Shaped by War

The author's pictures from the Citadel in Hue and in the ruins of Beirut are among the most unflinching records of modern war. In this book, he rec...

Museums, Modernity and Conflict examines the history of the relationship between museums, collections and war, revealing how museums have responded...

Reducere. Many of Heinlein's fans consider the novels he wrote in the fifties amongst the author's strongest work; when he was at the peak of his talents. Do...

Restores the centrality of households to the American Civil War. These essays complicate the standard distinctions between battlefront and homefron...

Reducere. Entering World War I in 1917, a burst of patriotism in New Orleans collided with civil liberties. The city, due to its French heritage, shared a st...

A brilliantly compelling new history of the 1967 Six-Day War, by the BBC's distinguished former Middle East correspondent.

Pulp Vietnam argues that Cold War-era men's adventure magazines crafted a particular version of martial masculinity that shaped GIs' expectations a...

A journey through the modern Middle East, as shaped by the Iraq War, the Arab Spring and the Syrian Civil War. Sky's attention to human detail make...

The deadliest war in history brought to life through bold, easy-to-grasp maps.Follow the key developments of World War II in unprecedented visual d...

Reducere. The deadliest war in history brought to life through bold, easy-to-grasp maps. Follow the key developments of World War II in unprecedented visual ...

World War II irrevocably shaped culture - and much of cinema - in the 20th century, thanks to its devastating, global impact that changed the way w...

In early 2019, the Islamic Republic of Iran marked its fortieth anniversary, despite decades of isolation, political pressure, sanctions and war. O...

DescriptionIn this remarkable and gorgeously illustrated book, Neil Jackson presents a vibrant profile of the Los Angeles architect Pierre Koenig, ...

From the Treaty of Versailles to the 2018 centenary and beyond, the history of the First World War has been continually written and rewritten, stud...

Leah Zani considers how the people and landscape of Laos have been shaped and haunted by the physical remains of unexploded ordnance from the CIA's...

Leah Zani considers how the people and landscape of Laos have been shaped and haunted by the physical remains of unexploded ordnance from the CIA's...

Reducere. Ian McDonald weaves a love story across an endless expanse with his science fiction novella Time WasA love story stitched across time and war, shap...

Reducere. The story of the vibrant and revolutionary soccer culture in Hungary that, on the eve of World War II, redefined the modern game and launched a new...

Reducere. This book explores the evolution of Americans' first way of war, to show how war waged again Indian noncombatant population and agricultural resour...

The American Civil War shaped the course of the country's history and its national identity. This is no less true for the state of Arkansas. Throug...

Reducere. Kerry was the scene of some of the bloodiest and most protracted fighting during the civil war. When Free State troops landed dramatically by sea, ...

Reducere. Discover 30 milestones that made 20th-century American history--for kids History is a great teacher, and 20th Century American History for Kids mak...

During the Second World War the master strategy of the West was shaped by four titanic figures: Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, and their...

Reducere. In this groundbreaking history of Ireland, Neil Hegarty presents a fresh perspective on Ireland's past. Comprehensive and engaging, The Story of Ir...

Reducere. Buying and Selling Civil War Memory explores the ways in which Guilded Age manufacturers, advertisers, publishers, and others commercialized Civil ...

A compelling and moving account of a largely ignored but highly significant First World War campaign - the invasion of Austria by Italy - which cos...

Reducere. The British Expeditionary Force at the start of World War I was tiny by the standards of the other belligerent powers. Yet, when deployed to France...

Reducere. The Clever Teens' Guide to World War Two: The perfect guide for background reading or revision. The war that shaped the 20th century and the course...

Reducere. Christina Schwenkel's absorbing study explores how the American War is remembered and commemorated in Vietnam today--in official and unofficial his...

This book is a narrative history of the many dimensions of the War of 1812 - social, diplomatic, military, and political - which places the war's o...

Reducere. Here is an up-to-the-moment history of the Lone Star State, together with an insider's look at the people, politics, and events that have shaped Te...

DescriptionClifford Guard was born in 1923, in the South Wales city of Swansea, into a life of abject poverty. By age 15, he sought escape through ...

Reducere. A novelette from Cat Rambo, author of The Tabat Quartet. What do you do when someone else's past forces itself on your own life? Sorting through th...

Reducere. In October 1839, a Windsor cabinet meeting votes to begin the first Opium War against China. Bureaucratic fumbling, military missteps, and a health...

By highlighting diverse sources that shaped Boyd's thinking, and by offering a comprehensive overview of his work, this volume demonstrates that th...

