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Book SynopsisGilbert Markus brings a stimulating approach to studying this elusive period, analysing both its litter of physical evidence and literary sources, as a method of shedding light on the reality of the period. In doing so, he reforms our historical perceptions of what has often been dismissed as a `dark age .Table of Contents1. Introduction/The field and the sources; 2. Into the Light-Britain under Rome; 3. Four peoples, five languages - up to c.800; 4. Christianity: conversion and consolidation; 5. Society; 6. The Corpse-Herring's Din'-Vikings and Scandinavian Scotland; 7. The emergence: Alba and Scotia.

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Book SynopsisThucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta “a possession for all time,” and indeed it is the first and still the most famous work in the Western historical tradition.Considered essential reading for generals, statesmen, and liberally educated citizens for more than 2,000 years, The Peloponnesian War is a mine of military, moral, political, and philosophical wisdom. However, this classic book has long presented obstacles to the uninitiated reader. Written centuries before the rise of modern historiography, Thucydides'' narrative is not continuous or linear. His authoritative chronicle of what he considered the greatest war of all time is rigorous and meticulous, yet omits the many aids to comprehension modern readers take for granted—such as brief biographies of the story''s main characters, maps and other visual enhancements, and background on the military, cultural, and political traditions of ancient GTrade Review"This is the best book with which to start study of Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War. It presents the finest English translation. Its maps, scholarly appendices, and notes permit the beginner to understand the text and to move easily and at once to a higher level of study than has been possible up to now." -- Donald Kagan, author of On the Origins of War and Pericles of Athens"Reading Thucydides remains an indispensable part of a liberal education. But this text has been wanting a useful English language, annotated version that would make it easier for the contemporary reader to encounter its brilliance and eloquence. Strassler's meticulous and imaginative achievement is as welcome as it is astonishing. Students of history and politics will be forever in his debt." -- Leon Botstein President, Bard College"At last readers of The Peloponnesian War can have at their fingertips the background information they need to read the narrative with understanding." -- W. Robert Connor Director, National Humanities Center"Thucydides knew that human nature was unlikely to change over time, and it is this awareness that has allowed his work to be, as he hoped it would, a 'possession for all time.' But even he did not imagine how much warfare and customs would have changed over 2,500 years, or how the differences between past and present practices would make his work difficult for modern readers to follow. This new edition helps make Thucydides accessible once again by providing readers with the maps and detailed background information they will need to understand the full significance of his work." -- Mary Lefkowitz, Andrew Mellon Professor in the Humanities, Wellesley College

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Book SynopsisKNUD J.V. JESPERSEN is Professor of Modern History at the University of Southern Denmark and Royal Historiographer to H.M. the Queen of Denmark.Trade ReviewThe third edition of Knud J. V. Jespersen’s History of Denmark pairs an insider’s perspective on Danish history and politics with a keen assessment of how Denmark’s domestic situation has been affected by external, global developments. This book will be invaluable for English speakers trying to understand how one small country in the north Atlantic has had such an outsize influence on the world. * Julie K. Allen, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA *Knud J. V. Jespersen’s History of Denmark, now in its third edition, is the most up-to-date comprehensive overview of Danish history available in English. Concise and readable, it is well-suited for both self-study and classroom use. * Mart Kuldkepp, University College London, UK *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Maps Introduction: What is Denmark and Who are the Danes? Foreign and Security Policy: From the Gatekeeper of the Baltic to a Midget State Domestic Policy, 1500-1848: The Era of Aristocracy and Absolutism Domestic Policy since 1848: Democracy and the Welfare State The Church and Culture from Luther to the Present Economic Conditions: The Old Denmark, 1500-1800 Economic Conditions: The New Denmark since 1800 The Danes: A Tribe or a Nation? Notes Select Bibliography A Short Chronology

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Book SynopsisDenis Judd is Professor Emeritus of Imperial and Commonwealth History, London Metropolitan University, and Professor at New York University in London. His books include Empire; George VI (both published by I.B.Tauris); The Lion and the Tiger: The Rise and Fall of the British Raj; Balfour and the British Empire; Radical Joe - A Life of Joseph Chamberlain; The Victorian Empire; Palmerston; The Crimean War and Jawaharlal Nehru. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Keith Surridge is an independent scholar. He is the author of Managing the South African War 1899-1902.Table of ContentsIllustrations Acknowledgements Maps Preface Introduction: An Irrepressible Conflict? PART I: THE BACKGROUND TO THE WAR British Rule, Confrontation and Compromise 1815-1886 The Descent to War 1886-1899 PART II: THE COMBATANTS 3. The British Army 4. Rallying the Empire 5. The Boers PART III: THE CAMPAIGNS 1899-1902 6. The Opening Battles, October 1899 7. The Disasters of Black Week, December 1899: The Battles of Stormberg, Magersfontein and Colenso, and their less disastrous prelude 8. Humiliation, January and February 1900: The Battles of Spion Kop and Vaal Krantz 9. ‘I thank God we have kept the flag flying’: The Besieged Towns of Ladysmith, Kimberley and Mafeking 10. The Turn of the Tide, February 1900: The Relief of Kimberley, the Battle of Paardeberg, the Relief of Ladysmith 11. Marching to Pretoria (and Johannesburg): The British Advance through the Boer Republics, the Relief of Mafeking, the Start of the Guerrilla War 12. Methods of Barbarism? December 1900 to October 1901: The Guerrilla War, Farm Burning, the Concentration Camps 13. Seeking Peace, March 1900-June 1901 14. The Final Battles, May 1901-May 1902 PART IV: THE AMBIVALENCES OF WAR 15. Big Business, Capitalism and War 16. The Last of the Gentlemen’s Wars? 17. The Pro-Boers 18. Foreigners and the War 19. The Press and the War 20. The Literature of the War PART V: THE PEACE 21. The Talks Begin 22. Taking Stock Peace at Last

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Book SynopsisPico della Mirandola, one of the most remarkable thinkers of the Renaissance, has become known as a founder of humanism and a supporter of secular rationality. Brian Copenhaver upends this understanding of Pico, unearthing the magic and mysticism in the most famous work attributed to him, Oration on the Dignity of Man.Trade ReviewMassive, lively, and learned…He explains how and why historians decided to put this Renaissance philosopher and his ideas not only in a box, but in the wrong one…Copenhaver analyzes the arguments of Pico’s critics with precision and panache…[He] has cut through generations of misguided commentary and shown us how to read this complex, baffling text. -- Anthony Grafton * New York Review of Books *No one before Copenhaver has written such a careful and thorough review of the scholarship on Pico’s Oration…He is one of the best Pico scholars of our generation, and Magic and the Dignity of Man offers the fruits of his long labors. It puts to rest old myths and offers new interpretations. It is essential reading for anyone working on Pico’s Oration and will be of great interest to readers of the history of philosophy (and its historiography), especially late medieval and Renaissance philosophy. -- Denis J.-J. Robichaud * Journal of the History of Philosophy *An impressive work of scholarship…Copenhaver does a masterful job of making Pico’s arcana accessible to his readers. -- Lora Sigler * European Legacy *This book goes beyond a usual monograph in so many ways. It is not just a heartfelt history of the influence of Italian Renaissance humanist Gianfrancesco Pico on modern times, but a monument to Copenhaver’s scholarly contributions and enduring research on the life and work of this fundamental early modern philosopher…Indeed a remarkable love story, a delightful portrait of a protean, shapeshifting humanist, lost (and found) in translation. -- Marco Piana * Journal of Modern History *Copenhaver painstakingly reconstructs the story, or rather stories, of how Pico and his Oration were read and misread over the centuries. This is very much a project of love. -- Eva Del Soldato * Speculum *Brian Copenhaver’s Magic and the Dignity of Man is erudite, original, and eloquent. In it he carries out two major tasks, one of demolition and one of construction, with great skill and flair. The book reinterprets one of the most prominent thinkers of the Italian Renaissance in ways that will be widely discussed. No future interpretation of Pico’s life or work, no future reading of Renaissance philosophy, will be able to avoid engaging with it. -- Anthony Grafton, Princeton UniversityThis is nothing less than the definitive study of a text long considered central to the understanding the Renaissance and its place in Western culture. Even though the effect of Copenhaver’s reading is to demote the text from that status, this book will certainly be a must-read for anyone, especially historians of philosophy and intellectual historians, interested in the larger significance of the Renaissance. -- James Hankins, Harvard University

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Book SynopsisElizabeth''s Sea Dogs investigates the rise and fall of a unique group of adventurers men like Francis Drake, John Hawkins, Martin Frobisher and Walter Raleigh. Seen by the English as heroes but by the Spanish as pirates, they were expert seafarers and controversial characters. This riveting new account reveals them for what they were: extremely tough men in extremely hard times. They sailed, fought, looted and whored their way across the globe; in the process, they established a lasting British presence in the Americas, defeated the Spanish Armada, and made Queen Elizabeth I very wealthy, if seldom grateful. Author Hugh Bicheno sets the Sea Dogs in historical context and reveals their lives and exploits through diligent historical research incorporating contemporary testimony. With additional appendices, colour plates, the author''s own maps and technical drawings, Elizabeth''s Sea Dogs tells their vivid, extraordinary story as it was lived, in the author''s Trade ReviewElizabeth’s Sea Dogs will interest both casual and serious students of maritime matters in Elizabethan times. It offers a good introduction to the era, while presenting new concepts those versed in the period will find thought-provoking. -- Mark Lardas * Naval Historical Foundation *A cracking good read * Military History Monthly *Will appeal to those with an interest in our maritime history and to those seeking to improve their grasp of the reality of the Elizabethan era * Pennant Magazine *A comprehensive account * Warships International Fleet Review *As a history, Elizabeth's Sea Dogs works well; worthy of a place on a maritime bookshelf. * The Nautilus Telegraph *

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Book SynopsisThe complete, authoritative edition of Anne Frank''s writings, including her diary in both the ''A'' and ''B'' versions now in continuous form, her further writings and important contextual essaysAnne Frank: The Collected Works brings together for the first time Anne''s world-famous diary, in both the version edited for publication by her father and the more revealing original, together with her letters, essays and important contextual scholarship. Supported by the Anne Frank Foundation in Basel, Switzerland, set up by Otto Frank to be the guardian of Anne''s work, this is a landmark publication marking the anniversary of 90 years since Anne''s birth in 1929. Anne Frank is one of the most recognized and widely read figures of the Second World War. Thousands of people visit the Anne Frank House on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam each year to see the annex where Anne and her family hid from the Germans before eventually being deported to Auschwitz in 1944.Trade ReviewA magisterial edition ... one of the virtues of The Collected Works is that it allows readers to track the evolution of the diary across its different incarnations ...The Complete Works thus gives a greatly enriched picture, and, as one reads its pages, one cannot help thinking of what Anne might have become. -- Bart van Es, Author of 'The Cut Out Girl' * The Guardian *An astonishing volume contextualising the significance of writing for Anne’s spiritual and practical survival, and inscribing her words in time. * New Statesman *Reveal[s] the German-born Frank as a complex human being, as much aware of her own flaws as of those around her * Wall Street Journal *Anne rewrote her diary with the intention of having it published as a book, entitled The Secret Annexe (Het Achterhuis). While working on her diary, she also wrote some short stories, as well as memories of her school life, and sketches of her family and friends. Published for the first time in The Collected Works, they show a fledgling talent […] We will never know how her writing would have developed. But the diary […] is a remarkable literary achievement. * Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsMessage and Legacy: Preface by The Anne Frank Fonds, Basle I THE WRITINGS OF ANNE FRANK THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL Foreword The Diary of A Young Girl TALES AND EVENTS FROM THE SECRET ANNEXE Introduction Personal Reminiscences, Daydreams and Essays Fables and Short Stories FURTHER WRITINGS Letters Verses in Friendship Books The Favourite Quotes Notebook The Egypt Book II PHOTOS AND DOCUMENTS III BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT Mirjam Pressler: Anne Frank's Life Mirjam Pressler: The History of Anne Frank's Family Gerhard Hirschfeld: The Contemporary Historical Context Francine Prose: The Publication History of Anne Frank's Diary IV APPENDIX Diary Versions A and B Editorial Note Family Tree: The Franks Chronology Table Further Reading About the Translators Picture Acknowledgements Editorial Note About the Anne Frank Fords

