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"Millard Harmon is the most important airman people don't know. A flyer through and through, it fell to him alone among senior pilots in World War II to command a large Army organization on the fighting front. He remains the shining light for air forces and airmen searching for a command perch of combined and joint operations, if only they'd look to Robert Novotny's fast-paced, insightful, ground-breaking book."Dr. Thomas A. Hughes, Professor of Military History, USAF School of Advanced Air & Space StudiesAuthor of "Overlord: General Pete Quesada and the Triumph of Tactical Air Power in World War II" & "Admiral Bill Halsey: A Naval Life""Millard Harmon should stand with Billy Mitchell and Hap Arnold as a founding father of the USAF. On the cusp of victory in World War II, Harmon's plane disappeared over the Pacific, and history largely forgot him. Novotny's first-rate biography rights this wrong."Dr. Richard R. Muller, Professor of Military History, USAF School of Advanced Air & Space StudiesAuthor of "The German Air War in Russia" & "The Luftwaffe Over Germany: Defense of the Reich"

Two young women, from different small countries, courted opposite ideological sympathies. Their family background in each case encouraged a particular stance. Severely though their ideas were held, they were nothing compared with the personal regard they had for each other.The large issues of the day ultimately compelled them to adopt the citizenship of a neighbouring country. The warfare in which they were involved led to their separate recruitment in contrasting naval and air force services that threatened an end to their relationship.Perhaps the time had come for them to go their independent ways.Over four years of distinguished service followed for both. During this time both women achieved exceptional notice in being among the first women to take the places of men. But adversities took their ultimate toll.

Call Me Lola is a moving photo essay by the acclaimed Israeli-American lens-based artist and documentarian Loli Kantor. For over twenty years, she combed through the family archives of her Polish-born father, a doctor and political activist. At the center of her work is her mother, Lola, who died in childbirth: a woman who manifests herself principally through images and stories rather than direct memories. The family documents and photographs that retrace the artist's personal history are shown alongside new camera-based works, resulting in a deeply subjective reflection on the most significant upheavals of the twentieth century: war and displacement, love and loss, trauma and grief. LOLI KANTOR (*1952) is an Israeli-American photographer whose work centers on personal and cultural memory. She lives and works in Fort Worth, Texas.

