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Nazi Policy on the Eastern Front, 1941 - Total War, Genocide, and Radicalization (Hardcover): Alex J. Kay Nazi Policy on the Eastern Front, 1941 - Total War, Genocide, and Radicalization (Hardcover)
Alex J. Kay; Edited by Alex J. Kay; JEFF Jeff Rutherford; Edited by JEFF Jeff Rutherford; David Stahel; Edited by …
R3,026 Discovery Miles 30 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 and events on the Eastern Front that same year were pivotal to the history of World War II. It was during this year that the radicalization of Nazi policy -- through both an all-encompassing approach to warfare and the application of genocidal practices -- became most obvious. Germany's military aggression and overtly ideological conduct, culminating in genocide against Soviet Jewry and the decimation of the Soviet population through planned starvation and brutal antipartisan policies, distinguished Operation Barbarossa-the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union-from all previous military campaigns in modern European history. This collection of essays, written by young scholars of seven different nationalities, provides readers with the most current interpretations of Germany's military, economic, racial, and diplomatic policies in 1941. With its breadth and its thematic focus on total war, genocide, and radicalization, this volume fills a considerable gap in English-language literature on Germany's war of annihilation against the Soviet Union and the radicalization of World War II during this critical year. Alex J. Kay is the author of Exploitation, Resettlement, Mass Murder: Political and Economic Planning for German Occupation Policy in the Soviet Union, 1940-1941 and is an independent contractor for the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on War Consequences. Jeff Rutherford is assistant professor of history at Wheeling Jesuit University, where he teaches modern European history. David Stahel is the author of Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East and Kiev 1941: Hitler's Battle for Supremacy in the East.

German Submarine Warfare - A Study of its Methods and Spirit, Including the Crime of the Lusitania (Paperback): Wesley Frost German Submarine Warfare - A Study of its Methods and Spirit, Including the Crime of the Lusitania (Paperback)
Wesley Frost
R450 Discovery Miles 4 500 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1918, this book is a record of observations and evidence compiled by the then US Consul in Queenstown, Eire. A rare study from first-hand accounts. Contains detailed testimonies of survivors from over fifty vessels attacked and often sunk by German submarines during the Great War.A vivid and accurate picture of the tactics and motives of German submarine warfare is provided in the first part of the book. The second part concentrate son the attack and sinking of RMS Lusitania. The sinking of the Lusitania remains a controversial topic with the loss of 1,198 lives on 7May 1915

Weimar and the Rise of Hitler (Hardcover, 4th ed. 2000): Anthony J. Nicholls Weimar and the Rise of Hitler (Hardcover, 4th ed. 2000)
Anthony J. Nicholls
R4,576 Discovery Miles 45 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This fourth edition of the classic text on the Weimar Republic begins with Germany's defeat in 1918 and the revolutionary disturbances which followed the collapse of Wilhelm II's Empire. It describes the strengths and weaknesses of the new regime, and the stresses created by the economic difficulties of the 1920s. Adolf Hitler's career is traced from its early beginnings in Munich, and the nature of his movement is assessed. This edition, updated throughout and considerably expanded, takes full account of the last decade of research, including recent debates on the nature of the German revolution of 1918-19, the relationship between political upheavals and economic crises, and the question of whether there really was an alternative to the Third Reich in January 1933. The chronological table and extensive bibliography add to the book's value as both an introduction to Weimar and a stimulus to further study.

Munich, 1938 - Appeasement and World War II (Paperback): David Faber Munich, 1938 - Appeasement and World War II (Paperback)
David Faber
R769 R679 Discovery Miles 6 790 Save R90 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

On September 30, 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain flew back to London from his meeting in Munich with German Chancellor Adolf Hitler. As he disembarked from the aircraft, he held aloft a piece of paper, which contained the promise that Britain and Germany would never go to war with one another again. He had returned bringing "Peace with honour--Peace for our time."

Drawing on a wealth of archival material, acclaimed historian David Faber delivers a sweeping reassessment of the extraordinary events of 1938, tracing the key incidents leading up to the Munich Conference and its immediate aftermath: Lord Halifax's ill-fated meeting with Hitler; Chamberlain's secret discussions with Mussolini; and the Berlin scandal that rocked Hitler's regime. He takes us to Vienna, to the Sudentenland, and to Prague. In Berlin, we witness Hitler inexorably preparing for war, even in the face of opposition from his own generals; in London, we watch as Chamberlain makes one supreme effort after another to appease Hitler.

