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The Consequences of the Peace: The Versailles Settlement: Aftermath and Legacy 1919-2015
ISBN: 9781908323927 / Angielski / Twarda / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Versailles Settlement, at the time of its creation a vital part of the Paris Peace Conference, suffers today from a poor reputation: despite its lofty aim to settle the world's affairs at a stroke, it is widely considered to have paved the way for a second major global conflict within a generation. Woodrow Wilson's controversial principle of self-determination amplified political complexities in the Balkans, and the war and its settlement bear significant responsibility for boundaries and related conflicts in today's Middle East. After almost a century, the settlement still casts a long...
The Versailles Settlement, at the time of its creation a vital part of the Paris Peace Conference, suffers today from a poor reputation: despite its l...
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151,32 zł |
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Man of the Mountains
ISBN: 9780993044458 / Angielski / Miękka / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Man of the Mountains" is a book about a young Muslim Chechen boy, Zaur who becomes a central figure representing the fight of local indigenous people against both the Russians invading the country and Islamic radicals trying to take a leverage of the situation, using it to push their narrow political agenda on the eve of collapse of the USSR. After 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan by coalition forces, the subject of the Islamic jihadi movement has become an important subject for the Western readers. But few know about the resistance movement from the local intellectuals and...
Man of the Mountains" is a book about a young Muslim Chechen boy, Zaur who becomes a central figure representing the fight of local indigenous people ...
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76,41 zł |
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Great Game East: India, China, and the Struggle for Asia's Most Volatile Frontier
ISBN: 9780300195675 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the 1950s, China and India have been locked in a monumental battle for geopolitical supremacy. Chinese interest in the ethnic insurgencies in northeastern India, the still unresolved issue of the McMahon Line, the border established by the British imperial government, and competition for strategic access to the Indian Ocean have given rise to tense gamesmanship, political intrigue, and rivalry between the two Asian giants. Former Far Eastern Economic Review correspondent Bertil Lintner has drawn from his extensive personal interviews with insurgency leaders and civilians in...
Since the 1950s, China and India have been locked in a monumental battle for geopolitical supremacy. Chinese interest in the ethnic insurgencies in no...
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271,57 zł |
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Cosmopolitan Modernity in Early 20th-Century India
ISBN: 9781138859333 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents an alternative view of cosmopolitanism, citizenship and modernity in early 20th-century India through the multiple lenses of mysticism, travel, friendship, art, and politics.It makes a key intervention in the understanding of cosmopolitan modernity based on the lives and experiences of Rabindranath Tagore, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Sri Aurobindo, Mirra Alfassa, James Cousins, Paul Richard, Dilip Kumar Roy, and Taraknath Das. Using archival texts and photographs, Mohanty interrogates the ideas of tradition and modernity, the local and the global, and Self and the world as... This book presents an alternative view of cosmopolitanism, citizenship and modernity in early 20th-century India through the multiple lenses of mys... |
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730,17 zł |
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Beyond the Arab Spring : The Evolving Ruling Bargain in the Middle East
ISBN: 9781849043472 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Arab Spring occurred within the context of the unraveling of the dominant 'ruling bargain' that emerged across the Middle East in the 1950s. This is being replaced by a new and in- choate system that redefines sources of author- ity and legitimacy through various devices (such as constitutions), experiences, and processes (mass protests, civil wars, and elections), by reassessing the roles, functions, and at times the structures of institutions (political parties and organisations, the armed forces, the executive); and by the initiative of key personalities and actors (agency). Across...
The Arab Spring occurred within the context of the unraveling of the dominant 'ruling bargain' that emerged across the Middle East in the 1950s. This ...