Ein Gottesstaat, Deutschland? Sein Gott Christus versprach ihm das Ewige Leben, »zu richten die zwölf Stämme Israels«! Volksverhetzung, oder nur neutestamentlicher Antisemitismus? SPD-Bundespräsident Steinmeier legte in Israel als Erstes einen Kranz am Grab des PLO-Terrorchefs Arafat nieder. Luther forderte, »ihre Synagogen niederzubrennen«. Auch nach dem Massaker der Gaza-Hamas schwinden im Volk und der deutschen Staatspolitik die Sympathien für Israel wieder ¿ etwa, weil die Deutschen ihre 170-jährige Besatzungsgeschichte im Lande zu ignorieren vermögen? DER SPIEGEL rechnet in einer der über 90 dokumentarischen Fußnoten dieses Sachbuchs vor, dass der Staat den kirchlichen Einrichtungen 73 Mrd. Euro jährlich gewährt ¿ zum Vergleich: der gesamte Bundeshaushalt 2024 beträgt knapp 477 Mrd. Euro! Das zweite große Ausgabenfeld des Staates betrifft die Front gegen den anderen archetypischen Gegner Deutschlands. Doch dazu gibt die Presse zu bedenken: »Hat Russland die Krim annektiert? Nein. Waren das Referendum auf der Krim und deren Abspaltung von der Ukraine völkerrechtswidrig? Nein ¿ Schon diese Überlegung sollte den freihändigen Umgang mit dem Prädikat ¿Annexion¿ ein wenig disziplinieren.« MEIN GOTTESSTAAT ermutigt, Fragen zu stellen, z. B. ob der NATO-Austritt der USA nicht vielleicht ein Frieden bringender Segen sein könnte, der Fakten wieder den Vorzug vor Glauben gibt? Versprechen nicht allein schon die Befreiung vom christlichen Glauben an die Münchner Un-Sicherheitskonferenz, die Lügen von Bidens NATO-Kirche, ihre IN GOD WE TRUST-Kriege und ¿geglaubten¿ Soros-Wahrheiten wieder eine Wahrnehmung von Fakten? Und von Zusammenhängen? Waren es nicht die Bundesregierung unter Lutherpfarrerstochter Merkel, ihre CDU Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und ihre christlich-demokratische Europäische Volkspartei EVP im Europäischen Parlament, die laut SPIEGEL-Informationen Klitschko »gezielt zum neuen starken Mann in Kiew aufbauen« wollten ¿ um »so den gewachsenen Einfluss des Kreml (zu) kontern?« Also eine klar ¿völkerrechtswidrige¿ Einmischung in die inneren Angelegenheiten eines Staates im Sinne des ¿Interventionsverbots¿, dem Grundprinzip des Völkerrechts berhaupt? Kam es nicht deshalb zum blutigen Massaker auf dem Maidan mit - heute, am 24.02.2024, vor 10 Jahren - Beginn des Ukrainekrieges 2014? Oft sogar gut gemeinte gottesstaatliche Propaganda aus christlich-demokratischer-Ampel-Sicht wird oft einfach ¿geglaubt¿, ohne dass Fakten eine Rolle spielen. Beispiel: »Gerade die Tatsache, dass wir bereit sind, NATO-Truppen nicht über das Territorium der Bundesrepublik hinaus zu stationieren, gibt der Sowjetunion feste Sicherheitsgarantien.« (Zitat: NATO-Generalsekretär Manfred Wörner, 17. Mai 1990, s. NATO.int »The very fact«) Warum kann heute von vermeintlich seriösen Politikern oder Wissenschaftlern in Diskussionsrunden öffentlich-rechtlicher Medien deutscher Nation ¿ vorsätzlich falsch ¿ behauptet werden, o. g. »feste Sicherheitsgarantien» habe es nie gegeben, wenn sie doch für jede Menschenseele der Welt auf der offiziellen NATO Website nachzulesen sind? Der Grund dafür mag im ¿Glauben¿ liegen, den man diesen Lügen entgegenbringt. Ein deutscher Glaube, der sich archetypisch nach fast tausend Jahren Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation und der wohl antisemitischsten Volksverhetzung der Weltgeschichte durch Volkstribun Martin Luther in die Volksseele eingebrannt hat? Ohne den wahren Geist »fester Sicherheitsgarantien» seitens der NATO wären 1990 die Zwei-plus-Vier-Verhandlungen um die Deutsche Wiedervereinigung wohl nicht einmal aufgenommen worden.

Accompanying her parents to Berlin in the 1930s, Martha Dodd knew almost nothing about Adolf Hitler or the Nazis. Yet almost overnight, she stepped into the spotlight, and found herself at the over-heated centre of Hitler's 'New Germany', befriending and dating several high-ranking Nazis, including the then-head of the Gestapo.An affair with a dashing Russian diplomat saw her recruited as a spy, and so began a long and tumultuous career in both Berlin and America, including infiltrating First Lady Eleanor Rooevelt's inner circle and playing a key role in Henry Wallace's disastrous 1948 presidential campaign.Betrayed by a Hollywood-hustler-turned-double-agent, Martha spent years under deep FBI surveillance - escaping twice - and went to ground in Cold War Prague, sad, lonely, rich and bored, living out her final decades in a Communist Sunset Boulevard.Largely forgotten, Martha Dodd began emerging as an iconic historical figure in the early 2000s. While her scandalous behaviour and pro-Soviet leanings were never much in dispute, the actual matter of her guilt remained unresolved. Using recently released KGB archived information and FBI files, in Traitor's Odyssey, author and journalist Brendan McNally corrects this, telling the full epic of Martha Dodd's life for the first time, casting her in a new and bright light.

Aus Anlaß des 80. Geburtstags von Johannes Koder (*1942) bringen Freunde, Wegbegleiter, Schüler und Kollegen diese Festschrift dar, deren Beiträge sich inhaltlich auf jene Forschungsinteressen des Jubilars beziehen, die er als Professor für Byzantinistik an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (1978-1985) und ordentlicher Professor der Byzantinistik an der Universität Wien (1985-2010) stets mit großem Eifer, Enthusiasmus und Originalität in Lehre und Forschung vertreten hat. Dazu zählen im wesentlichen Aspekte der historischen Geographie, Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Archäologie, Gräzistik und Philologie sowie Hymnologie des Byzantinischen Reiches, womit er die Beitragenden aus dem In- und Ausland während seiner aktiven Laufbahn auf verschiedene Art und Weise inspirierte.Aus diesem Grunde finden sich in diesem Band archäologische, toponomastische, historische, philologische, historisch-geographische und kunsthistorische Themen. Vom wachen schöpferischen Geist Johannes Koders zeugt auch seine Beschäftigung mit vermeintlichen "Randthemen" der Byzantinistik und Balkanforschung, wie zum Beispiel dem Kordax - dem "Tanz der Slawen", der für die Festschrift namensgebend ist.