Resonating with an insider's feel for the political infighting Faber uncovers, "Munich, 1938 "transports us to the war rooms and bunkers, revealing the covert negotiations and" "scandals upon which the world's fate would rest. It is modern history writing at its best.""

The Reign of Charles V (Hardcover): William Maltby The Reign of Charles V (Hardcover)
William Maltby
R3,540 Discovery Miles 35 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Reign of Charles V is an important new study of one of the most important rulers in world history. As the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain during the mid-1500s, Charles V ruled the first truly global empire and was the greatest of all the Habsburg Emperors. He reigned during one of the most important ages in the history of Europe and America and was responsible for, among other things, the conquests of Mexico and Peru and the consequent European influence on Latin America, the waning of the Renaissance, the religious transformation of Europe by the Protestant and Catholic Reformations, and the establishment of a Habsburg empire in Eastern Europe.William Maltby's engaging new study not only looks at the emperor as a person, but also examines such important critical issues as his policies and their consequences. Concise and readable, The Reign of Charles V provides an indispensable introduction to an era that changed the world.

Danish Kings and the Jomsvikings in the Greatest Saga of Olafr Tryggvason (Paperback): Olafur Halldorsson Danish Kings and the Jomsvikings in the Greatest Saga of Olafr Tryggvason (Paperback)
Olafur Halldorsson
R299 Discovery Miles 2 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
History of Europe, Vol. 8 - From the Fall of Napoleon in 1815 to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in 1852 (Classic Reprint)... History of Europe, Vol. 8 - From the Fall of Napoleon in 1815 to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in 1852 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)
Archibald Alison
R688 R646 Discovery Miles 6 460 Save R42 (6%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Catalonia's Human Towers - Castells, Cultural Politics, and the Struggle toward the Heights (Hardcover): Mariann Vaczi Catalonia's Human Towers - Castells, Cultural Politics, and the Struggle toward the Heights (Hardcover)
Mariann Vaczi
R1,784 Discovery Miles 17 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The building of human towers (castells) is a centuries-old competitive practice where hundreds of men, women, and children gather in Catalan squares to create breathtaking edifices through a feat of collective athleticism. The result is a great spectacle of suffering and overcoming, tension and release. Catalonia's Human Towers is an ethnographic look at the thriving castells practice—a symbol of Catalan cultural heritage and identity amid debates around autonomy versus subsummation by the Spanish state. While the main function of building castells is to grow community through a low-cost, intergenerational, and inclusive leisure activity, Mariann Vaczi reveals that this unique sport also provides a social base, image, and vocabulary for the pro-independence movement. Highlighting the intersection of folklore, performance, and self-determination, Catalonia's Human Towers captures the subtle and unconscious processes by which the body becomes politicized and ideology becomes embodied, with all the risks and precarities of collective constructions.

Agony of Belgium - The Invasion of Belgium; August - December 1914 (Paperback, New edition): Major Frank Fox Agony of Belgium - The Invasion of Belgium; August - December 1914 (Paperback, New edition)
Major Frank Fox
R392 Discovery Miles 3 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is a rare chance to re-discover a contemporary account of a military conflict which took place a Century ago. The Agony of Belgium, written in 1914 by Frank Fox, a war correspondent, recounts events that the modern European mind would probably wish to forget. The bravery and resilience of the relatively new and untested Belgian Army, following the rejection of the German Ultimatum by the King, deserves a wider audience. Throughout this account the courageous and noble qualities of King Albert in the dark days come to the fore. Whether at the Front as an active Commander-in-Chief; with his people during Zeppelin raids and artillery bombardments at Antwerp; declining refuge in France after the retreat from Ostend; or rallying his troops for rearguard actions his conduct was of the finest. His account of the "frightfulness" of the events in Louvain against the civilian population- including women and children- and the sacking of cultural treasures was not at first believed by Officials in Antwerp. However his reporting of Zeppelin raid shelped to arouse public opinion in the United States.Fox provides vivid descriptions of a terrible, and little known, conflict.

