動盪頻仍的年代「新冷戰」成形，印太地區急速升溫。 在這場如同巨型拼圖的世局當中，本書為讀者補上最後一片， 看似朦朧未明的──共產主義的落日餘暉。 新秩序已然成形，出於舊秩序的歷史經驗，是否仍有效ーー能反映當下世界局勢？ 透過回顧當代最具代表性的共產政體，注視集權國家集團如何形成、因何散去？ ーー此問題可以關乎一國存亡，也關...

ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned ...

Between Brexit, efforts to ‘Make America great again’, and ongoing appeals for patriotic consumption to boost economies, the intersection between national identity, marketing campaigns, and consumer choices has been brought to the fore. This book maps out this terrain and provides a framework for how research on ‘Ma...

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...

This unusual book explores the historical assumptions at work in the style of literary criticism that came to dominate English studies in the twentieth century. Stefan Collini shows how the work of critics renowned for their close attention to 'the words on the page' was in practice bound up with claims about the na...

After the Second World War, the Allies vowed to hunt Nazi war criminals “to the ends of the earth.” Yet many slipped awayーor were shielded by the West, in exchange for cooperation in the unfolding confrontation with Communism. Reinhard Gehlen, founder of West German foreign intelligence, welcomed SS operatives into...

This open access book includes forty-one chapters about foreign observers’ discourses on Japan. These include a wide range of perspectives from the travelogues of curious visitors to academic theses by scholars, which offer us a broad spectrum of contents, reflecting a variety of attitudes toward Japan. The works we...

Erotic Medievalisms is about the liberatory potential of sexualities, particularly as they relate to medieval histories and modern pleasures. Each of the texts analyzed within subvert norms rooted in medieval cultures or assumptions about the "real" Middle Ages, constructing queer histories that blur the lines betwe...

Dont fight a battle if you dont gain anything by winning.General Erwin RommelA fascinating account of a deadly combination: the supreme German weapon of war in the hands of the finest military tacticians of last century.Illustrated throughout with full coverage of all the German tanks, tank battles and campaigns in ...

This open access book demonstrates that, while occupation has been used to treat the mentally disordered since the early nineteenth century, approaches to its use have varied across different countries and in different time periods. Comparing how occupation was used in French and English mental institutions between ...

Эта книга - мемуары невероятного человека, который прожил не менее невероятную жизнь! "Все события, люди, эпоха, победы, боль и радость, о которых я рассказываю вам, дорогие мои, в этой книге - истинная правда. Написать воспоминания меня вдохновили дети и внуки, которые, как я заметил, всегда с интересом слушали мои...

Granville Wood and Lodoska Cummings are buried with their family in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Nashua, New Hampshire. Here is a small glimpse of their lives.

In 2020, a group of European researchers got a European Union (EU) grant to do a project called TRANSFORM. The objective of TRANSFORM was to integrate the principle of responsible research and innovation (RRI) into the research and innovation policies of three European regions: Lombardy, Brussels, and Catalonia. Thi...

Connected Histories of India and Southeast Asia unravels the fascinating history of cultural interactions, of outstanding and universal significance, between India and Southeast Asia, with special emphasis on artistic expressions. India's connections with Southeast Asian countries, namely, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesi...

　　明代開國之初，明太祖仿照儒家經典「木鐸教民」之制，由里老人手持木鐸，沿路宣誦聖諭六言：「孝順父母，尊敬長上，和睦鄉里，教訓子孫，各安生理，毋作非為」，藉此勸民為善、教化百姓。嘉靖以後，因鄉約制度盛行，改為定期集會宣講六諭，是為明代地方社會施行教化的總綱，可見明代社會對於道徳教育的高度重視。 　　《聖訓演》成書於嘉...

This Open Access book describes the history of the relationship between the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), the heir to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), and the United States Navy (US Navy), with a focus on the individuals who helped build it. Former enemies who fought fiercely on the seas and in the air...