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Books > History > World history > From 1900
Allied Fighters 1939-45 offers an highly-illustrated guide to
Allied fighter aircraft that fought in Europe during World War II.
Featuring all the main models flown by the Allied air forces from
1939 to 1945, the book offers a wealth of detail, including unit
markings, organization, numbers of aircraft flown by campaign and
exhaustive specifications for each model. The book is arranged
first by country and then chronologically by campaign so that every
aspect of the air war in Europe is covered. The guide features
fighters from throughout World War II, including early models, such
as the Morane Saulnier MS.406C.1, Hawker Hurricane Mk I and Fokker
D XXI, and the most advanced fighters of the period, such as the
Lavochkin La-7, P-51K Mustang and Gloster Meteor Mk I.The book also
covers aircraft that were used for air-to-air combat (Supermarine
Spitfire), ground attack (P-47 Thunderbolt), bomber escort (P-51B
Mustang), night defence (Bristol Beaufighter) and photographic
reconnaissance (P-38 Lightning). Packed with more than 200 profiles
and dozens of archive photographs of every major Allied fighter
aircraft, Allied Fighters 1939-45 is a core reference volume for
modellers and World War II aviation enthusiasts.
Historians have traditionally seen domestic service as an obsolete
or redundant sector from the middle of the twentieth century.
Knowing Their Place challenges this by linking the early twentieth
century employment of maids and cooks to later practices of
employing au pairs, mothers' helps, and cleaners. Lucy Delap tells
the story of lives and labour within twentieth century British
homes, from great houses to suburbs and slums, and charts the
interactions of servants and employers along with the intense
controversies and emotions they inspired.
Knowing Their Place examines the employment of men and migrant
workers, as well as the role of laughter and erotic desire in
shaping domestic service. The memory of domestic service and the
role of the past in shaping and mediating the present is examined
through heritage and televisual sources, from Upstairs, Downstairs
toThe 1900 House. Drawing from advice manuals, magazines, novels,
cinema, memoirs, feminist tracts, and photographs, this fascinating
book will be of particular interest to scholars and students of
Modern history, English literature, anthropology, cultural studies,
social geography, gender studies, and women's studies. It points to
new directions in cultural history through its engagement in
innovative areas such as the history of emotions and cultural
memory. Through its attention to the contemporary rise in the
employment of domestic workers, Knowing Their Place sets 'modern'
Britain in a new and compelling historical context.
South Asian History has enjoyed a remarkable renaissance over the
past thirty years. Its historians are not only producing new ways
of thinking about the imperial impact and legacy on South Asia, but
also helping to reshape the study of imperial history in general.
The essays in this collection address a number of these important
developments, delineating not only the complicated interplay
between imperial rulers and their subjects in India, but also
illuminating the economic, political, environmental, social,
cultural, ideological, and intellectual contexts which informed,
and were in turn informed by, these interactions. Particular
attention is paid to a cluster of binary oppositions that have
hitherto framed South Asian history, namely colonizer/colonized,
imperialism/nationalism, and modernity/tradition, and how new
analytical frameworks are emerging which enable us to think beyond
the constraints imposed by these binaries. Closer attention to
regional dynamics as well as to wider global forces has enriched
our understanding of the history of South Asia within a wider
imperial matrix. Previous impressions of all-powerful imperialism,
with the capacity to reshape all before it, for good or ill, are
rejected in favour of a much more nuanced image of imperialism in
India that acknowledges the impact as well as the intentions of
colonialism, but within a much more complicated historical
landscape where other processes are at work.
An authoritative study of food politics in the socialist regimes of
China and the Soviet Union During the twentieth century, 80 percent
of all famine victims worldwide died in China and the Soviet Union.
In this rigorous and thoughtful study, Felix Wemheuer analyzes the
historical and political roots of these socialist-era famines, in
which overambitious industrial programs endorsed by Stalin and Mao
Zedong created greater disasters than those suffered under
prerevolutionary regimes. Focusing on famine as a political tool,
Wemheuer systematically exposes how conflicts about food among
peasants, urban populations, and the socialist state resulted in
the starvation death of millions. A major contribution to Chinese
and Soviet history, this provocative analysis examines the
long-term effects of the great famines on the relationship between
the state and its citizens and argues that the lessons governments
learned from the catastrophes enabled them to overcome famine in
their later decades of rule.
