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Édouard Chavannes1, né à Lyon le 5 octobre 1865 et mort à Paris le 29 janvier 1918, est un archéologue et sinologue français. Grand expert de l'histoire de la Chine et des religions chinoises, il est connu pour sa traduction de la plus grande partie du Shiji (¿¿ / ¿¿, Sh¿jì) de Sima Qian, qui est la première traduction de cet ouvrage dans une langue européenne.Érudit prolifique et influent, Chavannes fut l¿un des sinologues les plus accomplis de l¿ère moderne et, malgré son décès relativement précoce en 1918 à l'âge de 52 ans, est le digne successeur des grands noms de la sinologie française du xixe siècle, tels que Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat et Stanislas Julien. C'est en grande partie grâce à son travail que la sinologie est devenue une discipline respectée au sein des sciences humaines françaises. "Édouard Chavannes est mort le mardi 29 janvier 1918, enlevé dans la force de l¿âge, en pleine activité scientifique ; sa perte est la plus cruelle que pouvaient subir les études chinoises dans lesquelles il occupait le premier rang aussi bien à l¿étranger qüen France.Emmanuel-Édouard Chavannes est né le 5 octobre 1865 à Lyon , d¿une excellente famille originaire de Charmoisy, hameau de la paroisse d¿Orsier, situé à deux lieues au sud de Thonon , dans le Chablais. La religion réformée fut introduite dans cette région, en 1536, par les Bernois ; à la fin du siècle, Charles-Emmanuel de Savoie expulsa les protestants et il est probable que parmi eux se trouvait Bernard Chavannes, qui aborda à Territet, dans la paroisse de Montreux , en 1602 et fut admis à la naturalisation le 3 décembre 1618 par Niclaus Manuel, bailli de Vevey et capitaine de Chillon ; Bernard, ancêtre de la famille, périt misérablement écrasé par une avalanche ; il avait épousé Suzanne Prost de Genève, qui lui donna un fils André, dont descendent les membres actuels de la famille."

" Les grands naturalistes se distinguent de la foule des savants estimables voués l¿étude des êtres organisés par un en- semble de qualités qui, toujours isolées et incomplètes chez le plus grand nombre, se trouvent réunies et concentrées dans le génie de ces grands hommes. Le talent d¿observation, l¿absence d¿idées préconçues, la méfiance de soi-même, la patience, la sincérité, caractérisent le naturaliste ordinaire: les grandes vues, l¿esprit de comparaison et de généralisation, le pouvoir de se dégager des conceptions dogmatiques antérieures, l¿application de nouvelles méthodes d¿investigation, lui font défaut ; ses travaux agrandissent les domaines de la Zoologie, de la Botanique ou de la Paléontologie, mais ils n¿embrassent pas l¿ensemble des êtres organisés et ne modifient en rien la philosophie de la science. Les heureux novateurs dont la mémoire se rattache à l¿inauguration des grandes phases que l¿histoire naturelle a traversées, résumaient au contraire en eux toutes les qualités dont la combinaison est seule capable de la transformer. Tels furent Aristote, Linnée, Lamarck, Cuvier, les Jussieu, Robert Brown, Jean Müller et Alexandre de Humboldt. Tous se montrèrent à la fois des observateurs exacts et de hardis généralisateurs, tous découvrirent et signalèrent des horizons lointains, peine entrevus par leurs prédécesseurs."

Als eine der großen Veteranenorganisationen und rechte Sammlungsbewegung war der "Stahlhelm - Bund der Frontsoldaten" ein bedeutender politischer Akteur der Weimarer Republik. Er stand in einem äußerst ambivalenten Verhältnis zum aufstrebenden Nationalsozialismus. Einerseits konkurrierten sie um die Vorherrschaft innerhalb des nationalen Lagers, andererseits erkannten beide Seiten den Nutzen einer Kooperation. Insbesondere den einfachen Stahlhelm-Mitgliedern erschien die NS-Bewegung als attraktive Alternative, die ihre Ziele zu erreichen schien. Die Konkurrenz steigerte sich 1931/32 zur erbitterten Feindschaft. Nach der Eingliederung eines Großteils der Bundesmitglieder in die SA im Jahr 1933 sah sich der Rest-Bund immer heftigeren Repressalien ausgesetzt, bevor er 1935 aufgelöst wurde. 1951 neu gegründet, konnte er nicht an seine früheren Erfolge anknüpfen. Mehrere Spaltungen beschleunigten den Niedergang der Organisation.

