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British Women and the Spanish Civil War (Hardcover): Angela Jackson British Women and the Spanish Civil War (Hardcover)
Angela Jackson
R3,933 Discovery Miles 39 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Through oral and written narratives, this book examines the interaction between women and the war in Spain, their motivation, the distinctive form of their involvment and the effect of the war on their individual lives. These themes are related to wider issues, such as the nature of memory and the role of women within the public sphere. The extent to which women engaged with this cause surpasses by far other instances of female mobilization in peace-time Britain. Such a phenomenon therefore can offer lessons to those who would wish to encourage a greater degree of interest amongst women in political activities today.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203219597

The Hitler Years ~ Disaster 1940-1945 (Paperback): Frank McDonough The Hitler Years ~ Disaster 1940-1945 (Paperback)
Frank McDonough
R380 R313 Discovery Miles 3 130 Save R67 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'The Hitler Years ~ Disaster and its companion volume, The Hitler Years ~ Triumph, are not just informative on a nearly encyclopaedic level, they are well-researched, well-structured, and well-written. What's more, they are relevant and challenging. Through questioning the myths that still exist, they encourage the reader to think in a new way, not just about the past, but about the present and the future' Get History At the beginning of 1940 Germany was at the pinnacle of its power. By May 1945 Hitler was dead and Germany had suffered a disastrous defeat. Hitler had failed to achieve his aim of making Germany a super power and had left her people to cope with the endless shame of the Holocaust. In The Hitler Years ~ Disaster 1940-1945, Professor Frank McDonough charts the dramatic change of fortune for the Third Reich, and challenges long-held accounts of the Holocaust and Germany's ultimate defeat. Despite Hitler's grand ambitions and the successful early stages of the Third Reich's advances into Europe, Frank McDonough argues that Germany was only ever a middle-ranking power and never truly stood a chance against the combined forces of the Allies. Praise for Frank McDonough: 'Superbly scholarly and just as readable' DAN SNOW 'McDonough has provided fascinating insights into the experiences of Germans in a fickle and frightening world' THE TIMES, on THE GESTAPO

Roman Religion in Valerius Maximus (Hardcover): Hans-Friedrich Mueller Roman Religion in Valerius Maximus (Hardcover)
Hans-Friedrich Mueller
R3,918 Discovery Miles 39 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Valerius Maximus was an indefatigable collector of historical anecdotes illustrating vice and virtue. His Memorable Deeds and Sayings are unparalleled as a source for the opinions of Romans in the early empire on a vast range of subjects.
Mueller focuses on what Valerius can tell us about contemporary Roman attitudes to religion, attacking several orthodoxies along the way. He argues that Roman religion could be deeply emotional. That it was possible to believe passionately in the divinity of the emperor - even when, like Tiberius, he was still alive - and that Rome's gods and religious rituals had an important role in fostering conventional morality.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203463269

Gender and Holiness - Men, Women and Saints in Late Medieval Europe (Hardcover): Sam Riches, Sarah Salih Gender and Holiness - Men, Women and Saints in Late Medieval Europe (Hardcover)
Sam Riches, Sarah Salih
R3,913 Discovery Miles 39 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


This collection brings together two flourishing areas of medieval scholarship: gender and religion. It examines gender-specific religious practices and contends that the pursuit of holiness can destabilise binary gender itself. Though saints may be classified as masculine or feminine, holiness may also cut across gender divisions and demand a break from normally gendered behaviour. This work of interdisciplinary cultural history includes contributions from historians, art historians and literary critics and will be of interest not only to medievalists, but also to students of religion and gender in any period.

Christians in Al-Andalus 711-1000 (Hardcover, annotated edition): Ann Rosemary Christys Christians in Al-Andalus 711-1000 (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Ann Rosemary Christys
R3,920 Discovery Miles 39 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Our current image of the Christian population of al-Andalus after AD711 reflects the way her history was written by Muslim historians. This book reconsiders these Christians through their own words, both in Latin and Arabic, allowing a fresh perspective on their history that integrates it into the history of Europe in the Early Middle Ages.

