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World War II Battlefields - Battle Sites Today (Hardcover): Paul Woodadge World War II Battlefields - Battle Sites Today (Hardcover)
Paul Woodadge
R678 R610 Discovery Miles 6 100 Save R68 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

World War II is one of the first conflicts to be extensively recorded in detail by both combatants and journalists, and many iconic photos of the fighting and battlefields have been passed down to us today. But how do these battlefields look now, following the extensive rebuilding of the postwar era? Featuring 75 battlefield sites divided by wartime theatre, World War II Battlefields allows the reader to explore well-known battle locations today and compare them to images captured during the height of the conflict. Examine the huge concrete bunker at Fort Eben Emael, Belgium, captured by German glider troops in May 1940 and still intact today; see the beaches at Tarawa atoll, a scene of fierce fighting between the US Marines and the Japanese defenders in 1943; or the streets of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, the centre of a bloody battle between the II SS Panzer Korps and the Red Army; explore the Norman village of Villers-Bocage, where a few German Tiger tanks halted the advance of the British 7th Armoured Division a week after the D-Day landings; see the twin-medieval towers of the bridge at Remagen on the Rhine river, made famous in photos and movies; see the dozens of Japanese ships sunk in Truk Lagoon following comprehensive American air attacks, and today a popular dive site; and examine Monte Cassino monastery in Italy, destroyed by Allied aerial bombing and since completely rebuilt as a place of pilgrimage.

Reminiscences of Three Campaigns [microform] (Hardcover): Alexander Ogston Reminiscences of Three Campaigns [microform] (Hardcover)
Alexander Ogston
R974 Discovery Miles 9 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Rescued from the Ashes - The Diary of Leokadia Schmidt, Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto (Hardcover): Leokadia Schmidt Rescued from the Ashes - The Diary of Leokadia Schmidt, Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto (Hardcover)
Leokadia Schmidt; Translated by Oscar E Swan
R845 Discovery Miles 8 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Monument to Robert Gould Shaw - Its Inception, Completion, and Unveiling, 1865-1897 (Hardcover): Bruce 1870-1957 Rogers The Monument to Robert Gould Shaw - Its Inception, Completion, and Unveiling, 1865-1897 (Hardcover)
Bruce 1870-1957 Rogers
R821 Discovery Miles 8 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Meifod in the News - Over 200 years of newspaper articles about a Montgomeryshire village (Hardcover): Bernard O'Connor Meifod in the News - Over 200 years of newspaper articles about a Montgomeryshire village (Hardcover)
Bernard O'Connor
R1,278 Discovery Miles 12 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
All Present and Accounted For - The 1972 Alaska Grounding of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis and the Heroic Efforts that... All Present and Accounted For - The 1972 Alaska Grounding of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis and the Heroic Efforts that Saved the Ship (Hardcover)
Steven J. Craig
R797 Discovery Miles 7 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Representing Genocide - The Holocaust as Paradigm? (Hardcover): Rebecca Jinks Representing Genocide - The Holocaust as Paradigm? (Hardcover)
Rebecca Jinks
R4,586 Discovery Miles 45 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores the diverse ways in which Holocaust representations have influenced and structured how other genocides are understood and represented in the West. Rebecca Jinks focuses in particular on the canonical 20th century cases of genocide: Armenia, Cambodia, Bosnia, and Rwanda. Using literature, film, photography, and memorialisation, she demonstrates that we can only understand the Holocaust's status as a 'benchmark' for other genocides if we look at the deeper, structural resonances which subtly shape many representations of genocide. Representing Genocide pursues five thematic areas in turn: how genocides are recognised as such by western publics; the representation of the origins and perpetrators of genocide; how western witnesses represent genocide; representations of the aftermath of genocide; and western responses to genocide. Throughout, the book distinguishes between 'mainstream' and other, more nuanced and engaged, representations of genocide. It shows how these mainstream representations - the majority - largely replicate the representational framework of the Holocaust, including the way in which mainstream Holocaust representations resist recognising the rationality, instrumentality and normality of genocide, preferring instead to present it as an aberrant, exceptional event in human society. By contrast, the more engaged representations - often, but not always, originating from those who experienced genocide - tend to revolve around precisely genocide's ordinariness, and the structures and situations common to human society which contribute to and become involved in the violence.