Wenn Wände sprechen könnten, wüssten wir, was sich in der einstigen Döblinger Präsidentenvilla, im Palais Trautson, im Kriegsministerium am Stubenring, in der Herrengasse, im Winterpalais des Prinzen Eugen, am Ballhausplatz, in verborgenen Winkeln des Parlaments, in traditionsreichen Parteizentralen und staatlichen Schlössern rund um Wien alles abspielte. Denn wo Macht und Menschen zusammenkommen, sind kuriose Persönlichkeiten ebenso nah wie große Skandale, absurde Intrigen, revolutionärer Elan und schicksalhafte Begegnungen.Mit Manfred Matzka, der Österreichs politischen Betrieb von innen kennt wie wenig andere, blicken wir nun durch Schlüssellöcher und durch verhängte Fenster hinter die Architektur der Macht - und begegnen jenen oft ganz speziellen Charakteren, die von hier aus mal besser, mal schlechter gewaltet und geschaltet haben. In diesem Buch kommen Geschichten an das Licht der Öffentlichkeit, die es in der Regel nicht tun: fundiert recherchierte, spannende und erhellende Einblicke hinter die Fassaden der Macht in Österreich, Zusammenhänge und Analysen, wie man sie bislang kaum kannte.

Numerous books on the topic of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been published hitherto. Yet, no one has written about the fire and atomic bombings in the context of the U.S. justification of the crime of indiscriminate bombings and its relationship to Japan¿s political exploitation of the atomic bombing to cover up Hirohitös war responsibility. Further, no one has analyzed the fundamental contradiction in Japan¿s peace constitution between the concealment of Hirohitös war crimes and the responsibility of the U.S. Readers will learn how Japanese and U.S. official war memories were crafted to justify their respective wartime performances, exposing the flaws and failing of present-day democracy in Japan and the U.S. This book also explores how Japanese people could potentially create a truly powerful cultural memory of war, utilizing various forms of artwork including Japan¿s traditional performing art, Noh. It should appeal to many readers¿historians (both modern American and Japanese history specialists), constitutional scholars, students, peace and anti-nuclear activists, intellectuals as well as general readers.¿Japanese historian Yuki Tanaka presents here his life work on the grand subjects of Japanese war responsibility, the US-Japan relationship, US and Japanese war crimes and the emperor system. Matching meticulous archival research with personal and political advocacy, he concludes by calling upon Japanese and American civil society to confront the present-day Japanese state and inter-state system as a fundamentally flawed, seven-decade long design of obfuscation, concealment, and manipulation. It is also, he argues, increasingly precarious. Tanakäs radical, wide-ranging thesis deserves to be read.¿¿Gavan McCormack, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University¿This fascinating book caps decades of careful thinking about why nominally democratic Japan seems so undemocratic and so trapped in self-destructive foreign policies today. The author zeros in on postwar Japanese and American government collaborations to explain this phenomenon, including joint evasion of responsibility for bombing civilians during World War II, when, ironically, they themselves were bitter enemies. This is a genuinely thought-provoking contribution with many arresting observations based on little-known research about such topics as the emperor¿s place in the postwar Japanese political system, the 1945 surrender decision, Japan¿s history of empire, and the politics of nuclear weapons in postwar Japan.¿¿Laura Hein, the Harold H. and Virginia Anderson Professor of History, Northwestern University, USA

