Overzicht in dagboekvorm van de politieke ontwikkelingen in Europa tijdens de laatste maand voor het uitbreken van de Tweede Wereldoorlog.

Analyse van decadentie, literatuur, kunst en cultuur. De hoogtepunten in beeldende kunst en literatuur kunnen volgens Paglia niet los gezien worden van de verhoudingen tussen de seksen. Zij beschouwt de Natuur en Sex als demonische krachten. Zij dicht feministen sentimentaliteit en 'wihsful thinking' toe waar het gaat om de oorzaken van verkrachting en onderzoekt de habitat van de moderne homoman.

Een gecultiveerde gehuwde, heimelijk homoseksuele Franse fabrieksdirecteur blikt terug op zijn inzet aan het Oostfront als SS-officier.

Dagboekaantekeningen van de Duitse schrijver over de politieke onlusten in München in 1919.

In White Eagle, Red Star, distinguished historian Norman Davies gives us a full account of the Polish-Soviet War, with its dramatic climax in August 1920 when the Red Army--sure of victory and pledged to carry the Revolution across Europe --was crushed by a devastating Polish attack. Since known as "The Miracle of the Vistula," it remains one of the most crucial conflicts of the Western world. Drawing on both Polish and Russian sources, Norman Davies shows how this war was a pivotal event in the course of European history.

"De Indonesische archipel heeft meer dan 450 jaar strijd geleverd tegen buitenlandse handelscompagnieën en mogendheden. Bijna altijd was er wel ergens oorlog, vaak op meer plaatsen tegelijk. Dit boek geeft een gedetailleerd overzicht van de honderden militaire acties en expedities. Portugezen, Spanjaarden, Engelsen, Fransen, Japanners, en met name ook de Nederlanders, voerden hun koloniale oorlogen in de archipel vooral vanwege economisch gewin, volgens het devies van Jan Pieterszoon Coen: "Geen handel zonder oorlog". Hun legers vormden de ruggengraat van het koloniaal systeem, dat ook door tijdgenoten in Europa al bekritiseerd is. Door zijn brede aanpak en uitgebreide registers is het boek tevens een naslagwerk over de geschiedenis van Indonesië. Het laat zien hoe behalve vrijheidsdrang ook de islam een belangrijke rol speelde in het verzet tegen vreemde overheersers."

The Later Tudors is an authoritative and comprehensive study of England between the accession of Edward VI and the death of Elizabeth I--a turbulent period of conflict amongst European nations, and between warring Catholics and Protestants. These internal and external struggles created anxiety in England, but by the end of Elizabeth's reign the nation had achieved a remarkable sense of political and religious identity. Penry Williams combines the political, religious and economic history of the nation with a broader analysis of English society, family relations, and culture, in order to explain the workings and development of the English state. The result is an incisive and wide-ranging analysis that culminates in an assessment of England's part in the shaping of the New World. 'It should hold its own for some time ... the best account for the serious reader' History Today

Gedetailleerde beschrijving van de verovering van Berlijn door de Russen in 1945.

WORLD HISTORY: SECOND WORLD WAR. In the spring of 1941, having abandoned his plans to invade Great Britain, Hitler turned the might of his military forces on to Stalin's soviet Russia. The German army quickly advanced far into Russia as the Soviet forces suffered defeat after defeat. With brutality and savagery displayed on both sides, the Eastern front was literally a campaign in which no prisoners were taken and no quarter was given.Although Hitler's decision to launch 'Barbarossa' was one of the crucial turning points of the war, at first the early successes of the German army pointed to the continuing triumph of the Nazi state. As time wore on, however, the Eastern front became a byword for death for the Germans - to be transferred to the front was the fate feared most by any member of Germany's armed forces.In "War without Garlands", Robert Kershaw examines the campaign largely through the eyes of the German forces who were sent to fight and die for Hitler's grandiose plans.

Overzicht in woord en beeld.

A chronicle of the Russian Civil War, from 1918 to 1921.

This lively and far-reaching account of the politics, religion, and culture of England in the century and a half after the Norman Conquest provides a vivid picture of everyday existence, and increases our understanding of all aspects of medieval society. There are colourful details of the everyday life of ordinary men and women, with their views on the past, on sexuality, on animals, on death, the undead, and the occult. The result is a fascinating and comprehensive portrayal of a period which begins with conquest and ends in assimilation.

In this thorough and illuminating work, Michael Prestwich provides a comprehensive study of Plantagenet England, a dramatic and turbulent period which saw many changes. In politics it saw Simon de Montfort's challenge to the crown in Henry II's reign and it witnessed the deposition of Edward I. In contrast, it also saw the highly successful rules of Edward I and his grandson, Edward III. Political institutions were transformed with the development of parliament and war was a dominant theme: Wales was conquered and the Scottish Wars of Independence started in Edward I's reign, and under Edward III there were triumphs at Crécy and Poitiers. Outside of politics, English society was developing a structure, from the great magnates at the top to the peasantry at the bottom. Economic changes were also significant, from the expansionary period of the thirteenth century to years of difficulty in the fourteenth century, culminating in the greatest demographic disaster of historical times, the Black Death. In this volume in the New Oxford History of England Michael Prestwich brings this fascinating century to life.

Verhalen van binnen- en buitenlandse auteurs.

Geschiedenis van twee Amsterdamse joodse sportlieden in de eerste helft van de twintigste eeuw, die in 1908 deelnamen aan de Olympische Spelen op het onderdeel turnen.

Bundel opstellen over de veelbewogen geschiedenis van de staat Israel.

Beschrijving van technische en economische aspecten bij het toepassen van windturbines.

"The establishment and subsequent liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto has become an icon of the Holocaust experience, yet, remarkably, a full history of the ghetto has never been written, despite the publication over some sixty years of numerous memoirs, studies, biographical accounts, and primary documents. The Warsaw Ghetto: A Guide to the Perished City is this history, researched and written with painstaking care and devotion over many years and now published for the first time in English." "In this bookthe authors explore the history of the ghetto's evolution, detailing the daily experience of its thousands and thousands of inhabitants from its creation in 1941 to its liquidation in 1943. Encyclopedic in scope, the book encompasses a range of topics from food supplies to education, religious activities to the structure of the Judenrat. Separate chapters deal with the mass deportations to Treblinka in July 1942 and the famous uprising in April 1943. Detailed original maps identify the locations of businesses, social institutions, medical facilities, and more, while biographical notes, a glossary of terms, and an extensive bibliography complete this masterful work of restoration."--BOOK JACKET.