Motivation in War: The Experience of Common Soldiers in Old-Regime Europe, Paperback - Ilya Berkovich

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Reducere. Numbering 4, 000 select officers and men, Combat Team 370 was part of n Europe during World War II the 92nd Infantry Division, the only all-Negro d...

DescriptionToday the Korean War of 1950-1953 is overshadowed by later twentieth-century conflicts in Vietnam and the Middle East, yet at the time i...

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DescriptionDuring the Second World War over half-a-million African troops served with the British Army as combatants and non-combatants in campaign...

Reducere. The Stuff of Soldiers uses everyday objects to tell the story of the Great Patriotic War as never before. Brandon Schechter attends to a diverse ar...

While armies have seized enemy records and rare texts as booty throughout history, it was only during World War II that an unlikely band of librari...

Publisher: Helion & CompanyIllustration(s): 1 b/w ills. 2 colour ills, 2 colour photos, 6 maps, 8 tablesNumber of pages: 344Collection: From Reason...

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Reducere. Description At a time when the international community is again threatening some countries with sanctions, this book comes as a warning. It should ...

On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson thrust the United States into World War I by declaring, "The world must be made safe for democracy." For the 380, ...

Reducere. More than one million Indian soldiers were deployed during World War I, serving in the Indian Army as part of Britain's imperial war effort. These ...

Dennis Gilbert provides a systematic comparative history of the rise and ultimate demise of the oligarchies that dominated Latin America for nearly...

A pioneering study of the experiences and emotional lives of British prisoners of war in Germany and Italy during the Second World War. Clare Makep...

A short history of Canadian soldiers in the First World War, illustrated with photos and war art from the Group of Seven

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Reducere. During the Civil War, Union and Confederate politicians, military commanders, everyday soldiers, and civilians claimed their approach to the confli...

DescriptionAt the end of the twentieth century, many believed the story of European political development had come to an end. Modern democracy bega...

The 92nd Infantry (""Buffalo"") Division was the last segregated (all-black) US Army division and the only black division to fight in World War II ...

How does the experience of turning a door handle, opening a door from one space into another, affect us? It is no wonder that the door, one of the ...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Julie (John E. Green Professor of History, John E. Green Professor of History, University of Texas...

Reducere. The Boys of Company K shows how life was for the common soldier on the dangerous western prairies. The men faced the threat of hostile Indians, dis...

This important reference offers readers a thorough understanding of the nature of the various conflicts that have erupted in the Middle East and No...

This fascinating and well-constructed volume of essays builds understanding of the role and importance of music during periods of conflict and high...

Description The War to End All Wars is considered by many to be the best single account of America's participation in World War I. Covering famous ...

Reducere. DescriptionDuring the Civil War, Mississippi's strategic location bordering the Mississippi River and the state's system of railroads drew the atte...

Reducere. This collection of heroic soldier's stories relays sobering accounts of combat on the Western Front during the First World War. Evocative and vivid...

Reducere. When Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Americans reacted with revulsion and horror. In the patriotic war fever that follow...

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

Reducere. DescriptionThe all-new book, Modeling World War II in Europe, features a variety of modeling subjects that fought in the European Theater from the ...

Were there any winners? Any point at all to the Anglo/American invasion of Iraq in 2003? McGee considers that the political mindset for the invasio...

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Description William James used to say that 'the unconscious mind is the horse and conscious mind is the rider: it's the relationship between the tw...

Reducere. This is a book on European philosophers from Plato to Martin Buber about their way of understanding the world and what it is to be human. The key t...

Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe examines the development of various political regimes in Europe from the ancien regime up through the present ...

The text studies the importance of monuments tracing their history from their first creation to over 6000 years later. Part one discusses how monum...

The graphic experience of British soldiers fighting in the Peninsular War told in their own words.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Glover...

DescriptionA lost literary relic of the First World War, Common Cause tells the story of Jeremy Robson, a crusading newspaper editor in the fiction...

Reducere. "A beautifully written and memorable account of combat from the top down and bottom up as the 101st Airborne commanders and front-line grunts battl...

The Experience of Revolution in Stuart Britain and Ireland - Michael J. Braddick, David L. Smith

A rich treasure chest of journals, letters and stories about the men and their animals on the Western Front, by the bestselling author of The Last ...

Reducere. In July 1944, thirty-two-year-old Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg arrived in Budapest on a mission to rescue the last Jews of Europe.Over the nex...

Reducere. A dramatic countdown of the final months of World War II in Europe, The Last 100 Days brings to life the waning power and the ultimate submission o...

Reducere. How did Civil War soldiers endure the brutal and unpredictable existence of army life during the conflict? This question is at the heart of Peter S...

Reducere. This is a major new approach to the military revolution and the relationship between warfare and the power of the state in early modern Europe. Whe...