A great war correspondent reports from the Great War
Richard Harding Davis is well regarded as a writer of fiction, but
it is for his work and writings as a journalist-particularly when
covering the battle front-that posterity has awarded him the
accolade 'the first famous American war correspondent.' Davis'
first experience as a war correspondent was during the
Spanish-American War and he later covered the Boer War in South
Africa. The outbreak of the Great War saw him travelling to Europe
and once there his pursuit of the story and vital information
propelled him through many theatres of the conflict. The passage of
time filters away those who have experienced momentous events until
the few who are remembered are those who have left a written
record. Each account is beyond value when their number is finite,
but occasionally we are blessed not only with an invaluable account
but also a fine author to convey it. By this time Davis had
perfected his craft and these two books brought together by Leonaur
for good value demonstrate that perfectly. They are augmented here
with some of Davis' letters sent during the Great War. This was to
be Davis' last campaign on returning home to New York he fell ill
and died suddenly in 1916 aged just 52 years old. Available in
softcover and hardback with dust jacket for collectors.
This is the third and final 'stand-alone' account of C Squadron
SAS's thrilling operations against the relentless spread of
communist backed terrorism in East Africa. Drawing on first-hand
experiences the author describes operations against
communist-backed terrorists in Angola and Mozambique, aiding the
Portuguese and Renamo against the MPLA and Frelimo respectively.
Back in Southern Rhodesia SAS General Peter Walls, realising the
danger that Mugabe and ZANU represented, appealed directly to
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. This correspondence,
published here for the first time, changed nothing and years of
corruption and genocide followed. Although C Squadron was disbanded
in 1980 many members joined the South African special forces.
Operations undertaken included unsuccessful and costly
destabilisation attempts against Mugabe and missions into
Mozambique including the assassination of Samora Machel. By 1986
deteriorating relationships with the South African authorities
resulted in the break-up of the SAS teams who dispersed worldwide.
Had Mike Graham not written his three action-packed books, C
Squadron SAS's superb fighting record might never have been
revealed. For those who are fascinated by special forces soldiering
his accounts are 'must reads'.
War in the East African bush
The First World War was inevitably a global conflict because the
rush by the principal powers of Europe to establish trading bases
and colonies, principally during the 19th century, guaranteed it
would be so. In Africa, German and British settlers were close
neighbours and at the outbreak of hostilities were ready for
immediate confrontation. National and imperial forces were
dispatched to augment local military operations. This book concerns
the struggle for East Africa. It was written, drawing on memory and
diary entries, by a British senior staff officer, a
brigadier-general, who was central to the organisation of the
British campaign and who has left posterity a concise, thorough and
detailed historical overview of it from the British perspective.
This book qualifies as a campaign history rather than a first hand
account and is recommended to readers seeking that perspective on
this interesting 'sideshow' theatre of the war.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
A German view of war at sea
It is inevitable that most books in English on any conflict in
which British Forces were engaged tend to view the subject from a
British perspective. The number of accounts or histories from the
other side of the battle smoke translated and published in English
are Hard to find and in the minority, they are therefore essential
for any student who seeks a well-rounded view of a historical
event. The great actions at sea during the First World War were few
in number so it is fortunate that we have been left with this
account by von Hase, who was both a German and a sailor in the
service of his country. The book is part history and part a report
from an eyewitness and it examines in depth the momentous Battles
of Kiel and Jutland fought in the Skagerrak. An invaluable source
work on the Imperial German Navy at War.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
This volume focuses on coalitions and collaborations formed by
refugees from Nazi Germany in their host countries. Exile from Nazi
Germany was a global phenomenon involving the expulsion and
displacement of entire families, organizations, and communities.
