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"The story of Michel Thomas reads like a thriller in which adventure and heartbreak combine to produce a unique form of wisdom. Boldly escaping Vienna after the Anschluss, having refused to make accommodations for being Jewish, he arrived stateless in France one week before Kris…
"The story of Michel Thomas reads like a thriller in which adventure and heartbreak combine to produce a unique form of wisdom. Boldly escaping Vienna after the Anschluss, having refused to make accommodations for being Jewish, he arrived stateless in France one week before Kris…
Relata o golpe militar de 1964 no Brasil, a luta pelo poder na ditadura militar, a criação do SNI e os bastidores da elaboração dos primeiros atos institucionais até o AI 5.
Explores economic, social and political developments in Brazil from the 1950s to the 1990s and discusses whether the country is ready to assume a place among first world nations. Identifies key policy changes to be addressed.
Presenting an analysis of the 20th-century form of dictatorship, the ideological one-party state, this book points to 16 case-studies of notable or representative examples; the party-state regime, the military-state regime and regimes that have transformed from one to the other.
Presenting an analysis of the 20th-century form of dictatorship, the ideological one-party state, this book points to 16 case-studies of notable or representative examples; the party-state regime, the military-state regime and regimes that have transformed from one to the other.
Of all victims of Nazi persecution, German Jews had to suffer the Nazi yoke for the longest time. Throughout the Third Reich, they were exposed to anti-Jewish propaganda, discrimination, anti-Semitic laws and increasingly to outrages and offences by non-Jewish Germans. While the…
While the International Military Tribunal and the subsequent American Military Tribunals at Nuremberg dealt with a variety of Nazi crimes, these courts did not consider themselves cognizant in adjudicating wrongdoings against those who lost German citizenship based on the so-cal…
Explores the theory of civil-military relations. This book reviews the intrusion of the armed forces in African politics, looking into the organization and role of the army in pre-colonial and colonial eras. It presents the various explanations of military takeovers in Africa an…
