This illustrated history describes the clashes between the US against the hastily created Kamikaze units of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy Air Forces, some of the last large scale aerial engagements of the Pacific War. The Japanese High Command realised that the loss of Okinawa would give the Americans a base f...

A Brief Social History of Tuberculosis delves into the history of tuberculosis and its impact on human populations. Drawing on research and expert experiences, the three research chapters (3–5) will explore how the disease has affected communities throughout history, and how society has responded to the threat of tu...

This edited volume delves into the intricate landscape of educational internationalism during the Cold War, providing an in-depth examination of its diverse forms, impulses, and global impacts. Through multilingual archival research, the chapters uncover a variety of experiences that have fostered cross-border excha...

In this book, the authors cover both familiar and unfamiliar themes. One of the principal themes running throughout the book addresses head-on the deficiency in the literature highlighted by Saul Dubow, namely, the question of racism and Smuts’s reluctance to implement ‘native’ policies that may have averted future ...

L'entrée dans la prestigieuse " Bibliothèque des Illustres " du flamboyant et sulfureux marquis de Sade. Le marquis de Sade (1740-1814) est aujourd'hui surtout connu comme l'auteur des livres les plus scandaleux de l'histoire littéraire. Dès ses premiers textes, cet écrivain hors du commun avait voulu s'insérer à l'...

This book is dedicated to MiG-23 ''Flogger'',the first variable-geometry fighter of Soviet Union.The book covers the complete history of that amazing aircraft from the design to various editions and improvements that through the years made it a very capable fighter equal to the Western machines,such as F-4 Phantom i...

In this book, the authors analyse and offer some insights into the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The story is told within the context of its conflicts, with an exploration of the complex and multilayered conflict causes and the attempts to resolve the conflict based on liberal peacebuilding. The...

維京人・北方十字軍・卡爾馬聯盟・瑞典帝國・斯堪地那維亞主義 中立政策・北歐平衡・北歐理事會・黃金60年代・NATO和EU⋯⋯ 【本書特色】 ◎一冊認識北歐，追溯五國如何建立起先進社會。 ◎全書依時間脈絡分成8個章節，各章均附小專欄，介紹維京人、學者、聖女、藝術家與文學家等北歐名人。 ◎隨主題搭配簡易的地圖、好懂的關係簡表與生動插圖，不...

Winner of the 2022 Association for the Study of Japanese Mountain Religion Book Prize Defining Shugendo brings together leading international experts on Japanese mountain asceticism to discuss what has been an essential component of Japanese religions for more than a thousand years. Contributors explore how mountain...

This book critically examines assumptions about age, women, and gender. Amidst all the attention that has been granted to difference and inequality, however uneven and unsatisfactory in terms of class and caste, race and ethnicity, sexuality and gender, disability, religion, and nation, questions of age and its impo...

This expanded and revised sixth edition of The Geography of Transport Systems provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field with a broad overview of its concepts, methods, and areas of application. It explores the spatial aspects of transportation and focuses on how the mobility of passengers and...

The highest scoring aces of any aerial conflict were the Luftwaffe pilots involved in the bloody combats on the Russian Front. The most common fighter used by these pilots was the Bf 109, which was involved in the action from Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, through to the doomed Defence of the Reich in 1945. Unit...

Deslee Campbell's handbook to understanding denial of the Holocaust over the past decades is very timely as right-wing extremism is gaining traction in Europe, especially in Germany, now that memories are fading and all living witnesses to Nazi deeds are passing from this earth, leaving only child-survivors. Dr Camp...

This edited volume explores the role of education in the process of European cooperation and integration as it has been conceived and realized in the late 20th century and the early 21st century, as well as the mirror of this narrative: the effects of the European integration process on education. Through this dual ...

This is an open access book. This OA book contains extensive research on social justice during China’s transition period. Rather than taking a macro-historical approach, or looking at social justice from a philosophical perspective, the book focuses on relevant theories and justice at a meso-level. It looks at the b...

Esta edición digital en formato ePub se ha realizado a partir de una edición impresa digitalizada que forma parte de los fondos de la Biblioteca Nacional de España. El proyecto de creación de ePubs a partir de obras digitalizadas de la BNE pretende enriquecer la oferta de servicios de la Biblioteca Digital Hispánica...