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Book SynopsisA rich history of the years leading up to 1066 when Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans vied for the English crown. A tale of loyalty, treason and military might. In a saga reminiscent of Game of Thrones and The Last Kingdom, Battle for the Island Kingdom reveals the life-and-death struggle for power which changed the course of history. The six decades leading up to 1066 were defined by bloody wars and intrigues, in which three peoples vied for supremacy over the island kingdom. In this epic retelling, Don Hollway (The Last Viking) recounts the clashes of Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans, their warlords and their conniving queens. It begins with the Viking Cnut the Great, forging three nations into his North Sea Empire while his Saxon wife Aelfgifu rules in his stead and schemes for England''s throne. Her archenemy is Emma of Normandy, widow of Saxon king Aethelred, claiming Cnut''s realm in exchange for her hand in marriage. Their sTrade ReviewA great book both for those exploring the story behind the Norman Conquest for the first time, and for more knowledgeable readers who want to read a fresh account of it. * Aspects of History *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Author's Note Dramatis Personae Introduction: A New Millennium Part One. The Vikings: AD 1001–1043 I. Normandy Invasion: 1001 II. Foreigners: 1002 III. Woe to King Aethelred: 1003–1009 IV. The Jomsvikings: 1009–1012 V. Hnefatafl: 1012–1014 VI. Sons of the Fathers: 1014–1016 VII. One King to Rule All: 1016 VIII. Viking England: 1017–1022 IX. Forging an Empire: 1022–1028 X. Kingdoms, Dukedoms, Heirdoms: 1028–1030 XI. Seeking Deliverance: 1030–1035 XII. Power Games: 1036–1037 XIII. Nadirs: 1037–1040 XIV. Harthacnut: 1040–1042 XV. Their Just Rewards: 1042–1043 Part Two. The Anglo-Saxons: AD 1042–1065 XVI. Edward Rex: 1042–1045 XVII. Comeuppances: 1045–1046 XVIII. Outcasts: 1046–1047 XIX. Val-ès-Dunes: 1047 XX. The Godwins: 1047–1049 XXI. William the Bastard: 1049–1051 XXII. Rebellion: 1051 XXIII. Heir to the Throne: 1051–1052 XXIV. The Return of the Godwins: 1052 XXV. Asserting Power: 1052–1053 XXVI. Wars in the North: 1054 XXVII. The Godwinsons: 1055–1056 XXVIII. War and Diplomacy: 1057 XXIX. Supremacy: 1058–1060 XXX. Fragile Peace: 1061 XXXI. Conquerors: 1062–1063 XXXII. Betrayals: 1064–1065 Part Three. The Normans: AD 1066 XXXIII. Challenge Accepted: Spring 1066 XXXIV. Opening Moves: Summer 1066 XXXV. Return of the Vikings: September 1066 XXXVI. Hastings: October 1066 Afterword: Domesday, 1066–1154 Sources Bibliography Acknowledgments Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisFor a long time, everything revolved around bread. Providing more than half of people's daily calories, bread was the life-source of Europe for centuries. In the middle of 19th century, a third of household expenditure was spent on bread. Why, then, does it only account for 0.8% of expenditure and just 12% of daily calories today?In this book, Peter Scholliers delves into the history of bread to map out its defining moments and people. From the price revolution of the 1890s that led to affordable and pure white bread, to the taste revolution of the 1990s that ushered in healthy brown bread, he studies consumers, bakers and governments to explain how and why this food that once powered an entire continent has fallen by the wayside, and what this means for the modern age.From prices and consumption to legislation and technology, Scholliers shows how the history of bread has been shaped by subtle cultural shifts as well as top-down decisions from ruling bodies. From theTrade ReviewBread, a name that tastes ancient and "natural". But bread does not exist in nature. Since it was invented it has been a symbol of innovation and creativity. Bread is the perfect food, designed by humans for humans. After millennia, it continues to hold the secret of humanity. * Massimo Montanari, Professor of Medieval History, Bologna University, Italy *In a masterful and lively study, as rigorous as it is graceful, Scholliers insists on the essential : bread is at the core of public and private life, as much a political and social as a nutritional and gastronomical object, a powerful force of and for life, yet also a reminder of its fragility. * Steven Laurence Kaplan, Goldwin Smith Professor emeritus of European History, Cornell University, USA *Bread was, for centuries, the staple of most Europeans’ diets. Here Peter Scholliers weaves together economic and medical histories, the daily lives of workers, the histories of technology and consumption, to demonstrate how a simple item like a loaf of bread can trace historical change in all its complexity. * Rachel Rich, Reader in Modern European History, Leeds Beckett University, UK *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: The Consumer 1. Eating Bread 2. Types of Bread 3. Prices and Purchasing power 4. Acquiring Bread: Baking, Buying and Stealing 5. Calories, Kilos and Grams 6. Bad bread: Fraud, Additives and Riots Part II: The Baker 7. Artisanal Baking 8. Technology and Hygiene 9. The Factories 10. Wages, Costs and Profits 11. Image, Status and Wealth 12. Politics, Strikes and Consultations Part III: The Government 13. Grain Policy 14. Price Control 15. Fraud on the Track 16. School and Education 17. Committees, Councils, Institutes and Agencies Conclusion: Good Bread Glossary Bibliography Appendices Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Throughout, discussions of treaty negotiations in particular are excellent. The reader is left with a clear sense of the stakes, the skulduggery and machinations, and the full implications of the final terms reached. Rahe’s prose is engaging and dramatic.”—Thomas O. Rover, International Journal of Military History and Historiography“Written in a rich, rewarding style…Its coverage of ancient sources and modern literature in the notes is impressively exhaustive and it includes numerous and very good maps. Related to this, topography is Rahe’s strong point – several passages have benefitted from his detailed personal knowledge of the landscape.”—Pavel Nývlt, Eirene, Studia Graeca et Latina“The general reader will find the narrative stimulating, while, even if scholars disagree with some of R.’s conclusions, they will find them provocative, intriguing and cogently argued.”—David Stuttard, Classics for All“[Enriches] the existing literature by providing a fresh and convincing argument about the importance of domestic politics in international conflict”—Konstantinos Xypolytos, Strife JournalWinner of the Themistocles Prize awarded by the University of Piraeus“Paul Rahe stands out as one of the world’s leading scholars on the Peloponnesian War. His latest volume on Sparta’s protracted struggle with Athens, Sparta’s Second Attic War, provides insight into enduring problems of politics and strategy in wartime, into why and how peoples fight, both in the ancient world and in our own troubled times.”—John H. Maurer, Naval War College“The West’s victory in the Cold War may not have been the equal of the early 5th century Greek victory over the Persians. But, as Paul Rahe’s Sparta’s Second Attic War explains in elegantly crafted language, the notion of resolving global-sized confrontations is a modern conceit. Based on an understanding that equals that of any contemporary strategic thinker, Rahe examines the upheavals in the Hellenic world that followed Persia’s defeat, the roots of dissension in the geography of Sparta and Athens, and the influence of domestic policy on the contestants’ diplomatic and military maneuvers.”—Seth Cropsey, former deputy Undersecretary of the Navy“Rahe’s far-reaching and audacious reconstruction of ancient Greek history proceeds apace. This is more than military history, more than diplomatic history. It exhibits not only his magisterial command of a vast, complicated body of facts, but his comprehensive understanding of the larger context of strategic thinking then and now.”—Ralph Lerner, The University of Chicago

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Book SynopsisThis 'Little Book' gives you all the low-down on the daily life of the ordinary people as well as vivid descriptions of the luxury in royal palaces

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of a 2018 Gourmand World Cookbook Award, U.S. National Winner in “Tea”""Winner of the 2018 PCCBS Book Prize, Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies""Co-Winner of the 2018 ASFS Book Award, Association for the Study of Food and Society""Winner of the 2018 Jerry Bentley Prize in World History, American Historical Association"

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Book SynopsisA detailed revelation of what was eaten in the court of the Eastern Roman Empire, accompanied by colourful descriptions of the sights and smells of Constantinople and its marketplaces. For centuries, the food and culinary delights of the Byzantine empire - centred on Constantinople - have captivated the west, although it appeared that very little information had been passed down to us. Tastes of Byzantium now reveals in astonishing detail, for the first time, what was eaten in the court of the Eastern Roman Empire - and how it was cooked. Fusing the spices of the Romans with the seafood and simple local food of the Aegean and Greek world, the cuisine of the Byzantines was unique and a precursor to much of the food of modern Turkey and Greece. Bringing this vanished cuisine to life in vivid and sensual detail, Dalby describes the sights and smells of Constantinople and its marketplaces, relates travellers' tales and paints a comprehensive picture of the recipes and customs of the empire and their relationship to health and the seasons, love and medicine. For food-lovers and historians alike, Tastes of Byzantium is both essential and riveting - an extraordinary illumination of everyday life in the Byzantine world.Trade ReviewA fascinating read, with its descriptions of the glittering centre of an empire. Along with his portrait of Byzantines feasting on spiced wine and sugary sweets, Dalby includes many colourful observations. -- Charles Perry * Cornucopia *A delightful book... offers a novel and humane approach to the Byzantines and their culture, and one that should appeal to Byzantinists as well as general readers. * The Bryn Mawr Classical Review *This pioneering book... is an enthusiastic compilation of fascinating facts about what people in Constantinople ate during the eleven centuries of the Byzantine Empire. -- Peter Clark * Asian Affairs Journal *The only book in English concerning the history of the very elusive cuisine of Byzantium. Dalby - classicist, historian, and aficionado of linguistics - brings impressive credentials to this pioneering study... Tastes of Byzantium bubbles and roils with tales, anecdotes, and just plain gore. * Culinary Historians of New York *Table of ContentsPreface An Introduction to Byzantium Tastes and Smells of the City Foods and Markets of Constantinople Water and Wine, Monks and Travellers Rulers of the World The Texts The Eight Flavours Categories of Foods Humoral and Dietary Qualities of Foods A Dietary Calendar Instructions and Recipes A Phrase-Book of Byzantine Foods and Aromas Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisResonating as profoundly today as when it was first published to widespread critical acclaim a decade ago, God’s Crucible is a bold portrait of Islamic Spain and the birth of modern Europe from one of our greatest historians. David Levering Lewis’s narrative, filled with accounts of some of the most epic battles in world history, reveals how cosmopolitan, Muslim al-Andalus flourished—a beacon of cooperation and tolerance—while proto-Europe floundered in opposition to Islam, making virtues out of hereditary aristocracy, religious intolerance, perpetual war and slavery. This masterful history begins with the fall of the Persian and Roman empires, followed by the rise of the prophet Muhammad and five centuries of engagement between the Muslim imperium and an emerging Europe. Essential and urgent, God’s Crucible underscores the importance of these early, world-altering events whose influence remains as current as today’s headlines.