This book is a combination of thoughts and feelings that have been placed on paper in different forms and on a couple of pages by other individuals, veterans that have written a feeling and posted it online from short stories to different forms of attempts at poetry, including attempts at writing the Japanese Haiku style of poetry.I have covered a wide range of subjects from military days to family, depths of depression, the world, and nature. It is an attempt to reach inside and bring forward the ideas that make me happy, sad, depressed, and angry. In these writings, I am able to express myself without opening the old wounds that will always be there. The writing of these stories does not make the memories or pain go away. It helps to deal with and handle my feelings better, with less anger and pain.The stories and poems are my attempt to explain the feelings that are buried deep inside. By bringing them to light, I am freeing my soul while explaining my mind. It is also my attempt to provide an outreach for others to try by digging into their own mind and giving them the peace of releasing their inner feelings without hurting themselves or others, even to just keep a small journal of their feelings and a diary that is theirs's, filled with stories, poems, or even jokes.

Flavius Josephus' "Geschichte des jüdischen Krieges" ist ein Meisterwerk der antiken Geschichtsschreibung. In diesem Buch beschreibt Josephus den jüdischen Aufstand gegen die römische Herrschaft, der im Jahr 66 n.Chr. begann und in einem blutigen Krieg endete.Josephus, der selbst am Aufstand teilgenommen hatte, gibt in seinem Werk einen detaillierten Einblick in die politischen und militärischen Ereignisse dieser Zeit. Er beschreibt die Ursachen des Aufstands, die Belagerung von Jerusalem und den Fall des Tempels im Jahr 70 n.Chr.Doch Josephus' Werk ist mehr als nur eine militärische Chronik. Es ist auch ein Zeugnis der jüdischen Kultur und Religion, das uns Einblicke in das Leben der Menschen zu dieser Zeit gibt. Josephus beschreibt die politischen und religiösen Konflikte, die den Aufstand ausgelöst haben, und erzählt von den Schicksalen der Menschen, die in diesem Krieg ihr Leben verloren haben."Die Geschichte des jüdischen Krieges" ist ein faszinierendes Werk, das uns die Geschichte des antiken Nahen Ostens auf eine einzigartige Weise näherbringt.

**A Telegraph Best History Book 2023 and Spectator Book of the Year**The inspirational story of the ordinary people who forged the documents that saved thousands of Jewish lives in World War Two.'Powerful ... gripping ... inspiring' JONATHAN DIMBLEBYBetween 1940 and 1943, a small group of Polish diplomats and Jewish activists in Switzerland engaged in a wholly remarkable - and until now, almost completely unknown - humanitarian operation. Under the leadership of the Polish Ambassador, Aleksander Lados, they undertook a systematic programme of forging identity documents for Latin American countries, which were then smuggled into German-occupied Europe to save the lives of thousands of Jews facing extermination in the Holocaust.The Lados operation was one of the largest rescue missions of the entire war, and The Forgers tells this extraordinary story for the first time. We follow the desperate bids of Jews to obtain these life-saving documents, and their painful uncertainty over whether they will be granted protection from the Nazis' murderous fury. And we witness the quiet heroism of those who decided to act in an attempt to save thousands of lives.'Fascinating' The Times'Remarkable' Sunday Times'As gripping as it is moving' JULIA BOYD'An astonishing book' KATJA HOYER

Genocidal Conscription identifies a previously underexamined method by which two states, the Ottoman Empire in World War One and Axis-era Hungary during World War Two, used conscription - mandatory military service - to commit genocide under the guise of war. The book addresses implications and analyzes contemporary issues in authoritarian regimes.

The true story of a German agent sent to the United States during World War I to launch a terror campaign of sabotage and murder, and the American counterintelligence effort that led to his capture. Full of drama and intrigue, with master spies and double agents, diabolical sabotage devices, secret codes, and invisible ink, Agent of the Iron Cross is the first detailed account of this legendary espionage operation.

