The Cockpit of Europe
Author : Howard Green
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Page : 152 pages
File Size : 39,90 MB
Release : 1976
Category : History
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Author : Howard Green
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 39,90 MB
Release : 1976
Category : History
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Author : Brendan Simms
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 33,56 MB
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0465065953
With "verve and panache," this magisterial history of Europe since 1453 shows how struggles over the heart of the continent have shaped the world we live in today (The Economist). Whoever controls the core of Europe controls the entire continent, and whoever controls Europe can dominate the world. Over the past five centuries, a rotating cast of kings, conquerors, presidents, and dictators have set their sights on the European heartland, desperate to seize this pivotal area or at least prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. From Charles V and Napoleon to Bismarck and Cromwell, from Hitler and Stalin to Roosevelt and Gorbachev, nearly all the key power players of modern history have staked their titanic visions on this vital swath of land. In Europe, prizewinning historian Brendan Simms presents an authoritative account of the past half-millennium of European history, demonstrating how the battle for mastery of the continent's center has shaped the modern world. A bold and compelling work by a renowned scholar, Europe integrates religion, politics, military strategy, and international relations to show how history -- and Western civilization itself -- was forged in the crucible of Europe.
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Page : 454 pages
File Size : 17,49 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Jews
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Author : Mathieu Segers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 19,76 MB
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1009379399
Bringing together political, diplomatic, economic, cultural, and contemporary history, this book explores why and how European integration came to pass. It tells a fascinating story of ideals and realpolitik, political dreams and geographical realities, and planning and chaos. Mathieu Segers reveals that the roots of today's European Union lie deep in Europe's past and encompass more than war and peace, or diplomacy and economics. Based on original archival and primary source research, Segers provides an integrated history of the beginnings of European integration and the emergence of post-war Western Europe and today's European Union. The Origins of European Integration offers a broad perspective on the genealogy of post-war Western Europe, providing readers with a deeper understanding of contemporary European history and the history of transatlantic relations.
Author : Titbits
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Page : 376 pages
File Size : 25,86 MB
Release : 1884
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Author : Richard H. Shultz
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 11,1 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Special forces (Military science)
ISBN : 0788171402
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Page : 630 pages
File Size : 50,50 MB
Release : 1897
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Author : Exam Leaders Expert
Publisher : Exam Leaders
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 39,50 MB
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,2 MB
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0615156479
A look at Europe and America after The Great War and the conditions that spawned World War II. Columns written by a small-town southern Editor writing for the folks back home in 1923 and 1924.
Author : Eric Williams
Publisher : Andre Deutsch Limited
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 40,46 MB
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : 9780233976563
The first of its kind, From Columbus to Castro is a definitive work about a profoundly important but neglected and misrepresented area of the world. Quite simply it's about millions of people scattered across an arc of islands -- Jamaica, Haiti, Barbados, Antigua, Martinique, Trinidad, among others -- separated by the languages and cultures of their colonizers, but joined together, nevertheless, by a common heritage.