German Capital Ships and Raiders in World War II - Volume I: From Graf Spee to Bismarck, 1939-1941 (Hardcover): Eric Grove German Capital Ships and Raiders in World War II - Volume I: From Graf Spee to Bismarck, 1939-1941 (Hardcover)
Eric Grove; Foreword by The First Sea Lord
R3,923 Discovery Miles 39 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is a compendium of seven Naval Staff Histories which deals with operations by major German surface units as follows: the destruction of the pocket battleship Graf Spee, by three Royal Navy light cruisers off the River Plate; the hunt for the Bismark; the Battle of the North Cape when Scharnhorst was sunk by HMS Duke of York in a snowy, night action; the escape of the Gneisenau and the Scharnhorst up the English Channel through British defences in the Channel Dash; the series of attacks on Tirpitz by aircraft carriers; long-range bombers and midget submarines in her Norwegian lair; and the predations of disguised merchant raiders such as the notorious Pinguin.

Greek Drama and Dramatists (Hardcover): Alan H. Sommerstein Greek Drama and Dramatists (Hardcover)
Alan H. Sommerstein
R3,914 Discovery Miles 39 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The history of European drama began at the festivals of Dionysus in ancient Athens, where tragedy, satyr-drama and comedy were performed. Understanding this background is vital for students of classical, literary and theatrical subjects, and Alan H. Sommerstein's accessible study is the ideal introduction.
The book begins by looking at the social and theatrical contexts and different characteristics of the three genres of ancient Greek drama. It then examines the five main dramatists whose works survive - Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes and Menander - discussing their styles, techniques and ideas, and giving short synopses of all their extant plays.

Understanding the Cold War - A Historian's Personal Reflections (Paperback, 2nd edition): Adam B. Ulam Understanding the Cold War - A Historian's Personal Reflections (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Adam B. Ulam
R1,374 Discovery Miles 13 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Understanding the Cold War" is the story of a man and an epoch. Its telling moves between detailed personal history and an Olympian assessment of the origins, significant events, and outcome of the Cold War. Professor Ulam describes his hometown, family, and early education, as well as his departure, with his brother, for the U.S. just days before the Nazi invasion of Poland would have trapped them. Then follows reminiscences of his college and Harvard years, all rich with anecdote and insight, and his thoughts as an acknowledged expert on Soviet affairs. The volume offers basic antidotes to simplistic explanations. Whether discussing the Kirov assassination or the Moscow Trials of the so-called Trotskyist Bloc, or the nationalist basis of disputes between China and Russia during the Vietnam War period, Ulam avoids the sensational and the speculative in favor of the the empirical and the evidentiary.
The core segments of the work review the Cold War from the belly of the Stalinist and later post-Stalinist communist system. And in a section entitled "The Beginning of the End," Ulam discusses the Gorbachev interregnum and the early years of the transition from communism to democracy. He well appreciates how the ease of the transition does not betoken a simple movement to the democratic camp. In contemplating the changing nature of the new political configuration, one could hardly have a better guide to clarity and authenticity than Adam Ulam.
Reviewing "Understanding the Cold War," Stephen Kotkin, director of Princeton's Russian Studies Program, observed ..".And whereas some celebrated analysts, such as John Maynard Keynes, had dismissed Marxism as 'illogical and dull, ' Ulam highlighted the doctrine's intricacy and comprehensiveness, which, he argued, explained its attraction not just to peasants, but also to intellectuals."
"There is really only one legitimate measure of an autobiography, and that is its ability to bring the author to life for the reader, giving a sense of who the person was and what it must have been like to have known him or her. On that score, Adam Ulam's "Understand the Cold War"] succeed on every level. To spend time with this book is to spend time with Adam himself. ... Adam Ulam's autobiography stands on its own, giving a clear picture of both the man and his career and displaying his analytical prowess and pe4rsonal charm in abundance." -Thomas P. M. Barnett, "Project Muse"
Adam B. Ulam (1922-2000) taught at Harvard University from 1947 until his retirement in 1992. He was Gurney Professor of History and Political Science, and twice director of the Russian Research Center. He was the author of 19 books, including "Prophets and Conspirators in pre-Revolutionary Russia" (published by Transaction), "Stalin: The Man and His Era, Lenin and the Bolsheviks, The Unfinished Revolution, Philosophical Foundations of English Socialism," and a political novel: "The Kirov Affair."
Paul Hollander is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Massachusettes, Amherst, and a fellow of the David Center for Russian Studies at Harvard University. His books include "Soviet and American Society, Political Pilgrims, The Survival of the Adversary Culture," and "Anti-Americanism."

