War at Sea: A Shipwrecked History from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century, Hardcover - James P. Delgado

The ocean is humanity's largest battlefield. It is also our greatest graveyard. Resting in its depths lay the lost ships of war spanning the totali...

From an author who has spent four decades in the quest for lost ships, this lavishly illustrated history of naval warfare presents the latest archa...

How did the statues of ancient Greece wind up dictating art history in the West? How did the material culture of the Greeks and Romans come to be s...

Explores Jewish women's lives in what is now Eastern and Western Europe, Britain, Israel, Turkey, North Africa, and North America. The volume focus...

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An interdisciplinary book highlighting the relationship between the Red Sea region's colonial history and its present instability. Colonial Chaos e...

Reducere. DescriptionThis engrossing anthology gathers together a remarkable collection of writings on the use of strategy in war. G rard Chaliand has ranged...

Presents a thorough chronology and atlas of naval warfare from the Age of Galleys to The Nuclear Age.

Reducere. In this collection of newly translated essays, philosopher and sociologist Raymond Aron chronicles the twentieth century with the authority of an a...

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Reducere. Treats the Pantheon from the unique perspective of its construction history, survival, and reception through history.

Ranging from ancient to contemporary sculpture, this book is the first study of the history of sculpture to present such an original and comprehens...

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Publisher: Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie PublishersAuthor(s): Kevin WraightNumber of pages: 172Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 130 x 198 x 18Cover typ...

This book examines the scale and scope of the largely forgotten role played for the Admiralty by 3000 armed fishing vessels, 39, 000 fishermen and ...

One of the most important books on political regimes written in a generation.--Steven Levitsky, New York Times-bestselling author of How Democracie...

A new understanding of how and why early democracy took hold, how modern democracy evolved, and what this teaches us about the futureHistorical acc...

An expert overview of the history of the battleship, looking at its origins, the role played by battleships in both World Wars, famous ships, and w...

DescriptionRacisms is the first comprehensive history of racism, from the Crusades to the twentieth century. Demonstrating that there is not one co...

In the vast literature of the Second World War there has never been a naval atlas showing graphically the complexities of the war at sea, a war whi...

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Platonic love is a concept that has profoundly shaped Western literature, philosophy and intellectual history for centuries. This wide-ranging work...

Publisher: EverymanAuthor(s): Tim SpicerNumber of pages: 312Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 169 x 248 x 28Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmecu...

Reducere. This lavishly illustrated full-color hardback explores the dark but compelling story of warfare, from its emergence in prehistoric tribal disputes,...

With more than 125 breathtaking maps and charts, this is the only exclusively cartographic presentation of the Great War at sea.

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Reducere. DescriptionContinuing in the vein of his Lincoln Prize-winning book Lincoln and His Admirals, acclaimed naval historian Craig L. Symonds presents a...

A in-depth look at the heroic fighting forces of the Second World War

In 1961, Charles Gallagher graduated from the Naval Academy at the age of 20. Little did he know that after his first ship completed a Mediterranea...

In a journey spanning 2, 000 years, this book describes the ties of trade, migration and investment between India and the rest of the world, showin...

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A safety pin was all that kept Spectacular Bid from becoming the eleventh Thoroughbred to take the Triple Crown. This work examines Spectacular Bid...

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Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): Richard HoughNumber of pages: 480Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 33Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedesc...

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In 1941, Britain stood alone. North Africa dominated the news. Bismarck sank Hood. Fortress Britain endured the Blitz. Russia was invaded. Japan wo...

Reducere. A Russian Naval Officers Account and HistoryThe Russo-Japanese war as it was fought at sea in the first years of the 20th century fascinates reader...

Our understanding of history is often mediated by popular culture, and television series set in the past have provided some of our most indelible i...

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