Million-Dollar Barrage - American Field Artillery in the Great War (Hardcover): Justin G. Prince Million-Dollar Barrage - American Field Artillery in the Great War (Hardcover)
Justin G. Prince
R1,138 Discovery Miles 11 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

At the beginning of the twentieth century, field artillery was a small, separate, unsupported branch of the U.S. Army. By the end of World War I, it had become the 'King of Battle,' a critical component of American military might. Million-Dollar Barrage tracks this transformation. Offering a detailed account of how American artillery crews trained, changed, adapted, and fought between 1907 and 1923, Justin G. Prince tells the story of the development of modern American field artillery - a tale stretching from the period when field artillery became an independent organization to when it became an equal branch of the U.S. Army. The field artillery entered the Great War as a relatively new branch. It separated from the Coast Artillery in 1907 and established a dedicated training school, the School of Fire at Fort Sill, in 1911. Prince describes the challenges this presented as issues of doctrine, technology, weapons development, and combat training intersected with the problems of a peacetime army with no good industrial base. His account, which draws on a wealth of sources, ranges from debates about U.S. artillery practices relative to those of Europe, to discussions of the training, equipping, and performance of the field artillery branch during the war. Prince follows the field artillery from its plunge into combat in April 1917 as an unprepared organization to its emergence that November as an effective fighting force, with the Meuse-Argonne Offensive proving the pivotal point in the branch's fortunes. Million-Dollar Barrage provides an unprecedented analysis of the ascendance of field artillery as a key factor in the nation's military dominance.

The State, Antisemitism, and Collaboration in the Holocaust - The Borderlands of Romania and the Soviet Union (Hardcover):... The State, Antisemitism, and Collaboration in the Holocaust - The Borderlands of Romania and the Soviet Union (Hardcover)
Diana Dumitru
R2,824 Discovery Miles 28 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Based on original sources, this important book on the Holocaust explores regional variations in civilians' attitudes and behavior toward the Jewish population in Romania and the occupied Soviet Union. Gentiles' willingness to assist Jews was greater in lands that had been under Soviet administration during the inter-war period, while gentiles' willingness to harm Jews occurred more in lands that had been under Romanian administration during the same period. While acknowledging the disasters of Communist rule in the 1920s and 1930s, this work shows the effectiveness of Soviet nationalities policy in the official suppression of antisemitism. This book offers a corrective to the widespread consensus that homogenizes gentile responses throughout Eastern Europe, instead demonstrating that what states did in the interwar period mattered; relations between social groups were not fixed and destined to repeat themselves, but rather fluid and susceptible to change over time.

Wolf - Raider! Three Accounts of the Imperial German Navy Armed Commerce Raider, SMS Wolf, During the First World War-The... Wolf - Raider! Three Accounts of the Imperial German Navy Armed Commerce Raider, SMS Wolf, During the First World War-The Amazing Cruise of the German Raider "Wolf" by A. Donaldson, A Captive on a German Raider by F. G. Trayes & Ten Months in a German Raid (Hardcover)
A. Donaldson, F G Trayes, John Stanley Cameron
R910 Discovery Miles 9 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Portuguese Massacre of Wiriyamu in Colonial Mozambique, 1964-2013 (Hardcover): Mustafah Dhada The Portuguese Massacre of Wiriyamu in Colonial Mozambique, 1964-2013 (Hardcover)
Mustafah Dhada
R4,584 Discovery Miles 45 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

WINNER OF THE 2017 MARTIN A. KLEIN PRIZE In his in-depth and compelling study of perhaps the most famous of Portuguese colonial massacres, Mustafah Dhada explores why the massacre took place, what Wiriyamu was like prior to the massacre, how events unfolded, how we came to know about it and what the impact of the massacre was, particularly for the Portuguese empire. Spanning the period from 1964 to 2013 and complete with a foreword from Peter Pringle, this chronologically arranged book covers the liberation war in Mozambique and uses fieldwork, interviews and archival sources to place the massacre firmly in its historical context. The Portuguese Massacre of Wiriyamu in Colonial Mozambique, 1964-2013 is an important text for anyone interested in the 20th-century history of Africa, European colonialism and the modern history of war.