Escaping Hitler - Stories of Courage and Endurance On the Freedom Trails (Paperback): Monty Halls Escaping Hitler - Stories of Courage and Endurance On the Freedom Trails (Paperback)
Monty Halls 1
R430 Discovery Miles 4 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

`I was on a train, and a German soldier began shouting at me and poking me in the ribs with his machine gun. I just thought that was it, the game was up . . .' Downed airman Bob Frost faced danger at every turn as he was smuggled out of France and over the Pyrenees. Prisoner of war Len Harley went on the run in Italy, surviving months in hiding and then a hazardous climb over the Abruzzo mountains with German troops hot on his heels. These are just some of the stories told in heart-stopping detail as Monty Halls takes us along the freedom trails out of occupied Europe, from the immense French escape lines to lesser-known routes in Italy and Slovenia. Escaping Hitler features spies and traitors, extraordinary heroism from those who ran the escape routes and offered shelter to escapees, and great feats of endurance. The SAS in Operation Galia fought for forty days behind enemy lines in Italy and then, exhausted and pursued by the enemy, exfiltrated across the Apennine mountains. And in Slovenia Australian POW Ralph Churches and British Les Laws orchestrated the largest successful Allied escape of the entire war. Mixing new research, interviews with survivors and his own experience of walking the trails, Monty brings the past to life in this dramatic and gripping slice of military history.

The Fifth French Republic (Hardcover): Nicholas Atkin The Fifth French Republic (Hardcover)
Nicholas Atkin
R3,549 Discovery Miles 35 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

At the time of its founding, few predicted that the Fifth Republic would survive. It is a regime whose obituary has been written several times over, but which stubbornly refuses to die. Adopting a chronological framework, this up-to-date study examines how the regime emerged out of the chaos of the Algerian crisis, how its political evolution has been very different from that envisaged by de Gaulle, and why it has endured. Nicholas Atkin explains the success of the Fifth Republic but likewise illustrates the underlying problems within it. As the 2002 presidential elections have shown, although there is little prospect of regime change, liberal democracy is not in a particularly healthy state. While the political narrative takes centre stage, Atkin also explores the key social, economic and international developments which have shaped the modern history of France and affected its standing both in Europe and the rest of the world.

FORGOTTEN FRONT (Hardcover, Annotated edition): George H. Cassar FORGOTTEN FRONT (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
George H. Cassar
R4,572 Discovery Miles 45 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The importance of the Italian front in the First World War is often overlooked. Nor is it realised that British troops fought in Italy. The Forgotten Front demonstrates Italy's vital contribution to the Allied effort, including Lloyd George's plan to secure overall victory by an offensive on this front. Although his grand scheme was frustrated, British troops were committed to the theatre and played a real part in holding the Italian line and in the final victory of 1918. George H. Cassar, in an account that is original, scholarly and readable, covers both the strategic considerations and the actual fighting.
Faced by stalemate on the Western Front, Lloyd George argued strongly in 1917 for a joint Allied campaign in Italy to defeat Austria-Hungary. Knocking Germany's principal ally out of the war would lead in turn to the collapse of Germany itself. While his plan had real attractions, it also begged many questions. These allowed Haig and Robertson to join the French high command to thwarting it. The disastrous Italian defeat at Caporetto in October 1917 led, however, to the deployment of a British corps in Italy under Sir Herbert Plumer, which bolstered the Italians at a critical juncture. Subsequently led by the Earl of Cavan, British troops fought gallantly at the battle of Asiago in February to March 1918 and contributed significantly to the final defeat of Austria-Hungary at Vittorio Veneto in October.

Late Medieval France (Hardcover): Graeme Small Late Medieval France (Hardcover)
Graeme Small
R3,376 Discovery Miles 33 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book provides a fresh introduction to the political history of late medieval France duing the turbulent period of the "Hundred Years' War," taking into account the social, economic and religious contexts. Graeme Small considers not just the monarchy but also prelates, noble networks and the emerging municipalities in this new analysis.

Journeys Through the Twentieth Century - Stories from One Family (Hardcover): Daniel C Tabor Journeys Through the Twentieth Century - Stories from One Family (Hardcover)
Daniel C Tabor
R693 Discovery Miles 6 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Journeys Through The Twentieth Century, Stories From One Family is a fascinating study of memory and identity, spanning almost two centuries, using the unique archive of one extended Jewish family.

Journeys Through the Twentieth Century - Stories from One Family (Paperback): Daniel C Tabor Journeys Through the Twentieth Century - Stories from One Family (Paperback)
Daniel C Tabor
R558 Discovery Miles 5 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Journeys Through The Twentieth Century, Stories From One Family is a fascinating study of memory and identity, spanning almost two centuries, using the unique archive of one extended Jewish family.

