The Sword And The Pen

Author : Peter den Hertog
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526772398

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Why Did Hitler Hate the Jews? by Peter den Hertog Pdf

This investigation into the Nazi leader’s mindset is “an inherently fascinating study . . . a work of meticulously presented and seminal scholarship”(Midwest Book Review). Adolf Hitler’s virulent anti-Semitism is often attributed to external cultural and environmental factors. But as historian Peter den Hertog notes in this book, most of Hitler’s contemporaries experienced the same culture and environment and didn’t turn into rabid Jew-haters, let alone perpetrators of genocide. In this study, the author investigates what we do know about the roots of the German leader’s anti-Semitism. He also takes the significant step of mapping out what we do not know in detail, opening pathways to further research. Focusing not only on history but on psychology, forensic psychiatry, and related fields, he reveals how Hitler was a man with highly paranoid traits, and clarifies the causes behind this paranoia while explaining its connection to his anti-Semitism. The author also explores, and answers, whether the Führer gave one specific instruction ordering the elimination of Europe’s Jews, and, if so, when this took place. Peter den Hertog is able to provide an all-encompassing explanation for Hitler’s anti-Semitism by combining insights from many different disciplines—and makes clearer how Hitler’s own particular brand of anti-Semitism could lead the way to the Holocaust.

Author : Konrad Eisenbichler
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780268078652

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The Sword and the Pen by Konrad Eisenbichler Pdf

In The Sword and the Pen: Women, Politics, and Poetry in Sixteenth-Century Siena, Konrad Eisenbichler analyzes the work of Sienese women poets, in particular, Aurelia Petrucci, Laudomia Forteguerri, and Virginia Salvi, during the first half of the sixteenth century up to the fall of Siena in 1555. Eisenbichler sets forth a complex and original interpretation of the experiences of these three educated noblewomen and their contributions to contemporary culture in Siena by looking at the emergence of a new lyric tradition and the sonnets they exchanged among themselves and with their male contemporaries. Through the analysis of their poems and various book dedications to them, Eisenbichler reveals the intersection of poetry, politics, and sexuality, as well as the gendered dialogue that characterized Siena's literary environment during the late Renaissance. Eisenbichler also examines other little-known women poets and their relationship to the cultural environment of Siena, underlining the exceptional role of the city of Siena as the most important center of women's writing in the first half of the sixteenth century in Italy, and probably in all of Europe. This innovative contribution to the field of late Renaissance and early modern Italian and women's studies rescues from near oblivion a group of literate women who were celebrated by contemporary scholars but who have been largely ignored today, both because of a dearth of biographical information about them and because of a narrow evaluation of their poetry. Eisenbichler's analysis and reproduction of many of their poems in Italian and modern English translation are an invaluable contribution not only to Italian cultural studies but also to women's studies.

Author : Calvin F. Exoo
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781412953603

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The Pen and the Sword by Calvin F. Exoo Pdf

The Pen and the Sword is the only comprehensive examination of how the media have covered the 21st century's #1 news story: terrorism and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. This is the full story-from 9/11 to the Obama doctrine-including

Author : Rachel Caine
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780749024628

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Sword and Pen by Rachel Caine Pdf

Jess Brightwell and his friends have achieved the impossible: masterminded an uprising against the Great Library, and toppled its corrupt regime. But while the battle is won, the war is far from over. A new Archivist must be crowned, one capable of weathering the political storm. With the Library reeling from the coup, foreign nations are circling, eager to plunder the world's knowledge. And the old Archivist, their despotic enemy, has fled into hiding and plots from the shadows. Threats could come from anywhere, at any time. Any of Jess's friends could be wounded or killed in an instant, and the future of the Library itself hangs in the balance.

Author : Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HWKQXK

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Richelieu, Or, The Conspiracy by Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton Pdf

Author : Anne Mazer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2001-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0756959373

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The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword by Anne Mazer Pdf

When Abby's class starts a newspaper, Abby envisions herself as the star reporter. But she's only given an advice column to write--and that is not good. Just as she suspects, the column gets Abby in some trouble with her classmates. But, surprisingly, it also gives her a chance to help a friend. Illustrations.

Author : Rudi Künzel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317079651

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The Plow, the Pen and the Sword by Rudi Künzel Pdf

This book compares the cultures of the different social groups living in the Low Countries in the early Middle Ages. Clergy, nobility, peasants and townsmen greatly varied in their attitudes to labor, property, violence, and the handling and showing of emotions. Künzel explores how these social groups looked at themselves as a group, and how they looked at the other groups. Image and self-image could differ radically. The results of this research are specified and tested in four case studies on the interaction between group cultures, focusing respectively on the influence of oral and written traditions on a literary work, rituals as a means of conflict management in weakly centralized societies, stories as an expression of an urban group mentality, and beliefs on death and the afterlife.

Author : Allister Sparks
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
Page : 693 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781868425600

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The Sword and the Pen by Allister Sparks Pdf

Allister Sparks joined his first newspaper at age 17 and was pitched headlong into the vortex of South Africa's stormy politi. His autobiography, The Sword and the Pen: Six decades on the political frontier, is the story of how as a journalist he watched and chronicled and participated in his country's unfolding drama for over half a century, covering events from the premiership of DF Malan to the presidency of Jacob Zuma, and witnessing at close range the rise and fall of apartheid and the rise and crisis of the new South Africa. In trenchant prose, Sparks has written a remarkable account of both a life lived to its fullest capacity as well as the surrounding narrative of South Africa from the birth of apartheid, the rise of political opposition, the dawn of democracy, right through to the crisis being experienced today. 'Anyone who tries to understand what is happening in South Africa today without first digesting Allister Sparks' lucid, sensitive and comprehensive exploration of the country's multi-faceted mind, does so at his own peril.' - André Brink, on The Mind of South Africa 'His special strength is a writing talent which combines precise reportage with shrewd analysis and unusual stamina ...' - The Observer, on Tomorrow is Another Country

Author : Edward W. Said,David Barsamian
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1931859957

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The Pen and the Sword by Edward W. Said,David Barsamian Pdf

Interviews with the late Edward Said, world-renowned literary scholar, cultural critic, and advocate for Palestinian rights.