A Modern History of European Cities - 1815 to the Present (Hardcover): Rosemary Wakeman A Modern History of European Cities - 1815 to the Present (Hardcover)
Rosemary Wakeman
R3,053 Discovery Miles 30 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Rosemary Wakeman's original survey text comprehensively explores modern European urban history from 1815 to the present day. It provides a journey to cities and towns across the continent, in search of the patterns of development that have shaped the urban landscape as indelibly European. The focus is on the built environment, the social and cultural transformations that mark the patterns of continuity and change, and the transition to modern urban society. Including over 60 images that serve to illuminate the analysis, the book examines whether there is a European city, and if so, what are its characteristics? Wakeman offers an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates concepts from cultural and postcolonial studies, as well as urban geography, and provides full coverage of urban society not only in western Europe, but also in eastern and southern Europe, using various cities and city types to inform the discussion. The book provides detailed coverage of the often-neglected urbanization post-1945 which allows us to more clearly understand the modernizing arc Europe has followed over the last two centuries.

Crime, Regulation and Control During the Blitz - Protecting the Population of Bombed Cities (Hardcover): Peter Adey, David J.... Crime, Regulation and Control During the Blitz - Protecting the Population of Bombed Cities (Hardcover)
Peter Adey, David J. Cox, Barry Godfrey
R4,584 Discovery Miles 45 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Crime, Regulation and Control during the Blitz looks at the social effect of bombing on urban centres like Liverpool, Coventry and London, critically examining how the wartime authorities struggled to regulate and control crime and offending during the Blitz. Focusing predominantly on Liverpool, it investigates how the authorities and citizens anticipated the aerial war, and how the State and local authorities proposed to contain and protect a population made unruly, potentially deviant and drawn into a new landscape of criminal regulation. Drawing on a range of contemporary sources, the book throws into relief today's experiences of war and terror, the response in crime and deviancy, and the experience and practices of preparedness in anticipation of terrible threats. The authors reveal how everyday activities became criminalised through wartime regulations and explore how other forms of crime such as looting, theft and drunkenness took on a new and frightening aspect. Crime, Regulation and Control during the Blitz offers a critical contribution to how we understand crime, security, and regulation in both the past and the present.

Denville in World War II (Paperback): Peter Zablocki Denville in World War II (Paperback)
Peter Zablocki
R550 R509 Discovery Miles 5 090 Save R41 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
World War One in Global History 1914 to 1924 - A Brief Calendar of State Practice (Hardcover): Peter Macalister-Smith, Joachim... World War One in Global History 1914 to 1924 - A Brief Calendar of State Practice (Hardcover)
Peter Macalister-Smith, Joachim Schwietzke
R2,494 Discovery Miles 24 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Music of the First World War (Hardcover): Don Tyler Music of the First World War (Hardcover)
Don Tyler
R2,135 Discovery Miles 21 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book discusses WWI-era music in a historical context, explaining music's importance at home and abroad during WWI as well as examining what music was being sung, played, and danced to during the years prior to America's involvement in the Great War. Why was music so important to soldiers abroad during World War I? What role did music-ranging from classical to theater music, rags, and early jazz-play on the American homefront? Music of the First World War explores the tremendous importance of music during the years of the Great War-when communication technologies were extremely limited and music often took the place of connecting directly with loved ones or reminiscing via recorded images. The book's chapters cover music's contribution to the war effort; the variety of war-related songs, popular hits, and top recording artists of the war years; the music of Broadway shows and other theater productions; and important composers and lyricists. The author also explores the development of the fledgling recording industry at this time. Provides an excellent resource for students investigating music during the First World War as well as for adults interested in WWI-era history or music of the pre-twenties Documents the variety of reasons songs were sung by soldiers in wartime-to cheer themselves up, boost courage, poke fun at or stimulate hatred of their enemies, or express grievances or protest against the war or against authority Covers stage music of the WWI era, including music hall (British), vaudeville, revues, operettas, and musicals

James Whitey Bulger - The Last Interviews (Hardcover): James 'Whitey' Bulger James Whitey Bulger - The Last Interviews (Hardcover)
James 'Whitey' Bulger; Michael Esslinger
R1,071 R933 Discovery Miles 9 330 Save R138 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Swans of Ypres (Hardcover): Jeff Hatwell, Elspeth Langford The Swans of Ypres (Hardcover)
Jeff Hatwell, Elspeth Langford; Illustrated by Catherine Gordon
R697 Discovery Miles 6 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Franklin Roosevelt - A Captivating Guide to the Life of FDR (Hardcover): Captivating History Franklin Roosevelt - A Captivating Guide to the Life of FDR (Hardcover)
Captivating History
R704 R620 Discovery Miles 6 200 Save R84 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Foreign Policy in Post-Apartheid South Africa - Security, Diplomacy and Trade (Hardcover): Adekeye Adebajo, Kudrat Virk Foreign Policy in Post-Apartheid South Africa - Security, Diplomacy and Trade (Hardcover)
Adekeye Adebajo, Kudrat Virk
R4,249 Discovery Miles 42 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