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Book SynopsisOnce you accept that the impossible is really possible, what happens in Russia makes perfect senseTrade Review“The circumstantial evidence is compelling. It is set out in David Satter’s book with concision, authority and an undertow of quiet rage.”—Giles Whittell, Times“Satter . . . persuasively supplies evidence for his claim that a series of residential bombings in 1999 were part of an elaborate conspiracy orchestrated by Vladimir Putin, who used them as a smoke screen to invade Chechnya and catapult himself to the presidency.”—Publisher’s Weekly“A darkly impressive account of post-Soviet Russia, skillfully moving between detective-style close-ups of key events and sweeping analysis.”—Peter Pomeranzev, author of Nothing is True and Everything is Possible“David Satter blends masterful journalism and rigorous scholarship in a disturbingly illuminating book on the origins, nature and future of the Putin autocracy. Required reading for all those who refuse to indulge in wishful thinking about a rogue state claiming to be a respectable superpower.”—Vladimir Tismaneanu, author of The Devil in History: Communism, Fascims and Some Lessons of the Twentieth Century“This very timely new book by David Satter, one of our finest analysts of contemporary Russia, provides crucial insights into Vladimir Putin. The negligible value he and his cohorts place on human life is chillingly illustrated. Here you will find a gripping account of the deliberate lethal gassing of hundreds of innocent hostages held captive by terrorists, demonstrating that seizing and holding power by any means is Putin’s stock in trade.”—Richard V. Allen, senior fellow Hoover Institution and former national security adviser to Ronald Reagan“Vladimir Putin’s dictatorship was enabled by those who ignored the lessons of history and the warnings of people like David Satter, who was right early and often during the fall of Russian democracy and the rise of Putin’s police state. Few can speak with so much authority and conviction on the triumphs and tragedies of modern Russia.”—Garry Kasparov, Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation, former world chess champion“David Satter has the courage to ask what role the Russian authorities themselves had in the worst terrorist outrages there and - unlike others who did the same - has survived to tell the tale. If he is right that grand provocation had a key political role under both Yeltsin and Putin presidencies—and the evidence is persuasive—then Russia is a country from Dostoyevski’s worst dreams. The Less You Know, the Better you Sleep is an uncompromising, cogent, disturbing account of a country whose authorities’ nihilism may yet lead it to disaster.”—Radek Sikorski, former Polish foreign minister

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An investigation of how this remarkably successful but 'consciously unheroic' transition was achieved in western continental Europe. A scholarly work of history that displays a deep knowledge of different political cultures, [Western Europe's Democratic Age] offers valuable context for today’s crisis of liberal democracy."---Ben Hall, Financial Times"[Western Europe's Democratic Age] had a real influence on me."---E. J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post"An important and insightful study. . . . highly readable [and] well-written."---Julia Eichenberg, H/Soz/Kult

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Book SynopsisSpain, 1157-1300 makes use of a vast body of primary and secondary source material to provide a balanced overview of a crucial period of Spanish as well as of European history. Examines the most significant phase of Spanish mainland development Considers the profound intellectual consequences of Christian advances into Islamic Spain Explores the varying fortunes of the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon, and focuses on the reign of the learned Alfonso X of Castile Utilizes the vast body of primary and secondary source material published over the past 30 years Trade Review"This is a masterly revisiting of the period, every clause of Linehan's sentences embodying not only that eloquence of rhetorical style he so admired in the work of another Fellow of St. John's, Prof. John Cook (see the obituary by Lineham in The Independent, 15 September 2007), but a freshness and vitality of vision that find their fullest expression in his portrait of King Alfonso el Sabio." (Speculuma Medieval Studies, April 2011) Table of ContentsPreface ix Chronology xii List of Abbreviations xv Tree showing some of those mentioned in these pages xvii Map of Spain in the thirteenth century xviii 1 1157–79 Past and Present 1 After the Emperor 7 Two Royal Minorities 24 2 The Age of Las Navas Life, Law and Memory 36 Three Battles 40 Implications of the Vernacular 46 Castile Victorious 53 3 1214–48 Doña Berenguela and Son 57 ‘The Gate is Open and the Way is Clear’ 60 Towards Valencia 62 Conquest and Colonization 69 Toledo and Seville 75 After Valencia 80 The Mediterranean Dimension 83 4 Some Permanent Features Jews 87 Moors 95 Hunger, Kings and Capitals 100 5 1252–9 Alfonso X: Promising Beginnings 104 A Command Economy 114 The Law 121 Implications of Empire 129 6 1259–74 Toledo and Translations 133 International Complications 145 The Mudéjar Rising 149 The Alfonsine Histories 162 7 1275–84 A Reign in Ruins 169 France and Aragón 175 1282 185 Aragón Alone 199 The Learned King 204 8 The Changed Balance Castile after 1284 210 A Question of Alliances 215 ‘Neither Truth nor Faith’ 229 Epilogue 233 Bibliography 235 Glossary 268 Index 270

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Book SynopsisWhy have elephantsand our preconceptions about thembeen central to so much of human thought?From prehistoric cave drawings in Europe and ancient rock art in Africa and India to burning pyres of confiscated tusks, our thoughts about elephants tell a story of human history. In Elephant Trails, Nigel Rothfels argues that, over millennia, we have made elephants into both monsters and miracles as ways to understand them but also as ways to understand ourselves.Drawing on a broad range of sources, including municipal documents, zoo records, museum collections, and encounters with people who have lived with elephants, Rothfels seeks out the origins of our contemporary ideas about an animal that has been central to so much of human thought. He explains how notions that have been associated with elephants for centuriesthat they are exceptionally wise, deeply emotional, and have a special understanding of death; that they never forget, are beloved of the gods, and Trade Review[Rothfels] captures the ache and cruelty of colonization and enslavement; it is, at times, a gruesome read but a sobering one. This book will appeal to those fascinated by the mythology and legacy of elephants, as well as animal lovers who fight for the liberation of all living creatures.—Jen Cox, Scientific AmericanTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Blind Men's ElephantsChapter 1. First among MonstersChapter 2. Afraid of Mice Chapter 3. A Serpent for a HandChapter 4: The Most Friendly CreatureChapter 5: A Descendant of MastodonsChapter 6: The Last of Its KindChapter 7: Trails of HistoryNotesFor Further ReadingIndex

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Book SynopsisNearly a century after it was first published in 1925, Medieval Cities remains one of the most provocative works of medieval history ever written. This book argues that it was not the invasion of the Germanic tribes that destroyed the civilization of antiquity, but rather the closing of Mediterranean trade by Arab conquest in the seventh century.Trade ReviewPraise for the previous edition: "An indispensable complement to the confusing history of the Carolingian period and early days of European civic development... In short, it is one of the best sort of contributions to historical writing--those which combine simplicity with erudition and imagination with accuracy."--New Statesman (London)Table of ContentsIntroduction by Michael McCormick ix Translator's Foreword xxxiii Preface xxxv Chapter I. The Mediterranean 1 Chapter II. The Ninth Century 16 Chapter III. City Origins 35 Chapter IV. The Revival of Commerce 49 Chapter V. The Merchant Class 68 Chapter VI. The Middle Class 84 Chapter VII. Municipal Institutions 109 Chapter VIII. Cities and European Civilization 138 Bibliography 153 Index 157

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWinner of the 2016 Douglass C. North Research Award, Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE) Shortlisted for the 2016 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society One of Flavorwire's 10 Must-Read Academic Books for 2015 One of HistoryBuff.com's 10 Can't-Miss History Books of 2015 "Superb."--Armand Marie Leroi, New York Times "In the late fourth century B.C., Aristotle and his students collected the constitutions of more than 150 [...] city-states. The scholar who would today follow in Aristotle's footsteps has to deal with a far more formidable mass of data. Few of today's scholars control more of this data, or write about it more insightfully, than Josiah Ober. [T]hose willing to put in the effort will learn much from the deep meditations of an expert historian and political philosopher."--James Romm, Wall Street Journal "[T]his could turn out to be Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire for classical Greece."--Jonathan Sturgeon, Flavorwire "Ober marshals a wealth of new data to make the case for a much different view of Greek history ... there was something distinct about the Greek world, he argues. What set the Greeks apart, he says, was their choice of a particular kind of order--and the cultural attitudes that went with it. Citizen self-government. Equality of standing among persons. Fair and open institutions. These ideas, unusual in history, were well developed in the Greek world, Ober notes. If we care about them, he says, we should pay attention."--Marc Parry, Chronicle of Higher Education "[Ober's] central argument is that the achievements of Greek civilization were rooted in its prosperity, and that was the result of a rough economic and political equality... [He] ranges over a half millennium of Greek history, from the 8th to the 3rd centuries BCE, seeking the roots of Greek "efflorescence"--its material and cultural flourishing... [The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece] is rife with parallels to the present."--Brian Bethune, Macleans "An attractive, informative, and timely picture of Greece from Homer to Aristotle... It's an absorbing story full of excitement, drama and hope."--Evaggelos Valiantos, Huffington Post "A sharp and insightful economic history."--Daisy Dunn, History Today [The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece] is by far [Ober's] most ambitious work to date, a magisterial tour of the successes and failures of various city-states throughout the Greek world from the archaic through the Hellenistic periods... The thrust of the book is not just provocative but persuasive."--Adriaan Lanni, The New Rambler "This book is a groundbreaking examination of what Ober (political science, Stanford) calls the 'efflorescence' of ancient Greece, which, divided into some 1,100 city-states as it was, developed a unified, dominant culture."--Choice "His narrative history of Greek efflorescence is engaging and full of insights."--Richard Seaford, Literary Review "A thought-provoking book with great depth. As the great political theorists of the modern era have always known, the ancient Greek experience provides immense empirical material to mine for insights into political science: how we design rules of politics to secure human freedom and well-being. We ignore the experience of classical civilization to our own disadvantage."--Jason Sorens, The American Conservative "This challenging book is like no other history of the ancient world... [Ober] produces some engaging and striking analyses of familiar historical episodes."--American Historical Review "Intriguing... [Y]ou can think of this book as how an economist might think about ancient Greece."--Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution "[Ober's] work will be of interest to anyone who is serious about the history of political economy, or who wants to know more about the relationship between democracy, economic growth, and human flourishing, whether in the ancient or modern world... The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece ... will richly reward a serious lay reader. One of its most appealing qualities is its multidisciplinary approach, which is the fruit of Ober's extensive and generously acknowledged collaboration with scholars from around the world as well as with his Stanford colleagues in a number of fields, including the sciences. In this respect, it points in a direction that future humanities scholars will need to go if they, too, wish to flourish."--David Wharton, Weekly Standard "A fresh and vigorous account about the roots of democracy."--Brian A. Pavlac, Canadian Journal of HistoryTable of ContentsList of Images and Tables xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xxi Abbreviations xxv 1 The Efflorescence of Classical Greece 1 2 Ants around a Pond: An Ecology of City-States 21 3 Political Animals: A Theory of Decentralized Cooperation 45 4 Wealthy Hellas: Measuring Efflorescence 71 5 Explaining Hellas' Wealth: Fair Rules and Competition 101 6 Citizens and Specialization before 550 BCE 123 7 From Tyranny to Democracy, 550-465 BCE 157 8 Golden Age of Empire, 478-404 BCE 191 9 Disorder and Growth, 403-340 BCE 223 10 Political Fall, 359-334 BCE 261 11 Creative Destruction and Immortality 293 Appendix I: Regions of the Greek World: Population, Size, Fame 317 Appendix II: King, City, and Elite Game, Josiah Ober and Barry Weingast 321 Notes 329 Bibliography 367 Index 401

