Calypso: backgrounds and conventions of the Odyssey
"In this revealing history of Allende's Chile, Jonathan Haslam uncovers the actual involvement of Cuba, the Soviet Union, and the CIA in that country's struggle for political and economic stability. The story begins by tracing the trajectory of the communist and socialist partie…
The war for Korea, 1945-1950: a house burning
When major powers sent troops to Korean peninsula in June of 1950, it supposedly marked the start of one of the last century's bloodiest conflicts. Allan Millett reveals the Korean War actually began with partisan clashes two years earlier and had roots in political history of K…
The war for Korea, 1945-1950: a house burning
When major powers sent troops to Korean peninsula in June of 1950, it supposedly marked the start of one of the last century's bloodiest conflicts. Allan Millett reveals the Korean War actually began with partisan clashes two years earlier and had roots in political history of K…
"In December 1931, El Salvador's civilian president, Arturo Araujo, was overthrown in a military coup. Such an event was hardly unique in Salvadoran history, but the 1931 coup proved to be a watershed. Araujo had been the nation's first democratically elected president, and alth…
Zusammenfassung: "The German Revolution of 1918-19 was a transformative moment of modern European history. It was both the end of the German Empire and the First World War, as well as the birth of the Weimar Republic, the short-lived democracy that preceded the establishment of …
Il tempo della <<visione>> - collocato in anticipo rispetto alla fase culminante della vita politica del poeta (che si snodò dal maggio 1300 all'autunno 1301 e che fu coperta nella Commedia da un velo di impenetrabile silenzio) - consente di riaprire il dossier della genesi dell…
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of maps -- Chronology -- Who's who -- Maps -- PART I Analysis and assessment -- 1 The problem -- The outbreak of war -- Explaining causes -- 2 The Great Powers to 1900 -- The Triple Alliance -- The Dual Alliance …