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128,10 zł |
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Ebola: The History of the Virus and Its Outbreaks
ISBN: 9781502925206 / Angielski / Miękka / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. *Includes pictures
*Includes accounts written by doctors, scientists, and survivors about the history and effects of the virus *Includes a bibliography for further reading "The Ebola epidemic ravaging parts of West Africa is the most severe acute public health emergency seen in modern times. Never before in recorded history has a biosafety level four pathogen infected so many people so quickly, over such a broad geographical area, for so long." - World Health Organization, September 2014 It has long been a maxim that it is easy to forget when one is at war who the enemy... *Includes pictures
*Includes accounts written by doctors, scientists, and survivors about the history and effects of the virus *Includes a b... |
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29,21 zł |
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Second Arab Awakening: And the Battle for Pluralism
ISBN: 9780300212631 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A knowledgeable insider provides the first clear view of what has happened in the Arab world and why
This important book is not about immediate events or policies or responses to the Arab Spring. Instead, it takes a long, judicious view of political change in the Arab world, beginning with the first Awakening in the nineteenth century and extending into future decades when--if the dream is realized--a new Arab world defined by pluralism and tolerance will emerge. Marwan Muasher, former foreign minister of Jordan, asserts that all sides--the United States, Europe, Israel,... A knowledgeable insider provides the first clear view of what has happened in the Arab world and why
This important book is not abo... |
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216,13 zł |
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The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami: The Story of the Deadliest Natural Disaster of the 21st Century
ISBN: 9781503196476 / Angielski / Miękka / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. *Includes pictures
*Includes accounts of the tsunami written by survivors *Includes a bibliography for further reading "Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else." - Anne M. Mulcahy In the Christian world, December 25 is a time of great rejoicing and celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. It is by far the most festive time of year, marked by parties, church services and giving gifts. It is also a popular vacation time, as families use the breaks given by offices and schools to travel, often to exotic... *Includes pictures
*Includes accounts of the tsunami written by survivors *Includes a bibliography for further reading "Whenever an... |
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29,21 zł |
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The History Of How We Got Where We Are: Today
ISBN: 9781505282139 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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40,31 zł |
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Historia de Amor en Tiempos de Revolucion
ISBN: 9781495427350 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. El tiempo de Dios es perfecto. Para los que creen en El, para los que no, el tiempo en si mismo lo es, no hay espacios incompletos en el tiempo, no existe el vacio, todo esta alli por alguna razon, soy de quienes creen que hasta la caida de la hoja de un arbol es perfecta, Cuantas criaturas esperan por ella? Este libro por ejemplo, no pudo haber sido escrito antes porque la historia no estaba alli, por que los elementos que lo conformarian estaban sucediendo, porque emocionalmente no estaba preparada para contestar mis propias preguntas, y porque no era valiente como para reconocer los...
El tiempo de Dios es perfecto. Para los que creen en El, para los que no, el tiempo en si mismo lo es, no hay espacios incompletos en el tiempo, no ex...
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40,31 zł |
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Verhört: Die Befragungen Deutscher Generale Und Offiziere Durch Die Sowjetischen Geheimdienste 1945-1952
ISBN: 9783110416046 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 477 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bereits in den 1950er und 1960er Jahren veroffentlichten zahlreiche Akteure des Zweiten Weltkriegs wehrwissenschaftliche Studien und Memoiren. Dabei interessierte vor allem die Frage, warum der Krieg nicht gewonnen werden konnte. Selbstzeugnisse der Generale reduzierten ihr Handeln auf eine Befehlskette, die sie selbst entlastete und die Deutschen insgesamt von jeder Verantwortung freisprach. Die in dem vorliegenden Band versammelten Aussagen hochrangiger Militars stellen einen Quellenkorpus dar, der analog zu den in westlicher Internierung angefertigten Aufzeichnungennicht frei von... Bereits in den 1950er und 1960er Jahren veroffentlichten zahlreiche Akteure des Zweiten Weltkriegs wehrwissenschaftliche Studien und Memoiren. Dabe... |
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221,28 zł |
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472 Days Captive of the Abu Sayyaf: The Survival of Australian Warren Rodwell
ISBN: 9781443870580 / Angielski / Twarda / 195 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In December 2011, the Australian world traveller, ex-member of the Australian Regular Army and university teacher Warren Richard Rodwell was kidnapped for ransom in the Mindanao region of the southern Philippines by a group of criminals claiming to be members of the notorious terrorist/insurgent organisation the Abu Sayyaf Group. This particular group had loose ties with other insurgent groups that were indulging in similar criminal activity in the greater Sulu Archipelago area including the Zamboanga peninsular - where Rodwell was abducted. Rodwell was kept prisoner for a total of 472 days...
In December 2011, the Australian world traveller, ex-member of the Australian Regular Army and university teacher Warren Richard Rodwell was kidnapped...
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215,16 zł |
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Zukünfte
ISBN: 9783110348163 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 585 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Zukunft avancierte in den westlichen Industriegesellschaften der 1950er bis 1970er Jahre zu einer zentralen wissenschaftlichen und politischen Kategorie. Im Zuge dessen formierte sich eine neue Wissenschaft - die Zukunftsforschung. Mit der preisgekronten Studie von Elke Seefried liegt die erste Gesamtdarstellung zum Thema vor. Seefried zeigt, wie die "westliche" Zukunftsforschung aus dem Systemwettlauf des Kalten Krieges und der Uberzeugung gerann, "Zukunfte" voraussagen und steuern zu konnen. Plastisch werden die Denkstile von Zukunftsforschern wie Daniel Bell, Herman Kahn oder Robert... Zukunft avancierte in den westlichen Industriegesellschaften der 1950er bis 1970er Jahre zu einer zentralen wissenschaftlichen und politischen Kate... |
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212,75 zł |
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One Hundred Letters from Hugh Trevor-Roper
ISBN: 9780198703136 / Angielski / Miękka / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The one hundred letters brought together for this book illustrate the range of Hugh Trevor-Roper's life and preoccupations: as an historian, a controversialist, a public intellectual, an adept in academic intrigues, a lover of literature, a traveller, a countryman. They depict a life of rich diversity; a mind of intellectual sparkle and eager curiosity; a character that relished the comedie humaine, and the absurdities, crotchets, and vanities of his contemporaries. The playful irony of Trevor-Roper's correspondence places him in a literary tradition stretching back to such great...
