1,088円 Objective Troy tells the gripping and unsettling story of Anwar al-Awlaki, the once-celebrated American imam who called for moderation after 9/11, a man who ultimately directed his outsized talents to the mass murder of his fellow citizens. It follows Barack Obama’s campaign against the excesses ...

5,194円 The first major work on this enigmatic British general for more than 40 years, William Howe and the American War of Independence offers fascinating new insights into his performance during the revolution in America. From 1775 to 1777, Howe commanded the largest expeditionary force Britain had eve...

11,440円 Once a forest has been destroyed, should one plant a new forest to emulate the old, or else plant designer forests to satisfy our immediate needs? Should we aim to re-create forests, or simply create them? How does the past shed light on our environmental efforts, and how does the present influen...

1,691円 Zum 90. Geburtstag des renommierten Globalisierungskritikers - mit aktuellem Vorwort des Autors Warum sterben Menschen an Hunger, während anderswo Nahrungsmittel vernichtet werden? Kinderfragen, die den Finger in eine schwärende Wunde legen, nimmt Jean Ziegler zum Anlass für seinen Klassiker der ...

3,522円 Warum Napoleon schon lange vor Waterloo scheiterte Die Schlacht bei Waterloo im Juni 1815 gilt als entscheidender Moment für den Untergang Napoleons. Zu Unrecht, sagt Munro Price, einer der führenden Napoleon-Experten: Der Kaiser der Franzosen hatte schon lange vorher alles verloren, die Niederla...

2,993円 When slavery was a routine part of life in America's South, a secret network of activists and escape routes enabled slaves to make their way to freedom in what is now Canada. The 'underground railroad' has become part of folklore, but one part of the story is only now coming to light. In New York...

2,640円 Dans ce livre très remarqué, qui brosse avec une verve narrative exceptionnelle le portrait d'une ville en plein bouleversement dans les décennies précédant 1789, l'historien australien David Garrioch montre que les transformations sociales, économiques, et culturelles de Paris expliquent bien de...

1,100円 Die DDR existiert seit bald 25 Jahren nicht mehr, aber die Kämpfe um die Interpretation ihrer Geschichte halten unvermindert an. Doch wie war er denn nun wirklich beschaffen, dieser untergegangene deutsche Staat? Welche Bedingungen bestimmten das Leben der DDR-Bürger? Und warum war nach vier Jahr...

4,643円 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 st...

5,970円 Jane Dawson has written the definitive life of John Knox, a leader of the Protestant Reformation in sixteenth-century Scotland. Based in large part on previously unavailable sources, including the recently discovered papers of Knox’s close friend and colleague Christopher Goodman, Dawson’s biogra...

2,113円 This is a companion volume - and a much less well-known study - to the same author's classic, The Battle of Spicheren August 6th 1870, providing an account of the 'other' battle fought that day, at Woerth, in Alsace. The Battle of Woerth was, like Spicheren, an encounter battle during the opening...

2,642円 Stuart Sutherland’s work is the first modern bibliography in English of the Seven Weeks’ War of 1866. It includes books in English French German and Italian and is subdivided into sections on general histories particular campaigns and battles (Hanoverian Bohemian-Moravian Italian southern German ...