• Rok vydání 2025

Michael Napier describes the naval air power deployed by NATO, Warsaw Pact and neutral countries throughout the Cold War.In…

Reds tells the global history of communism, going beyond the turmoil of the 20th century, and exploring communist ideas,…

Copleston, an Oxford Jesuit and specialist in the history of philosophy, first created his history as an introduction for…

• Rok vydání 2016

To write a good history essay, you need to have a solid understanding of both technique and history as a discipline. In this…

A lavish photographic history that reveals the vital role that the pilots and their aircraft played throughout the course of…

"This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues - its…

"This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues - its…

During the medieval period, people invested heavily in looking good. The finest fashions demanded careful chemistry and…

Tulips and coffee are defining cultural products of the Ottoman eighteenth century, along with their related institutions of…

The discovery of the resting place of the great Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun [Tut.ankh.Amen] in November 1922 by Howard…

The eleventh century marked a turning point in the history of the Byzantine Empire. At its start Byzantium was the paramount…

"This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues - its…

The 18th century was a unique period of global and fundamental change. Britain conquered India and much of America, the…

The Holy Roman Empire covered much of Europe and lasted for over a millennium, but has long been regarded as ineffective and…

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania experienced a sequence of foreign regimes, including Nazism and communism, before recovering…

• Čeština

Rosemary Wakeman's original survey text comprehensively explores modern European urban history from 1815 to the present day.…

The nineteenth century was a time of significant global socioeconomic change, and Persian Jews, like other Iranians, were…

When the Fat Boy atomic bomb was dropped on Dresden on 12 March 1944, it created a second rift, and German scientists…

• Rok vydání 2017

In this key text in the history of art and aesthetics, Karl Rosenkranz shows ugliness to be the negation of beauty without…

There was no representative fascist movement during interwar Europe and there is much to be learned from where fascism…

• Rok vydání 2016

The Middle Ages was a time of great upheaval - the period between the seventh and fourteenth centuries saw great social,…

The Great East Japan Disaster - a compound catastrophe of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown that began on March 11,…

"A comprehensive survey of international affairs from the end of the Second World War, through to the Cold War and up to the…

This concise history gives an account of the political, cultural and social trends in Czechoslovakia from 1945 to 1989. With…

• Rok vydání 2006

Michael Howard's ancestry, part Quaker, part German Jew, made him unpromising material for a commission in the Brigade of…

The Enlightenment raised fundamental questions about what it meant to be human in a truly global world. At the heart of…

Born out of the ashes of World War II, the covert action arm of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was created to counter…

This varied collection of essays represents the differing strands of work currently being undertaken in the exciting new…

Since World War I, Cyprus has played a crucial role in British defence strategy. Panagiotis Dimitrakis here introduces new…

The new Hungarian Basic Law, which was ratified on 1 January 2012, provoked domestic and international controversy. Of…

A History of English Literature has received exceptional reviews. Tracing the development of one of the world's richest…

• Rok vydání 2014

A new edition of the definitive military history of Germany and Austria-Hungary during the First World War Kniha…

• Rok vydání 2021

The definitive history of the river Nile. Kniha 9780755616794 Nile | Terje Tvedt Pevná…

• Rok vydání 2012

"A History of Eastern Europe 1740-1918: Empires, Nations and Modernisation" provides a comprehensive, authoritative account…

• Rok vydání 2027

Drawing on a lifetime’s scholarship, and featuring hundreds of rare photos, this is a revelatory history of the wartime…

• Rok vydání 1994

This revised biography includes new material and extensive reference to literary sources. Professor Hammond's other works…

This is the second volume of the World History of Design, the definitive historical account of global design by pre-eminent…

The American Civil War (1861-65) remains a searing event in the consciousness of the United States. It was one of the…

Auguste Escoffier was the first great star of modern cooking. Acknowledged during his lifetime as the greatest chef in the…

The author draws on textual readings, archaeological and historical data, and epigraphy to determine what may be known about…

• Rok vydání 2018

Fashion History: A Global View proposes a new perspective on fashion history. Arguing that fashion has occurred in cultures…

• Rok vydání 2013

The history of the garden in the Renaissance, traced from the late fourteenth century in Italy to the death of Andre Le…

The Armenian Genocide was one of the greatest atrocities of the twentieth century, an episode in which up to 1.5 million…

"This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues - its…