Plundering Beauty: A History of Art Crime During War, Hardcover - Judge Arthur Tompkins

The roll-call of mankind's wars down the centuries is paralleled by an equally extensive catalogue of the theft, destruction, plundering, displacem...

DescriptionArt Crime and Its Prevention is the definitive handbook on art crime for art-world professionals of all kinds - from the museum, auction...

Reducere. DescriptionWilliam Grannetino served in the US navy during World War II. From the day he landed on Omaha Beach to the morning he sailed out of the ...

Although nearly 90% of the population of Great Britain remained civilians throughout the war, or for a large part of it, their story has so far lar...

Reducere. As Clausewitz observed, In war more than anywhere else, things do not turn out as we expect. The essence of war is a competitive reciprocal relatio...

Reducere. The people of Denmark managed to save almost their country's entire Jewish population from extinction in a spontaneous act of humanity - one of the...

Reducere. DescriptionThe extraordinary, touching true story of Smoky, the smallest--and arguably bravest--dog of World War IIIn February 1944, as Japanese mi...

Reducere. Explore the Captivating Life of George PattonGeneral George S. Patton remains a household name to this day even though he died decades ago. Not onl...

Reducere. If someone who is rich and powerful comes to you for a favor, you don't persecute him - you help him. Having such a person indebted to you is a gre...

Reducere. An authoritative history of art history from its medieval origins to its modern predicaments In this authoritative book, the first of its kind in E...

Reducere. Mere months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a volunteer group of American airmen to the Far East, convinced...

Reducere. In 1943, while the world was convulsed by war, a few visionaries -- in the private sector and in the military -- committed to protect Europe's cult...

Contributor(s): Author: Sean M. JudgeEditor: Jonathan M. HouseAuthor: Midway through 1942, Japanese and Allied forces found themselves fighting on ...

Reducere. The story of the 'Siren of the Shenandoah' in her own wordsIsabella Maria Boyd (1844-1900) was one of the most famous and notorious female Confeder...

Reducere. Between 1942 and 1945, the U.S. government wrongfully imprisoned thousands of Japanese American citizens and profited from their labor. Japanese Am...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Second Sino-Japanese War, then keep reading...Many people in the West look upon the Second S...

DescriptionMuch of the story about the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany has yet to be told. In Motherland in Danger, Karel Berkhoff address...

During the 1930s Mexico was undergoing a healing process after three decades of revolutionary turmoil and reform. In this climate, the coming of Wo...

DescriptionThis is the most accessible edition ofArt of War ever produced, with the text broken down into digestible individual lessons, unique tea...

A friendly and inspiring introduction to art history, telling the stories of the world's greatest paintings and artists from prehistory to the mode...

Reducere. The Seminole Struggle: A History of America's Longest Indian War, Hardcover

Reducere. Jacob's Ladder is a Civil War epic, a love story that pits the indomitable longing of the human heart against circumstances of racism, slavery, and...

Reducere. DescriptionBrie Arthur's Gardening with Grains is a passion project that grew from a light-bulb, aha moment - that's when she realized we've been m...

75 years on from the end of the second world war, a unique collection from veteran Commonwealth voices who tell how the war changed their lives irr...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the campaign written by soldiers on both sides *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further r...

Reducere. Niccolo Machiavelli considered this book his greatest achievement. Here you will learn how to recruit, train, motivate, and discipline an army. You...

Reducere. One of the worst cases of sex slavery happened during the most violent time in modern history....Japan during the Second World War. The Rape of Nan...

DescriptionBuilt around 1200 and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site that draws more than a million visitors and pilgrims each year, Chartres Cathedra...

Reducere. In August of 1942, Great Britain faced a desperate situation. German bombers hammered the nation's industrial cities and towns daily, and the toll ...

Goodbye, Guns N' Roses transports the reader into a mind-altering trip through the colors, scandals, nihilism, and mythology that make Guns N' Rose...

Reducere. World War II was a total war, devouring the military and civilian resources of nations. Women in Minnesota--like women across the country--made bol...

Reducere. Sun Tzu (also rendered as Sun Zi) was a Chinese general, military strategist, and philosopher who lived in the Spring and Autumn period of ancient ...

Reducere. This biography of Florence Nightingale is intended for younger readers eager to understand her immense contributions to the nursing profession.Publ...

DescriptionMichel Goya's Flesh and Steel during the Great War is one of the most thoughtful, stimulating and original studies of the conflict to ha...

Reducere. DescriptionA leading naval and military historian presents the first book to cover the major submarine campaigns in all the WWII theaters. Vividly ...

Reducere. Although no battles were fought on Long Island, the Civil War deeply affected all of its residents. More than three thousand men--white and black--...

DescriptionWhen he retired as the chief security officer of New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, John Barelli had spent the better part of f...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Cambridge Five, then keep reading...During the poverty-stricken years of the Great Depressio...

DescriptionA new illustrated edition of Sun Tzu's classic ancient Chinese meditation on military strategy and human psychology, with a new commenta...

The American theater was not ignorant of the developments brought on by World War II, and actively addressed and debated timely, controversial topi...

At the heart of relativity theory, quantum mechanics, string theory, and much of modern cosmology lies one concept: symmetry. In Why Beauty Is Trut...

DescriptionPoland was re-created as an independent nation at the end of the First World War, but it soon faced problems as Nazi Germany set about e...

Reducere. DescriptionThe foot soldier during the American Civil WarThis book will be of particular interest to all those who study the American Civil War, si...

Reducere. Crime filled the streets ... Murder hid behind closed doors ...And only one man to fight against the mayhem. Can he succeed?In late 1300 imperial C...

Reducere. TOP 5 ART OF WAR QUOTES 1. "Know your enemy and know yourself, win without danger." 2. "Knowing when to do battle and when not to do battle brings ...

Reducere. In this first book-length environmental history of the American Civil War, Lisa M. Brady argues that ideas about nature and the environment were ce...

Reducere. The official companion book to the special exhibition Harry Potter: A History of Magic, featuring an extraordinary treasure trove of magical artifa...