THE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED THE OSCAR WINNING FILMAmidst the horrors of Auschwitz, German officer, Angelus Thomsen, has found love. But unfortunately for Thomsen, the object of his affection is already married to his camp commandant, Paul Doll.As Thomsen and Doll's wife pursue their passion - the gears of Nazi Germany's Final Solution grinding around them - Doll is riven by suspicion. With his dignity in disrepute and his reputation on the line, Doll must take matters into his own hands and bring order back to the chaos that reigns around him.'It is exceptionally brave.... Shakespearean.... It's exciting; it's alive; it's more than slightly mad. As the title suggests, it is dreadfully interesting.' Sunday Times

A group portrait of six of the finest historians of the First World War

The invasion by Allied forces on the coast of Normandy on June 6, 1944, was the culmination of a great deal of planning and cooperation between the allied forces, countries, and individual branches of the service. It resulted in the largest seaborne invasion in world history. It is unlikely we will see it's like again.Many authors have written books and biographies about the bravery and sacrifices made on that day, particularly the carnage at Omaha Beach. This book, written to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, is not about that day, but covers the period of dusk from June 5th to dawn of June 6th, 1944.This book is my tribute to those from both sides of the Atlantic who came together to ensure the world was freed from a great tyranny. There are no fictional characters in 'The Long Night'. Other authors and historians have received written accounts from survivors of 'The great Crusade', who have provided much of the information. In the 70s, I had the good fortune of visiting Normandy and Pegasus Bridge. I spoke to locals who were there and had vivid memories of that night. Friendships forged between the French people and their liberators lasted a lifetime.

With Germany in the World, award-winning historian David Blackbourn radically revises conventional narratives of German history, demonstrating the existence of a distinctly German presence in the world centuries before its unification-and revealing a national identity far more complicated than previously imagined. Blackbourn traces Germany's evolution from the loosely bound Holy Roman Empire of 1500 to a sprawling colonial power to a twenty-first-century beacon of democracy. Viewed through a global lens, familiar landmarks of German history-the Reformation, the Revolution of 1848, the Nazi regime-are transformed, while others are unearthed and explored, as Blackbourn reveals Germany's leading role in creating modern universities and its sinister involvement in slave-trade economies. A global history for a global age, Germany in the World is a bold and original account that upends the idea that a nation's history should be written as though it took place entirely within that nation's borders.

Civilian contractors have frequently played an important role in American military operations. George Washington hired civilians to haul the Continental Army's equipment; supply vendors followed the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. Indeed, today's military recognizes the use of civilian contractors as a force multiplier in stabilization efforts. Although sometimes expensive, contractors are capable of supplying immediate expertise and manpower much more rapidly than the military can grow subject matter experts. With the establishment of the modern state as the primary organization responsible for the protection of its citizens and territory, the relationship or covenant between the state and its citizens, has remain fairly constant; to assure the peace, the population relied on the state to protect them and in exchange for this safeguard, the population relinquished some of their personal autonomy for that of a larger governing body. This association has remained the primary relationship for hundreds of years, whereby the people provided the state with the resources it needs to provide for the common defense, and the state held on to the monopoly as the single authority entitled to wage war. Modern events have irrevocable and indelibly altered that relationship. The best kind of war, (if in fact they exist), are those that are quick, brutal and decisive. The best kind of war addresses an immediate threat that leaves no doubt who the enemy is, what their objectives are, and what it will take to defeat them. The best kind of war strikes the enemy with the brutality of overwhelming firepower thus leaving them weak, confused, disorganized and vulnerable. The best kind of war is decisive with no doubt about the outcome, or who the victor is.

