British statecraft and strategy. He challenges conceptions that Britain was strategically reliant on the US...Loe edasi...
This book examines the intellectual trajectories of international mid-career scholars working on the Second World War and the Holocaust in France across a wide range of disciplines, including history, literature, and cultural studies. It scrutinises...Loe edasi...
This book examines how Christian writers portrayed the conversion of Slavs beyond the Elbe River—a complex, centuries-long process spanning the tenth through twelfth centuries. This book examines how Christian writers portrayed the...Loe edasi...
An insider history of Army special forces and a rare insight into the role of combat historian. An insider history of Army special forces and a rare insight into the role of combat historian. Richard Stewart was th...Loe edasi...
This book examines how various Australians understood or expressed their experience of the Great War and early war commemoration in transcendent terms, and in so doing contributed to the creation of an Australian foundation myth, Anzac. The signific...Loe edasi...
This book examines a military occupation famous for institutional changes, state building, and Russias military and political endeavours in Eastern Europe. However, these topics are not the focus of this book. Instead, it focuses on the actors and r...Loe edasi...
A vivid and authoritative account of the Middle Easts recent history to the present day, from the BBCs long-serving correspondent in the region....Loe edasi...
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Humanitarian crises are a central problem of modern history and contemporary international relations. According to United Nations estimates, 300 million people required humanitar...Loe edasi...
A remarkable true story about saving life in wartime, not taking it A story destined to be told. A fascinating history of blood for the front line. Humbling, awe inspiring and life affirming. Sue Black, author of All That Remains ...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198852209)
An up-to-date, one-volume account of American history which takes readers from the beginning of human settlement in North America to the second Trump administration. The fifteen chapters offer fresh perspectives on familiar events in American history...Loe edasi...
This Open Access book presents the first in-depth analysis of the Finnish-German military alliance (19411944) as a translation zone a multilingual network of military, administrative and civilian encounters held together by linguistically versed so...Loe edasi...
This Palgrave Handbook offers the first comprehensive survey of the history and memory of the Holocaust in Australia. Divided into four parts, the handbook covers key historical connections between Australia and the events of the Holocaust, includ...Loe edasi...
Based on an extensive body of Russian and German sources, this book reconstructs the fate of the approximately 1.5 million soldiers and officers of the Russian army held in German prisoner of war camps during the First World War. Moving beyond insti...Loe edasi...
This book tells the bewildering tale of one of the most insidious, yet almost forgotten crimes against humanity planned by the Nazis during the Third Reich. Soon after taking power in 1933, the Nazis introduced a program of involuntary sterilization...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jul-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: State University of New York Press, ISBN-13: 9798855805215)
Explores how Japan navigated its alliance with the United States in the aftermath of 9/11, balancing its pacifist constitution with evolving global security demands through newly revealed diplomatic documents and high-level policy analysis. ...Loe edasi...
Enthralling Lucy Worsley Wonderful Judith Flanders A whirling, waltzing panorama through the last carefree age of British nobility New Statesman Adrian Tinniswood opens the doors on the excess, intrigue and absur...Loe edasi...
They fought in the Battle of the Bulge and landed at Guadalcanal; they bombed Germany and bull-rushed Iwo Jima. Yes, these men were soldiers, but they shared something else vital in common: They were college and pro football players. Some carri...Loe edasi...
Sari: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jul-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009609982)
This book examines the role of religion in the British Army in an era of rapid and far-reaching change. Michael Snape explores the religious culture of the Army, the religious contexts of its warfighting, counterinsurgency, and peacekeeping operatio...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jul-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Naval Institute Press, ISBN-13: 9798899190056)
This account reveals the overlooked role of Marine Defense Battalions in shaping the early Pacific War, from Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal. Highlighting their coordination with Marine aviation and their legacy in today’s littoral regiments, it shows...Loe edasi...
Come face to face with a group of sailors posing with the ships cat on board HMS Belfast in this scene reproduced from IWMs Film Archive....Loe edasi...
The book documents all of the reported claims presented to Congress by the owners, legal representatives, or heirs of private property lost or damaged during the War of 1812 and which were approved under the various laws passed for that purpose...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jul-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN-13: 9781496246400)
Named a 2024 Southwest Book of the Year by Pima County Public Library On July 16, 1945, just weeks before the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that brought about the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II, the United States...Loe edasi...
“Now I’m With the Invalids” for the first time tells the full story of the organization in which sixty thousand wounded combat veterans continued contributing in their nation’s hour of need, going the extra mile to secure victory that preserved the U...Loe edasi...
Aged just twenty-one, U.S. airman Kurt Kurtenbach was captured and tortured by the Gestapo in 1942. He would spend the rest of the war in Stalag 17B—yet he refused to give up. As spokesman for thousands of American POWs, he battled daily for food, fa...Loe edasi...
Analyzes British-Yishuv relations in 1941–42, revealing limited cooperation shaping defenses and future Jewish Brigade.In May 1941 a string of German victories, a pro-Nazi revolt in Iraq and a hostile Vichy-led collaborationist government in Syria su...Loe edasi...
This book will be of interest to all Namibians and South Africans, especially historians, political scientists, sociologists, and social anthropologists. International relations scholars will also be interested in how Smuts persuaded Wilson to creat...Loe edasi...
