Kategoria BISAC: History >> Reference

Although harsh and inhospitable, the North African theater of World War II proved to be a perfect environment for irregular warfare and the deployment of Special Forces. Four countries took part in this 'shadow war': Great Britain, most successfully of all; Free France, including a surprising solitary campaign from Chad; Italy, mainly engaged in defending the Libyan southern line of communications; and Germany, operating an extensive spy network throughout Egypt.

Andrea Molinari deals with the development and organization of these unique units, and examines how the conditions in...

The US airborne units serving in the Pacific Theater during World War II are considered to be among the best-trained and effective forces in the war. Deployed in fewer numbers than was the case across Europe, parachute units such as the famed 11th Airborne Division and the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment operated in harsh terrain, over long distances against a determined enemy in the most extreme situations. These parachute regiments were involved in some of the most significant combat situations in the Pacific, recapturing Corregidor Island, invading the Aleutians and the first troops...

This provocative book seeks to redress inaccuracies in Western perceptions of gender relations in Southeast Asia by bringing to the fore the area's ethnic and cultural variance and showing how women and men explain the informal and psychological dimensions of relationships as vital in holding family, neighbourhood and kinship ties together. Although there are differences between male and female perceptions of sex roles in society, women perceive their situation as disadvantaged rather than less significant. Male-female interpretations of power and status tend to converge usually towards...

Gebaude zur schutzenden Unterstellung von Wasserfahrzeugen, die noch heute in groer Zahl in Skandinavien und im Nordatlantik gebrauchlich sind, stehen in einer Jahrhunderte alten, archaologisch nachweisbaren Tradition. Die Arbeit wendet sich erstmals in uberblicksartiger Form den bis zu 40 m langen Grobootshausern zu, die im Zeitraum vom 1.-15. Jh. insbesondere in Norwegen weit verbreitet waren. Drei Aspekte stehen im Mittelpunkt der Betrachtungen: die zusammenfassende Erorterung der Ausgrabungen von Grobootshausern, die Nutzung der Grobootshauser zur Ermittlung kustennaher...

At one time the game was even bigger than baseball. Today bridge is played by more than twenty-five million people in the United States alone, with Bill Gates, a sitting Supreme Court justice, and the guys from Radiohead among its devotees. In this spirited homage, Edward McPherson recounts the colorful history of the game and his attempts to master its mysteries in time to compete at the North American Bridge Championships--despite being barely able to shuffle cards, let alone play competitively. Insightful, funny, and steeped in respect, The Backwash Squeeze is an affectionate...

Published in Collaboration with the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of ArtPrior to the arrival of Europeans in the first half of the sixteenth century, Andean peoples had no tradition of writing. For this reason, texts written by early modern European chroniclers and later Andean authors are a critical source of information on the Andes. This landmark three-volume reference work inventories the principal sources useful for the study of the region--particularly its Prehispanic and vice-regal cultures--covering relevant texts from the sixteenth through the...

Published in Collaboration with the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art

A definitive resource for early works on indigenous Andean cultures

Prior to the arrival of Europeans in the first half of the sixteenth century, Andean peoples had no tradition of writing. For this reason, texts written by early modern European chroniclers and later Andean authors are a critical source of information on the Andes. This landmark three-volume reference work inventories the principal sources useful for the study of the region--particularly its...

Published in Collaboration with the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art

Prior to the arrival of Europeans in the first half of the sixteenth century, Andean peoples had no tradition of writing. For this reason, texts written by early modern European chroniclers and later Andean authors are a critical source of information on the Andes. This landmark three-volume reference work inventories the principal sources useful for the study of the region particularly its Prehispanic and vice-regal cultures covering relevant texts from the sixteenth through the...

Der Band uber das Kanonissenstift Geseke gehort in den Zusammenhang eines der Schwerpunkte der Germania Sacra, der sich dem Kanoniker- und Kanonissenstift widmet. Mit Geseke, einer Adelsstiftung des 10. Jahrhunderts, wird ein weiterer Band aus diesem Komplex vorgelegt. Geseke gehort zu den fruhmittelalterlichen sachsisch-westfalischen Kanonissenstiften und kann und soll in Beziehung mit den bisher erschienen Buchern uber die Kanonissenstifte wie Gandersheim (GS NF 7), Freckenhorst (GS NF 10), Herzebrock (GS NF 21), Liesborn (GS NF 23) und Nottuln (GS NF 44) gesehen werden. Der Autor Ulrich...