Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World's Oceans, Paperback

Reducere. From one of the most admired admirals of his generation--and the only admiral to serve as Supreme Allied Commander at NATO--comes a remarkable voya...

Reducere. Millions of tons of plastic slip into oceans every year. Some floats and travels slowly with the currents, endangering the health of marine animals...

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Over the decades, the Holocaust has remained a critical issue both historically and politically. This is due to the modernization of anti-Semitism ...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the beginning of history to the present, a sweep of the world's oceans and seas and how they have shaped the course of civilization...

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Reducere. Pyotr Volkov (born in Uruguay as Diego Daniel García), is an anthropologist and historian with a special interest in past and current events relate...

Description"The sea is as near as we come to another world." --Anne Stevenson This book celebrates oceans, coasts and shorelines the world over. Br...

A compelling history of seashells and the animals that make them, revealing what they have to tell us about nature, our changing oceans and ourselv...

Publisher: ScribnerAuthor(s): Bruce JonesNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 226 x 171 x 30Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farme...

Reducere. First published almost a century ago, this classic text on the history and tactics of naval warfare had a profound effect on the imperial policies ...

Reducere. Consider by scholars as the single most influential book in naval strategy, Alfred Thayer Mahan's "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History (1660-17...

Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature's creations since the dawn of humanity. They were money before coins, jewelry before g...

Long at the margins of global affairs, the Arctic now finds itself at the frontline of issues which will challenge and define our world in the twen...

In the days when dinosaurs dominated the earth, their marine counterparts--every bit as big and ferocious--reigned supreme in prehistoric seas. In ...

Both volumes of Alfred Thayer Mahan's superbly detailed commentary of French naval prowess during the years of the French Revolution and the subseq...

DescriptionThe contributors to Constructing the Pluriverse critique the hegemony of the postcolonial Western tradition and its claims to universali...

Reducere. The world's oceans are filled with an array of venomous and toxic marine critters, not to mention a whole host of apex carnivores. Join ace divers ...

Historian M. B. Synge narrates how naval power grew in importance from the 1700s onward, playing a decisive role in the victories of several nation...

Reducere. *Includes 30 pictures of Minoan art, ruins, and more. *Explains the links between Minoan culture and religion with the Ancient Greeks. *Details how...

Journey to the wave-battered coast of the Pacific Northwest to meet some of the engineers and scientists working to harness the punishing force of ...

This lavishly illustrated, fact-filled atlas-a follow-up to Maps of the World-allows children to discover the fascinating and mysterious world belo...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): David (Associate Professor of International Studies, Associate Professor of International Studies,...

Reducere. Throughout the chronicle of Britain's history, one factor above all others has determined the fate of kings, the security of trade, and the integri...

Publisher: Edinburgh University PressIllustration(s): 40 B/W illustrationsNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 165 x 244 x 22Cover...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Hinduism is one of the world's great religions, dominating the...

*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Hinduism is one of the world's great religions, dominating the...

True-life stories of seafarers facing danger and death in the 19th and early 20th centuriesIllustrations: 34 Illustrations, black and white

Reducere. This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced,...

This definitive account reveals how the political and social progress of Britain has been inextricably intertwined with the strength - and weakness...

Reducere. Connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea has been for millennia the place where religions, economies, and political systems met, ...

DescriptionJairus Victor Grove contends that we live in a world made by war. In Savage Ecology he offers an ecological theory of geopolitics that a...