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Book SynopsisThe calamity that proved lethal for Pompeii inhabitants preserved the city for centuries, leaving behind a snapshot of Roman daily life that has captured the imagination of generations, including Renoir, Freud, Hirohito, Mozart, Dickens, Twain, Rossellini, and Ingrid Bergman. Interwoven is the thread of Rowland’s own impressions of Pompeii.Trade ReviewIts historical breadth and richness notwithstanding, From Pompeii is a surprisingly intimate book. Rowland begins with her first encounter with Herculaneum as an 8-year-old with a Brownie Starmite camera… From Pompeii is thus a personal, even idiosyncratic, introduction to Pompeii in the mode of, say, the novelist E. M. Forster’s Alexandria: A History and a Guide… If you have any interest in Pompeii, or in entertaining scholarship, or in Italian culture, you’ll want to set aside a few evenings for this deeply engaging work of popular history. -- Michael Dirda * Washington Post *[Rowland’s] book is a personal, indeed highly selective, account of what many researchers, cultivated visitors, archaeologists and even urban reformers have made of the site and the modern town of Pompeii: It reads, all told, like a collection of entertaining essays. She handles her theme with an ease and authority that should please others who are fond of Campania, the Neapolitan region, an area of great beauty and equally great social and environmental problem… Rowland covers a wide range of topics, including the creation of the modern town of Pompeii, the musings of tourists like Dickens and Mark Twain, and diverse aspects of Neapolitan folklore. -- Dan Hofstadter * Wall Street Journal *Elegant, witty and beautifully produced… It is less a guide than an overtly aesthetic appreciation of the site and its environs, poetic in its sense of connections over time… It is more the gap between individual drama and universal catastrophe, both inside Pompeii and looking on from outside, that Rowland’s account so powerfully conjures up. -- Emily Gowers * The Guardian *[A] lively book… For Pompeii is not really frozen in time. The achievement of Rowland’s book is precisely to show it at the heart of a turbulent, ever-changing region, where the landscape and people are forever caught up in transformation and drama—whether geological, political, technological or cultural. She beautifully evokes the connections between the local, the international, the spiritual and the seismic… For Rowland, Pompeii is the fount from which innumerable rivulets of history flow, and her fluent and engaging writing follows them where it will… This is a vivid and stimulating account of the history of a corner of the earth where there seems too much colorful humanity ever to be adequately captured in a single book. Rowland’s brimming pages show there are plenty more treasures to be excavated from the fertile volcanic soil of its history. -- Rebecca Langlands * Times Higher Education *There’s probably no one more qualified to have a go at this subject than Rowland… She possesses unsurpassed knowledge of whatever she takes up, and this work is no exception… It will delight any reader who likes the serious laced with the macabre and bizarre, the ancient with the modern… We never tire of her deeply knowledgeable entertainment… [A] genial, learned travelogue… It’s one of the pleasures of Rowland’s tour that we get to meet with Pompeii’s visitors over the centuries, as varied a cast of characters as might be dreamed up… While this is in no sense a guidebook to Pompeii and Herculaneum, anyone planning to visit Italy’s southwest coast will gain from taking Rowland’s fast-paced historical tour beforehand… [A] splendid book. -- James M. Banner, Jr. * Weekly Standard *This is a book difficult, even impossible, to summarize… Rowland’s enthusiasm for her subject and her knowledge of history are such that many will find interest and pleasure in dipping into it, pulling out a plum here or there. -- Allan Massie * Literary Review *Visitors to Pompeii have long marveled at the town’s perfectly preserved scenes of Roman life, but interpretations of those scenes have varied widely over the years. Rowland writes about a selection of those visitors, some famous—like Renoir, whose painting style was influenced by the town’s erotic frescoes—others less well known—like a priest named Father Kircher, who risked the wrath of the Inquisition when he suggested that the eruption of Vesuvius was ‘in response to gigantic cycles within the earth itself rather than God’s pique at individual sinners.’ Each story speaks to the way in which Pompeii reveals the hopes and the desires of the individuals and of societies. -- Andrea DenHoed * New Yorker *[Told] in rich and fascinating detail… When Rowland tells us that a visit to Pompeii can change a person’s life, she is speaking from personal experience. -- Tom Holland * The Spectator *From Pompeii is immensely lively and thought-provoking… The book is crammed with telling details and entertaining snippets. -- Chloe Chard * Sunday Telegraph *The book is an entertaining canter through two millennia of history, deeply learned without succumbing to stuffiness or superiority… Rowland is a lively writer and her tale of Pompeii’s rediscovery and excavation is engaging. She skillfully brings to light details of the world unearthed at Pompeii—the various styles of painting identified by art historians, the social purpose of the god Priapus—and splices these into her narrative of discovery. In the process she never loses sight of the relationship between this recovery of antiquity’s physical remains and the 18th century’s vibrant neo-classicism. The former clearly nourished the latter, but the story turns out to be more complicated than first thought. -- Luke Slattery * Sydney Morning Herald *[An] engaging look at the allure of an ancient city. -- Vanessa Bush * Booklist *The book is an enjoyable read that encompasses an exciting range of topics in political and social history… Recommended for general readers who want to know more about a place that continues to haunt the imagination of nearly everyone who visits it. -- Linda Frederiksen * Library Journal *[Rowland] constructs an overview of Pompeii’s history by collecting the opinions and work of famous figures: artists, writers, musicians, actors, and royalty, including Renoir, Mozart, Ingrid Bergman, and Crown Prince Hirohito of Japan. All of the individuals included experienced Pompeii and its environs firsthand—though some, like Mark Twain and Charles Dickens, did not always see them in a positive light. Rowland’s work, replete with lyrical verse and beautiful descriptions of Southern Italy, highlights potential problems with preservation, and…it wistfully captures the atmosphere of a place both beautiful and dangerous. * Publishers Weekly *Ingrid D. Rowland’s richly learned From Pompeii is a wonderfully well-written, funny, fascinating, and oddly poignant tour through the many afterlives of the ancient city. This is a brilliant book about the pleasures and perils of archaeology, historical preservation, and cultural tourism, stumbling over one another in a quixotic search for the traces of the dead. -- Stephen Greenblatt, author of The Swerve: How the World Became ModernOriginal, highly illuminating, and fun—brimming with ideas and observations—and many surprises for those familiar with Pompeii as well as for new visitors to the Bay of Naples. This is classic Rowland! -- Kenneth Lapatin, J. Paul Getty Museum

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Book SynopsisThe diary as Anne Frank wrote it: “The single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust ... remains astonishing and excruciating (The New York Times Book Review).In a modern translation, this definitive edition contains entries about Anne’s burgeoning sexuality and confrontations with her mother that were cut from previous editions. Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl is among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century. Since its publication in 1947, it has been a beloved and deeply admired monument to the indestructible nature of the human spirit, read by millions of people and translated into more than fifty-five languages. Doubleday, which published the first English translation of the diary in 1952, now offers a new translation that captures Anne’s youthful spirit and restores the original material omitted by Anne’s father, Otto—approximately thirty percent of the diary. The elder Frank excis

