The Transatlantic Alliance on the Eve of the New Millennium
ISBN: 9789041102430 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Within these pages is a veritable banquet for those who savour the politics of international security. The reader is offered factual analysis, insight, new perspectives, revisited concepts, problem spotting and recipes for solutions. Academic observers from a dozen different countries in Eastern and Western Europe and on both sides of the Atlantic subject a large number of questions of topical interest in the security field to one or other of these forms of treatment. Their debate embraces reinforcement of the European pillar of the Alliance; adjustment of the balance of responsibilities...
Within these pages is a veritable banquet for those who savour the politics of international security. The reader is offered factual analysis, insight...
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Politikverdrossenheit: Der Parteienstaat in Der Historischen Und Gegenwärtigen Diskussion. Ein Deutsch-Britischer Vergleich
ISBN: 9783598214127 / Angielski / Twarda / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Die Prinz-Albert-Gesellschaft hat sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, die britisch-deutschen Beziehungen in Wissenschaft, Kultur und Politik zu pflegen. Alljahrlich finden unter dieser Pramisse Tagungen statt, deren Beitrage in den Prinz-Albert-Studien veroffentlicht werden und die viele interessante Aspekte der britisch-deutschen Beziehungen verdeutlichen. Die Prinz-Albert-Gesellschaft hat sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, die britisch-deutschen Beziehungen in Wissenschaft, Kultur und Politik zu pflegen. Allj... |
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The Shadows of Total War
ISBN: 9780521812368 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The essays in this compelling collection examine the period between the two world wars of the twentieth century; one of the most exciting in the history of war. They explore the lingering consequences of World War I; the intellectual efforts to analyze this conflict's military significance; the attempts to plan for another general war; and several episodes in the 1930s that portended the war that erupted in 1939.
The essays in this compelling collection examine the period between the two world wars of the twentieth century; one of the most exciting in the histo...
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351,60 zł |
Journeys Through Fascism: Italian Travel-Writing Between the Wars
ISBN: 9781571815408 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ."a sophisticated and very well researched study that] makes a significant contribution to the growing corpus of studies of fascist culture and of the often subtle and varied ways in which the regime's goals and messages were transmitted to the general public. It is well organized and well written and is intelligently structured." - Christopher Duggan, University of Reading During the twenty years of Mussolini's rule a huge number of travel texts were written of journeys made during the interwar period to the sacred sites of Fascist Italy, Mussolini's newly conquered African empire, Spain...
."a sophisticated and very well researched study that] makes a significant contribution to the growing corpus of studies of fascist culture and of th...
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515,49 zł |
Another Global City: Historical Explorations Into the Transnational Municipal Moment, 1850-2000
ISBN: 9780230606630 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection uses the transnational activities of municipal urban governments to historicize the origins and development of the global city, focusing on how urban problems were addressed with concepts that emerged from the "world in between" nations and cities.
This collection uses the transnational activities of municipal urban governments to historicize the origins and development of the global city, focusi...
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194,08 zł |
Stories to Tell .: History-Making People and Grand Adventures in a Small World
ISBN: 9780595713868 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on a lifetime of extraordinary experiences, former Associated Press journalist Isaac M. Flores shares his remarkable career with "Stories to Tell . . ." He profiles and interviews many of the famous and infamous people of the Twentieth Century.
While munching on a slice of pizza, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro denies that he has critics and assures Flores that the answers to his policies will all be revealed soon. Writer Truman Capote sips Bloody Marys and insists he feels uneasy about success after the release of his blockbuster novel, "In Cold Blood." While killer Ted Bundy shocks... Drawing on a lifetime of extraordinary experiences, former Associated Press journalist Isaac M. Flores shares his remarkable career with "Stories to T...
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120,91 zł |
Denial : History Betrayed
ISBN: 9780522854824 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This probing analysis examines the ideological and psychological elements involved in historical acts of denial. Major cases of dissent are discussed in terms of their base issues--Holocaust denial as an ethnic phenomenon, Stalinist denial by Marxist scholars as an ideological phenomenon, Japanese jingoistic denial since the 1960s as a cultural phenomenon--while the pathology of repudiation and self-deception are skillfully explored. Online conspiracy theories and other, more modern, ruses are also discussed.
This probing analysis examines the ideological and psychological elements involved in historical acts of denial. Major cases of dissent are discussed ...