France and the Algerian War, 1954-1962 - Strategy, Operations and Diplomacy (Paperback, illustrated edition): Martin S.... France and the Algerian War, 1954-1962 - Strategy, Operations and Diplomacy (Paperback, illustrated edition)
Martin S. Alexander, J. F. V. Keiger
R1,854 Discovery Miles 18 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The French Army's war in Algeria has always aroused passions. This book does not whitewash the atrocities committed by both sides; rather it focuses on the conflict itself, a perspective assisted by the French republic's official admission in 1999 that what happened in Algeria was indeed a war.

The Modern Cultural Myth of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Jonathan Theodore The Modern Cultural Myth of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Jonathan Theodore
R3,532 Discovery Miles 35 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book investigates the `decline and fall' of Rome as perceived and imagined in aspects of British and American culture and thought from the late nineteenth through the early twenty-first centuries. It explores the ways in which writers, filmmakers and the media have conceptualized this process and the parallels they have drawn, deliberately or unconsciously, to their contemporary world. Jonathan Theodore argues that the decline and fall of Rome is no straightforward historical fact, but a `myth' in terms coined by Claude Levi-Strauss, meaning not a `falsehood' but a complex social and ideological construct. Instead, it represents the fears of European and American thinkers as they confront the perceived instability and pitfalls of the civilization to which they belonged. The material gathered in this book illustrates the value of this idea as a spatiotemporal concept, rather than a historical event - a narrative with its own unique moral purpose.

The War in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina 1991-1995 (Hardcover): Branka Magas, Ivo Zanic The War in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina 1991-1995 (Hardcover)
Branka Magas, Ivo Zanic
R4,533 Discovery Miles 45 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This work provides an understanding of the wars in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. These two interdependent wars were the greatest armed conflicts in Europe in the second half of the 20th century. This work provides an analysis of their successes and failures.

Hellenistic and Roman Sparta - A Regional History 1300-362 BC (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Paul Cartledge Hellenistic and Roman Sparta - A Regional History 1300-362 BC (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Paul Cartledge
R3,938 Discovery Miles 39 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Sparta is one of the best-documented states of ancient Greece. Its political and social systems have fascinated and perplexed generations of classical scholars, as well as having a powerful influence on European civilization to this day. In this fully revised and updated edition of his groundbreaking study, Paul Cartledge uncovers the realities behind the potent myth of Sparta.
The book explores both the city-state of Sparta and the territory of Lakonia which it unified and exploited. Combining the more traditional written sources with archaeological and environmental perspectives, its coverage extends from the apogee of Mycenaean culture, to Sparta's crucial defeat at the battle of Mantinea in 362 BC.

The Hundred Years War (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Robin Neillands The Hundred Years War (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Robin Neillands
R3,932 Discovery Miles 39 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The Hundred Years War is a lively survey, re-creating the vigour of this turbulent epoch stretching from 1152 to 1453. The Hundred Years War was the longest war in European history, a war which brought fundamental change in two medieval societies, and ushered in the Renaissance.
The story of the conflict, its causes, battles, political struggles and consequences are told with colour and detail. This revised edition brings the scholarship on the conflict up to date and adds a new postscript examining the armies of the era.

The Rise of Universities - Charles Homer Haskins (Paperback, New Ed): Charles Homer Haskins The Rise of Universities - Charles Homer Haskins (Paperback, New Ed)
Charles Homer Haskins
R1,347 Discovery Miles 13 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

At the time of its publication in 1923, Charles Homer Haskins' The Rise of Universities was considered remarkable for its erudition, succinctness, and balance. The historian Theodor Mommsen described it as "a work which has remained unsurpassed in the conciseness and vividness of its account." Eight decades after its appearance, it remains fresh and informative. It has not been surpassed, and is as invaluable as ever.

Haskins traces the rise of the mediaeval university as one phase of the intellectual awakening in Europe in the late Middle Ages, in an effort to broaden our understanding of "the ancient and universal company of scholars." In the depth and breadth of its analysis, there is no better portrait of universities during their infancy in the Middle Ages. With great detail and precision, Haskins describes the university's curriculum, teaching, teachers, and students. Drawing deeply on his knowledge as one of the leading mediaeval scholars of his day, he provides an exceptionally vivid picture of student life of the time, through his analysis of their manuals, letters, and poetry. The Rise of Universities goes far beyond its central subject to offer a broad description of the social conditions in which universities took root and flourished. At the same time, one cannot read Haskins without seeing the influences of the mediaeval university on contemporary institutions of higher learning. The Rise of Universities reminds us that the university has not only been a crucible fostering intellectual inquiry and creativity, but continues after eight hundred years to be a center of teaching and learning.