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Book SynopsisPresents a collection of newly translated documents drawn from primary sources, documenting both the official and unofficial cultures of National Socialist Germany from its inception to its defeat and collapse in 1945. This title offers a collection of primary sources on Nazi Germany.Trade Review"Essential. No library, whether public or academic, should be without this remarkable resource." CHOICETable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Introduction Part One. The Beginnings of National Socialism 1. The Munich Years and the Legacy of the War 1. Guidelines of the German Workers' Party (1919) 2. Adolf Hitler, Letter to Adolf Gemlich (1919) 3. Wilfred Bade, The Founding of the Party in 1920 (1933) 4. Dietrich Eckart, Jewishness in and around Us (1919) 5. The Program of the German Workers' Party: The Twenty-Five Points (1920) 6. Gottfried Feder, Manifesto for Breaking the Bondage of Interest (1919) 7. Otto Gmelin, Prohn Fights for His People (1933) 8. Heinrich Lersch, The German Soldier; In the Military Hospital (1939) 9. Hanns Johst, Schlageter (1933) 10. Hans Hinkel, One of a Hundred Thousand (1937) 11. Wilfred Bade, The Hitler Trial (1933) 12. Wilfred Bade, The SA Conquers Berlin (1933) 13. Fritz Oerter, Our Speakers in the Anti-Marxist Struggle: The Balance of an Election Year (1932) 14. Hermann Fuhrbach, How I Became a National Socialist (1934) 2. Nazism in Power: 1933 15. Walter Frank, On the History of National Socialism (1939) 16. Oswald Spengler, The White World Revolution (1933) 17. Hermann Goering, Radio Address: 30 January 1933 18. Joseph Goebbels, Day of Potsdam: 22 March 1933 (1933) 19. Erich Ebermayer, My Day of Potsdam: Diary Entry (1933) 20. Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of Volk and State (1933) 21. Anonymous, The Reichstag Fire: Declaration of Martial Law? (1933) 22. Otto Wels, Speech against the Passage of the Enabling Act (1933) 23. Law to Remedy the State of Emergency of Volk and Reich (1933) 24. Law for the Restoration of Professional Civil Service (1933) 25. Adolf Hitler, Speech to Commemorate National Labor Day (1933) 26. Das Schwarze Korps, Second-Class Comrades? (1936) 27. Carl Schmitt, State, Movement, Volk: The Tripartite Division of Political Unity (1933) 28. Ernst Forsthoff, The Total State (1933) 29. Alfred Rosenberg, The Total State? (1934) 30. Carl Schmitt, The Fuhrer Protects the Law: On Adolf Hitler's Reichstag Address of 13 July 1934 (1934) 31. Hans Frank, On the Position of the Judge before National Socialist Law and in the National Socialist State (1936) 3. The Political Religion: Fuhrer Cult, Ceremonies, and Symbol 32. Albert Reich, Adolf Hitler's Homeland (1933) 33. Baldur von Schirach, Hitler as No One Knows Him (1933) 34. Rudolf Hess, The Oath to Adolf Hitler (1934) 35. Baldur von Schirach, To the Fuhrer; Hitler (1935) 36. David Lloyd George, I Talked to Hitler (1936) 37. Anonymous, This Is a National Poison? What the Ban on Fuhrer Kitsch Is Supposed to Protect Us From (1933) 38. Anonymous, City and Countryside Shine in Celebratory Splendor (1939) 39. Engelbert Huber, The Swastika (1933) 40. Franz Alfred Six, The Propaganda of the Street and the Masses (1936) 41. Franz Alfred Six, The Power of the Spoken Word (1936) 42. Erwin Schockel, Good and Bad Posters (1939) 43. Das Schwarze Korps, With German Protestant Catholic Greetings (1935) 44. Wilfred Bade, The Party Rally Day of Victory: The Victory of Faith (1933) 45. Willy Liebel, Five Years: Nuremberg, City of Party Rallies (1938) 46. Victor Klemperer, Listening to Goering's Speech at the 1938 Nuremberg Rally (1938) 47. Law Concerning Holidays (1934) 48. Hannes Kremer, New Meanings for "Inherited" Customs? (1937) 49. Frank Leberecht, Call to the Fire (1934) 50. Central Cultural Office, Reich Propaganda Leadership, Honoring Fallen Heroes: NSDAP Veterans' Memorial Day Celebrations (1939) Part Two. The National Socialist Worldview 4. Between Myth and Doctrine 51. Adolf Hitler,The Aryan (1925) 52. Adolf Hitler, Speech at the NSDAP Congress on Culture (1933) 53. Ernst Krieck, The Racial-Volkisch-Political Conception of History (1934) 54. Alfred Rosenberg, The Myth of the Twentieth Century: On the Third Edition (1930) 55. Joseph Goebbels, Communism with the Mask Off (1935) 56. Carl Schmitt, National Socialist Legal Thought (1934) 57. Hans F.{ths}K. Gunther, A Modest Racial Study of the German People (1929) 58. Susanna Pertz, The Word Nordic (1939) 59. Paul Schultze-Naumburg, Nordic Beauty: Portraits of Perfection in Life and in Art (1937) 60. Wolf Willrich, The German Face (1935) 61. Otto Hofler, Secret Cultic Societies of the Germanic Peoples (1934) 62. Harald Spehr, Were the Germans "Ecstatics"?: A Comment on Otto Hofler's Secret Cultic Societies of the Germanic Peoples (1936) 63. Eberhard Freidank, Nordic Ecstasy (1933) 64. Alfred Baumler, Hellas and Germania (1943) 5. Racial Science 65. Ludolf Haase, We Need a Reich Office of Racial Affairs (1933) 66. Walter Gross, National Socialist Racial Policy: A Speech to German Women (1934) 67. Paul Brohmer, Biological Studies and Volkisch Education (1933) 68. Gunther Hecht, Biology and National Socialism (1937/1938) 69. Johann Fahlbusch, Colored Blood in the Rhineland (1935) 70. Reichsfuhrer SS Central Office for Racial Policy, Racial Policy (1942) 6. Germany's Colonial Mission 71. Karl Haushofer, National Socialist Thought in the World (1933) 72. Hans Simmer, German Territory and German Volk (1934) 73. Hans Grimm, My Father, My Colonies (1934) 74. Ernst Gerhard Jacob, Colonial Policy as Cultural Mission (1938) 75. Ernst Janisch, The Biological-Historical Background of German Living Space (1943) Part Three. Antisemitism: The Core Doctrine 7. Jews: The Visible Enemy 76. Adolf Hitler, Aryan and Jew (1925) 77. Engelbert Huber, The Anti-Semitism of the NSDAP (1933) 78. E.{ths}H. Schulz and R. Frercks, Why the Aryan Law? A Contribution to the Jewish Question (1934) 79. Reinhard Heydrich, The Visible Enemy: The Jews (1935) 80. Alfred Rosenberg, Bolshevism: The Work of an Alien Race (1935) 81. Martin Buber, An Open Letter to Gerhard Kittel (1933) 82. Gerhard Kittel, Response to Martin Buber (1934) 8. Eliminating the Jews: From the Nuremberg Laws to Kristallnacht 83. Reich Citizenship Law (1935) 84. Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor (1935) 85. Wilhelm Stuckart and Hans Globke, Civil Rights and the Natural Inequality of Man (1936) 86. Carl Schmitt, German Jurisprudence and the Struggle against the Jewish Spirit (1936) 87. Hertwig Hartner-Hnizdo, Accident of History or Destiny of the Race? (1939) 88. Johann von Leers, The Criminality of Jewry (1940) 89. Das Schwarze Korps, Concentration Camps and Their Inmates (1936) 90. Peter-Heinz Seraphim, Jewry in the Eastern European Space (1938) 91. Karl Friedrich Euler, The Yiddish Language as Expression of the Jewish Mind (1942) 92. Second Decree Concerning Implementation of the Law on Changes to Family Names and First Names (1938) 93. Fritz Arlt, The Final Struggle against Jewry: A Historical Reflection on Jewish Enmity (1938) 94. Reinhard Heydrich, Instructions for Kristallnacht (1938) 95. Secret Report of the Security Service of the Reichsfuhrer SS, Actions Against the Jews on 9, 10, and 11 November 1938 (1938) 96. Betty Scholem, Report on Kristallnacht (1939) 97. Sopade, Reactions of the Populace to Reichskristallnacht (1938) 98. Das Schwarze Korps, What Now, Jews? (1938) Part Four. Nationalizing German Youth 9. Educating the Race: Children and Adolescents 99. Unknown Child, Adolf Hitler Is Our Fuhrer! 100. Anonymous, Conference Minutes: Horst Wessel School in Kassel (1933--45) 101. Paul Garz and Otto Hartmann, German Grammar: Active/Passive Voice (1937) 102. Paul Habermann, Arthur Laudien, and Rudolf Tobler, Heritage and Mission: A German Primer for Young Readers (1941) 103. Baldur von Schirach, To the Flag (1942) 104. Dietrich Klagges, German History for Schools (1942) 105. Gerhard Kolling and Eugen Loffler, Math Lessons (1942) 106. Otto Steche, Erich Stengel, and Maxim Wagner, School Subject: Biology (1942) 107. Law Concerning the Hitler Youth (1936) 108. Sopade, Reports on German Youth (1938) 109. Song of the Hitler Youth: Devotion to the Fatherland (1939) 110. Baldur von Schirach, The National Socialist Youth Movement (1933) 111. Reimund Schnabel, Leadership Training Program of the Hitler Youth (1938) 112. Anonymous, A Hitler Youth Scout Is Loyal and True! (1941) 113. Oberbannfuhrer Stephan, The League of German Girls Organization in the Hitler Youth (1935) 114. Erna Bohlman, The Position of the Ancient Germanic Woman (1934) 115. Gunter Kaufmann, Faith and Beauty (1938) 116. Collecting Women's Hair: Reich Directive 36/K (1940) 117. Jutta Rudiger, The "Eastern Deployment" of the BDM (1942) 118. Gisela Miller-Kipp, Wartime Fashion Show (1942) 10. Science, History, and Philosophy Revised 119. Ernst Krieck, Renewal of the German University (1933) 120. Arthur Gopfert, Eugen Fischer, Martin Heidegger, and Wilhelm Pinder, Vow of Allegiance of the Professors of German Universities and Institutions of Higher Learning to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist State (1933) 121. Karl Alexander von Muller, The State of the University (1938) 122. E. Gunther Grundel, The Intellectuals and National Socialism (1934) 123. L. Glaser, Jews in Physics: Jewish Physics (1939) 124. Secret Report of the Security Service of the Reichsfuhrer SS, Citing Jewish Authors in Dissertations (1940) 125. Christoph Steding, Disease unto Death? Disease unto Life? (1938) 126. Johannes Haller, The Epochs of German History (1936) 127. Karl Alexander von Muller, The Influence of the Peasantry in the National Community of the Volk (1938) 128. Theodor Schieder, East Prussia in the History of the Reich (1938) 129. Kleo Pleyer, Volk in the Field (1943) 130. Ernst Krieck, The German of the German Language Society (1934) 131. Ernst Krieck, Philosophy (1939) 132. Arnold Gehlen, The State and Philosophy (1935) 133. Gerhard Fricke, The German of the Enlightenment (1935) 134. Alfred Baumler, Nietzsche and National Socialism (1943) 135. Wolfgang Schultz, Nietzsche's Zarathustra and the Historical Zarathustra (1935) 136. Heinrich Hartle, Nietzsche and National Socialism (1938) Part Five. The Racial Community 11. Women and "the Woman Question" 137. Paula Siber, The National Socialist Solution to the Woman Question (1933) 138. Carola Struve, Woman's Freedom and Freedom of the Volk on Foundations of Camaraderie (1933) 139. Adolf Hitler, Speech to the Meeting of the National Socialist Women's Organization (1934) 140. Hanns Johst, Mother (1934) 141. Emil Strauss, The Mother (1934) 142. Joseph Goebbels, German Women (1933) 143. Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, To Swedes and Germans (1937) 144. Das Schwarze Korps, Fashion: A Matter for Our Women! (1939) 145. Office of Women's Affairs of the German Labor Front, Working Women and Leisure Time 146. Gertrud Altmann-Sadke, The Maternal Instinct Must Be Reinforced (1941) 147. Secret Report of the Security Service of the Reichsfuhrer SS, Women's Reactions to Goebbels's "Total War" Speech (1943) 12. Marriage and the Family 148. Law for the Protection of the Hereditary Health of the German Volk (1935) 149. Otto Steche, Guide to Racial Science and Eugenics, Fostering Congenitally Sound Progeny, and Family Science for the Intermediate Level (1937) 150. Anonymous, Selection and Breeding (1942) 151. Otto Steche, Erich Stengel, and Maxim Wagner, Womb Wars (1942) 13. Eliminating "Superfluous Life": "Asocials," Criminals, the Handicapped, and the Mentally Ill 152. Law for the Protection against Hereditarily Diseased Offspring (1933) 153. Kurt Daluege, The National Socialist Fight against Criminality (1936) 154. Reinhard Heydrich, The Enemy in Disguise (1935) 155. Kolnische Zeitung, "Socially Fit--Asocial--Antisocial" (1937) 156. Ferdinand von Neureiter, Body Type and Crime (1940) 157. Adolf Hitler, Memorandum Authorizing Involuntary Euthanasia (1939) 158. Clemens Graf von Galen, Sermon on Euthanasia (1941) 159. Secret Report of the Security Service of the Reichsfuhrer SS, On the Public Response to the Film Ich klage an [I Accuse] (1942) 160. Rudolf Frercks, Christianity and Sterilization (1942) 14. Healthy and Unhealthy Sexuality 161. Das Schwarze Korps, Is This "Nudist Culture?" Herr Stapel Is Outraged! (1935) 162. Das Schwarze Korps, Sexual Indecency on Active Duty (1938) 163. Wolfgang Willrich, The Suffocating Nobility (1943) 164. Hugo Hertwig, Race and Love (1941) 165. Der Sturmer, The Abortion Trial: Jewish Doctors as Murderers (1939) 166. A. Aschenbrenner, Incest and Hereditary Health (1940) 167. Anonymous, How Magnus Hirschfeld's Institute for Sexual Science Was Demolished and Destroyed (1933) 168. Magnus Hirschfeld, Men's Leagues: A Psychosexual Analysis of the Rohm Catastrophe (1934) 169. Anonymous, Illusions (1935) 170. 1935 Revision to Paragraph 175 of the Penal Code (1935) 171. Heinrich Himmler, OnHomosexuality and Abortion (1936, 1937) 172. SS-Untersturmfuhrer Professor Eckhardt, Sexually Indecent Abominations against Nature Are Punishable by Death (1935) 15. The German Soul and Psyche 173. Frank Maraun, Christianity and Psychoanalysis (1933) 174. Anonymous, The Role of the Jew in Medicine: The Psychoanalysis of the Jew Sigmund Freud (1933) 175. Kurt Gauger, Political Medicine: Foundations of a German Psychotherapy (1933) 176. Herbert Rudolf, Interview with Prof. Dr. M.{ths}H. Goering: Early Childhood Experiences Determine Development Later in Life (1939) 177. The Case of Edith Jacobsohn: Indictment and Commentaries (1933, 1936) 178. Ernest Jones, Letter to Anna Freud (1935) 179. Dr. Fritz Bleiber, Siegmund [sic] Freud and Psychoanalysis (1939) 180. C.{ths}G. Jung, The State of Psychotherapy Today (1934) 181. Ursula von Kardorff, Suicide and Deportation (1943) 182. Dr. Reitberger, On the Psychology of Suicide (1944) 183. Secret Report of the Security Service of the Reichsfuhrer SS, Kamikaze Panic: The Image of Japan in the German Population (1942) Part Six. The Churches 16. The National Socialist State and Christianity 184. Concordat between the Holy See and the German Reich (1933) 185. Volkischer Beobachter, Comments on the Meaning of the Concordat (1933) 186. Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber, What Is the Stance of Christianity to the German Race? (1934) 187. Declaration of the German Christians (1933) 188. Karl Barth, Theological Declaration of Barmen (1934) 189. Statement of the Confessing Church (1934) 190. Julius von Jan, A Sermon on Busstag (Day of Atonement): "O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord!" (1938) 191. Secret Report of the Security Service of the Reichsfuhrer SS, The Churches' Attempts to Undermine Anti-Jewish Sentiments in the Populace (1941) 192. Alfred Rosenberg, Theses on the Worldview (1941) 193. Walter Kunneth, Jesus: Aryan or Jew? (1936) 194. Walter Grundmann, Jesus of Nazareth and Jewry (1940) 195. Das Schwarze Korps, The German Faith: Where Do We Stand? (1936) 196. Martin Bormann, National Socialism and Christianity are Irreconcilable (1941) 197. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Resistance and Resignation (1945) Part Seven. National Socialism and the Arts 17. Literature: Official Culture and Its Outcasts 198. German Student Association, Down with the Un-German Spirit! (1933) 199. Anonymous, To the German Student Association: All Anti-Semitic Students Are Assholes! (1933) 200. Association of German Peoples Librarians, General Guidelines for Compiling Blacklists (1933) 201. German Student Association Head Office for Enlightenment and Publicity, To the Individual Student Associations (1933) 202. Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, The Public Burning of Outlawed Texts (1933) 203. Oskar Maria Graf, Burn Me! (1933) 204. Joseph Goebbels, The Tasks of the Ministry of Propaganda (1933) 205. Joseph Goebbels, Speech at the Opening of the Reich Chamber of Culture (1933) 206. Law Establishing the Reich Chamber of Culture (1933) 207. Klaus Mann, Open Letter to Gottfried Benn (1933) 208. Gottfried Benn, Answer to the Literary Emigrants (1933) 209. Lion Feuchtwanger, Open Letter to the Current Occupant of My House in Berlin (Mahler Street 8) (1935) 210. Editors' Law (1933) 211. Ernst Bertram, Against Humanism (1935) 212. Ricarda Huch, Letter to Max von Schillings, President of the Prussian Academy of the Arts (1933) 213. Joseph Nadler, Nation, State, and Literature (1937) 214. Heinz Kindermann, The New Literary Values (1939) 215. Johannes Alt, Foundations and Suppositions of the Scholarly Editing of German-Language Jewish Literature (1937) 216. Thomas Mann, Letter to Eduard Korrodi (1936) 217. Friedrich Percyval Reck-Malleczewen, Diary of a Man in Despair (1937) 218. Werner Bergengruen, A Matter of Conscience (1935) 219. Franz Fuhmann, Wartime Poems (1942) 18. The Visual Arts: German Art vs. Degenerate Art 220. Otto Andreas Schreiber, The Continuation of Expressionism (1934) 221. Alfred Rosenberg, Revolution in the Visual Arts? (1933) 222. Adolf Hitler, Art and Its Commitment to Truth (1934) 223. Joseph Goebbels, Ban on Art Criticism (1936) 224. Ernst Barlach, Letter to Joseph Goebbels (1936) 225. Adolf Hitler, Speech at the Opening of the Great German Art Exhibition (1937) 226. Adolf Ziegler, Speech at the Opening of the Degenerate Art Exhibition (1937) 227. Reinhard Piper, A Visit to the Degenerate Art Exhibition (1937) 228. Robert Scholz, Vital Questions of Visual Art (1937) 229. Werner Rittich, Contemporary Architecture and Architectural Sculpture (1938) 230. Secret Report of the Security Service of the Reichsfuhrer SS, The Great German Art Exhibition in Munich, 1940 231. Secret Report of the Security Service of the Reichsfuhrer SS, Masterpieces in German Art in Private Jewish Collections (1940) 232. Robert Scholz, The Mission of the New German Sculpture: On the Arno Breker Exhibit in Paris (1942) 233. Paul Schmitthenner, Tradition and New Design in Architecture (1933) 234. Mies van der Rohe, Conversation with Alfred Rosenberg, April 1933 235. Adolf Hitler, The Reich Chancellery (1939) 236. Hans Kiener, Germanic Tectonics (1937) 237. Fritz Todt, The Meaning of the New Building (1937) 238. Albert Speer, Redesigning the New Capital of the Reich (1939) 239. German Labor Front, Urban Planning: A Political Task (1939) 240. Heinrich Himmler, Order for the Destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto (1943) 19. Music: The Wagner Cult vs. Degenerate Music 241. Richard Strauss, Speech at the Opening of the Reich Music Chamber (1933) 242. Richard Strauss, Letter to Adolf Hitler (1935) 243. Fritz Stege, Future Tasks of Musicology (1933) 244. Wilhelm Furtwangler and Joseph Goebbels, The Case of Wilhelm Furtwangler (1933) 245. Siegfried Scheffler, Bayreuth in the Third Reich (1933) 246. Manchester Guardian, The Bayreuth Festival: August 15, 1933--"Featuring" Herr Hitler (1933) 247. Oskar Loerke, Diary Entry (1933) 248. A Protest from Richard Wagner's City of Munich (1933) 249. Thomas Mann, Response to City of Munich Protest (1933) 250. Herbert Birtner, On the German Interpretation of Beethoven Since Richard Wagner (1937) 251. Curt von Westernhagen, Richard Wagner's Struggle against Foreign Domination of the Soul (1935) 252. Thomas Mann, Letter to the Editor of Common Sense (1940) 253. Moser's Dictionary of Music, Atonal (1943) 254. Degenerate Music Exhibition, The Theoreticians of Atonality! (1938) 255. The Hindemith Affair: Exchange between Wilhelm Furtwangler and Joseph Goebbels (1934) 256. Wulf Bley, Is It Jazz or Just Radio Dance Tunes? (1934) 257. Ilse Deyk, Jazz Is Dead: May the Jazz Band Live! (1942) 258. Carl Hannemann, Jazz as a Weapon of Jewry and Americanism (1943) 259. Secret Report of the Security Service of the Reichsfuhrer SS, Jazz Music and Youth (1942) 20. Nazi Cinema: Entertainment and Propaganda 260. Joseph Goebbels, Speech at the Kaiserhof (1933) 261. Reich Cinema Law (1934) 262. Hans Traub, The Cinema as Entertainment Site (1933) 263. Carl Neumann, Curt Belling, and Hans Walther Betz, Portrait of the Unmasked Mr. Kohn (1937) 264. Curt Belling, Preparatory Work of the Party until the Takeover of Power (1936) 265. Curt Belling, The Beginning of National Socialist Film (1936) 266. Fritz Hippler, The Formative Power of Film (1942) 267. Film-Kurier, We Lucky Kids (1936) 268. Film-Kurier, The Latest Greta Garbo Triumph (1935) 269. Film-Kurier, This, Too, Is Worldview! (1937) 270. Ewald von Demandowsky, Film as I See It (1939) 271. Walter Panofsky, What Does the Audience Want to See on the Silver Screen? (1938) 272. Winifred Holmes, Hamburg Cinema: A Typical German Program (1939) 273. Secret Report of the Security Service of the Reichsfuhrer SS, Shirley Temple: Enemy of the Reich (1940) 274. Licht Bild Buhne, Hitler Youth Quex (1933) 275. Film-Kurier, Leni Riefenstahl Spoke (1935) 276. Film-Kurier, Triumph over the Heart--Triumph of the Will (1935) 277. Frank Maraun [Franz Goelz], Olympia (1938) 278. Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung, Leni Riefenstahl: Germany's Number One Filmmaker (1937) 279. Film-Kurier, Jews No Longer Permitted to Attend the Cinema--All Forms of Participation in Representations of German Culture Forbidden! (1938) 280. Der Sturmer, Charlie Chaplin: The Jewish Chimp in America (1940) 281. Anonymous, The Eternal Jew: Film of a 2,-Year Rat Migration (1940) 282. Film-Kurier, Review of The Eternal Jew (1941) 283. Gerhard Starke, Review of Jew Suss (1940) 284. Secret Report of the Security Service of the Reichsfuhrer SS, The Popularity of Jew Suss (1940) 285. Manfred Georg, Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator (1940) 286. Anonymous, Hollywood Reports: On the Situation of Refugees in Hollywood (1940) 21. Politics and Entertainment: Theater, Radio, and Television 287. Ludwig Moshamer, The Thingstatte and Its Meaning for the Future of German Theater (1935) 288. Richard Euringer, The Passion of Germany 1933: Radio Play in Six Acts (1933) 289. Hermann Wanderscheck, The Transformation of the Theater in the Third Reich (1939) 290. Secret Report of the Security Service of the Reichsfuhrer SS, On Performances of Works by [George] Bernard Shaw (1941) 291. Joseph Goebbels, Radio as the Eighth Great Power (1933) 292. Franz Hartung, Radio and Politics (1933) 293. Ferdinand Eckhardt, No More Stars! (1933) 294. Lisa Peck, Women and Radio: The Numbers (1934) 295. A. Wulff, 500 Schoolchildren in Berlin Tell about Radio (1934) 296. Heinz Goedecke and Wilhelm Krug, Solders of the German Army, Lend Us Your Ears! (1941) 297. Secret Report of the Security Service of the Reichsfuhrer SS, Armed Forces Radio Request Program Well Received (1940) 298. Heinrich Himmler, Illegal Broadcasts for England: Memo to Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1943) 299. Joseph Goebbels, No Dialect in Radio Broadcasts (1942) 300. Film-Kurier, First Television Broadcast Launched (1935) 22. Jewish Culture under Nazi Persecution: The Jewish Cultural League 301. Kurt Singer, Let's Get Started! (1933) 302. Kurt Singer, Speech at the Opening of the Cultural Conference of the Reich Organization of Jewish Cultural Leagues in Germany (1936) 303. Hans Hinkel, The Policy of Purging Jews from the Theater (1936) 304. Robert Weltsch, Wear the Yellow Badge with Pride! (1933) 305. C.-V. Zeitung, The Reich Representative Council of German Jews in Germany after the Nuremberg Laws (1935) 306. Kongress-Korrespondenz, Interview with Hans Hinkel: Must the Jews in Germany Starve? (1935) 307. Philo-Lexikon: Handbook of Jewish Knowledge, Encyclopedia Entries: Emigration, Distinctions, Emancipation, Military Service (1937) 308. Culture Department of the Vilna Ghetto Judenrat, Cultural Activities in the Vilna Ghetto (1942) Part Eight. Work, Industry, Modernity 23. Industry and Labor: The Four-Year-Plan, Beauty of Labor, and Strength through Joy 309. Adolf Hitler, Secret Memorandum on the Four-Year Plan (1936) 310. Karl Arnhold, Senseless Work Is Un-German (1936) 311. Sopade, On Recruiting Workers through Compulsory Membership and Social Bribery (1935) 312. Karl Kretschmer, On the Tasks of the Beauty of Labor Program (1934) 313. Wilhelm Lotz, Reconstruction Work in German Factories (1936) 314. Emil Rudolf Mewes, Thoughts on Architecture in Industrial Construction (1938) 315. Robert Ley, On the Anniversary of the Establishment of Strength through Joy (1934) 316. Horst Dressler-Andress, Travel, Hiking and Holiday Department (1937) 317. Gertrud Meyer, Around Italy: The Great Travel Experience (1939) 318. Sopade, On "Strength through Joy" (1938, 1939) 24. Modernizing Germany: The Autobahn and Americanism 319. Wilfred Bade, The Fuhrer and the Automobile (1938) 320. Gerhard Engel, Adolf Hitler on the Reich Autobahn and the Future of Motorization (1938) 321. Fritz Todt, Nordic Man and Transportation (1937) 322. Friedrich Tamms, The Reich Autobahn as All-Encompassing Architectural Marvel (1937) 323. Anonymous, Five Years of Strength through Joy (1938) 324. Fritz Todt, Foreword to Adolf Hitler's Roads and Buildings (1939) 325. Eugen Diesel, Is Modern Technology National? (1934) 326. Jakob Korn, The War Experience and Renewal of Science (1940) 327. Hansjurgen Weidlich, Felix versus USA: A German Takes On America (1934) 328. Dr. J.{ths}F.{ths}E. Raschen, Germany--As Seen by Americans (1935) 329. Das Schwarze Korps, Jerry Siegel Attacks!: Superman the Jew (1940) 330. Das Schwarze Korps, The Danger of Americanism (1944) 331. Giselher Wirsing, Unbounded Continent: Roosevelt's Struggle for World Domination (1942) Part Nine. Body Culture, Sports, Public Amusements 25. The 1936 Olympics and the World of Sports 332. Max Ostrop, Olympic Games: German Style (1935) 333. Friedrich Mahlo, German Tourism and the Olympic Year (1936) 334. Harry Hirsch, The Playing Fields of Nazi Germany (1934) 335. Committee on Fair Play in Sports, Preserve the Olympic Ideal (1935) 336. Helene Mayer, Letter to Avery Brundage (1935) 337. Volkischer Beobachter, Schmeling's Knockout Victory over Louis: And the Match Goes to the Opponent (1936) 338. Das Schwarze Korps, Jewish Victor in the German College Championships (1935) 339. Count Wolf Baudissin, Sports in the Army (1937) 340. Johannes Ohquist, Physical Pedagogy (1941) 341. Dr. A. Mallwitz, Sports Hygiene, (1936) 342. Geist und Schonheit, Rejuvenating Life, Enthusiasm for Life, Rejuvenating the Volk (1936) 26. "Amusmang": Laughter in the Third Reich 343. Das Schwarze Korps, What Will Santa Bring? (1935) 344. American Committee for Anti-Nazi Literature, Humor a la Nazi (1939) 345. American Committee for Anti-Nazi Literature, Drunken Nazi Leader Speaks against Liquor and Tobacco (1939) 346. Das Schwarze Korps, We're Not So! (1936) 347. Das Schwarze Korps, Fool's License for Artists (1939) 348. American Committee for Anti-Nazi Literature, Coffee Shortage Announced (1939) 349. Illustrierte Beobachter, Swastika Crossword Puzzle (1934) Part Ten. War, Conquest, and the Annihilation of the Jews 27. The Holocaust Begins: Violence, Deportation, and Ghettoization, 1939--1942 350. Adolf Hitler, Speech to the Great German Reichstag (1939) 351. Julius Streicher, Bolshevism and Synagogue (1941) 352. Four Decrees Issued in Occupied Poland, 1939--1941 353. Der Sturmer, The Eternal Shame: Black France Enlists Negroes as Cannon Fodder for the Eternal Jew (1940) 354. Alfred Rosenberg, The Jewish Question as World Problem (1941) 355. Victor Klemperer, Reading Rosenberg's Myth in 1942 (1942) 356. Heinrich Himmler, Some Thoughts on the Treatment of Racial Aliens in the East (1940) 357. Persecution of the Sinti and Roma: Three Decrees (1938, 1939) 358. Johannes Blaskowitz, The Military and the Slaughter of the Jews (1940) 359. Joseph Goebbels, The Jews Are Guilty! (1941) 360. Hermann Goering, Order to Heydrich to Begin Preparations for the Final Solution to the Jewish Question (1941) 361. Field Marshal Walter von Reichenau, Orders for Conduct in the East: Crushing the Jewish-Bolshevist System (1941) 362. Karl Baumbock, Jews Practice World Politics (1942) 28. The Annihilation of European Jewry, 1942--1945 363. Reinhard Heydrich, Policy and Operations Concerning Jews in the Occupied Territories (1939) 364. Wannsee Protocol (1942) 365. Secret Report of the Security Service of the Reichsfuhrer SS, Battle against the Jews (1942) 366. Reich Leader SS/SS Main Office, The Jew (1943) 367. Hillel Zeitlin and Dr. Israel Milejkowski, Evaluating the Ghetto: Interview in Warsaw, 1941 368. Warsaw Diary of Adam Czerniakow (1940, 1942) 369. Stefan Ernest, Warsaw Ghetto Diary (1942) 370. [Abba Kovner and Others], A Summons to Resistance, Vilna Ghetto (1942) 371. Hans Frank, Diary Entry (1943) 372. Walter Gross, Racial Political Prerequisites for the Solution of the Jewish Problem (1943) 373. Jozef Zelkowicz, Diary of the Lodz Ghetto (1942) 374. Dawid Sierakowiak, Notebooks from the Lodz Ghetto (1942) 375. Stanislaw Sznapman, Warsaw Ghetto Diary (1943) 376. Stefania Staszewska, Warsaw Ghetto Diary (1944) 377. General Jurgen Stroop, Report on the Destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto (1943) 378. Heinrich Himmler, Speech at Posen (1943) 379. Egon (Gonda) Redlich, Theresienstadt Diary (1944) 380. Oswald Pohl, Expanding Auschwitz (1942) 381. Alfred Wetzler and Rudolf Vrba, Auschwitz Protocols (1944) 382. Zalmen Gradowski, The Czech Transport: A Chronicle of the Auschwitz Sonderkommando (1944) 29. Total War: The Occupation of Europe to Germany's Defeat 1940--1945 383. Theodor Schieder, Notes on Settlement and Population Surveys in the Reclaimed Eastern Provinces (1939) 384. Major General Helmuth Stieff, Letter from Poland (1939) 385. Secret Report of the Security Service of the Reichsfuhrer SS, Bilingualism as Means and Expression of German Superiority in the East (1940) 386. Joseph Goebbels, Address to the Leaders of the NSDAP in Vienna (1940) 387. Der Sturmer, Africa in Paris (1940) 388. Guidelines for the Treatment of Political Commissars (1941) 389. Martin Bormann, To Alfred Rosenberg: On the Treatment of Non-German Populations in the Eastern Territories (1942) 390. Secret Report of the Security Service of the Reichsfuhrer SS, Rumors and Murmurings (1942) 391. Secret Report of the Security Service of the Reichsfuhrer SS, The Image of Russia in the Populace (1942) 392. Hermann Ernst Grobig, Why Racial Hygiene in Wartime? (1944) 393. Joseph Goebbels, Now, People, Rise Up and Let the Storm Winds Blow! (1943) 394. Thomas Mann, Response to Joseph Goebbels (1943) 395. Secret Report of the Security Service of the Reichsfuhrer SS, Reactions to Goebbels's Speech (1943) 396. Secret Report of the Security Service of the Reichsfuhrer SS, Reactions to the Katyn Forest Massacre (1943) 397. Martin Bormann, Safeguarding the Future of the German People (1944) Part Eleven. Resistance 30. Communists, Socialists, Youth, and the Conservative Resistance 398. The Brown Book, The Road to Power (1933) 399. Rundschau, The Bloody Thirtieth of June in Germany (1934) 400. Miles [Walter Lowenheim], Socialism's New Beginning (1934) 401. Wilhelm Reich, The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933) 402. Willi Munzenberg, Propaganda as a Weapon (1937) 403. Hans Scholl, Willi Graf, and Christoph Probst, The White Rose: Second Leaflet (1942) 404. Secret Report of the Security Service of the Reichsfuhrer SS, Reports on the Program to Combat Criminal Subversion (1943) 405. Secret Report of the Security Service of the Reichsfuhrer SS, Reactions to the Weekly Newsreel for 27 February --5 March 1943 (1943) 406. Heinrich Himmler, Top Secret Memorandum on Combating Youth Gangs (1944) 407. Ludwig Beck, Notes on Hitler's Declaration of War, November 1937 (1939) 408. Ulrich von Hassell, Diary Entry (1941) 409. Helmuth James von Moltke, Principles for the New Order (the Kreisau Circle) (1943) 410. Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, (Prepared) Radio Address (1944) Part 12. Defeat 31. Hitler's Last Will and Testament 411. Adolf Hitler, Political Testament (1945) Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisA century after it began, we still struggle with the terrible reality of the First World War, often through republished photographs of its horrors: the muddy trenches, the devastated battlefields, the maimed survivors. Due to the crude film cameras used at the time, the look of the Great War has traditionally been grainy, blurred, and monochrome-until now. The First World War presents a startlingly different perspective, one based on rare glass plate photographs, that reveals the war with previously unseen, even uncanny, clarity. Scanned from the original plates, with scratches and other flaws expertly removed, these oversized reproductions offer a wealth of unusual moments, including scenes of men in training, pictures of African colonial troops on the Western front, landscapes of astonishing destruction, and postmortem portraits of Belgian soldiers killed in action. Readers previously familiar with only black-and-white or sepia-toned prints of the hostilities will be riveted by the book's many authentic color photographs, products of the early autochrome method. From children playing war games to a wrenching deathbed visit, these images are extraordinary not only for their subject matter, but also for the wide range of emotions they evoke. Accompanied by a preface from celebrated writer Geoff Dyer and an essay by historian David Van Reybrouck, the photographs here serve both as remarkable witnesses to the everyday life of warfare and as dramatic works of art in their own right. These images, taken by some of the conflict's most gifted photographers, will radically change how we visualize the First World War.

