The essential resource on military and political strategy and the making of the modern world The New Makers of Modern Strategy is the next generation of the definitive work on strategy and the key figures who have shaped the theory and practice of war and statecraft throughout the centuries. Featuring entirely new e...

La Première Guerre mondiale a été appelée « la guerre qui mettrait fin à toutes les guerres »... ce ne fut pas le cas. Dans ce récit concis de la Première Guerre mondiale, nous examinons les raisons de son déclenchement, les réactions qu'elle a suscitées et, finalement, la mort de ceux qui ont consenti le plus grand...

This book studies how the complex relationship between music, the avant-garde, and counterculture challenges all sorts of boundaries. By exploring the avant-garde as a thoughtful inquiry into experimentation, creativity, and originality, we bring to the fore the "invisible republics" of culture, the ephemeral, the s...

本书对秦汉至魏晋南北朝时期中国官僚政治制度的发展历程，对官僚政治在夏商周时代的萌发，秦汉时代的蓬勃发展，魏晋南北朝时期的混乱衰弊进行了追源溯流，且脉络清晰的叙述。

This open access book offers a new approach to understandings of welfare in modern Britain. Foregrounding the agency individuals and groups claimed through experiential expertise, it traces deep connections between personal experience, welfare, and activism across diverse settings in modern Britain. The experiential...

Translation und Subversion: Wie hängt beides zusammen? Das ist die Leitfrage dieses Sammelbands, der methodische Orientierungen und historische Studien zur Frühen Neuzeit in unterschiedlichen geographischen Settings und interlingualen Konstellationen vom 16. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert bietet. Translationswissenschaft, ...

General Dan McCoy was born in 1841, at the time of the Civil War started he rushed at the chance to enlist. This book will cover his rise through the ranks, stories of battle, combat, and his personal life.

This open access book argues that Japan-ROK security relations were formed in the process of adjusting the threat perception gap and policy conflict between the two countries. Conventional analyses using a “cooperation or conflict” dichotomy are too limited to capture the complex coordination of interests that secur...

The modern age of naval warfare began with the combination of steam power, iron warships, and modern artillery, which launched an intense period of international competition. Tracing naval warfare from the 1860s into the future, noted historian Jeremy Black provides a dynamic account of strategy and warfare worldwid...

The history of the 54 aces who flew Spitfires over Burma, India and Australia, with first-hand accounts and full-colour artwork revealing how this much-loved plane changed the fortunes of the Allied forces against the Japanese Army Air Force. The arrival of the Spitfire in Burma came at a crucial time as the RAF str...

A historiografia brasileira, de forma geral, tem negligenciado a real abrangência das documentações propostas e analisadas por Afonso de Taunay. Neste livro, Karina Anhezini preenche essa significativa lacuna: recupera aquela documentação, localiza e critica os usos dados das informações e nos oferece uma obra abran...

Kein Land Asiens erscheint faszinierender als Japan. Das Inselreich hat nicht nur eine einzigartige Kultur und Ästhetik hervorgebracht, es blickt auch auf eine lange Geschichte zurück. Wolfgang Schwentker erzählt auf dem neuesten Forschungsstand die Geschichte Japans von der Ur- und Frühzeit bis in die Gegenwart. Se...

I sitt förord skriver Ragnar Östberg helt ödmjukt: "Det är icke omöjligt; att dessa anteckningar kunna väcka ett visst intresse, ackompanjerade som de äro av bilder, vilka ofta tillåta läsaren att bortse från texten. Denna börjar och slutar med en arkitektsspurt. Mellan dessa båda moment försiggå de händelser inom a...

Why are some things cute, and others not? What happens to our brains when we see something cute? And how did cuteness go global, from Hello Kitty to Disney characters? Cuteness is an area where culture and biology get tangled up. Seeing a cute animal triggers some of the most powerful psychological instincts we have...

〓 Unlock the timeless wisdom of Seneca in "Letters from a Stoic," a collection of profound insights and practical advice that transcends the ages. 〓 This classic work offers a deep dive into the Stoic philosophy, providing readers with a guide to living a balanced, meaningful, and fulfilling life. 〓✨ 〓♂️ From m...

This unique collection of contemporary combat accounts provides a primary source insight into the reality of artillery operations on the Eastern Front. Mobile, rail and towed artillery are all considered in this fascinating compilation. This book is part of the 'Hitler's War Machine' series, a new military history r...