In his new introduction, Lionel S. Lewis develops Haskins' passing observationthat "the university of the twentieth century is the lineal descendant of mediaeval Paris and Bologna, " and considers the question of why universities came into being at the particular time in history when they did. The Rise of the Universities will be of interest to educators and students who wish to better understand the institutions in which they have lived, taught, and been taught.

Crusade and Conversion on the Baltic Frontier 1150-1500 (Hardcover, New edition): Alan V. Murray Crusade and Conversion on the Baltic Frontier 1150-1500 (Hardcover, New edition)
Alan V. Murray
R4,508 Discovery Miles 45 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume represents a major contribution to the history of the Northern Crusades and the Christianization of the Baltic lands in the Middle Ages, from the beginnings of the Catholic mission to the time of the Reformation. The subjects treated range from discussions of the ideology and practice of crusade and conversion, through studies of the motivation of the crusading countries (Denmark, Sweden and Germany) and the effects of the crusades on the countries of the eastern Baltic coast (Finland, Estonia, Livonia, Prussia and Lithuania), to analyses of the literature and historiography of the crusade. It brings together essays from both established and younger scholars from the western tradition with those from the modern Baltic countries and Russia, and presents in English some of the fruits of the first decade of historical scholarship and dialogue after the collapse of the Iron Curtain. The depth of treatment, diversity of approaches, and accompanying bibliography of publications make this collection a major resource for the teaching of the Baltic Crusades.

The Reluctant Imperialists - British Foreign Policy 1878-1902 (Hardcover): C.J. Lowe The Reluctant Imperialists - British Foreign Policy 1878-1902 (Hardcover)
C.J. Lowe
R5,363 Discovery Miles 53 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First Published in 2001. The Reluctant Imperialists, British Foreign Policy 1878-1902 Volume II focuses on the documents whose purpose is less to define what policy was than to give students some idea of the dialogue that lay behind it.

From Sadowa To Sarajevo     V6 (Hardcover): Bridge From Sadowa To Sarajevo V6 (Hardcover)
Bridge
R8,913 Discovery Miles 89 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Ital Foreign Pol 1870-1940  V8 (Hardcover): Lowe & Marzari Ital Foreign Pol 1870-1940 V8 (Hardcover)
Lowe & Marzari
R5,395 Discovery Miles 53 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Foreign Pol France 1914-45  V7 - The Foreign Policy of France from 1914 to 1915 (Hardcover): Nere Foreign Pol France 1914-45 V7 - The Foreign Policy of France from 1914 to 1915 (Hardcover)
Nere
R5,991 Discovery Miles 59 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2001. This is Volume VII of the Foreign Policies of the Great Powers eleven part series and focuses on on the policies of France from 1914 to 1945. It includes sections on French diplomacy of the War 1914 to 18, the Peace Settlement, from Versailles to the Ruhr and the Dawes Plan, the Franco-Italian Rapprochement, the Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance and the policies around the beginning of the next War.

The Third Reich - Politics and Propaganda (Hardcover, 2nd edition): David Welch The Third Reich - Politics and Propaganda (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
David Welch
R4,071 Discovery Miles 40 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The Third Reich: Politics and Propaganda re-appraises one of the most closely studied issues in European history - the appeal of the Nazi party and analyses the reasons behind the remarkable and sustained success of National Socialism in Germany. David Welch challenges previously held assumptions about the effectiveness of Nazi Propaganda, summarizes the major current debates and argues that in order to be successful, propaganda must preach to the partially converted.
This second edition brings the book up to date with a revised introduction and postscript to reflect the historiographical debates of the 1990s. It includes new material on many topics such as:
* continuities and discontinuities between Weimar and the Third Reich
* the medium of radio
* the 'Hitler myth'
* Nazi targeting of specific classes and social groups
* racial purity.

Charles de Gaulle (Paperback): Andrew Knapp Charles de Gaulle (Paperback)
Andrew Knapp
R1,092 Discovery Miles 10 920 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In this new biography, Andrew Knapp concisely dissects each of the major controversies surrounding General Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French during the Second World War and President of France from 1959 to 1969. From the beginning of de Gaulle's military career in 1909 to an analysis of legacies and myths after his death in 1970, this study examines the path by which the French came to honour him as the greatest Frenchman of all time, and as the twentieth century's pre-eminent world statesman. In each chapter, Knapp analyses de Gaulle's participation in key events such as the development of France's resistance against Nazi Germany, the decolonisation of Algeria, the birth of the French Fifth Republic, and the gigantic upheaval of May 1968. Simultaneously, this study questions de Gaulle's actions and motives throughout his life. By exploring the justification of the contemporary 'de Gaulle myth', Knapp concludes by shedding new light on the influence of de Gaulle in the political culture of twenty-first-century France. Through careful analysis of primary sources as well as recent scholarship, this biography is an invaluable source for scholars and students of modern history, the history of France, political institutions, and international relations.