Through meticulous research and compelling analysis, this book unravels the insidious politicization of intelligence under Ulbricht's regime. Witness accounts clash with Stasi reports, revealing a stark disparity between the reality of East German sentiments and the distorted narrative peddled to the politburo. As labor unrest simmered beneath the surface, the regime's reliance on manipulated intelligence proved catastrophic.The narrative climaxes with the June 17, 1953 uprising - a pivotal moment in East German history. Amidst the enthusiasm of a million citizens rising against oppression, the fragility of Ulbricht's regime is laid bare. "Over the Wall" lays bare the extent of Ulbricht's manipulation and its profound impact on the tumultuous events of 1953, offering a chilling reminder of the dangers of wielding truth as a weapon.

Dieses Heft behandelt die Organisation, Uniformierung und Ausrüstung der sächsischen Linieninfanterie. Durch die hohen Materialverluste im Feldzug von 1806 sind die Folgejahre geprägt durch Improvisation, Neubeschaffung, Austausch und Uneinheitlichkeit. Eingegangen wird auch auf die Feldzüge, Reglements, Fahnen und Märsche. Das Heft basiert den Originalakten des Hauptstaatsarchivs Dresden.

Die hier erstmals in Farbe publizierte Berner Bilderhandschrift mit 200 Zeichnungen zeigt zur Hälfte eidgenössische Milizen, zur anderen Hälfte Angehörige der Hauptarmee der Verbündeten (Österreicher, Russen, Preußen und Bayern) sowie Schweizer Soldaten in fremden Diensten, französische, britische, spanische, italienische und sardische Truppen aus der Zeit des Marsches der Verbündeten durch die Schweiz (um 1813/14).Eine Einführung in den Kontext der Entstehung der Bilderhandschrift, ein Vergleich mit anderen zeitgenössischen Bilderserien, eine Analyse der Zeichnungen sowie eine Dislokation der eidgenössischen Grenzsicherungstruppen Ende 1813 ergänzen diese Edition.

THE TRUTH BEHIND THE SPECTACLE… THE STORY THAT STUNNED THE WORLD. These may be the only remains of a gladiator ever found. The evidence that they were female not only made history but changed it, giving a new understanding of the role of women in Roman society. Was it really possible for a woman to have embraced masculine virtues and acquired masculine skills-and to have been encouraged to revel in the blood-and-death spectacle of gladiatorial combat? Gladiatrix enters this startling new world for the first time. It also unearths the inspirations for these warrior women of Rome-the legend of the Amazons and the true story of Boudica, the Warrior Queen who almost brought the Roman Empire to its knees. And it recreates the startling life of a female outcast who lived and died like no other, to became history's most remarkable sister-in-arms.

Beginning with a gripping account of one of the most decisive naval battles in history-the 1905 battle of Tsushima between the Japanese and Russians-and ending with the sophisticated missile engagements of the Falklands and in the Persian Gulf, naval historian Ronald Spector explores every facet of the past one hundred years of naval warfare. Drawing from more than one hundred diaries, memoirs, letters, and interviews, this is, above all, a masterful narrative of the human side of combat at sea-real stories told from the point of view of the sailors who experienced it. Exhaustively researched and fascinating in detail, At War at Sea is a monumental history of the men, the ships, and the battles fought on the high seas. "Superb . . . Spector's account provides evocative and fresh perspectives on cultures, technologies and innovations that influenced sailors' lives and shaped naval warfare." (The San Diego Union-Tribune) "Monumental . . . Many books have recorded the history of the United States Navy, but few have meshed that history with that of all other major navies-an unusual comparative technique that brings into often startling relief the virtues and flaws of our own navy." (The Washington Post)"

Marine general Tony Zinni was known as the "Warrior Diplomat" during his nearly forty years of service. His credentials as a soldier were impeccable, whether he was leading troops in Vietnam, commanding hair-raising rescue operations in Somalia, or - as Commander in Chief of CENTCOM - directing strikes against Iraq and Al Qaeda. But it was as a peacemaker that he made just as great a mark - conducting dangerous troubleshooting missions all over Africa, Asia, and Europe, and then serving as Secretary of State Colin Powell's special envoy to the Middle East, before disagreements over the 2003 Iraq war and its probable aftermath caused him to resign." Battle Ready follows the evolution of both General Zinni and the Marine Corps, from the cauldron of Vietnam through the operational revolution of the '70s and '80s, to the new realities of the post-Cold War, post-9/11 military - a military with a radically different tools for accomplishing it. Opinions differ sharply about just what that job and those tools should be - and General Zinni makes it clear where he stands.