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Book SynopsisFirst full translation of an important treatise on chivalric horsemanship. Written around 1430, Duarte of Portugal's remarkable treatise on chivalric horsemanship, the Livro do Cavalgar (Book on Riding), is the sole substantial contemporary source to survive on the definitive physical skill of themedieval knight. It also stands out from the body of technical writings of the Middle Ages for its intelligence, insight, and intellectual versatility, ranging from psychological reflections on horsemanship and its implications for human ethics, to the details of how to couch a lance under the arm without getting it caught on armour. Under the general rubric of horsemanship Duarte covers a range of topics that include jousting, tourneying, and hunting, aswell as the physical apparatus of equestrianism and various cultural styles of riding. However, despite its importance for scholarship, its language and technical content have so far resisted proper translation, a need whichthis book fills. The introduction provides not only the background to make Duarte's text comprehensible, but for the first time offers modern audiences a systematic point of access to the subject of medieval equestrianism in general. JEFFREY L. FORGENG is curator of Arms and Armor and Medieval Art at the Worcester Art Museum, and Adjunct Professor of History at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.Trade ReviewThis excellent little book will charm readers and provide a view into a medieval mind's perspective on animals, sports, fitness, overall well-being. * MEDIEVAL WARFARE *Table of ContentsIntroduction Note on the Translation The Book of Horsemanship by Duarte I of Portugal Bibliography