The one hundred letters brought together for this book illustrate the range of Hugh Trevor-Roper's life and preoccupations: as an historian, a controv...
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103,10 zł |
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Friedrich Wilhelm IV. zur Zeit der 48er Revolution: Proklamation des preußischen Königs vom 21. März 1848: An mein Volk und an die deutsche Nation
ISBN: 9783656901402 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 30 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europa - Deutschland - Neuere Geschichte, Note: 1,3, Universitat Rostock (Historisches Institut), Veranstaltung: Einfuhrung in die Geschichtswissenschaften, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der kurze Zeitraum von Anfang Marz 1848 bis zum 23. Juli 1849, dem Tag der endgultigen Kapitulation der letzten Revolutionare in der Festung Rastatt, ist uns wegen des Versuchs die Lander des Deutschen Bundes durch eine liberale Verfassung, ausgearbeitet und verabschiedet durch eine erstmalig tagende gesamtdeutsche Nationalversammlung, in einem...
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europa - Deutschland - Neuere Geschichte, Note: 1,3, Universitat Rostock (Historisches Insti...
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152,93 zł |
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Boko Haram: The History of Africa's Most Notorious Terrorist Group
ISBN: 9781508732617 / Angielski / Miękka / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. *Includes pictures *Profiles leaders of the group and explains its history of attacks *Includes footnotes for further reading *Includes a table of contents "Boko Haram are better armed and are better motivated than our own troops. Given the present state of affairs, it is absolutely impossible for us to defeat Boko Haram." - Kashim Shettima, governor of Borno On the morning of April 15, 2004, the world woke up to the extraordinary news of the kidnap in a little known hamlet of Nigeria of some 276, primarily Christian schoolgirls, by the radical militant Nigerian insurgent group Boko Haram....
*Includes pictures *Profiles leaders of the group and explains its history of attacks *Includes footnotes for further reading *Includes a table of con...
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41,32 zł |
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Joseph Kony & The Lord's Resistance Army: The History of Africa's Most Notorious
ISBN: 9781508975014 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents The Lord's Resistance Army appeared on the conflict landscape of Central Africa at the dawn of perhaps one of the bleakest period of post independence African history: the 1980s and 1990s. This was the era of Afro-pessimism, during which the proliferation of war and crisis in Africa appeared simply overwhelming. It was during this period that the continent began to feel the full weight of the AIDS crisis, which was exacerbated by economic stagnation, continent wide corruption,...
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents The Lord's Resistance Army appeared...
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41,32 zł |
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Unterrichtsstunde: Konsumgüter DDR und BRD im Vergleich: Lebenswelten DDR und BRD
ISBN: 9783656939955 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unterrichtsentwurf aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europa - Deutschland - Neuere Geschichte, Note: 1,0, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswald (Historisches Institut), Veranstaltung: Schulpraktische Ubung, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Unterrichtsstunde wurde fur eine 5. Klasse entwickelt. In dieser lernen gegenwartig neun Madchen und sechs Jungen. Die SuS waren vorher an einer herkommlichen Schule und sind mit dem Konzept der Musterschule noch nicht lange vertraut. Dafur haben sie sich jedoch schon sehr gut einleben und arrangieren konnen. Im Unterricht kommen...
Unterrichtsentwurf aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europa - Deutschland - Neuere Geschichte, Note: 1,0, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Gre...
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147,28 zł |
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The War of a Million Cuts: The Struggle Against the Delegitimization of Israel and the Jews, and the Growth of New Anti-Semitism
ISBN: 9781618613417 / Angielski / Miękka / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the first time ever, a book unravels the complex process of the tremendous delegitimization efforts directed toward Israel. "The War of a Million Cuts" explains how these attempts at the delegitimization of Israel, as well as anti-Semitism can be fought. The book describes the hateful messages of those who defame Israel and the Jews, details why anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism have the same core motifs, and discusses the main groups of inciters, including Muslim states, Muslims in the Western world, politicians, media, NGOs, church leaders, those on the extreme left and the extreme...
For the first time ever, a book unravels the complex process of the tremendous delegitimization efforts directed toward Israel. "The War of a Million ...
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145,03 zł |
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Transformations of Populism in Europe and the Americas: History and Recent Tendencies
ISBN: 9781474225212 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The recent resurgence of populist movements and parties has led to a revival of scholarly interest in populism. This volume brings together well-established and new scholars to reassess the subject and combine historical and theoretical perspectives to shed new light on the history of the subject, as well as enriching contemporary discussions. In three parts, the contributors explore the history of populism in different regions, theories of populism and recent populist movements. Taken together, the contributions included in this book represent the most comprehensive and... The recent resurgence of populist movements and parties has led to a revival of scholarly interest in populism. This volume brings together well-es... |
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632,81 zł |