From the evacuation of Saigon in 1975 to the end of the twentieth century, the United States committed its forces to more than a dozen military operations. Offering a fresh analysis of the Iranian hostage rescue attempt, the invasions of Granada and Panama, the first Gulf War, the missions in Somalia and Bosnia, and more, author and distinguished U.S. naval captain Peter Huchthausen presents a detailed history of each military engagement through eyewitness accounts, exhaustive research, and his unique insider perspective as an intelligence expert. This timely and riveting military history is "a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the nature of war today" (Stephen Trent Smith).

The fierce, bloody battles of Bataan and Corregidor in the Philippines are legendary in the annals of World War II. Those who survived faced the horrors of life as prisoners ofthe Japanese.In Conduct Under Fire, John A. Glusman chronicles these events through the eyes of his father, Murray, and three fellow navy doctors captured on Corregidor in May 1942. Here are the dramatic stories of the fall of Bataan, the siege of "the Rock," and the daily struggles to tend the sick, wounded, and dying during some of the heaviest bombardments of World War II. Here also is the desperate war doctors and corpsmen waged against disease and starvation amid an enemy that viewed surrender as a disgrace. To survive, the POWs functioned as a family. But the ties that bind couldn't protect them from a ruthless counteroffensive waged by American submarines or from the B-29 raids that burned Japan's major cities to the ground. Based on extensive interviews with American, British, Australian, and Japanese veterans, as well as diaries, letters, and war crimes testimony, this is a harrowing account of a brutal clash of cultures, of a race war that escalated into total war.Like Flags of Our Fathers and Ghost Soldiers, Conduct Under Fire is a story of bravery on the battlefield and ingenuity behind barbed wire, one that reveals the long shadow the war cast on the lives of those who fought it.

True tales of life and death as told by those who fought in the briny depths. From the undersea warfare of World War II through the Cold War stand-offs in the deep to the cutting-edge technology of the modern U.S. Navy, submarines have evolved into the front line of our nation's defense at sea. And the men who sail them have become heroes above and below the waves. These are their stories. Compiled from interviews and recollections from submarine veterans and accompanied by detailed photos and illustrations of both man and machine at work, Sub is a gripping chronicle of undersea warfare as told by those who know firsthand what it means to drop through the hull of a boat, to sink into the dark, freezing waters of the deep-and to have death never more than one torpedo away.

Dieses Buch widmet sich der Analyse der bisher veröffentlichten Lagerkorrespondenz, sowohl der offiziellen als auch der inoffiziellen, die in Form von Sammelausgaben oder einzelnen Briefen vorliegt. Die Autorin betont dabei die hauptsächlich dokumentarische Bedeutung dieser Korrespondenz, die sich auf den Zeitraum von 1939¿1945 erstreckt. Die untersuchten Briefe wurden von polnischen Gefangenen in verschiedenen europäischen Konzentrationslagern verfasst und fungieren primär als wertvolle soziologische Quelle. Mit besonderem Augenmerk auf hermeneutische Methoden hat die Autorin diese Briefe vor allem für Philologen aufbereitet. Das zentrale Anliegen dieser Publikation besteht darin, den Lagergefangenenbrief in seinen theoretischen und praktischen Facetten zu durchleuchten und systematisch zu erfassen. Es scheint, dass der ethische Stellenwert dieser Briefe, der in den Studien zum Erbe des Zweiten Weltkriegs häufig noch unterschätzt wird, von besonderer Bedeutung ist.

Diese Broschüre geht der Frage, wie Hitler an die Macht kam, auf regionaler Ebene nach: Wie verlief dieser Prozess in Hameln? Bernhard Gelderblom berichtet von dem brutalen Vorgehen der Nationalsozialisten. Nachdem ihnen die Macht übergeben worden war, ist es ihnen in kürzester Zeit gelungen, ihre politischen Gegner auszuschalten. Opfer waren nicht nur Politiker von KPD oder SPD und jüdische Bürger, sondern auch Menschen aus dem konservativ-bürgerlichen Lager. Verblendet und in einem nationalen Rausch, der von den Nationalsozialisten mit Fackelmärschen und groß inszenierten Feierlichkeiten befördert wurde, fand das rücksichtslose Vorgehen der neuen Machthaber die Zustimmung großer Teile der Bevölkerung.

