Disaster in the Desert: An Alternate History of El Alamein and Rommel's North Africa Campaign (Delve Ken)(Pevná vazba)

Disaster in the Desert: An Alternate History of El Alamein and Rommel's North Africa Campaign (Delve Ken)(Pevná vazba)

Summer 1942 and the war in the Middle East is in the balance; Rommel's Axis forces are poised on the borders of Egypt and all that is needed is one last push. For that to succeed, Rommel needs supplies and for the Allies to be denied supplies. With Malta still active and disrupting the Axis

Alamein 1942 - Turning Point in the Desert (Doherty Richard)(Pevná vazba)

The Battle of El Alamein is well established as a pivotal moment of the Second World War. Following the wildly fluctuating fortunes of the opposing sides, there was a real risk that Rommel's Afrika Korps and his Italian allies would break through and seize Cairo with catastrophic strategic and

Destiny in the Desert - The road to El Alamein - the Battle that Turned the Tide (Dimbleby Jonathan)(Paperback / softback)

A unique single-volume history of the road to El Alamein - 'the end of the beginning' - and the bloody battle that followed

Operation 'Torch' The Invasion of North Africa - Then and Now (Pallud Jean Paul)(Pevná vazba)

Operation 'Torch', The Invasion of North Africa - Then and

Disaster at Stalingrad: An Alternate History (Tsouras Peter)(Paperback)

It is early September 1942 and the German commander of the Sixth Army, General Paulus, assisted by the Fourth Panzer Army, is poised to advance on the Russian city of Stalingrad. His primary mission was to take the city, crushing this crucial center of communication and manufacturing, and to secure

El Norte - The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America (Gibson Carrie)(Pevná vazba)

A sweeping saga of the Spanish history and influence in North America over five centuries, from the acclaimed author of Empire's

Cambrai Campaign 1917 (Rawson Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

Cambrai Campaign 1917 is an account of the British Expeditionary Force's battles in November and December of 1917. It starts with the plan to carry out a tank raid on the Hindenburg Line at Cambrai. The raid grew into a full scale attack and Third Army would rely on a different style of attack. The

The Art of Minorities: Cultural Representation in Museums of the Middle East and North Africa (Rey Virginie)(Pevná vazba)

How are issues related to identity representation negotiated in Middle Eastern and North African museums? Can museums provide a suitable canvas for minorities to express their voice? Can narratives change and stereotypes be broken and, if so, what kind of identities are being deployed? Against the

Tank Combat in North Africa: The Opening Rounds Operations Sonnenblume, Brevity, Skorpion and Battleaxe (Jentz Thomas L.)(Pevná vazba)

The focus of this book is the tank battles fought during the opening phase of the war in North Africa. What really happened during the engagements? How were the tanks fought? What were their strengths and weaknesses? Not simplified generalities, but substantive, basic facts gleaned from searching

The Place Promised in Our Early Days (Kanoh Arata)(Pevná vazba)

In the Soviet-occupied Japan of an alternate history, two childhood friends who have grown apart find each other again and begin a search for a missing third friend-and possibly save the world in the process. Acclaimed director Makoto Shinkai pens his own novelization of his first feature-length

The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean (O'Carroll Brendan)(Pevná vazba)

Shortly after the invasion of Sicily and to distract German attention from the Italian campaign, Churchill ordered the occupation of the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean.The Long Range Desert Group, retraining in Lebanon, were now part of Raiding Forces, Middle East, along with the Special Boat

Applied Linguistics in the Middle East and North Africa - Current practices and future directions(Pevná vazba)

Provenance: An Alternate History of Art (Feigenbaum Gail)(Paperback)

A re-examination of the importance and legacy of provenance in the history of art. It goes beyond the narrow definition of the term provenance, which addresses only the bare facts of ownership and transfer, to explore ideas about the origins and itineraries of objects, consider the historical uses

An Illustrated History of Filmmaking (Boardman Adam Allsuch)(Pevná vazba)

An in-depth and fully illustrated immersion in the world and history of filmmaking, covering everything both in front of and behind the

Economics of the Middle East and North Africa (Mena), the (Second Edition) (Pelzman Joseph)(Pevná vazba)

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is a large, complex, and diverse region, which faces a wide range of economic issues. The MENA group includes Algeria, Bahrain, Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia,

Lawrence of Arabia on War: The Campaign in the Desert 1916-18 (Johnson Robert)(Pevná vazba)

A new study of Captain T.E. Lawrence 'of Arabia,' his ideas on warfare, and the context of the military campaigns and peace settlements and the legacies that followed. One hundred years ago, Captain Lawrence and an unlikely band of Arab irregulars captured the strategic port of Aqaba after an epic

Spaces of Creation: Transculturality and Feminine Expression in Francophone Literature (Connolly Allison)(Pevná vazba)

Drawing links between the Francophone literatures of Canada, the French Caribbean, and North Africa, Spaces of Creation demonstrates that problematic issues of dynamic, postcolonial societies can and do fuel creative acts on the part of women. The trying experiences of displaced mothers and their

Spontaneous Venturing: An Entrepreneurial Approach to Alleviating Suffering in the Aftermath of a Disaster (Shepherd Dean A.)(Pevná vazba)

Identifying a new approach to disaster response: spontaneous, compassionate, and impromptu actions to alleviate suffering.In Spontaneous Venturing, Dean Shepherd and Trenton Williams identify and describe a new approach for responding to disaster and suffering: the local organizing of spontaneous,

Constructions of Masculinity in the Middle East and North Africa: Literature, Film, and National Discourse (Kahf Mohja)(Pevná vazba)

A multi-disciplinary exploration of how masculinity in the MENA region is constructed in film, literature, and nationalist discourse Constructions of masculinity are constantly evolving and being resisted in the Middle East and North Africa. There is no 'before' that was a stable gendered

The Anglo Zulu War - Isandlwana: The Revelation of a Disaster (Lock Ron)(Pevná vazba)

In 1878, H.M. High Commissioner for Southern Africa and the Lieut. General Commanding H.M. Forces, clandestinely conspired to invade the Zulu Kingdom. Drastically underestimating their foe, within days of entering the Zulu Kingdom the invaders had been vanquished in one of the greatest disasters

Local Politics in Jordan and Morocco: Strategies of Centralization and Decentralization (Clark Janine A.)(Pevná vazba)

In recent years, authoritarian states in the Middle East and North Africa have faced increasing international pressure to decentralize political power. Decentralization is presented as a panacea that will foster good governance and civil society, helping citizens procure basic services and fight

Malta Strikes Back: The Role of Malta in the Mediterranean Theatre 1940-1942 (Delve Ken)(Pevná vazba)

'The key to our position in the whole Mediterranean lay in Malta.' (Tedder) Two of the greatest strategic mistakes by Hitler involved failure to take control of two key locations, Gibraltar and Malta; between them these two were able to influence, and at times dominate, the Western Mediterranean

The Palgrave Handbook of Peacebuilding in Africa (Karbo Tony)(Pevná vazba)

Serves as an essential, high-quality reference work on peace and security in Africa Offers a good balance of breadth and depth of understanding of the field of African peace and security issues, as well as conceptual focus (Pax Africana) to navigate its vast and complex terrain Features

Food & Cooking of Africa: The Undiscovered and Vibrant Cuisine of an Extraordinary Continent: A Journey Through the Culinary History, Traditions (Grant Rosamund)(Paperback)

A journey through the culinary history, traditions and ingredients of Africa in 80 mouthwatering recipes and over 370 step-by-step