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135,62 zł |
Ghosts of War in Vietnam
ISBN: 9780521880619 / Angielski / Twarda / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a fascinating study of the Vietnamese experience and memory of the Vietnam War through the lens of popular imaginings about the wandering souls of the war dead. These ghosts of war play an important part in postwar Vietnamese historical narrative and imagination and Heonik Kwon explores the intimate ritual ties with these unsettled identities which still survive in Vietnam today as well as the actions of those who hope to liberate these hidden but vital historical presences from their uprooted social existence. Taking a unique approach to the cultural history of war, he introduces...
This is a fascinating study of the Vietnamese experience and memory of the Vietnam War through the lens of popular imaginings about the wandering soul...
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218,41 zł |
Modernity and Crises of Identity
ISBN: 9780745609706 / Angielski / Twarda / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the intellectual and cultural life of turn-of-the-century Vienna, one of the most important centres of creativity in Europe. Le Rider uses the notion of identity to bring together diverse aspects of the Viennese fin-de-siecle. Focusing on the work of Weininger, Schnitzler, Hofmannsthal, Gross and Beer-Hofmann, he examines the various intellectual and artistic crises of identity at the heart of Viennese society. He argues that Viennese thinkers articulated at least three different crises of identity: they unseated the concept of personhood; they redistributed gender roles;...
This book examines the intellectual and cultural life of turn-of-the-century Vienna, one of the most important centres of creativity in Europe. Le Rid...
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356,27 zł |
Local Consequences of the Global Cold War
ISBN: 9780804759472 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Up to now the study of cold war history has been fully engaged in stressing the international character and broad themes of the story. This volume turns such diplomatic history upside down by studying how actions of international relations affected local popular life. Each chapter has its origins in a major international issue, and then unfolds the consequences of that issue for some region or city. Thus the starting points for the various contributions are great unifying questions regarding postwar occupation, militarization, industrialization, and decolonization. But the ending points are...
Up to now the study of cold war history has been fully engaged in stressing the international character and broad themes of the story. This volume tur...
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343,65 zł |
An Age of Progress?
ISBN: 9781843313014 / Angielski / Twarda / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Modern society has operated under the assumption that technological developments and the production of material goods intrinsically lead to improvement in the overall welfare of individuals and nations. However, Walter G. Moss provides a more analytical reading of the main trends of the twentieth century, and offers a gripping introduction to the defining themes of the recent past. His history is an accomplished review, dealing with the complexities and subtleties of this beguiling epoch with the adeptness that has made his previous historical works such resounding successes. 'An... Modern society has operated under the assumption that technological developments and the production of material goods intrinsically lead to improve... |
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151,41 zł |
Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons
ISBN: 9780231135115 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since their inception, nuclear weapons have multiplied at an alarming rate, leaving everyone from policymakers to concerned citizens wondering what it will take to slow, stop, or even reverse their spread. With clarity and expertise, Joseph Cirincione presents an even-handed look at the history of nuclear proliferation and an optimistic vision of its future, providing a comprehensive survey of the wide range of critical perspectives. Cirincione begins with the first atomic discoveries of the 1930s and covers the history of their growth all the way to current crisis with Iran. He unravels...
Since their inception, nuclear weapons have multiplied at an alarming rate, leaving everyone from policymakers to concerned citizens wondering what it...
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86,30 zł |
Chesterton on War and Peace: Battling the Ideas and Movements That Led to Nazism and World War II
ISBN: 9781587420610 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Writing before, during and just after World War I, G. K. Chesterton describes what has gone wrong with Germany and warns that, if Germany is not forced to reform, that war will be followed by another and more horrible war. In these 111 articles, Chesterton criticizes militarism and debates the paths to peace being advocated by pacifists and internationalists. He also harshly criticizes a then-fashionable form of racism that would later be adopted by Nazism, making him one of Hitler's first foes. These articles are extensively commented and footnoted to explain the context in which Chesterton...
Writing before, during and just after World War I, G. K. Chesterton describes what has gone wrong with Germany and warns that, if Germany is not force...
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107,93 zł |
After Progress: American Social Reform and European Socialism in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780195158595 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The twentieth century witnessed a profound shift in both socialism and social reform. In the early 1900s, social reform seemed to offer a veritable religion of redemption, but by the century's end, while socialism remained a vibrant force in European society, a culture of extreme individualism and consumption all but squeezed the welfare state out of existence. Documenting this historic change, After Progress: European Socialism and American Social Reform in the 20th Century is the first truly comprehensive look at the course of social reform and Western politics after Communism,...