While forced emigration inevitable meant loss of familiar
structures and surroundings, successful integration into often very
foreign cultures was possible due to the exiles' ability to access
and/or establish networks. By focusing on such networks rather than
on individual experiences, the contributions in this volume provide
a complex and nuanced analysis of the multifaceted, interacting
factors of the exile experience. This approach connects the
NS-exile to other forms of displacement and persecution and locates
it within the ruptures of civilization dominating the twentieth and
twenty-first centuries. Contributors are: Dieter Adolph, Jacob
Boas, Margit Franz, Katherine Holland, Birgit Maier-Katkin Leonie
Marx, Wolfgang Mieder, Thomas Schneider, Helga Schreckenberger,
Swen Steinberg, Karina von Tippelskirch, Joerg Thunecke, Jacqueline
Vansant, and Veronika Zwerger
This fully revised and updated edition of a seminal reference work
provides a detailed chronological account of the development of
European integration. The history of Economic and Monetary Union
(EMU), which began immediately after World War II, is recounted in
the form of a descriptive summary of the most significant events,
measures, arrangements and conferences. The chronology concludes at
the end of 2001 with what is arguably one of the most important
events in European history; the introduction of the euro notes and
coins in twelve nation states. Throughout, Wim Vanthoor offers a
detailed yet concise account of the evolution of the economic and
political ideas which have culminated in this defining moment. The
book is interspersed with quotations from the addresses, orations
and comments of politicians and those closely involved with the
process of European integration. This accessible book will be
essential reading for anyone with an interest in the history of
European integration.
This non-technical introduction to modern European intellectual
history traces the evolution of ideas in Europe from the turn of
the 19th century to the modern day. Placing particular emphasis on
the huge technological and scientific change that has taken place
over the last two centuries, David Galaty shows how intellectual
life has been driven by the conditions and problems posed by this
world of technology. In everything from theories of beauty to
studies in metaphysics, the technologically-based modern world has
stimulated a host of competing theories and intellectual systems,
often built around the opposing notions of 'the power of the
individual' versus collectivist ideals like community, nation,
tradition and transcendent experience. In an accessible,
jargon-free style, Modern European Intellectual History unpicks
these debates and historically analyses how thought has developed
in Europe since the time of the French Revolution. Among other
topics, the book explores: * The Kantian Revolution * Feminism and
the Suffrage Movement * Socialism and Marxism * Nationalism *
Structuralism * Quantum theory * Developments in the Arts *
Postmodernism * Big Data and the Cyber Century Highly illustrated
with 80 images and 10 tables, and further supported by an online
Instructor's Guide, this is the most important student resource on
modern European intellectual history available today.
With a New Introduction by Benjamin Ferencz, Chief Prosecutor for
the United States at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial Originally
published three years before the withdrawal of U.S. troops in 1973,
this important book was not a polemic, but a sober account of the
Vietnam conflict from the perspective of international law. Framed
in reference to the Nuremberg Trials that followed the Second World
War, it described problems the United States may have to face due
to its involvement in the Vietnam conflict. After presenting a
general history of war crimes and an account of the Nuremberg
Trials, Taylor turns his attention to Vietnam. Among other points,
he examined parallels between actions committed by American troops
during the then-recent My Lai Massacre of 1968 and Hitler's SS in
Nazi-occupied Europe. Commissioned for this edition, Ferencz's
introduction evaluates Taylor's study and its lessons for the
present and future. When this book was published in 1970, Telford
Taylor had concluded that U.S. involvement in the war in Vietnam
was an American tragedy: "Somehow we failed ourselves to learn the
lessons we undertook to teach at Nuremberg." What were those
lessons? How acceptable were they? Which laws of war could
realistically be enforced on a raging battlefield against an
implacable foe? Forty years later, it is worth re-examining how it
came about that this powerful and humanitarian country could have
come to be seen by many as a giant "prone to shatter what we try to
save. -From the Introduction by Benjamin B. FerenczTelford Taylor
1908-1998] was chief counsel for the prosecution at the Nuremberg
Trials. Later Professor of Law at Columbia University, he was a
vigorous opponent of Senator Joseph McCarthy and an outspoken
critic of U.S. actions during the Vietnam War. His books include
Sword and Swastika: Generals and Nazis in the Third Reich (1952),
Grand Inquest: The Story of Congressional Investigations (1955) and
The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials: A Personal Memoir (1992).
Benjamin Ferencz, a member of Taylor's legal staff, was the Chief
Prosecutor for the United States at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial.
He is the author of Defining International Aggression-The Search
for World Peace (1975), Adjunct Professor of International Law,
Pace University and founder of the Pace Peace Center.
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