This book is a comprehensive analysis of the various social science approaches to explaining and interpreting war, peace and the military. Its central aim is to trace and reconstruct those basic assumptions constructed and 'thought processes' undertaken by modern social sciences in their research and conceptualization of military violence and the use of force. In addition to such reconstruction, the aim is also to enquire into the preconditions of such thought. This study therefore eschews the development of an explicit 'strategy' (in the sense of a research strategy), but instead is much more concerned with thinking about its subject matter by means of re-thinking and reflecting upon different theoretical approaches and problems. The investigation includes a critical reexamination of the tradition of military-sociological research from the beginning of modern sociology to late-twentieth century theoretical approaches regarding the security-focused and/or war-driven aspects ofmodern society.

REVOLUTIONEN IN DEUTSCHLAND - DAS NEUE BUCH VON HEINRICH AUGUST WINKLER Als die Franzosen im Juli 1789 das Symbol des absolutistischen Ancien Régime, die Pariser Bastille, stürmten, jubelten ihnen auch viele deutsche Dichter und Denker zu. Doch die Begeisterung hielt rechts des Rheins nicht lange an. Als Ludwig XVI. auf dem Schafott endete und die Revolution in Terror überging, rückten viele Deutsche erschrocken von ihr ab. Seither ist das Verhältnis der Deutschen zu Revolutionen ein schwieriges Kapitel geblieben. Heinrich August Winkler, der Doyen unter den Historikern, schildert die Etappen der deutschen Revolutionsgeschichte von 1848 bis 1989 und nimmt dabei auch die düsterste aller Revolutionen, jene der Nationalsozialisten, mit in den Blick. Lieber Reformation statt Revolution: Das war lange die Devise all jener Bürger und Intellektuellen in Deutschland, die mit den bestehenden Verhältnissen haderten und doch keinen gewaltsamen Umsturz wollten. Nachdem in der Revolution von 1848/49 das Doppelziel Einheit und Freiheit verfehlt worden war, gab Bismarck in einer Revolution von oben mit der kleindeutschen Reichsgründung gleichsam eine Antwort auf das Scheitern von 1848. Aus der Revolution von 1918/19 ging mit der Weimarer Republik ein neues demokratisches System hervor, dem die Diktatur des Nationalsozialismus ein Ende bereitete. Ob diese eine Revolution war, erörtert der glänzend geschriebene Band ebenso prägnant wie die Frage nach dem historischen Ort der "friedlichen Revolution" von 1989, mit der die "deutsche Frage" in Gestalt der Wiedervereinigung gelöst wurde. Der neue Heinrich August Winkler Ein Crashkurs durch die deutsche Revolutionsgeschichte Behandelt auch die friedliche Revolution von 1989 in der DDR

It's the eighteenth century, and Celine's in trouble. A man, somewhere, is telling stories of her affairs, sexuality, mad orgies and addictions. None of this is true, but rumours are spreading like a plague, and as her name becomes a symbol for everything naughty. In a world ruled by men, Celine and her friends join together in search of justice.

