The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945

An abridged edition of Edward Gibbon's THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, which compresses thirteen turbulent centuries into ...

Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in ...

Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire compresses thirteen turbulent centuries into an epic narrative shot through with insight, iron...

Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in ...

One of the greatest fallacies of the 'modern world' is the notion of 'progress'. We imagine the entirety of history as culminating in a Darwinian m...

Reducere. A WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD NOTABLE BOOK After the American Revolution, the British Empire appeared to be doomed. Yet it grew to become the greate...

Covers the dramatic 15 years of Japanese Empire expansion.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): N S NashIllustration(s): 120 B&W illustrations...

Publisher: Tuttle PublishingAuthor(s): Jonathan ClementsIllustration(s): over 75 color and b&w photographs and mapsNumber of pages: 320Publication ...

The Tudors retained only a precarious grip on the crown of England, founded on a title that was both tenuous and legally flimsy. This left them pre...

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Paperback edition of a monumental new history by the Churchill College, Cambridge author of Eminent Edwardians and Dark Valley, full of brief lives...

The first three volumes of Gibbon's Decline And Fall (the western empire) were published by Everyman in 1993. Volumes 4-6 complete the set which is...

Easily the most celebrated historical work in English, Gibbon's account of the Roman empire was in its time a landmark in classical and historical ...

Reducere. "Chasing the Rising Sun" is the story of an American musical journey told by a prize-winning writer who traced one song in its many incarnations as...

This book offers a fresh assessment of the Western Roman Empire's ostensible decline. Neil Christie presents a compelling argument that the Roman E...

Reducere. Soldiers of the Sun traces the origins of the Imperial Japanese Army back to its samurai roots in the nineteenth century to tell the story of the r...

From shrines to megacities, from paddy fields to high speed trains to the latest in digital technology, Japan is a fascinating mix of the ancient a...

I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage FoundationIt proposes a convincing contemporary answer answer to an ages-old mystery and conundrum...

The history of Japanese aviation offers countless stories of heroic achievements and dismal failures, passionate enthusiasm and sheer terror, brill...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Japan, where there are more festivals than there are days of the year, it's no surprise that food is a daily celebration unto itself ...

Describes the horrific ordeal of the officers and men of 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders at the hands of the Japanese.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books...

DescriptionIn the Pacific War's early years, Japanese air power was dominant. The only way for the Allies to defeat their enemy was to know it. Thi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Gerald HorneThe surprising alliance between Japan and pro-Tokyo African Americans during World War II In November 1942 in E...

Reducere. DescriptionEven before Japan joined Nazi Germany in the Axis Alliance, its leaders clarified to the Nazi regime that the attitude of the Japanese g...

Reducere. If you want to discover captivating stories of people and events of the Ottoman Empire then keep reading...Three captivating manuscripts in one boo...

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The powerful and riveting new book in the multimillion-selling Killing series by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard.

The attacks of September 11, 2001, were accomplished through an amazing orchestration of logistics and personnel. Crossing the Rubicon discovers an...

DescriptionThe powerful and riveting new book in the multimillion-selling Killing series by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Autumn 1944. World War ...

Reducere. As this book intriguingly explores, for those who would make Rome great again and their victims, ideas of Roman decline and renewal have had a long...

War still rages at the edge of empire while centurion Albinus Silus fights at its beating heart.Gone is the boy who joined the legions. What remain...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Bestselling author James Lee Burke's "stunning" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) masterpiece is the story of a father and son separated by war, ...

Reducere. Explore the Captivating History of the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman world was nothing like an exotic fairytale featuring tyrant sultans, mean pashas,...

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This book covers the period between the creation in 1936 of Fighter Command and the end of WWII. It purports to demonstrate how a dangerously outmo...

Reducere. DescriptionExplore the Captivating History of the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman world was nothing like an exotic fairytale featuring tyrant sultans, m...

Reducere. Explore the Captivating History of the Roman Empire The Roman Empire was one of the most powerful forces the world has ever seen. But this isn

Reducere. You're in for an exciting ride as incendiary writer Charlie Rider and the unforgettable Zadie Byrd Gray rise to meet the political challenges flung...

The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970 - John Darwin

Volume five of this monumental series commences with coverage of the final fierce air-sea battles over the Aegean which preceded the advance northw...

A major new narrative account of one of history's greatest and most epic mysteries: the strange death of the Roman Empire.

Reducere. If you want to discover captivating stories of people and events of ancient Rome then keep reading...The Roman civilization is probably the single ...

This study attempts to show how the Spanish Civil War was understood and absorbed, particularly by those who could claim themselves as 'the victors...