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Renowned philosopher Leszek Kolakowski was one of the first
scholars to reveal both the shortcomings and the dangers posed by
communist regimes. He now presents, for the first time in one
paperback volume, his definitive Main Currents of Marxism: "A
prophetic work," according to the Library of Congress, that
provides "the most lucid and comprehensive history of the origins,
structure, and posthumous development of the system of thought that
had the greatest impact on the 20th century."
In the first part of the book, Professor Kolb provides a clear
historical narrative of the political, social, economic and
cultural developments of the Weimar Republic, setting it within the
international context of the inter-war period. In the second part
he surveys and analyses scholarly research in the field which sheds
light on the problems and controversies of the period in home and
foreign affairs. This text, therefore, provides an excellent
introduction to the history of the Weimar Republic and a guide to
the state of research for more advanced students.
The book contains a detailed chronology and an extensive and
up-to-date bibilography, divided by subject, which includes recent
English-language studies of the period and translation of German
works.
In the first part of the book, Professor Kolb provides a clear
historical narrative of the political, social, economic and
cultural developments of the Weimar Republic, setting it within the
international context of the inter-war period. In the second part
he surveys and analyses scholarly research in the field which sheds
light on the problems and controversies of the period in home and
foreign affairs. This text, therefore, provides an excellent
introduction to the history of the Weimar Republic and a guide to
the state of research for more advanced students.
The book contains a detailed chronology and an extensive and
up-to-date bibilography, divided by subject, which includes recent
English-language studies of the period and translation of German
works.
This series, edited by Professor d'Hulst, is a definitive
multi-volumed catalogue raisonne of the work of the great Flemish
painter Peter Paul Rubens. Part III provides sixty-seven
outstanding examples of Rubens's gift as a narrator, bearing
witness to the fertility of his imagination, the accuracy of his
drawings, and the inspired skill of his brushwork. Each work is
considered in light of the best scholarship, with full provenances
for the originals and the copies, a record of exhibitions in which
they have been shown, as well as the literature in which they have
been discussed. Everything catalogued is also illustrated with
additional comparative illustrations."
This is the second in the ten-volume "Germany and the Second World
War" series. Under the auspices of the Militargeschichtliches
Forschungsamt (Research Institute for Military History), a team of
historians has combined a full synthesis of existing material with
the latest research to produce what they hope will be a definitive
history of the Second World War. This volume surveys the first year
of the war deliberately begun by Nazi Germany. The authors examine
the train of interconnected political and military events, and set
military operations against the background of Hitler's war policy
and general aims, both immediate and long term. Their analysis,
based on detailed scholarly research, is underpinned by a full
apparatus of maps, diagrams and tables. The conflict took a course
quite different from that which Hitler had intended, but
nevertheless resulted in a series of conquests for the Third Reich.
At the same time, the establishment of hegemony on the European
continent confronted the aggressor with new problems. ;The work
should appeal to scholars and students of 20th-century history,
social, political, economic and military historians and those
interested in the Second World
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