South Africa is the most industrialized power in Africa. It was rated the continent's largest economy in 2016 and is the only African member of the G20. It is also the only strategic partner of the EU in Africa. Yet despite being so strategically and economically significant, there is little scholarship that focuses on South Africa as a regional hegemon. This book provides the first comprehensive assessment of South Africa's post-Apartheid foreign policy. Over its 23 chapters - -and with contributions from established Africa, Western, Asian and American scholars, as well as diplomats and analysts - the book examines the current pattern of the country's foreign relations in impressive detail. The geographic and thematic coverage is extensive, including chapters on: the domestic imperatives of South Africa's foreign policy; peace-making; defence and security; bilateral relations in Southern, Central, West, Eastern and North Africa; bilateral relations with the US, China, Britain, France and Japan; the country's key external multilateral relations with the UN; the BRICS economic grouping; the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP); as well as the EU and the World Trade Organization (WTO). An essential resource for researchers, the book will be relevant to the fields of area studies, foreign policy, history, international relations, international law, security studies, political economy and development studies.

Over the Canadian Battlefields - Notes of a Little Journey in France, in March, 1919 (Hardcover): John W Dafoe Over the Canadian Battlefields - Notes of a Little Journey in France, in March, 1919 (Hardcover)
John W Dafoe
R661 R616 Discovery Miles 6 160 Save R45 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
War to War - A Bloodline Continues (Hardcover): Clint Goodwin War to War - A Bloodline Continues (Hardcover)
Clint Goodwin
R966 Discovery Miles 9 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cultural Responses to Occupation in Japan - The Performing Body During and After the Cold War (Hardcover): Adam Broinowski Cultural Responses to Occupation in Japan - The Performing Body During and After the Cold War (Hardcover)
Adam Broinowski
R4,586 Discovery Miles 45 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"Cultural Responses to Occupation in Japan" examines how the performing arts, and the performing body specifically, have shaped and been shaped by the political and historical conditions experienced in Japan during the Cold War and post-Cold War periods. This study of original and secondary materials from the fields of theatre, dance, performance art, film and poetry probes the interrelationship that exists between the body and the nation-state. Important artistic works, such as Ankoku Butoh (dance of darkness) and its subsequent re-interpretation by a leading political performance company Gekidan Kaitaisha (theatre of deconstruction), are analysed using ethnographic, historical and theoretical modes. This approach reveals the nuanced and prolonged effects of military, cultural and political occupation in Japan over a duration of dramatic change."Cultural Responses to Occupation in Japan" explores issues of discrimination, marginality, trauma, memory and the mediation of history in a ground-breaking work that will be of great significance to anyone interested in the symbiosis of culture and conflict.""

Gooney Bird Driver - The stories of WW2 C-47 pilot Joe D. Maguire and the combat missions that led to his honors and awards... Gooney Bird Driver - The stories of WW2 C-47 pilot Joe D. Maguire and the combat missions that led to his honors and awards decades later (Hardcover)
Jon A. Maguire
R922 Discovery Miles 9 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Nazi Card - Nazi Comparisons at the Beginning of the Cold War (Hardcover): Brian Johnson The Nazi Card - Nazi Comparisons at the Beginning of the Cold War (Hardcover)
Brian Johnson
R2,373 Discovery Miles 23 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Cold War began almost immediately after the end of World War II and the defeat of the Nazis in Europe. As images of the Nazis' atrocities became part of American culture's common store, the evil of their old enemy, beyond the Nazis as a wartime opponent, became increasingly important. As America tried to describe the danger represented by the spread of Communism, it fell back on descriptions of Nazism to make the threat plain through comparison. At the heart of the tensions of that era lay the inconsistency of using one kind of evil to describe another. The book addresses this tension in regards to McCarthyism, campaigns to educate the public about Communism, attempts to raise support for wars in Asia, and the rhetoric of civil rights. Each of these political arenas is examined through their use of Nazi analogies in popular, political, and literary culture. The Nazi Card is an invaluable look at the way comparisons to Nazis are used in American culture, the history of those comparisons, and the repercussions of establishing a political definition of evil.

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