In 1995, the end of the Cold War found the US Navy grappling with its role and its future. Dr. James Tritten ably articulated the value of naval doctrine in this historical survey for the Naval Doctrine Command. In subsequent decades, USN doctrine evolved in response to changing circumstances, in some instances successfully, in some instances not. The USN abandoned long-distance strike aircraft in a doctrinal pursuit of sorties-to-shore, wasted decades on a Littoral Combat Ship that was almost literally all doctrine, and saw its seakeeping readiness degrade at a level even more fundamental than the doctrinal. Today, the US Navy is faced with an existential threat from a peer competitor that can outrange it, outshoot it, and outbuild it. Getting naval doctrine right has never been more critical. Understanding its history is a necessary first step that will repay investment for anyone interested in American sea power: that is, American national power.From the author's abstract:Navy doctrine has existed in the past [it is not new]; It is proper to study the doctrinal lessons of other nations and other services; important doctrinal lessons can be drawn from history; Formal navy doctrine suffered a setback with the introduction of new technologies and the end of the Anglo-Franco wars in the Nineteenth Century; Pre-war military doctrine cannot forseee all eventualities; Centralized military doctrine should not be cast in stone; Military doctrine has changed due to a variety of circumstances; It is not easy to institute a significant doctrinal change in large organizations; it appears easier to change military doctrine when it is written; Measures of effectiveness are needed for military doctrine;Successful navy doctrine has been prepared by a variety of individuals; Doctrine must be meaningful;Joint and multinational doctrine become more important as national forces downsize; Multinational doctrine for navy forces will be inherently different than multinational doctrine for land forces; There is no one correct military doctrine; There is a doctrinal renaissance in progress; Good military doctrine is of no value without good men and women who are trained and provided the proper equipment;And naval doctrine is not risk free.This book is annotated by Nimble AI and includes a Foreword by ; a variety of pithy, opinionated abstracts including scientific style, tldr, tldr one word, Explain It to Me Like I'm Five Years Old, and Action Items; tools for viewpoint diversity such as Dissents, Red Team Critiques, and MAGA Perspectives; a recursive summary with synopsis; page-by-page summaries; and interior art by artist herb.loc['AI'].""

With Russian officials and political leaders explicitly threatening the use of tactical nuclear weapons in their war with Ukraine, it is worth re-examining the lessons learned about tactical nuclear weapons during the Cold War. This illuminating report on the proposed use of tactical nuclear weapons in Southeast Asia was written in 1967 by a four-man team from the JASON scientific advisory committee, including Freeman J. Dyson. This groundbreaking work examines the potential consequences had tactical nuclear weapons been utilized during the Vietnam War. It examines a range of topics including arms control, targeting strategies, and the potential effects of nuclear war on civilian populations. The authors take a comprehensive approach to their subject matter and provide valuable insights into how these weapons could have been used in Southeast Asia had they been available. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the complex nature of tactical nuclear weapons as well as their potential consequences in modern warfare. It provides a fascinating look at one of history's most explosive topics and offers important lessons for today's conflicts involving TNWs. Most notably, much larger numbers of warhead uses would be required than most modern commentators are even imagining. The reason is that tactical military units are small, well dispersed, and difficult to target. The JASON team found an estimate of 10 weapons/day, or 3000 year, to be plausible.This edition is annotated by Nimble AI with twenty-four pages of front matter and includes a Foreword by Shiva [AI], Nimble's Contributing Editor for nuclear weapons and strategy; Abstracts including scientific style, tldr, tldr one word, and Explain It to Me Like I'm Five Years Old, Action Items; Viewpoints including MAGA Perspectives and Red Team Critique; a recursive summary with synopsis; a page-by-page summary; and interior art by artist herb.loc['AI']Books in the AI Lab for Book-Lovers series uae AI to make the experience of reading books richer.

The Illinois 61st Infantry Regiment did not follow the typical path through the war. They did, however, see severe service in a number of battles starting with Shiloh.They had direct conflicts with Gen. Forrest in December of 1862, and again in December, 1864. Many of the other encounters across Tennessee, upper Mississippi, and northern Alabama may have also engaged his forces.The 61st ended the war in Nashville, Tennessee, arriving after the big battle in December, 1864 and serving garrison duty until being mustered out in September, 1865.A firsthand account of the 61st entitled "The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War" by Leander Stillwell is available. This book ranks as one of the best Civil War histories.

