In seinem SPIEGEL-Bestseller zeichnet der Moskau-Korrespondent der ZEIT Michael Thumann auf atemberaubende Weise den Absturz Russlands in eine zunehmend totalitäre Diktatur und den Weg in Putins imperialistischen Krieg aus nächster Nähe nach. Das Motiv des Diktators und seiner Getreuen: Revanche zu nehmen für die de...

This open access book sheds light on collective practices of remembering, imagining and anticipating in relation to recent acts of urban terrorism in Europe. Analysing a range of personal and collective responses to urban terrorism in contemporary Europe, this book shows that current debates on this issue are shaped...

Merriam Press World War 2 In Review Series. 2023 eBook Edition This issue provides coverage of the B-24 Liberator bomber. The B-24 was used in World War II by several Allied air forces and navies, and by every branch of the American armed forces during the war, attaining a distinguished war record with its operation...

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 ...

從古波斯到現代伊朗，一個「心智的帝國」如何誕生？ 本書內容綱舉目張，文字流暢易讀， 是一部難以替代的伊朗通史 也是在西方主調之外，認識今日複雜世界情勢的快速入門 　　伊朗是熱門的新聞名詞，卻又是我們極為陌生的國度。它在媒體上經常呈現為一個充滿敵意且難以親近的國家。但在這些頭條新聞的背後，其實隱藏著一個引人入勝的故事，這...

香港向來被譽為「美食之都」，百多年來各式各樣、不同層次的佳餚美食，甚至珍饈百味、西洋食品等，都能夠在香港品嚐到。由大小茶樓、小館、大牌檔的點心、小菜、粥粉麵飯，燒臘店的「斬料」燒味，餅店的新鮮麵包餅食，茶室的西式食物、飲料、雪糕，街邊小販的小食及糖水，私房菜館的蛇羹、香肉，酒家的「滿漢全席」，以至米舖、茶葉莊、酒莊...

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...

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...

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...

Alexander McKee and Simon Girty were colonial British Indian agents who preferred to remain loyal to the government which had long employed them when the colonies decided to sever connections with the motherland. While serving at Fort Pitt as Pennsylvania Militia officers, McKee and Girty were suspected of being inv...

Winner of the New South Wales Premier's History Award and one of the New York Times' ten best books of 1999. In this searching and eloquent book, Inga Clendinnen explores the experience of the Holocaust from both the victims' and the perpetrators' points of view. She discusses the remarkable survivor testimonies of ...

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 volume brings together specialists from a broad demographic and professional range – academics, museum curators, students, and content creators – to discuss case studies, challenges, and potential future avenues for public scholarship on the history, archaeology, and cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, North...

〓 Explore the Foundations of Western Philosophy! 〓 Delve into the profound insights of Plato's "The Republic", a timeless philosophical masterpiece that has shaped intellectual thought for centuries. This eBook presents an in-depth exploration of justice, governance, and the ideal society, making it an essential r...

Merriam Press World War 2 In Review Series 2023 eBook Edition Coverage of these six American tanks of World War II and the pre-war period, including service, prototype, test and experimental models of these vehicles: (1) Six-ton Tank M1917 (2) Tank Mark VIII (3) Christie Tank Designs (4) Marmon-Herrington CTLS Light...

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...