The twentieth century witnessed a profound shift in both socialism and social reform. In the early 1900s, social reform seemed to offer a veritable re...
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154,23 zł |
Peace in Their Time: The Origins of the Kellogg-Briand Pact
ISBN: 9780393004915 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After World War I, private peace groups proliferated and rapidly became a significant force in American politics. These groups' activities were regarded by the Harding and Coolidge administrations as a bungling interference with the regular conduct of diplomacy. Ultimately, however, President Coolidge yielded to domestic pressure and the efforts of French foreign minister Aristide Briand to conclude a peace treaty. A protracted series of negotiations between the United States and France resulted in the multilateral Kellogg-Briand Pact, the treaty to "outlaw war." The Kellogg-Briand... After World War I, private peace groups proliferated and rapidly became a significant force in American politics. These groups' activities were reg... |
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103,60 zł |
Dezember 1929 - Mai 1931
ISBN: 9783598237423 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 447 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Von singularem Wert sind die Tagebucher von Goebbels, weil sie das einzige Selbstzeugnis eines nationalsozialistischen Spitzenpolitikers uber einen Zeitraum von mehr als zwei Jahrzehnten darstellen und die Fruhgeschichte der NSDAP, die nationalsozialistische Beherrschung und die Zerstorung des alten Europa sowie die Deutschland in den Abgrund reiende Katastrophe gleichermaen umfassen. Die Tagebucher geben Zeugnis daruber, wie Goebbels die Geschichte seiner Zeit sehen wollte - insofern sind sie keine objektive Darstellung dieser Epoche, auch kein mit subjektiver Aufrichtigkeit verfates... Von singularem Wert sind die Tagebucher von Goebbels, weil sie das einzige Selbstzeugnis eines nationalsozialistischen Spitzenpolitikers uber einen... |
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628,96 zł |
April 1934 - Februar 1936
ISBN: 9783598237447 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 423 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Es erwies sich als ein uberaus glucklicher und weitsichtiger Entschluss des Instituts fur Zeitgeschichte und des K. G. Saur Verlags, die 1987 bereits fragmentarisch publizierten handschriftlichen Aufzeichnungen neu und vor allem vollstandig zu edieren. Insbesondere die hier erstmals veroffentlichten Tagebuchpassagen bieten hochinteressante und bisher unbekannte Einblicke in Psyche und Charakter des Tagebuchschreibers, aber weit mehr noch in die Fruhgeschichte der NSDAP, die politische Entwicklung bis zur Regierungsubernahme durch die Nationalsozialisten 1933 und ihre anschlieend brutal... Es erwies sich als ein uberaus glucklicher und weitsichtiger Entschluss des Instituts fur Zeitgeschichte und des K. G. Saur Verlags, die 1987 berei... |
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Encyclopedia of the Cold War
ISBN: 9780415975155 / Angielski / Twarda / 1075 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Between 1945 and 1991, tension between the USA, its allies, and a group of nations led by the USSR, dominated world politics. This period was called the Cold War a conflict that stopped short to a full-blown war. Benefiting from the recent research of newly open archives, the Encyclopedia of the Cold War discusses how this state of perpetual tensions arose, developed, and was resolved. This work examines the military, economic, diplomatic, and political evolution of the conflict as well as its impact on the different regions and cultures of the world. Using a unique geopolitical... Between 1945 and 1991, tension between the USA, its allies, and a group of nations led by the USSR, dominated world politics. This period was calle... |
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A Short History of the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9781566637930 / Angielski / Miękka / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Geoffrey Blainey s Short History of the World, published by Ivan R. Dee in 2002, rapidly became a book of choice on the subject. Jacques Barzun called it a unique achievement, and William L. O Neill described it as a delightful read, gracefully written and filled with odd and interesting pieces of information as well as thoughtful comparisons than span both time and space. Now Mr. Blainey has applied his narrative talents and his scholarly credentials to trace the history of a tempestuous century. A Short History of the Twentieth Century carries some of the excitement of the times as well as...
Geoffrey Blainey s Short History of the World, published by Ivan R. Dee in 2002, rapidly became a book of choice on the subject. Jacques Barzun called...
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175,58 zł |
Die Universität Göttingen Unter Dem Nationalsozialismus
ISBN: 9783598108532 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 759 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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932,69 zł |