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Author : Timothy L. Grady
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300192049
A groundbreaking reassessment of the crucial but unrecognized roles Germany's Jews played at home and at the front during World War I
Author : Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.)
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1564321134
10. The future of Landmines
Author : Nisid Hajari
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781445648095
After centuries of British rule, nobody expected Indian Independence and the birth of Pakistan to be so bloody - they were supposed to be the answer to the dreams of Muslims and Hindus. Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi's protégé and the political leader of India, believed Indians were an inherently nonviolent, peaceful people. Pakistan's founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, was a secular lawyer, not a firebrand. But in August 1946, exactly a year before Independence, Calcutta erupted in street-gang fighting. A cycle of riots - targeting Hindus, then Muslims, then Sikhs - spiraled out of control. As the summer of 1947 approached, all three groups were heavily armed and on edge, and the British rushed to leave. Hell let loose. Trains carried Muslims west and Hindus east to their slaughter. Some of the most brutal and widespread ethnic cleansing in modern history erupted on both sides of the new border, carving a gulf between India and Pakistan that remains a root cause of many evils. From jihadi terrorism to nuclear proliferation, the searing tale told in Midnight's Furies explains all too many of the headlines we read today.
Author : Robin Burcell
Publisher : Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Large print books
ISBN : 1587249421
San Francisco P.D. Homicide Inspector Kate Gillespie returns to investigate a bizarre apparent murder/suicide where the dead man may not be dead, the families of the deceased are hiding something, and blood-soaked threads reach into some very lofty places.
Author : Marcus Fielding
Publisher : Echo Books
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0648554090
A compilation of detailed stories from those clearing the Land Mines in Afghanistan.
Author : Pierce Kelley
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781475967609
In 1870, after ceding millions of acres of land to the United States Government by treaties, the Osage Indians purchased a small parcel of ground as their "reservation," hoping tolive in peace with the white man forevermore. At the turn of the 20th century,an enormous amount of petroleum was found on the land. As a result, all members of the Osage Nation became wealthy. Their descendants continue to reap financial benefits from oil companies to this day. However, in the 1920s, white men committed many murderstotake the oil money from the Osage. It took the FBI years to capture and convict the criminals.Now, almost a hundred years later, the legacy of death is revived. . .
Author : Fergusson John
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1633939839
Author : Tim Grady
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300231236
Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2018 This book is the first to offer a full account of the varied contributions of German Jews to Imperial Germany’s endeavors during the Great War. Historian Tim Grady examines the efforts of the 100,000 Jewish soldiers who served in the German military (12,000 of whom died), as well as the various activities Jewish communities supported at home, such as raising funds for the war effort and securing vital food supplies. However, Grady’s research goes much deeper: he shows that German Jews were never at the periphery of Germany’s warfare, but were in fact heavily involved. The author finds that many German Jews were committed to the same brutal and destructive war that other Germans endorsed, and he discusses how the conflict was in many ways lived by both groups alike. What none could have foreseen was the dangerous legacy they created together, a legacy that enabled Hitler’s rise to power and planted the seeds of the Holocaust to come.
Author : Tracey Hayes Norrell
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498564885
For the Honor of Our Fatherland looks at the role of German Jews on the Eastern Front during World War I. German officials believed the Jewish population in the East was vital to their success, but then, as the war began slipping away from Germany, those same officials turned on their own Jewish community and abandoned the Polish Jews.
Author : Vincent Bevins
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781541724013
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2020 BY NPR, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND GQ The hidden story of the wanton slaughter -- in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world -- backed by the United States. In 1965, the U.S. government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the twentieth century, eliminating the largest communist party outside China and the Soviet Union and inspiring copycat terror programs in faraway countries like Brazil and Chile. But these events remain widely overlooked, precisely because the CIA's secret interventions were so successful. In this bold and comprehensive new history, Vincent Bevins builds on his incisive reporting for the Washington Post, using recently declassified documents, archival research and eye-witness testimony collected across twelve countries to reveal a shocking legacy that spans the globe. For decades, it's been believed that parts of the developing world passed peacefully into the U.S.-led capitalist system. The Jakarta Method demonstrates that the brutal extermination of unarmed leftists was a fundamental part of Washington's final triumph in the Cold War.