Il 31 dicembre del 2001 sono state definitivamente abolite le prefetture del Venezuela. Si trattava di istituzioni regolamentate da una legge anticostituzionale, ingiusta e immorale: la legge dei vagabondi e dei malviventi. I prefetti erano autorizzati a ordinare l'arresto di una persona fino a 72 ore, o a farla rinchiudere a tempo indeterminato in terribili case di reclusione, senza alcun ordine giudiziario previo.Questa legge era stata ereditata dall'ultima dittatura che c'era stata in Venezuela, quella del Generale Marcos Pérez Jiménez, ed era stata quasi del tutto copiata da una simile che c'era in Spagna durante il franchismo.Secondo tale legge, tutti coloro che non avevano un lavoro noto potevano essere considerati vagabondi o malviventi, ed essere sanzionati dai prefetti. Perfino gli omosessuali venivano considerati in questo modo.Per quanto i fondamenti giuridici ed etici di questa legge fossero assurdi, essa era ancora in vigore, e i funzionari incaricati di applicarla non potevano rifiutarsi di farlo. Finché era in vigore, i prefetti erano obbligati ad applicarla e farla rispettare.Purtroppo o per fortuna, il destino ha voluto che fossi uno di quegli ultimi prefetti.Questi sono i racconti di alcuni dei casi più sorprendenti che mi sono trovato ad affrontare.

S.O.A. Books is proud to present this new reprinted edition of the classic early WWII text Sniping, Scouting and Patrolling. This reprint has been created from a scarce original from S.O.A. Books' own reference library. This historically significant guide, first published in 1940 by Gale & Polden Ltd, in the UK has been meticulously reproduced to offer enthusiasts, scholars, and tacticians alike a glimpse into the rigorous and detailed world of military sniping, scouting, and patrolling as taught to British and commonwealth recce specialists, snipers, special operations and Home Guard during the Second World War.Crafted for both instructors and students, this manual encapsulates the strategic depth and practical expertise developed in the crucible of World War I and honed with the advent the more modern technology and strategies of World War II. It covers the gamut of sniping from the selection and use of equipment, the principles of camouflage and observation, to the organisation and execution of scouting and patrolling missions. This reprint maintains the original's integrity, including its page count, photographs, line drawings, and diagrams, ensuring readers gain both the knowledge and the feel of these specialised tactics, techniques and procedures from the era.Communicating basics which are still as relevant to today's soldier as they were to the soldier of the Second World War, Sniping, Scouting and Patrolling goes way beyond mere marksmanship, delving into the psychology and strategy of sniping, scouting, and recce patrolling. It offers a comprehensive look at how to utilise the terrain, how to remain invisible to the enemy while gathering crucial intelligence, and the importance of making every shot count. This manual is a testament to the sniper's role in disrupting the enemy's momentum and routines, emphasising the sniper's duty to remain always on the offensive and the impact of precision and stealth on the outcome of engagements.S.O.A. Books is proud to bring this invaluable resource back into print, offering a bridge between the hard-won lessons of the past and the challenges of the present. This edition is an indispensable resource for those interested in military history, tactics, fieldcraft, and the evolution of combat strategy. Whether you are a historian, a military enthusiast, or someone intrigued by the nuts and bolts of the "how-to" of these types of operations, this modern reprint of Sniping, Scouting and Patrolling is an essential addition to your library.

The Diary of Miriam Green, wife of William Green, Chief Engineer at Gibraltar, and later Chief Engineer of Great Britain, is a primary source of information on life at Gibraltar during the great siege. There are reports on the privations faced by the inhabitants, the continuing social life (such as it was), hints at difficulties and discontents with General Eliott, the Governor and Commander. There is information on two different outbreaks of smallpox, in the second of which hundreds of children died, with the Governor refusing to allow inoculations against the infection. There are accounts of duels between young officers "to settle an Idle business, merely the Effect of their being Young Men". The most curious event recorded is the case of Colonel Ross, who grossly insulted General Boyd, the Lieutenant Governor and Colonel of the 39th Regiment, in front of the Regiment and while it was being reviewed. Ross was Lieut.-Colonel of the same regiment.

Libros, comics, peliculas y series de grande éxito han contribuído a poner en primer plano los antiguos vikingos, 'los hombres del norte'. Difícil, entre tanto y variegado material, distinguir entre realidad y ficción. Vikingos. Entre la historia y la leyenda, es un volúmen fácil que, fuentes en mano, contribuye a desmontar falsos mitos y leyendas sobre un pueblo que configuró - y sigue configurando - la cultura occidental, mostrando las facetas de una sociedad compleja tan como el ánimo humano.