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Book SynopsisBased on primary sources in both English and French archives, this biography depicts the reign of Henry V in the broad European context of the period. It concludes that through his personality the king united the country in war but also provided domestic security and solid government.

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Book SynopsisFrance's great heroine and England's great scourge: whether a lunatic, a witch, a religious icon, or a skilled soldier and leader, Joan of Arc's contemporaries found her as extraordinary and fascinating as the legends that abound about her today. This book paints a portrait of Joan as a self-confident, charismatic and supremely determined figure.Trade Review"Larissa Juliet Taylor seeks the Joan of Arc who actually lived. It is a stunning portrayal rarely encountered. Joan is intelligent, strong, articulate, and above all inspirational. If you have been looking for one book that explains how this remarkable teenage girl could accomplish all that she achieved, then this is it." - Mack P. Holt, author of The French Wars of Religion -- Mack P. Holt"Larissa Juliet Taylor has written a fresh and provocative biography of La Pucelle by emphasizing her transformation from a naive girl to a strong-willed, bold, and gifted captain of war who imposed her will on a kingdom and on history. This is an absorbing book that is almost impossible to put down." - Frederic J. Baumgartner, author of France in the Sixteenth Century -- Frederic J. Baumgartner"This fine biography brings Joan fully to life not as a symbol for other eras but as a remarkable flesh and blood woman, who shaped her country and her times." - Keith P. Luria, North Carolina State University -- Keith P. Luria"Larissa Juliet Taylor goes deep into Joan of Arc's heart and soul and shows us the maiden, the warrior and the heroine. She brings fourteenth century France to teeming, vibrant life and tells Joan's story with true sensitivity. Fascinating." - Kate Williams, author of Becoming Queen -- Kate Williams‘An admirably nuanced, critical biography, which, in its straightforward approach to the sources, serves as a necessary corrective to much current scholarship…Taylor uses original and hitherto unexploited source material to great effect.’—Brenda Bolton, Church Times -- Brenda Bolton * Church Times *"Taylor succeeds in producing a clear and exceptionally accessible biography. When she describes how 'The subtleties of court politics... were lost on Joan, pieces of a puzzle she never figured out. She heard what she wanted to hear, that the king would no longer make truces with Burgundy and that she would be able to take the fight to them' (p. 113), the reader cannot help but think that this portrait of Joan is an authentic one."—David J. Hay, The Journal of Military History -- David J. Hay * Journal of Military History *"By providing a straightforward narrative of Joan's life, reliant primarily upon English-language sources, Taylor orients this book towards a general audience. By attempting to make sense of this life and, in doing so, to make it less strange, she renders the book of interest to scholarly readers."—Karen Sullivan, Renaissance Quarterly -- Karen Sullivan * Renaissance Quarterly *‘Larissa Juliet Taylor succeeds in presenting Joan differently…not simply as a saint in the making which is what many previous biographers have done…This account however is a clear, concise and illuminating one, which goes some way to present Joan in a more human light.’ — Belinda Webb, Tribune -- Belinda Webb * Tribune *'An extraordinary story that is here told with understanding, sympathy, and authority.' — Contemporary Review * Contemporary Review *". . . fresh points and analysis derived from many years of in-depth research and even more pondering. . . . [Joan's] story will doubtlessly continue to be told. But few will tell it as well as Larissa Taylor has."—Kelly DeVries, Speculuma Journal of Medieval Studies -- Kelly DeVries * Speculuma Journal of Medieval Studies *

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Book SynopsisAuthor Jeffrey Cox conducts a thorough and compelling investigation of the Java Sea Campaign, the first major sea battle of the Pacific War, which inflicted huge costs on the Allies and set the stage for Japan's rout across the Pacific and Indian oceans.Few events have ever shaken a country in the way that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor affected the United States. The Japanese forces then continued to overwhelm the Allies, attacking Malaya with its fortress of Singapore, and taking resource-rich islands in the Pacific in their own blitzkrieg offensive. Allied losses in these early months after America's entry into the war were great, and among the most devastating were those suffered during the Java Sea Campaign, where a small group of Americans, British, Dutch, and Australians were isolated in the Far East directly in the path of the Japanese onslaught.It would be the first major sea battle of World War II in the Pacific.Table of ContentsPrologue /Chapter 1. On the Day Before /Chapter 2. Just a Little More Time /Chapter 3. Breakdown /Chapter 4. Finding Trouble /Chapter 5. Shooting at Venus /Chapter 6. Slapped Together /Chapter 7. Luck – The Battle of Balikpapan /Chapter 8. Bloody Shambles /Chapter 9. Can’t Catch a Break – The Battle of the Flores Sea /Chapter 10. A Thousand Cuts /Chapter 11. Too Clever by Half – The Battle of Badoeng Strait /Chapter 12. No Breath to Catch – Preliminaries to the Battle of the Java Sea /Chapter 13. Nerk Nerk Nerk – The Sinking of the Langley /Chapter 14. One Shell – Day Action of the Battle of the Java Sea /Chapter 15. A Turn Too Far – The Second Part of the Battle of the Java Sea /Chapter 16. A Hopeless Plan – The Escape from Java /Chapter 17. Dancing in the Dark – The Battle of Soenda Strait /Chapter 18. Nowhere to Run – The Second Battle of the Java Sea /Chapter 19. To the Winds – Escape Attempts from Java /Chapter 20. Aftermath – Not Quite Vanquished /Notes /Bibliography /Index

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Book SynopsisForeword; Centenary Revaluations; Current Problems (1): Pagan Beliefs and Christian Impact; Current Problems (2): Scandinavian Society 800-1100.

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Book SynopsisThe clever peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost won his case when a man with a wooden leg swaggered into the French courtroom, denounced du Tilh, and reestablished his claim to the identity, property, and wife of Martin Guerre. This book, by the noted historian who served as a consultant for the film, adds new dimensions to this famous legend.Trade ReviewA fascinating reconstruction of a famous incident of impostorship and love in sixteenth-century rural France. Davis delicately deploys historical fact to suggest what is singular about the modern individual. -- Todd Gitlin * The Nation *Natalie Zemon Davis…has scoured the legal and notarial records of south-western France to recreate for the reader not merely a highly entertaining story but a vivid picture of the world which fashioned its principal characters. Her observations on property rights, inheritance, customs, family relationships and the mechanisms of the law are welded together by a rare blend of historical craft and imagination… Professor Davis’s ability to combine lively narrative, wit, historical reflection and psychological analysis will ensure for this book a wide audience. It is truly captivating story with which to pass a rainy weekend; it is also a brilliantly professional reconstruction of the rural world of sixteenth-century France, which will both stimulate and inform for many years to come. -- David Parker * Times Literary Supplement *In her intelligent and subtle analysis, the story gives an inside view of an otherwise little-known world, the private lives of peasants… Natalie Davis has also collaborated on an excellent film of the story (produced in France) as well as writing this book… One can only admire Natalie Davis for the major work of historical reconstruction she has performed without any kind of ideological bias… About Martin Guerre, I would say, without hesitation, the movie was great, but Natalie Davis’s book is even greater. -- Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie * New York Review of Books *Davis combines a veteran researcher’s expertise with a lay reader’s curiosity and an easygoing style. She draws on sophisticated…work in land tenure, legal rights, and demography to reinterpret a ‘prodigious history’ among the French peasantry… Davis’s book combines ingredients essential to good social history—painstaking historical research and a vividly empathetic imagination. The result of this happy combination is that character emerges in context… Davis’s book balances possibility and constraint, character and situation. It puts people back into history but doesn’t take the social and political forces out of it. The universal is there in particular, and it makes you think not only about their choices then, but about ours now. -- Pat Aufderheide * Village Voice *Written in a lively prose style that is accessible without ever being simplistic. The Return of Martin Guerre may be the most vivid, informative and entertaining history writing since Barbara Tuchman’s A Distant Mirror…a rich and colorful picture of life, love and justice in 16th-century France. -- Robert C. Cumbow * Seattle Times *The fullest account to date of this extraordinary tale. Davis has constructed a fine piece of social history, a look into the lives of 16th-century peasants who left no records because they could neither read nor write. -- Jean Strouse * Newsweek *A fascinating anecdote, with enough colorful background, psychological complexity, and unsolved mysteries to delight any intelligent audience. * Kirkus Reviews *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. From Hendaye to Artigat 2. The Discontented Peasant 3. The Honor of Bertrande de Rols 4. The Masks of Arnaud du Tilh 5. The Invented Marriage 6. Quarrels 7. The Trial at Rieux 8. The Trial at Toulouse 9. The Return of Martin Guerre 10. The Storyteller 11. Histoire prodigieuse, Histoire tragique 12. Of the Lame Epilogue Selected Bibliography of Writings on Martin Guerre Notes Index Illustrations First edition of Coras, Arrest Memorable (1561). Bibliotheque Nationale. First page of the Arrest Memorable (1561). Bibliotheque Mazarine. The routes of Martin Guerre. Whimsical soldiers, ca. 1545. Archives departementales de l'Ariege, 5E6220. Peasants dance. Bibliotheque Nationale, Cabinet des Estampes. A rural couple. Bibliotheque Nationale. Confrontation between accused and witness. Harvard Law School Library, Treasure Room. First pictorial representation of the case. Bibliotheque Mazarine, Paris. Jean de Coras. Bibliotheque Nationale, Cabinet des Estampes. A case of remarkable resemblance. University of Pennsylvania, Furness Memorial Library, Special Collections, Van Pelt Library. Punishment arrives on a wooden leg. Princeton University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.

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