The Roman World (Paperback, Reissue): John Wacher The Roman World (Paperback, Reissue)
John Wacher
R2,492 R1,515 Discovery Miles 15 150 Save R977 (39%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days


When originally published in 1987, this book was hailed as a landmark in the study of the Roman World. Now back in print with a new preface by the author, it is still the most comprehensive survey of the Roman World available. Ranging from the founding of Rome in the eighth century BC, and throughout the Empire and beyond this book will continue to be an essential resource on the subject for many years to come.

Captured Soviet Generals - The Fate of Soviet Generals Captured in Combat 1941-45 (Hardcover): A.A. Maslov Captured Soviet Generals - The Fate of Soviet Generals Captured in Combat 1941-45 (Hardcover)
A.A. Maslov
R3,934 Discovery Miles 39 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This, the second book in Alexander A. Maslov's planned trilogy regarding the tragic fate of Red Army general officers who fell victim to the Second World War, is perhaps the most depressing. In it Maslov relates the fate of those generals who fell into German captivity. After relating the grisly circumstances of their ordeal in German prisoner-of-war camps, Maslov tells the sordid tale of how an ungrateful state condemned for treason against their homeland many of those who had served it loyally both in combat and in German prisoner-of-war camps. By exploiting unprecedented archival materials, Maslov demonstrates how Stalin and Soviet security organs condemned and shot many of the returnee-generals, most on trumped-up charges, in part as scapegoats for the real crimes committed by Stalin and the Soviet military leadership during the tragic initial period of the war. Coincidentally, Maslov once again presents a unique glimpse of the social history of the pre-war and wartime Red Army general officer corps.

Eating on the Move from the Eighteenth Century to the Present (Hardcover): Stefano Magagnoli, Peter Scholliers, Peter J.... Eating on the Move from the Eighteenth Century to the Present (Hardcover)
Stefano Magagnoli, Peter Scholliers, Peter J. Atkins, Rita d'Errico
R4,052 Discovery Miles 40 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book focuses on food and meals consumed during travel since the transport revolution and examines the ways in which the introduction of new forms of transport (propelled by steam and petrol engines), not only affected the way people travel but also led to a transformation in the way we eat. Eating on board a train is different from eating on a ship, and the same is true for other forms of transport. Such differences are not simply a question of quality or variations of menu, a unique history has defined each of these different situations, a history which is still largely to be studied. This volume contains contributions from a mix of established food historians and young researchers. Social and economic history overlap with cultural history approaches, and forays into the fields of linguistics and art, confirm that the field of Food History, and more generally Food Studies, are by definition a fields of transdisciplinary and border research. This volume will be of interest for scholars within the field of food history, food studies and food culture, as well as social and cultural historians dealing with industrialization or social policy.

The Nazi Germany Sourcebook - An Anthology of Texts (Hardcover): Roderick Stackelberg, Sally A. Winkle The Nazi Germany Sourcebook - An Anthology of Texts (Hardcover)
Roderick Stackelberg, Sally A. Winkle
R3,670 Discovery Miles 36 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The Nazi Germany Sourcebook is an exciting new collection of documents on the origins, rise, course and consequences of National Socialism, the Third Reich, the Second World War, and the Holocaust. Packed full of both official and private papers from the perspectives of perpetrators and victims, these sources offer a revealing insight into why Nazism came into being, its extraordinary popularity in the 1930s, how it affected the lives of people, and what it means to us today.
This carefully edited series of 148 documents, drawn from 1850 to 2000, covers the pre-history and aftermath of Nazism. Organised into seven chapters, The Nazi Germany Sourcebook focuses on key areas of study, helping students to understand and critically evaluate this extraordinary historical episode:
* the ideological roots of Nazism, and World War I
* the Weimar Republic
* the consolidation of Nazi power
* Hitler's motives, aims and preparation for war
* World War II
* the Holocaust
* the Cold War and recent historical debates.

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