Illustré d'une carte, 15 portraits et 28 illustrations.Contenant que des ouvrages irréprochables pouvant être mis dans toutes les mains.Voir catalogue joint pour toutes nos publications sur Lulu.com____________ Il est vraiment très difficile de nos jours d'écrire sur le bolchevisme et en particulier d'écrire pour l'Europe Occidentale. Si l'auteur est un bolcheviste, il est immédiatement discrédité par ceux qui ne partagent pas ses idées¿; s'il est un adversaire du bolchevisme, il est accusé de partialité par ceux qui sympathisent avec les idées communistes¿; s'il n'est ni l'un ni l'autre, il risque de n'être accepté ni par les uns ni par les autres en raison de son indifférence et par conséquent de son incompétence en la matière. Je me considère donc moralement obligé de rendre compte de mes¿titres, afin que le lecteur puisse juger par lui¿même de la sûreté de mes informations. J'appartenais au parti bolcheviste pendant onze ans, ayant abandonné leurs rangs au mois de mars 1917, quand le bolchevisme se¿détacha entièrement de la social¿démocratie. Après avoir quitté le parti, je devins un des rédacteurs du journal de Gorki Novaya Gisn, jusqu'à ce qu'il fût supprimé par le gouvernement bolcheviste¿; en même temps je travaillais au bureau de propagande du Conseil des députés ouvriers et soldats de Pétrograd. Après la révolution du mois d'octobre¿1917, je fus obligé de donner ma démission et, comme journaliste, je traversais et retraversais maintes fois la Russie. Ce livre est le résultat de mes observations personnelles à l'armée, à la campagne, dans les villes, dans les administrations bolchevistes et au cours de mes¿conversations particulières avec mes anciens amis bolchevistes. J'y joins des témoignages officiels pris dans les journaux bolchevistes. (voir Appendice.)Table des matièresAu seuil du bolchevisme - Le septième cercle - Les morts vivants - Les hommes au gouvernail de l'état - Le pape noir du bolchevisme - Le soutien de la terreur - Le système des soviets¿ - L'administration bolcheviste - Comité central de ravitaillement - Conseil principal de l'organisation économique nationale - Comité supérieur pour procurer le combustible - Comité central de l'industrie textile - Comité central d'industrie métallurgique - Comité central de logement - Le bolchevisme et la classe ouvrière - Leur justice - À la campagne - Les nouveaux riches - Les paysans et les ouvriers - Une conversation - Appendice - Quelques leçons pratiques de politique.

The Alabama 57th Infantry Regiment was organized at Troy, in Pike, March 1863, as part of the brigade of Gen. Clanton of Montgomery. It was stationed at Mobile and Pollard till January 1864, when it moved to Demopolis. Brigaded there under Gen. Buford, (soon succeeded by Gen. Scott) with the Twelfth Louisiana, Twenty-seventh, Thirty-fifth, and Fifty-fifth Alabama and a Louisiana regiment, the Fifty-seventh joined the Army of the Tennessee in time to share fully the hardships of the Dalton-Atlanta campaign. The casualties of the regiment, however, were not severe till the battle of Peachtree Creek, when it was cut to pieces. The Fifty-seventh participated in the movement into Tennessee, and at Franklin and Nashville its losses were again very large. Transferred to North Carolina, the regiment fought at Bentonville with severe loss. Its colors were there folded when the army was disbanded.

Le livre "La Brève Histoire de Pol Pot" est à lire absolument. Rédigé par l'équipe des Archives de l'Académie, cet ouvrage détaille une période sombre de l'histoire de l'Asie du Sud-Est qui touche encore aujourd'hui des millions de Cambodgiens.Le livre commence par l'enfance de Pol Pot dans la campagne cambodgienne et suit son ascension au pouvoir en tant que chef du Parti communiste du Kampuchéa (CPK). À la tête du CPK, Pol Pot a mis en ¿uvre des politiques sociales visant à transformer le Cambodge en une économie agraire. Ces politiques ont fini par créer un environnement dans lequel un quart à deux tiers de la population du pays a été tué au cours d'une période de trois ans, de 1975 à 1978.Ce livre décrit les principes directeurs du CPK et leurs effets dévastateurs : la collectivisation des terres, l'exécution des personnes perçues comme des ennemis de classe, la délocalisation des communautés et la mise en ¿uvre de réformes du travail, entre autres politiques qui ont marginalisé ou carrément détruit certaines populations cambodgiennes telles que les communautés ethniques vietnamiennes et cham.Ce livre offre aux lecteurs un aperçu complet de ce régime oppressif qui a entraîné des violations des droits de l'homme, la famine, la maladie et la mort de millions de personnes au Cambodge, qui souffraient déjà du colonialisme et de la guerre.Pour tous ceux qui souhaitent en savoir plus sur l'un des génocides les plus dévastateurs du 20e siècle ou sur la façon dont des conflits de plusieurs décennies affectent les personnes qui les vivent, "La Brève Histoire de Pol Pot" est une lecture essentielle. Achetez-le dès maintenant afin d'être informé de ce qui s'est passé durant cette terrible période du passé de l'Asie du Sud-Est !