Author : Matthew Ward
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 771 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316457897
Legacy of Ash is an unmissable fantasy debut--an epic tale of intrigue and revolution, soldiers and assassins, ancient magic and the eternal clash of empires. A shadow has fallen over the Tressian Republic. Ruling families -- once protectors of justice and democracy -- now plot against one another with sharp words and sharper knives. Blinded by ambition, they remain heedless of the threat posed by the invading armies of the Hadari Empire. Yet as Tressia falls, heroes rise. Viktor Akadra is the Republic's champion. A warrior without equal, he hides a secret that would see him burned as a heretic. Josiri Trelanis Viktor's sworn enemy. A political prisoner, he dreams of reigniting his mother's failed rebellion. And yet Calenne Trelan, Josiri's sister, seeks only to break free of their tarnished legacy; to escape the expectation and prejudice that haunts the family name. As war spreads across the Republic, these three must set aside their differences in order to save their home. Yet decades of bad blood are not easily set aside. And victory -- if it comes at all -- will demand a darker price than any of them could have imagined.
Author : Christina Blake
Publisher : Worldwide Library
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 037363045X
Author : Joan Smith
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781448207862
The full story of Britain's nuclear weapons tests in the 1950s has only recently begun to emerge. Here, for the first time, through interviews and eye-witness accounts from men who watched the mushroom clouds drift over Australia and the Pacific Ocean, the tests are vividly recreated. Using official documents recently made public, evidence gathered by the Australian government's Royal Commission of Inquiry into the tests, and her own experience as an investigative journalist, Joan Smith argues forcefully that the bomb tests are far from being a historical anecdote. They remain with us in the shape of the victims - servicemen, civilians and aborigines who witnessed them - and through Britain's continuing programme of nuclear weapons tests in the United States. In this disturbing and horrific book, first published in 1985, Joan Smith raises crucial questions about the British government's responsibility to the people who took part in the tests - and shows how their effects may yet have a devastating impact on Britain's nuclear industry.
Author : Fonda Lee
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 767 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316440950
WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST FANTASY NOVEL, 2022 "Lee's series will stand as a pillar of epic fantasy and family drama." —Library Journal (starred review) The Kaul siblings battle rival clans for honor and control over an East Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis in Jade Legacy, the page-turning conclusion to the Green Bone Saga. Jade, the mysterious and magical substance once exclusive to the Green Bone warriors of Kekon, is now coveted throughout the world. Everyone wants access to the supernatural abilities it provides. As the struggle over the control of jade grows ever larger and more deadly, the Kaul family, and the ancient ways of the Kekonese Green Bones, will never be the same. Battered by war and tragedy, the Kauls are plagued by resentments and old wounds as their adversaries are on the ascent and their country is riven by dangerous factions and foreign interference. The clan must discern allies from enemies, set aside bloody rivalries, and make terrible sacrifices . . . but even the unbreakable bonds of blood and loyalty may not be enough to ensure the survival of the Green Bone clans and the nation they are sworn to protect. Praise for the Green Bone Saga: "Jade City has it all: a beautifully realized setting, a great cast of characters, and dramatic action scenes. What a fun, gripping read!" —Ann Leckie "An instantly absorbing tale of blood, honor, family, and magic, spiced with unexpectedly tender character beats."—NPR The Green Bone Saga Jade City Jade War Jade Legacy
Author : Sallie Bissell
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780738744551
Ex-prosecutor Mary Crow has returned home to Pisgah County, North Carolina, three years after bringing its corrupt sheriff to justice. But the local District Attorney reneges on his promise of a job for her, and the only offer of work comes from a land developer—and former classmate—who seems to have trouble taking no for an answer. For Mary, coming home is supposed to be about renewal, about living the life she wants. She’s come home to reunite with her former lover Johnny Walkingstick . . . and to reconnect with her own past. But the reality of her homecoming takes a much darker turn as she’s plunged into the merciless world of a ruthless predator.