The Cambridge History of the First World War, Volume 3: Civil Society (Winter Jay)(Pevná vazba)

The Cambridge History of the First World War, Volume 3: Civil Society (Winter Jay)(Pevná vazba)

Volume 3 of The Cambridge History of the First World War explores the social and cultural history of the war and considers the role of civil society throughout the conflict; that is to say those institutions and practices outside the state through which the war effort was waged. Drawing on 25 years

The Cambridge History of the First World War, Volume 1: Global War (Winter Jay)(Pevná vazba)

This first volume of The Cambridge History of the First World War provides a comprehensive account of the war's military history. An international team of leading historians charts how a war made possible by globalization and imperial expansion unfolded into catastrophe, growing year by year in

The Cambridge History of the First World War, Volume 2: The State (Winter Jay)(Pevná vazba)

Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of the First World War offers a history of the war from a predominantly political angle and concerns itself with the story of the state. It explores the multifaceted history of state power and highlights the ways in which different political systems responded to,

The Cambridge History of War: Volume 2, War and the Medieval World (Curry Anne)(Pevná vazba)

Volume II of The Cambridge History of War covers what in Europe is commonly called 'the Middle Ages'. It includes all of the well-known themes of European warfare, from the migrations of the Germanic peoples and the Vikings through the Reconquista, the Crusades and the age of chivalry, to the

The Cambridge History of the Cold War 3 Volume Set (Leffler Melvyn P.)(Pevná vazba)

The Cambridge History of the Cold War is a comprehensive, international history of the conflict that dominated world politics in the twentieth century. The three-volume series, written by leading international experts in the field, elucidates how the Cold War evolved from the geopolitical,

The Cambridge History of the Second World War, Volume 3: Total War: Economy, Society and Culture (Geyer Michael)(Paperback)

The conflict that ended in 1945 is often described as a 'total war', unprecedented in both scale and character. Volume 3 of The Cambridge History of the Second World War adopts a transnational approach to offer a comprehensive and global analysis of the war as an economic, social and cultural

Contested Lands: A History of the Middle East Since the First World War (Fraser T. G.)(Pevná vazba)

A history of the last century of tensions in the Middle East. Until the First World War, the Ottoman Empire had dominated the Middle East for four centuries. Its collapse, coupled with the subsequent clash of European imperial policies, unleashed a surge of political feeling among the people of

Short History of The American Civil War (DK)(Pevná vazba)

The Cambridge History of the Second World War, Volume 1: Fighting the War (Ferris John)(Paperback)

The military events of the Second World War have been the subject of historical debate from 1945 to the present. It mattered greatly who won, and fighting was the essential determinant of victory or defeat. In Volume 1 of The Cambridge History of the Second World War a team of twenty-five leading

The Cambridge History of the Cold War (Leffler Melvyn P.)(Paperback)

Volume Two of The Cambridge History of the Cold War examines the developments that made the Cold War into a long-lasting international system during the 1960s and 1970s. Leading scholars explain how the Cold War seemed to stabilize after the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and how this sense of

The Civil War: A Concise History (Masur Louis P.)(Pevná vazba)

One hundred and fifty years after the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter, the Civil War still captures the American imagination, and its reverberations can still be felt throughout America's social and political landscape. Louis P. Masur's The Civil War: A Concise History offers a masterful and

Indian Empire At War - From Jihad to Victory, The Untold Story of the Indian Army in the First World War (Morton-Jack George)(Pevná vazba)

A brilliantly original history of the First World War, re-tracing the footsteps of the Indian Army's 1.5 million men who in 1914-18 served about the globe from Europe to Africa, Asia and the Indian

The Rising Sun in the Pacific, 1931-April 1942: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 3 (Morison Samuel Eliot)(Paperback)

The first two volumes of this firsthand history of the U.S. Navy in World War II covered operations in the Atlantic from September 1939 to June 1943. Volume 3, The Rising Sun in the Pacific, 1931 - Aprill 1942 is the first on the war in the Pacific, a major testing ground which proved the ability

Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War. (Docherty Gerry)(Pevná vazba)

A new theory on how World War I started not with the assassination of ArchdukeFranz Ferdinand, but rather 10 years earlier, by power-hungry men whose lies have infiltrated history 'Hidden History' uniquely exposes those responsible for World War I. It reveals how accounts of the war's origins have

Civil War Volumes 1-3 Box Set (Foote Shelby)(Boxed Set)

Foote's comprehensive history of the Civil War includes three compelling volumes: Fort Sumter to Perryville, Fredericksburg to Meridian, and Red River to Appomattox. Collected together in a handsome boxed set, this is the perfect gift for any Civil War buff.Fort Sumter to PerryvilleThe first volume

Technology and Society: A World History (Ede Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

Technology and Society: A World History explores the creative power of humanity from the age of stone tools to the digital revolution. It introduces technology as a series of systems that allowed us to solve real-world problems and create a global civilization. The history of technology is also the

Mapping the Second World War - The History of the War Through Maps from 1939 to 1945 (Chasseaud Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Follow the conflict of the Second World War from 1939 to 1945 in this unique volume, published in association with Imperial War Museums, London, featuring historical maps and photographs from their archives, and fascinating commentary from an expert

The Cambridge History of China: Volume 1, the Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 BC-AD 220 (Twitchett Denis)(Pevná vazba)

This volume begins the historical coverage of The Cambridge History of China with the establishment of the Ch'in empire in 221 BC and ends with the abdication of the last Han emperor in AD 220. Spanning four centuries, this period witnessed major evolutionary changes in almost every aspect of

British Battle Tanks: British-Made Tanks of World War II (Fletcher David)(Pevná vazba)

Building on the earlier volume dealing with British armor of the First World War, this is the second of a multi-volume history of British tanks by renowned British armor expert David Fletcher MBE. This volume traces the story of the British use of the tank through the early years of World War II,

Spain in Arms: A Military History of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Hooton E. R.)(Pevná vazba)

A military history of the Spanish Civil War from January 1937 onwards, uncovering new evidence and overturning much of the received wisdom about the conflict.Spain in Arms is a military history of the Spanish Civil War. It examines how the Spanish Civil War developed on the battlefield through the

The Cambridge History of Communism (Frst Juliane)(Paperback)

Volume Three of The Cambridge History of Communism charts the global Cold War in its last two decades, the collapse of Soviet socialism, the resurgence of China as a global power, and the transformation of the geopolitics and political economy of Cold War

The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship (Willis Deborah)(Pevná vazba)

A stunning collection of stoic portraits and intimate ephemera from the lives of Black Civil War soldiers Though both the Union and Confederate armies excluded African American men from their initial calls to arms, many of the men who eventually served were black. Simultaneously, photography

No Wider War: A History of the Vietnam War Volume 2: 1965-75 (Miller Sergio)(Pevná vazba)

No Wider War is the second part of a two-volume, accessible narrative history of America's involvement in Indochina from the end of World War II to the Fall of Saigon in 1975. Following on from the first volume, In Good Faith, which told the story from the Japanese surrender in 1945 through

Fortress Dark and Stern: The Soviet Home Front During World War II (Goldman Wendy Z.)(Pevná vazba)

The first history of the Soviet home front experience during World War II and of the civilians who bore the burden of total war and played a critical role in the global victory over fascism. After Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, German troops conquered the heartland of Soviet