Reducere. An intimate narrative history of World War I told through the stories of twenty men and women from around the globe--a powerful, illuminating, hear...

Reducere. DescriptionOver the course of his career, George Orwell wrote about many things, but no matter what he wrote the goal was to get at the fundamental...

Reducere. Vatican Ratline is the true story of recovered memories of one survivor of the post World War II ratline interwoven with the history of the players...

From top secret spy missions to recently declassified WWII documents, this richly illustrated account of the covert espionage operations of World W...

As John Jeffries observes in his newly updated and cogent history of America during World War II, our view of the war has been shaped by two widely...

Reducere. Beginning in 1914 and ending on the eve of World War II, this epic story follows the coming of age and early manhood of the Prussian aristocrat, Ma...

Matthew Ho is a young Chinese entrepreneur whose life has been shaped by painful choices made long before his birth. The complacency of colonial li...

A female narrator looks back on her childhood in a coming-of-age novel set before the First World War. Her young life is shaped by a series of trag...

Warfare is the most dangerous threat faced by modern humanity. It is also one of the key influences that has shaped the politics, economics, and so...

Reducere. Since its beginnings, Poland has been a moving target, geographically as well as demographically, and the very definition of who is a Pole has been...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Thomas WhighamIn 1864 Paraguayan dictator Francisco Solano Lopez seized the Brazilian steamer, the Marques de Olinda, initi...

Reducere. DescriptionSince its beginnings, Poland has been a moving target, geographically as well as demographically, and the very definition of who is a Po...

Reducere. It was nothing more than a thin strip of land bordered by an ocean and a landlocked salt river. Its inhabitants were hoards of sand flies and mosqu...

Reducere. Filled with unforgettable characters and maritime adventure, the incredible story of a forgotten war that shaped the fate of the United States--and...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Sharon DuplantisESTABLISHED IN 1559 ... Recently discovered artifacts in Pensacola, Florida, have unearthed the first Spani...

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

Reducere. The Bretton Woods Transcripts, edited by Center for Financial Stability Senior Fellow Kurt Schuler and Research Associate Andrew Rosenberg, offer a...

Reducere. A century after the Cuban war for independence was fought, Louis Perez examines the meaning of the war of 1898 as represented in one hundred years ...

"A stunning portrayal of a tragedy endured and survived by women."--David W. Blight, author of Frederick Douglass "Readers expecting hoop-skirted l...

DescriptionWith thousands of copies sold and millions of pages read, The Last War is an edge-of-your-seat thriller that's perfect for fans of Jack ...

Reducere. 'A shooting war is often followed by a second war. This war is not fought with bullets or artillery shells, not with tanks or bombers, but rather w...

Reducere. The Evidence of Things Not Seen is the autobiography of remarkable mountaineer, writer and environmentalist W.H. Murray. After being introduced to ...

Reducere. Painfully remote in the time of the Wright brothers, today the Outer Banks famously welcomes millions of visitors each year. The journey from early...

Reducere. You have heard the names: Churchill, Hitler, Mussolini and Roosevelt. You have read about the battles: Pearl Harbor, Stalingrad and D-Day.But have ...

Reducere. The subject of The Anti-Communist Manifestos is four influential books that informed the great political struggle known as the Cold War: Darkness a...

Reducere. The book discusses what led to US involvement in Eritrea after World War II. In length, it details, the why, the how, the people behind the moves, ...

DescriptionIn an era marked by atrocities perpetrated on a grand scale, the tragedy of the so-called comfort women--mostly Korean women forced into...

Reducere. At the dawn of a new century, a newly elected U.S. president was forced to confront an escalating series of unprovoked attacks on Americans by Musl...

Reducere. Everything Australia wants to achieve as a country depends on its capacity to understand the world outside and to respond effectively to it. In Fea...

Reducere. DescriptionMore than 150 years after its end, we still struggle to understand the full extent of the human toll of the Civil War and the psychologi...

Reducere. Through many decades, Lake Martin, a symbol of sustenance, has enticed generations of residents, vacationers, and modern retirees to its welcoming ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe modern classic about an idealistic British schoolmaster's influence on his students: "A minor miracle" (The New York Times). Through...

DescriptionThe First World War is often credited as being the event that gave Canada its own identity, distinct from that of Britain, France, and t...

Reducere. Winston Churchill fought the World War II twice over-first as Prime Minister during the war, and then later as the war's premier historian. From 19...

Contributor(s): Author: Sebastiaan FaberThe ability to forget the violent twentieth-century past was long seen as a virtue in Spain, even a duty. B...