Did Mary Magdalene visit Provence? An examination of the evidence (Paperback): Joseph Berenger Did Mary Magdalene visit Provence? An examination of the evidence (Paperback)
Joseph Berenger
R428 Discovery Miles 4 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Did St. Mary Magdalene, one of Christianity's most enigmatic figures, really visit Provence, as a local tradition claims? Joseph Berenger's famous paper, which is here published in English for the first time, learnedly evaluates the pertinent literary and archaeological evidence which was available to the author in 1925. This volume also includes an English translation of the 1893 study by Louis Duchesne, a fierce critic of the tradition, which partly inspired Berenger's article. Despite their age, these two papers still form a useful starting-point for anyone interested in attempting an objective assessment of this intriguing tradition.

Charles I - A Study (Hardcover, New edition): Florence May Grier Evans Higham Charles I - A Study (Hardcover, New edition)
Florence May Grier Evans Higham
R2,986 Discovery Miles 29 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Memoirs of Roustam - Napoleon's Mamluk Imperial Bodyguard (Hardcover): Roustam Raza The Memoirs of Roustam - Napoleon's Mamluk Imperial Bodyguard (Hardcover)
Roustam Raza; Edited by Ara Ghazarians; Translated by Catherine Carpenter
R892 Discovery Miles 8 920 Out of stock
Children of Ash and Elm - A History of the Vikings (Paperback): Neil Price Children of Ash and Elm - A History of the Vikings (Paperback)
Neil Price
R664 R496 Discovery Miles 4 960 Save R168 (25%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Napoleon and Betsy - Recollections of Napoleon at St Helena (Hardcover): Lucia Elizabeth Abell Napoleon and Betsy - Recollections of Napoleon at St Helena (Hardcover)
Lucia Elizabeth Abell
R582 R516 Discovery Miles 5 160 Save R66 (11%) Out of stock

The story of Napoleon and Betsy Balcombe is an unusual and fascinating tale. A fallen Emperor who once controlled most of Europe makes friends with an impudent, pretty and spirited young English girl, just about the celebrate her thirteenth birthday. Betsy produced a book full of interest, but notwithstanding that the book wanders backwards and forward chronologically, the general tenor of the relationship between this young girl and Napoleon is beyond question, and it was of an unusual and extremely friendly nature. Napoleon's fall from an unprecedented position of power to humiliating confinement must have been an impossible burden to have lived with, and yet, despite this - or possibly because of it - Napoleon befriended this child and held genuine affection for her. Despite the naivety, the warmth of the friendship between the ex-emperor and little 'Mees' Balcombe shines through, and her text is well-worth providing in this new edition. Napoleon was at the Briars for eight weeks, but the family were very close to the community at Longwood, some two miles further up hill and inland, and visited weekly, sometimes more often.It was here, as Betsy matured and grew more responsible, that the friendship developed, to the extent that she assisted Napoleon with his attempts at English. She was daring as well as impudent and with an irrepressible sense of humour she unlocked the inner child in Napoleon that led to the famous friendship. He found her boldness amusing and occasionally alarming. It must have been a welcome diversion from his darker thoughts.

Vocabulary of German Military Terms and Abbreviations - SS555 (Paperback): War Office Vocabulary of German Military Terms and Abbreviations - SS555 (Paperback)
War Office
R487 Discovery Miles 4 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Notes for Guidance of Officers of the Labour Corps in France - SS728 (Paperback): War Office Notes for Guidance of Officers of the Labour Corps in France - SS728 (Paperback)
War Office
R351 Discovery Miles 3 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Notes and Illustrations on the Interpretation of Aeroplane Photographs - SS550/550A (Paperback): War Office Notes and Illustrations on the Interpretation of Aeroplane Photographs - SS550/550A (Paperback)
War Office
R802 Discovery Miles 8 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Notes on Identification of Aeroplanes (Paperback): War Office Notes on Identification of Aeroplanes (Paperback)
War Office
R416 Discovery Miles 4 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Results of Preliminary Reconnaissance and Comparison with Air Photographs of the Ground Re-Occupied in the Forward Areas of the... Results of Preliminary Reconnaissance and Comparison with Air Photographs of the Ground Re-Occupied in the Forward Areas of the Lys Salient - SS757 (Paperback)
War Office
R322 Discovery Miles 3 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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