Il libro "La Breve Storia delle Guerre in Afghanistan" è una lettura obbligata per chiunque voglia comprendere a fondo la lunga e complessa storia delle guerre in Afghanistan. Scritto dal team degli Archivi dell'Accademia, questo racconto descrive nei dettagli l'ascesa e la caduta di un Paese e del suo popolo nel corso di una guerra totale durata oltre due decenni.Spiega la guerra fredda per procura tra Unione Sovietica e Stati Uniti e come è entrata in gioco l'Operazione Cyclone, con la quale gli Stati Uniti hanno finanziato l'Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) del Pakistan per armare e rifornire i gruppi di guerriglieri afghani noti come mujahidin durante gli anni '70 e '80, al fine di combattere l'invasione sovietica.Il libro approfondisce anche il modo in cui queste politiche hanno portato a una prolungata guerra civile all'interno dell'Afghanistan stesso, gettando poi le basi per l'ascesa al potere dei Talebani nel 1994. L'opera offre ai lettori uno sguardo intimo sugli eventi di questo lungo conflitto, che ha incluso atrocità come vittime civili di massa e torture.Per chiunque sia interessato a esplorare la complicata storia di una delle guerre più lunghe del XX secolo, "La Breve Storia delle Guerre in Afghanistan" è una lettura essenziale. Acquistatelo subito per essere informati su ciò che è accaduto durante questo periodo turbolento del passato dell'Asia centrale!

A 6 de Junho de 1944, tropas aliadas, lideradas por navios juntamente com armas e tanques, desembarcaram nas praias da Normandia. O desembarque na Normandia, também conhecido como o desembarque do Dia D, foi uma das operações mais importantes da Segunda Guerra Mundial e abriu o caminho para a vitória dos Aliados na Frente Ocidental. Na maior invasão marítima da história, cerca de 150 000 soldados principalmente britânicos, americanos e canadianos desembarcaram na Normandia e depois libertaram um certo número de cidades ao longo da costa. O seu heroísmo foi um dos episódios mais memoráveis da guerra e marcou o primeiro passo para a libertação da Europa. Em apenas 50 minutos, aprenderá sobre os acontecimentos que levaram à aterragem na Normandia e compreenderá porque é que esta vitória foi tão importante para os Aliados. Este livro simples e informativo fornece uma análise completa dos antecedentes da Operação Overlord e das principais etapas dos desembarques na Normandia. Inclui também biografias de comandantes e líderes chave, incluindo Dwight Eisenhower e Bernard Law Montgomery, uma introdução valiosa ao contexto político e social e uma avaliação do impacto dos desembarques, dando-lhe toda a informação essencial sobre esta ousada operação.

Descubra tudo o que precisa de saber sobre o Projecto Manhattan em menos de uma hora! À medida que a ameaça nazi se espalhava pela Europa, o Projecto Manhattan, um programa ultra-secreto criado pelo Presidente dos EUA Franklin D. Roosevelt no Verão de 1942, tinha a missão de desenvolver a primeira bomba atómica da história, com um lema: chegar lá antes dos alemães. Um empreendimento colossal, tanto financeiramente como em termos de pessoal, foi o resultado de uma colaboração sem precedentes entre a indústria americana, a ciência e os militares, baseada em grandes avanços na investigação nuclear combinada com uma poderosa indústria química.

