Lenin, Stalin and Hitler - The Age of Social Catastrophe (Gellately Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Lenin, Stalin and Hitler - The Age of Social Catastrophe (Gellately Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Between 1914 and 1945 European society was in almost continuous upheaval, enduring two world wars, the Russian Revolution, the Holocaust and the rise and fall of the Third Reich. This title argues that these tragedies are all inextricably linked and that to consider them as discrete events is to

Lenin, Stalin a Hitler - Robert Gellately - e-kniha

eBook: Tato působivá kniha vrhá světlo na velké sociální a politické katastrofy, které zmítaly Evropou mezi lety 1914 a 1945. V periodě téměř nepřetržitých sociálních otřesů byly dějiny kontinentu poznamenány dvěma světovými válkami, ruskou revolucí, holocaustem a

Lenin - A Biography (Service Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Lenin is a colossal figure whose influence on twentieth-century history cannot be underestimated. Robert Service has written a calmly authoritative biography on this seemingly unknowable figure. Making use of recently opened archives, he has been able to piece together the private as well as the

Collected Works (Lenin V. I.)(Paperback / softback)

Among the most influential political and social forces of the twentieth century, modern communism rests firmly on philosophical, political, and economic underpinnings developed by Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, later known as Lenin. For anyone who seeks to understand the twentieth century, capitalism,

Trotsky - A Biography (Service Robert)(Paperback / softback)

A riveting new biography of Leon Trotsky from the critically acclaimed author of Lenin and

Bloodlands - Europe between Hitler and Stalin (Snyder Timothy)(Paperback / softback)

Under Hitler and Stalin the Nazi and Soviet regimes murdered fourteen million people in the bloodlands between Berlin and Moscow. The killing fields extended from central Polads to western Russia. This book gives voice to the testimony of the victims through the letters home, the notes flung from

Stalin - A Biography (Service Robert)(Paperback / softback)

The highly acclaimed biography of the terrifying and fascinating Russian leader, Stalin, written by one of our greatest contemporary historians of Russia and author of the bestselling Trotsky, Lenin and

1931: Debt, Crisis, and the Rise of Hitler (Straumann Tobias)(Paperback)

Germany's financial collapse in the summer of 1931 was one of the biggest economic catastrophes of modern history. It led to a global panic, brought down the international monetary system, and turned a worldwide recession into a prolonged depression. The crisis also contributed decisively to the

Age of the Warrior - Selected Writings (Fisk Robert)(Paperback / softback)

A selection of Robert Fisk's finest 'Comment' pieces from the Saturday

Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution (Kershaw Ian)(Paperback)

A deeply insightful social history of Hitler's rise to power and the attitudes of the German people during the era of the Third Reich This book is the culmination of more than three decades of meticulous historiographic research on Nazi Germany by one of the period's most distinguished historians

Foundations of Health and Social Care (Adams Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Written specifically for students and practitioners in health and social care taking foundation degrees or further professional qualifications, this textbook offers a wealth of material on contexts, knowledge bases, skills and practices, as well as dealing with work carried out by those involved in

Selling Hitler - Propaganda and the Nazi Brand (O'Shaughnessy Nicholas Jackson)(Paperback / softback)

A radical reappraisal of how Hitler and the Nazis conceived of themselves from the outset as a propagandistic state, rather than propaganda being merely an accessory to

Cultural Capital - The Rise and Fall of Creative Britain (Hewison Robert)(Paperback / softback)

How money, politics and the Arts turned a golden age for culture into

The Specter of Genocide: Mass Murder in Historical Perspective (Gellately Robert)(Paperback)

Focusing on the twentieth century, this collection of essays by leading international experts offers an up-to-date, comprehensive history and analysis of multiple cases of genocide and genocidal acts. The book contains studies of the Armenian genocide; the victims of Stalinist terror; the

Lenin on the Train (Merridale Catherine)(Paperback / softback)

'The superb, funny, fascinating story of Lenin's trans-European rail journey and how it shook the world' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard, Books of the Year'Splendid ... a jewel among histories, taking a single episode from the penultimate year of the Great War, illuminating a continent,

Veii and Other Poems (Wells Robert)(Paperback)

Robert wells, a poet at the height of his craft, tackles themes of age and memories of youth with an intense, visual

Social Determinants of Health(Paperback / softback)

Social Determinants of Health, 2E gives an authoritative overview of the social and economic factors which are known to be the most powerful determinants of population health in modern societies. Written by acknowledged experts in each field, it provides accessible summaries of the scientific

The State and Revolution: Russian-English Edition (Lenin Vladimir)(Paperback)

The State and Revolution (1917), by Vladimir Lenin, describes the role of the State in society, the necessity of proletarian revolution, and the theoretic inadequacies of social democracy in achieving revolution to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat. It is considered to be Lenin's most

The 33 Strategies of War (Greene Robert)(Paperback)

Brilliant distillations of the strategies of war--and the subtle social game of everyday life--by the bestselling author of The 48 Laws of PowerRobert Greene's groundbreaking guides, The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, and Mastery, espouse profound, timeless lessons from the events of

Sea Change (Goddard Robert)(Paperback / softback)

January, 1721. London is reeling from the effects of the greatest financial scandal of the age - the collapse of the South Sea Bubble. William Spandrel, a penniless mapmaker, is offered a discharge of his debts by Sir Theodore Janssen, a director of the South Sea Company, on one condition: he must

Secret Books (Theroux Marcel)(Paperback / softback)

A world on the brink of catastrophe. Beginning a treacherous journey through a world of spies and double-cross, propaganda, lost love, and anti-Semitism, he enters a modern world where lies have the power of

The Evolution of God (Wright Robert)(Paperback)

In this sweeping narrative that takes us from the Stone Age to the Information Age, Robert Wright unveils an astonishing discovery: there is a hidden pattern that the great monotheistic faiths have followed as they have evolved. Through the prisms of archaeology, theology, and evolutionary

The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine's Computer Age (Wachter Robert)(Paperback)

Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism (Lenin Vladimir)(Paperback / softback)

Explains the inevitable flaws and destructive power of Capitalism: that it would lead unavoidably to imperialism, monopolies and