Lawrence of Arabia and the War in the Desert 1916-18, Johnson Robert
Автор: Barr James Название: Lords of the Desert ISBN: 1471139808 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781471139802 Издательство: Simon&Schuster UK Рейтинг: Цена: 1648.00 р. Наличие на складе: Заказано в издательстве.
Описание: Between 1945 and 1970, America replaced Britain as the dominant power in the Middle East in an extraordinary role reversal. Lords of the Desert tells this story.
Автор: Doughty, Charles M. Название: Wanderings in arabia ISBN: 1845117662 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781845117665 Издательство: I B Tauris Рейтинг: Цена: 1979.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Offers a portrait of Arabia and its people.
In the mid-nineteenth century, French colonial leaders in Algeria started southward into the Sahara, beginning a fifty-year period of violence. Lying in the shadow of the colonization of northern Algeria, which claimed the lives of over a million people, French empire in the Sahara sought power through physical force as it had elsewhere; yet violence in the Algerian Sahara followed a more complicated logic than the old argument that it was simply a way to get empire on the cheap.
"A Desert Named Peace "examines colonial violence through multiple stories and across several fields of research. It presents four cases: the military conquests of the French army in the oases and officers' predisposition to use extreme violence in colonial conflicts; a spontaneous nighttime attack made by Algerian pastoralists on a French village, as notable for its brutality as for its obscure causes; the violence of indigenous forms of slavery and the colonial accommodations that preserved it during the era of abolition; and the struggles of French Romantics whose debates about art and politics arrived from Paris with disastrous consequences.
Benjamin Claude Brower uses these different perspectives to reveal the unexpected causes of colonial violence, such as France's troubled revolutionary past and its influence on the military's institutional culture, the aesthetics of the sublime and its impact on colonial thinking, the ecological crises suffered by Saharan pastoralists under colonial rule, and the conflicting paths to authority inherent in Algerian Sufism. Directly engaging a controversial history, " A Desert Named Peace" offers an important backdrop to understanding the Algerian war for independence (1954-1962) and Algeria's ongoing internal war, begun in 1992, between the government and armed groups that claim to fight for an Islamist revolution.
A definitive history of the 20th century's first major genocide on its 100th anniversary
Starting in early 1915, the Ottoman Turks began deporting and killing hundreds of thousands of Armenians in the first major genocide of the twentieth century. By the end of the First World War, the number of Armenians in what would become Turkey had been reduced by 90 percent--more than a million people. A century later, the Armenian Genocide remains controversial but relatively unknown, overshadowed by later slaughters and the chasm separating Turkish and Armenian interpretations of events. In this definitive narrative history, Ronald Suny cuts through nationalist myths, propaganda, and denial to provide an unmatched account of when, how, and why the atrocities of 1915-16 were committed. Drawing on archival documents and eyewitness accounts, this is an unforgettable chronicle of a cataclysm that set a tragic pattern for a century of genocide and crimes against humanity.
Автор: Stone, Dodge Professor Of History Lawrence (formely Of Princeton University Uk) Название: Causes of the english revolution 1529-1642 ISBN: 1138700339 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138700338 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 2755.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Dividing the nation and causing massive political change, the English Civil War remains one of the most decisive and dramatic conflicts of English history. Lawrence Stone's account of the factors leading up to the deposition of Charles I in 1642 is widely regarded as a classic in the field. Brilliantly synthesising the historical, political and sociological interpretations of the seventeeth century, Stone explores theories of revolution and traces the social and economic change that led to this period of instability.
The picture that emerges is one where historical interpretation is enriched but not determined by grand theories in the social sciences and, as Stone elegantly argues, one where the upheavals of the seventeenth century are central to the very story of modernity.
This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by Clare Jackson, Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Автор: Epstein Lawrence J. Название: Americans and the Birth of Israel ISBN: 1442271221 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781442271227 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 8237.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book tells the dramatic but little-known story of how a group of Americans of all religions worked, often in secret and facing the possibility of arrest, to make sure that after the Holocaust a refuge for Jews would be born. From raising money to political efforts, these Americans made a decisive difference in the creation of Israel.
Автор: Cunliffe Sir Barry Название: By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean ISBN: 0199689172 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199689170 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4752.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The story of the peoples of Eurasia, from the birth of farming to the expansion of the Mongols in the thirteenth century. An immense historical panorama set on a huge continental stage, this is also the story of how humans first started building the global system we know today.
Автор: Tabachnick Stephen E. Название: The T. E. Lawrence Puzzle ISBN: 0820340049 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780820340043 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Цена: 4019.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: From the early 1920s to the late 1960s, T. E. Lawrence’s life and career were largely the subject of sensationalist speculation, fired mainly by the romantic image of “Lawrence of Arabia.” Then, as the result of various political, scholarly, and intellectual developments, study of Lawrence’s career and influence began to take on a new aspect. This collection of fourteen essays, including Stephen E. Tabachnick’s extensive introduction, provides balanced and fully documented analyses of Lawrence’s multifaceted career by an international group of scholars. The T. E. Lawrence Puzzle will appeal to Lawrence experts and to general readers interested in objective, reasoned perspectives on a brilliant polymath with a fascinating personality, whose many achievements remain very relevant to our own times.
Автор: Lawrence, T. E. Lawrence, Thomas Edward Название: Diary kept by t. e. lawrence while travelling in arabia during 1911 ISBN: 9562916375 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789562916370 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 5516.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Like Henry Ford and the Wright brothers, John Philip Holland was completely self-taught, a brilliant man raised in humble circumstances, earning his living as a schoolteacher and choirmaster. But all the while he was obsessed with creating a machine that could successfully cruise beneath the waves. His struggle to unlock the mystery behind controlled undersea navigation would take three decades, during which he endured skepticism, disappointment, and betrayal. But his indestructible belief in himself and his ideas led him to finally succeed where so many others had failed.
Going Deep is a vivid chronicle of the fierce battles not only under the water, but also in the back rooms of Wall Street and the committee rooms of Congress. A rousing adventure--surrounded by an atmosphere of corruption and greed--at its heart this a story of bravery, passion, and the unbreakable determination to succeed against long odds.
Автор: Sattin Anthony Название: The Young T. E. Lawrence ISBN: 0393242668 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780393242669 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 3642.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: An intimate biography of the years that turned T. E. Lawrence into Lawrence of Arabia.
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