Das Buch schildert die Geschichte der Wiener Häfen, bevor der Ausbau Alberns zum Getreidehafen ab 1938 beleuchtet wird. Dabei spielen die Entscheidungsprozesse unter den (NS-)Akteuren ebenso eine Rolle wie der Einsatz von Zwangsarbeit. Der Bau und Betrieb eines Ölhafens und des Oder-Donau-Kanals während der NS-Zeit in der Lobau unter massivem Einsatz von zur Arbeit gezwungenen Menschen sowie deren Einzelschicksale sind ebenfalls Schwerpunkte. Ein Blick auf die Nachkriegszeit von Besatzung zu Staatsvertrag und eine statistische Auswertung der Zwangsarbeitsquellen bilden den Abschluss.

Tabea Widmann widmet sich digitalen Spielen als Erinnerungsmedien um den Holocaust und untersucht sie als potenziell besonders wirkungsmächtige Medien der digitalisierten Erinnerungskulturen. Im Zentrum steht dabei das Konzept des »Prosthetic Witnessing«; ein Ansatz, der spielerische Handlungen als vermittelte Positionen einer medialisiert-distanzierten, aber dennoch emotional involvierenden Zeugenschaft begreift. Anhand vier ausgewählter Fallbeispiele findet »Prosthetic Witnessing« im vorliegenden Band mit Fokus auf die Figuren von Zeugenschaft, der Inszenierung von Erinnerungsorten sowie auf den Umgang mit dargestellten Erinnerungsmedien bereits erste Anwendungen.Tabea Widmann dedicates this work to digital games as media of remembrance around the Holocaust and examines them as particularly potentially powerful media of digitalised memory cultures. Within the book, the concept of "Prosthetic Witnessing" is developed; an approach that understands playful actions as mediated positions of a medialised-distanced, yet emotionally involving, form of witnessing. Based on four selected case studies, "Prosthetic Witnessing" already finds its first applications in the work with a focus on figures of testimony, the staging of places of remembrance as well as the handling of depicted media of memory.

The way war is waged is evolving quickly¿igniting the rise of private military contractors that offer military-style services as part of their core business model. Arduino unpacks the tradeoffs involved when conflict is increasingly waged not by national armies, but by professional outfits that thrive on chaos. This book charts the rise of private military actors from Russia, China, and the Middle East using primary source data, in-person interviews, and field research amongst operations in conflict zones around the world. Individual stories narrated by mercenaries, military trainers, security businessmen, hackers, and drone pilots will be used to introduce the beginning of each chapter. The book ends by considering today¿s trajectories in the deployment of mercenaries by state, corporations, or even terrorist organizations and what it will mean for the future of conflict.The book follows private security contractors that take on missions in different countries with a variety of challenges. These include a former Singaporean commando working with a Chinese company in Kabul, a former British Royal Marine leading a Kurdish private military company in Erbil protecting BP¿s oil, and a former Russian Spetsnaz defending commercial vessels from the Somali coast to the Gulf of Guinea.Aside from the human component, the book closely follows the trends in the adoption of unmanned lethal weapons and it peeks into the future of weapons that can decide autonomously to kill humans. One chapter is dedicated to loitering munitions, better known as suicide drones, used by Israel and the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard for remote-controlled assassination. ISIS¿s reengineered Chinese DJI commercial drones that are used for propaganda operations or as advanced artillery spotters complete the picture of the range of threats the world will routinely face in less than a decade. First-hand data and intimate knowledge of the actors involved in the market for force allow a fully grounded narrative with personal input. Through this prism, the reader gains an understanding of the human, security, and political risks that are part of this industry. The book specifically reveals the risk that unaccountable mercenaries pose in increasing the threshold for conflict, the threat to traditional military forces, the corruption in political circles, and the rising threat of proxy conflicts in the US rivalry with China and Russia.In a nutshell, the book gazes into the crystal ball to forecast what the future might look like in a world ruled by private armies.