History - Europe - General

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In 2015, an unprecedented number of people from Africa and the Near East took flight and sought refuge in Europe. By the end of that year, some 1.8 million migrants had arrived in the EU, the vast majority having come across the Mediterranean. Since...

Author: Vladimir V. Kalachnikov, Gleb V. NosovskiyISBN-10: 152346996XISBN-13: 9781523469963Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/18/2016Pages: 560Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.09lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 1.14d

Author: Loredana FilipISBN-10: 3111388263ISBN-13: 9783111388267Publisher: de GruyterLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/29/2024Pages: 300Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.68d

The Second and Third Generation have become increasingly active in remembering and researching their families' pasts, especially now that most refugees from National Socialism have passed away. How was lived experience mediated to them, and how have their own lives and identities been impacted...

The contested creation of free movement--for people and goods--in the Schengen area of Europe Europe is a place of free movement among nations--or is it? The Schengen area, established in 1985 and today encompassing twenty-seven European countries, allows people, goods, and capital to cross...

Published in 1879, The Campaign in Bulgaria 1877-1878 is a first-hand account of the Russo-Turkish War by a United States Army officer who served as a military observer with the Russian army. With a detailed and engaging narrative, Greene provides a fascinating glimpse into...

Religion and Politics in Interwar Yugoslavia explores the interaction between religion, nationalism, and political modernity in the first half of the 20th century, taking the case of the Serbian Orthodox Church as an example. This book historicizes the widely held assumption that the bond...

A Strong Army in a Free State is a fascinating study of the military traditions and practices of two countries with distinctive republican and federalist traditions: England and Switzerland. Written by G. G. Coulton, a renowned historian and social critic, it compares and contrasts...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Author: War Office 10august 1914 General StaffISBN-10: 1843427052ISBN-13: 9781843427056Publisher: Naval & Military PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/03/2003Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.72d

Author: Frederick Hope PattisonISBN-10: 1843420864ISBN-13: 9781843420866Publisher: Naval & Military PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/19/2001Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d

*Includes pictures*Includes accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingOne of the most idiosyncratic horrors of Soviet Russia was the Gulag system, an extensive network of forced labor and concentration camps. Part of the rationale behind this system was that it could serve as slave labor...

First published posthumously in 1902, this collection of the lectures of American historian JOHN LORD (1810-1894) is a charming rummage through 6,000 years of European and American history, exploring the past from "the old pagan civilizations" to modern leaders and cultures on both sides...

This work was compiled by Various Authors and despite its age continues to be popular with modern readersAuthor: Various AuthorsISBN-10: 1523830336ISBN-13: 9781523830336Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/02/2016Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.10d

In September 1938, Europe teetered on the brink of war. The German dictator, Adolph Hitler, planned the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia and its ultimate absorption into the Third Reich. Winston Churchill, who was then a member of parliament, understood Hitler's motives far better than those...

Based on an exploration of both pre-Nazi and Nazi theory and practice, Pete Kakel challenges the dominant narrative of the murder of European Jewry, illuminating the Holocaust's decidedly imperial-colonial origins, context, and content in a book of interest to students, teachers, and lay readers,...

Vegetius' late Roman text became a well known and highly respected 'classic' in the Middle Ages, transformed by its readers into the authority on the waging of war. Christopher Allmand analyses the medieval afterlife of the De Re Militari, tracing the growing interest in...

Jean-Baptiste-Barth lemy de Lesseps (1766-1834), a French diplomat, served as an interpreter on La P rouse's voyage around the world, which sailed from Brest in 1785. In 1787, on the eastern coast of the Kamchatka peninsula, he was tasked with an overland mission to...

Jean-Baptiste-Barth lemy de Lesseps (1766-1834), a French diplomat, served as an interpreter on La P rouse's voyage around the world, which sailed from Brest in 1785. In 1787, on the eastern coast of the Kamchatka peninsula, he was tasked with an overland mission to...

Carl von Clausewitz's major theoretical work, On War, has retained its freshness and relevance since it first appeared 160 years ago. Clausewitz was also a wide-ranging, innovative historian--his acerbic history of Prussia before 1806 became an underground classic long before it could be published--and...

Skiing into Modernity is the story of how skiing moved from Europe's Scandinavian periphery to the mountains of central Europe, where it came to define the modern Alps and set the standard for skiing across the world. Denning offers a fresh, sophisticated, and engaging...

Many books chronicle the remarkable life of Russian tsar Peter the Great, but none analyze how his famous reforms actually took root and spread in Russia. In The Revolution of Peter the Great, James Cracraft offers a brilliant new interpretation of this pivotal era....

The studies included in Mythogenesis, Interdiscursivity, Ritual --offered to Professor Demetrios Yatromanolakis, a pioneering scholar-- shed new light on a variety of areas: the encounters of ancient Greece with other societies and cultures in antiquity; the interplay between art (vase-painting and sculpture) and broader...

This is one of the great classics of military service during the Napoleonic Wars. The full title of this tome is "ROUGH SKETCHES OF THE LIFE OF AN OLD SOLDIER during a service in the West Indies; at the siege of Copenhagen in 1807;...

Melchior Wańkowicz's The Battle of Monte Cassino is a unique contribution to the history of World War II, indeed the history of war in general. Composed by the Polish master of reportage, this book provides the reader with an exhaustive history of one of...

Embark on a thrilling journey through time with 500 Interesting Facts About the Age of Discovery, and uncover the stories that shaped the world as we know it today. This book is not just a collection of dates and names; it's a gateway to...

This monograph presents a study of the most significant book in the history of anatomy, Fleming Andreas Vesalius' (1514-1564) De humani corporis fabrica. Vesalius' Fabrica was immediately recognised as changing the view of the human body when it was published in 1543, and it...

From the acclaimed author of In the Shadow of the Empress comes the thrilling chronicle of two of the most influential and glamorous women in nineteenth-century Europe--Elisabeth, empress of Austria, and Eug?nie, empress of France--and their efforts to rule amid the scandal, intrigue, tragedy,...

Discusses new evidence of interactions between Scandinavia and Iberia during the Bronze Age and cross references warrior iconography in both societies.Recent research has uncovered new evidence of long-distance interactions between Scandinavia and Iberia during the Late Bronze Age. Advances in various lines of inquiry,...

Study and translation of the religious and philosophical work by this Scottish-born, France-based Renaissance humanist and educator. The Commentatio quaedam theologica of Florentius Volusenus (c.1504-c.1557) is a religious and philosophical work of the Renaissance, cast in the form of rhetorical aphorisms. Volusenus was an...

Step into the captivating world of Belgium's past with our comprehensive book, "The History of Belgium." This text-only masterpiece takes you on an enthralling journey through the annals of time, unraveling the ancient and medieval stories, cultural treasures, and historical milestones that have shaped...

How did Hitler's personal religious beliefs help to shape the development of National Socialism? Through close analysis of primary sources, Mikael Nilsson argues that Hitler's admiration of Jesus was central in both his public and private life, playing a key role throughout his entire...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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