Author : Martin W. Bowman
Publisher : Pen and Sword Aviation
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526705624

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The Hawker Hunter by Martin W. Bowman Pdf

A “well-done” pictorial history of the legendary fighter plane “that both enthusiasts and modelers alike will enjoy”(ModelingMadness). If ever there was a real pilot’s airplane it was the Hunter: an outstanding multipurpose aircraft which excelled in the roles of interceptor fighter, ground attack, reconnaissance, research vehicle, and two-seater trainer, not forgetting its dramatic formation aerobatic performances. For decades, pilots have enthused about the Hunter, extolling the virtues of its smooth, aerodynamic lines, 4 x 30mm cannon, the Rolls-Royce Avon engine, and its outstandingly honest handling characteristics combined with a lively performance. It saw operational deployment in Europe with Fighter Command and 2nd TAF, in Cyprus, the Middle East, and the Far East, operating in the ground-attack role against rebels in Aden and Malaysia respectively. The Hunter was a classic thoroughbred of its time, from the stables of one of the finest fighter manufacturers in the world and, for fifty years, its adaptability was rarely challenged. Although the last example was retired in July 2001, the Hunter legend undoubtedly lives on, with 114 potentially air-worthy airframes located in fourteen countries around the world. Here, the legendary tale of the Hunter is told in words and images.

Author : Olan Thorensen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1541104900

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The Pen and the Sword by Olan Thorensen Pdf

Joe Colsco boarded a flight from San Francisco to Chicago to attend a national chemistry meeting. Through a freak accident, he never sets foot on Earth again. He is unaware he has been poured into a crucible, where time and trials will transform him in ways unimagined, and that will send him and his descendants to a destiny beyond one planet.Book I: Cast Under an Alien Sun On planet Anyar, Joe was found unconscious on a beach of a large island (Caedellium) inhabited by humans where the level of technology is similar to Earth circa 1700. He awoke amidst strangers speaking an unintelligible language, and despaired losing his previous life. He used knowledge of chemistry to introduce new knowledge-but not too advanced of the planet's technology to avoid being labelled a demon. He found a place in the society and developed new friendships, male and female. But all was not idyllic. Joe was dropped into a clash between the people who cared for him, and a military power from elsewhere on the planet, a power with designs on conquest. Joe survived his first experience in deadly conflict but knows it was only a foretaste of what was coming.Book II: Pen and the SwordThe Narthani, a militant realm who believe their manifest destiny is to rule the entire planet, Anyar, plan to absorb Caedellium into their empire and crush any resistance. Yozef Kolsko (aka Joe Colsco) works to find ways to increase the chances of his, and the society which has accepted him, ability to resist the Narthani's planned conquest.Complicating his life is attraction to a brilliant daughter of an island leader, and his uncertainty of his own mind, hers, or intricacies of Caedellium customs.Despite his desire to devote himself to introducing new knowledge Yozef is drawn more and more into developing weapons and giving tactical and strategic advice-things he knows he's unqualified to give. The enemy is coming. The odds seem overwhelming, and it will take all Yozef can do, the courage of his new people, and luck, to survive.

Author : John M. Taylor
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015014936598

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General Maxwell Taylor by John M. Taylor Pdf

The son of the distinguished general profiles his father's long career and his key role in such events as the Vietnam War, nuclear retaliation, and the Bay of Pigs invasion.

Author : David S. Parker
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780228012351

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The Pen, the Sword, and the Law by David S. Parker Pdf

The duel, and the codes of honour that governed duelling, functioned for decades in many European and Latin American countries as a shadow legal system, regulating in practice what legislators felt free to say and what journalists felt free to write. Yet the duel was also an act of potentially deadly violence and a challenge to the authority of statutory law. When duelling became widespread in early twentieth-century Uruguay, legislators facing this dilemma chose the unique and radical path of legalization. The Pen, the Sword, and the Law explores how the only country in the world to decriminalize duelling managed the tension between these informal but widely accepted “gentlemanly laws” and its own criminal code. The duel, which remained legal until 1992, was meant to ensure civility in politics and decorum in the press, but it often failed to achieve either. Drawing on rich and detailed newspaper reports of duels and challenges, parliamentary debates, legal records, private papers, and interviews, David Parker examines the role of pistols and sabres in shaping the everyday workings of a raucous public sphere. Demonstrating that the duel was no simple throwback to archaic conceptions of masculine honour and chivalry, The Pen, the Sword, and the Law illustrates how duelling went hand in hand with democracy and freedom of the press in one of South America’s most progressive nations.

Author : Ray E. Boomhower
Publisher : Indiana Historical Society
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : 0871951851

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The Sword and the Pen by Ray E. Boomhower Pdf

"The son of an Indiana governor, [Lew] Wallace became passionate about books and combat. He tried to win lasting fame through service for the Union cause on the battlefield during the Civil War, but instead won honor and glory through a quieter pastime : writing. His novel Ben-Hur : a tale of the Christ became one of the country's best loved books and was made into two successful Hollywood movies"--Jacket.

Author : M. Glünz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:863245268

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The sword, the pen, and the phallus by M. Glünz Pdf