The Aspirations of Bulgaria
Author : Stojan Protić
Publisher : London, Simpkin
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 23,85 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Balkan Peninsula
ISBN :
Author : Stojan Protić
Publisher : London, Simpkin
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 23,85 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Balkan Peninsula
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 38,61 MB
Release : 1943
Category : Bulgaria
ISBN :
Author : Glenn Eldon Curtis
Publisher : Department of the Army
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 42,59 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN :
2d edition. Edited by Glenn E. Curtis. Research completed June 1992. Describes and analyzes the history, politics, economics, sociology, and national security systems of Bulgaria.
Author : Charles B. Macdonald
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 39,46 MB
Release : 1997-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0688151574
On December 16, 1944, the vanguard of three German armies, totaling half a million men, attacked U.S. forces in the Ardennes region of Belgium and Luxembourg, achieveing what had been considered impossible -- total surprise. In the most abysmal failure of battlefield intelligence in the history of the U.S. Army, 600,000 American soldiers found themselves facing Hitler's last desperate effort of the war. The brutal confrontation that ensued became known as the Battle of the Bulge, the greatest battle ever fought by the U.S. Army -- a triumph of American ingenuity and dedication over an egregious failure in strategic intelligence. A Time for Trumpets is the definitive account of this dramatic victory, told by one of America's most respected military historians, who was also an eyewitness: MacDonald commanded a rifle company in the Battle of the Bulge. His account of this unique battle is exhaustively researched, honestly recounted, and movingly authentic in its depiction of hand-to-hand combat. Mingling firsthand experience with the insights of a distinguished historian, MacDonald places this profound human drama unforgettably on the landscape of history.
Author : Adrian Karatnycky
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 23,77 MB
Release : 2024-06-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0300277423
The first major English-language history of Ukraine from its emergence after the demise of the Soviet Union through the current Russian invasion In 1991, after seventy years of imperial Soviet rule, Ukraine became an independent country. Since 2022, it has been fighting an existential war against an unprovoked, brutal, and ongoing invasion by Russia. At the center of its resistance is the resilience of a united people. Ukraine expert Adrian Karatnycky provides an eyewitness account of the history of the modern Ukrainian state and of the nation through the tenures of the six presidents who have led Ukraine since the collapse of the USSR, including Volodymyr Zelensky. Karatnycky shows how—despite the influence of corrupt oligarchs, pressures from Russia, and the legacies of Soviet rule—an inclusive and united Ukrainian nation has emerged that inspires the world as it defends the principle that states and peoples have the right to their national sovereignty.
Author : Andrew Paul Deaville
Publisher :
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 45,83 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Energy policy
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Author : R. J. Crampton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 17,26 MB
Release : 2005-11-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1139448234
Bulgaria became a member of the European Union in 2007, yet its history is amongst the least well known in the rest of the continent. R. J. Crampton provides here a general introduction to this country at the cross-roads of Christendom and Islam. The text and illustrations trace the rich and dramatic story from pre-history, through the days when Bulgaria was the centre of a powerful medieval empire and the five centuries of Ottoman rule, to the cultural renaissance of the nineteenth century and the political upheavals of the twentieth, upheavals which led Bulgaria into three wars. This updated edition includes the years from 1995 to 2004, a vital period in which Bulgaria endured financial meltdown, set itself seriously on the road to reform, elected its former King as prime minister, and finally secured membership of NATO and admission to the European Union.
Author : John Phillips
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 12,52 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300102680
"A bloody rebellion by Albanian guerrillas demanding equal rights to the dominant Slavs in Macedonia has killed and wounded hundreds of people, many of them innocent civilians, and set off fears that the crisis would suck in surrounding Kosovo, Albania, Bulgaria and Greece. International intervention brought an uneasy halt to the internecine blood-letting in the summer of 2001, but hardline Macedonian nationalists, including some under investigation by the international war crimes tribunal at The Hague, have hindered full implementation of the peace agreement signed in August of that year. There are fears that the National Liberation Army will renew its campaign, and that this will set the stage for more ethnic cleansing in the heart of Europe. John Phillips has covered both the fighting on the front line in Tetovo and other cities as well as the behind-the-scenes diplomatic intrigue in Skopje. A journalist and historian by training, he shows, in frightening detail, just how dangerous the instability in Macedonia is for any hope of a lasting peace in the Balkans. This book will be vital reading for all those interested in the state of the world today and in the Europe of tomorrow."--Jacket.
Author : Paul N. Hehn
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 10,95 MB
Release : 2005-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826417619
Focusing on the rivalries among the Great Powers in the search for markets during the world depression of the 1930s, the author surveys the five Major Powers and all the Eastern European countries from the Baltic to Turkey. But he primarily canvases the economic situations in locations like Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia.
Author : Robert H. Patton
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 21,91 MB
Release : 2015-06-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1101910496
From acclaimed historian Robert H. Patton, author of The Pattons and Patriot Pirates, a rediscovery and celebration of America’s first chroniclers of foreign war. The first war correspondent, William H. Russell of The Times of London, described himself and his profession as “the miserable parent of a luckless tribe.” But it wasn’t long before others saw it differently. Hell Before Breakfast is the spectacular tale of larger-than-life Americans who made it their business to bring back news from the front; from Bull Run to the Paris Commune, from Africa to the Ottoman Empire, through decades of lightning-fast technological progress and high adventure. As America matured into a great power and the monarchies of Europe battled for dominance through a series of brief, bloody imperial wars, with the storm clouds of World War I drawing rapidly closer, these men and their newspapers were at center stage—the vanguard of a golden age of war correspondence.