3, 000 Years of War and Peace in the Maya Lowlands. Identity, Politics, and Violence, Paperback - ***

3, 000 Years of War and Peace in the Maya Lowlands presents the cutting-edge research of 25 authors in the fields of archaeology, biological anthro...

A study of how artists and photographers shaped imperial visions of war and peace in the Victorian periodPublisher: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies ...

A history of the peoples of Britain, in the century and a half between the first Viking raids and the expulsion of the Vikings from York in 954.

A global history of world politics, offering a corrective to Western views of history and diplomacy. The East/West spanning approach allows Holslag...

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Clearly and accessibly written, Dixon provides a lively introduction to the nature and politics of the Northern Ireland conflict and of successive ...

Over 3, 000 years of incredible women who ruled the world!

Since the end of the Cold War, America's national security establishment has been searching for a new operating theory to explain how this seemingl...

Publisher: Anthem PressAuthor(s): Jeffrey S. ReznickNumber of pages: 226Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 160 x 235 x 23Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

A lively introduction to one of the oldest but still most relevant ethical debates. The third edition has been revised and updated throughout. The ...

Reducere. Both the perceived successes and failures of the Maya are often linked to their relationship with the local environment and their response to episo...

War in Peace: Paramilitary Violence in Europe after the Great War - Robert Gerwarth, John Horne

'The Battle of Maldon', along with 'Beowulf' and Bede's 'Ecclesiastical History of the English People', is perhaps the best known text of the Anglo...

Publisher: The Islamic Texts SocietyNumber of pages: 548Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 231 x 158 x 35Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): ...

From the celebrated author of Border, here is a portrait of an ancient but little-understood corner of Balkans, and a personal reckoning with the p...

'A fascinating collection of military stories ... The sort of book that can be picked up at intervals ... [but] once tasted, is hard to put down' W...

Reducere. By analytically decoupling war and violence, this book explores the causes and dynamics of violence in civil war. Against the prevailing view that ...

Publisher: Good Read PublishingAuthor(s): Paul HenkeNumber of pages: 639Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 176 x 110 x 30Cover type: Paperback / sof...

This study provides a broad examination of historical memory of World War II. Focusing on the Asia Pacific region, the contributors analyze how the...

From Hannah Arendt's "banality of evil" to Joseph Conrad's "fascination of the abomination, " humankind has struggled to make sense of human-upon-h...

Description"If you want peace, prepare for war." "A buildup of offensive weapons can be purely defensive." "The worst road may be the best route to...

What were the catalysts that motivated Mexican American youth to enlist or readily accept their draft notices in World War II, Korea, or Vietnam? I...

Reducere. Hugo Grotius lived during Eighty and Thirty Years' Wars which influenced his concern with the issues of conflicts between nations and religions. Th...

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The Armistice of 1918 brought ceasefire to the war on the Western Front, but 'the Great War' would not as hoped be 'the war to end all wars'.

Synthesizes a wealth of new archaeological data to illuminate the origins of Maya civilization and the rise of Classic Maya culture. Prominent Maya...

Publisher: Cornell University PressAuthor(s): Karl HapalIllustration(s): 11 Halftones, black and white; 4 MapsNumber of pages: 216Publication date:...

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Reducere. In September 1944, seven-year old Elin, her mother and grandmother fled Estonia ahead of the advancing Soviet Army escaping the risk of deportation...

A wide-ranging account of shipping and capitalism in the Middle East On the map of global trade, China is now the factory of the world. A parade of...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Judy FosterAuthor: Marlene DerletBased on many years of research into ancient history and prehistory, this insightful tome ...

Under what circumstances are civil-war combatants more or less likely to commit ethnic violence? Nils Hagerdal examines the Lebanese civil war to o...

Survival, the IISS's bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of t...

DescriptionWritten from the perspective of an insider of the most prominent events in the Middle East over the last fifty years, this book examines...

Identity Crises, Violence and Trauma. A Cultural and Psychoanalytical Approach to Post-War and Contemporary British Drama - Laura Monica Toma

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Edited by one of the most renowned scholars in the field, this reader assembles classic and contemporary readings on enduring problems of internati...

DescriptionFrom the author of the national bestseller The Sleepwalkers, a book about how the exercise of power is shaped by different concepts of t...

A fascinating one-year sojourn across America in search of greener pastures-and the finest goat cheese.Publisher: Gooseberry PatchAuthor(s): Margar...

Everything you desire is within your grasp - simply ask the universe to make it happen.Publisher: Ryland, Peters & Small LtdAuthor(s): Joanne Grego...

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Reducere. In one of the most detailed and powerfully argued books published on American intervention in Vietnam, Fredrik Logevall examines the last great una...

Offers a broad range of texts spanning six centuries of imperial Roman history--Volume II of Empire of the Romans, from Julius Caesar to Justinian ...