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""History of the Zulu War"" by Alexander Wilmot is a comprehensive account of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. The book provides a detailed analysis of the causes, events, and consequences of the war that took place in South Africa between the British Empire...

The book ""History Of The Great Civil War, 1642-1649, V4: 1647-1649"" was written by Samuel R. Gardiner and was published in 1893. It is the fourth volume in a series that chronicles the events of the English Civil War. This particular volume covers the...

This book investigates the relationship between the International Criminal Court and Africa (the ICC or the Court), asking why and how the international criminal justice system has so far largely failed the victims of atrocities in Africa. The book...

Centenaire De L�������Assembl�����e G�����n�����rale Des Trois-Ordres De La Province De Dauphin����� Tenue ����� Romans En 1788: Compte Rendu Et Proc�����s-Verbaux (1889) est un livre qui relate les �����v�����nements de l'Assembl�����e G�����n�����rale...

This book examines whether and how non-state armed groups might be required to provide reparations for the harm caused by their violations of international law committed during situations of non-international armed conflict.

From Nova Scotia south to Florida, the British Crown awarded land to approximately 6,500 soldiers and sailors for service in the various colonial wars. Grants of land were generally made on the basis of rank, with veterans from colonies with no vacant...

This is a summary of the introduction written by Janice.A local newspaper reflects the values and attitudes of the community at the time. During World War II, the Camden News revealed the Camden community's values. It conveyed the strong sense of...

Книга описывает первые месяцы Великой Отечественной войны на Юго-Западном Фронте, охватывая период от начальных боёв в июне 1941 года на Львовском выступе до катастрофического окружения советских войск в Киевском котле в сентябре 1941 года.  На...

Catalogus Stellarum Australium Sive, Supplementum Catalogi Tychonici: Exhibens Longitudines And Latitudines Stellarum (1679) est opus Edmondi Halley, astronomi Britannici, in quo enumerantur et describuntur stellae australis hemisphaerii, quas antea non...

This book contributes to the study of collective memory and the sociology of terrorism by analysing the role of memorialization in relation to terrorism, its victims, and the broader society.

Would you choose to leave the comforts of home and three meals a day to go to a faraway unknown destination, sleeping in tents or on the ground, eating food that was crawling with bugs, being lifted out of the water when your boat sank, or ducking to...

This book examines the mobilization, role, and trajectory of women rescuers and perpetrators during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. While much has been written about the victimization of women during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, very little has been said...

The book titled ""Description Of Lewis Depression Position Finders: Model Of 1907, Classes AA, A, B, C, D, E, F, EE, DD, DM, And DM 1 (1917)"" is a comprehensive guide to the Lewis Depression Position Finders. The book was written by the Office Chief of...

""Fatti Politici e Militari Avvenuti nello Scorso Anno 1762 e nel Corrente 1763"" ����� un libro storico pubblicato ad Amsterdam nel 1763. Il libro descrive gli eventi politici e militari che si sono verificati in Europa durante l'anno 1762 e il corrente...

This book explores a topic of critical importance in legal and policy discussions surrounding the accountability of military operations in armed conflict, and problematises some presumptions that are often made about the topic.

Reflections on Life in Ghettos, Camps and Prisons explores the relationship between ghettos, camps, places of detention and prisons with a focus on those people who are confined, encamped, imprisoned, detained, stuck, or forcibly removed through the lens...

Genocide Perspectives VI grapples with two core themes: the personal toll of genocide, and processes that facilitate the crime. From political choices governments and leaders make, through to denialism and impunity, the crime of genocide recurs again and...

Turkey's bid to join the European Union has lent new urgency to the issue of the Armenian Genocide as differing interpretations of the genocide are proving to be a major reason for the delay of the its accession. This book provides vital background...

This book explores what happened when the tens of thousands of girls (now women) abducted by Lord's Resistance Army and inducted into their campaign of violence against the Ugandan government, returned home. Drawing on extensive original research, the...

This is the story of the 90th Bomb Group of the US 5th Air Force, nicknamed the Jolly Rogers, and the James Horner bomber crew, as told to the author by three surviving crew members, all in their 90s today. It records the experience of the men and the...

The Bleiburg Tragedy is named after the town of Bleiburg, Austria, the location of a post-World War Two surrender of Croatian refugees to the Communist Yugoslav Army.  This exclusively Croatian surrender on 15 May 1945 was distinct from other...

With The Scottish Nurses In Roumania (1918) is a book written by Yvonne Alice Gertrude Fitzroy. The book is a first-hand account of the author's experiences as a nurse during World War I in Roumania (modern-day Romania). Fitzroy was a member of the...

The Numismatic Chronicle V18: And Journal Of The Numismatic Society (1878) is a book written by John Evans. This book is a compilation of articles and research papers on numismatics, or the study of coins and currency. It is the 18th volume of The...

This book ambitiously weaves together history and politics to explain all of the major situations where mass atrocities have occurred, or been prevented, over the 15 years since the 'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P) was adopted at the 2005 UN World...

A riveting true story of tank warfare on the frontlines of Operation Desert Storm.August 1990: Iraqi forces under the command of Saddam Hussein invaded the tiny emirate of Kuwait. Within hours, the Kuwaiti defenses collapsed under the onslaught of the...

From Israel to Afghanistan. The definitive combat history of the F-15 Eagle and Strike Eagle...as told by the pilots who flew them.For more than forty years, the F-15 Eagle (and its Strike Eagle variant) has been the US Air Force's premier air...

Bernhard Schreiber was born in 1942 in Stuttgart after his father died in action as an officer of the Luftwaffe. His investigations into the Holocaust led him to discover that many of the guiding principles of the Nazis had global appeal, both before and...

<p>In their 2015 award-winning book, <em>We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War</em>, Doug Bradley and Craig Werner placed popular music at the heart of the American experience in Vietnam. Over the next two...

Modern Armor For National Defense is a book written by William H. Jaques in 1886. The book is a detailed study of the different types of armor used in national defense during the late 19th century. The author discusses the various materials used for...

""Der Sommer-Feldzug des Revolutionskrieges in Siebenb�����rgen im Jahre 1849"" ist ein historisches Buch von Wilhelm Ramming von Riedkirchen, das 1864 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es beschreibt den Verlauf des Sommerfeldzugs im Revolutionskrieg in...

""Der Siebenj�����hrige Nach Russischer Darstellung, Teil 1: Der Feldzug Apraxins in Ostpreu�����en, 1756-1757"" ist ein Buch von Masslowski, das im Jahr 1888 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es beschreibt den russischen Feldzug unter General Apraxin...

Bonaparte is a collection of military maxims and strategies written by Napoleon Bonaparte himself. Originally published in 1831, this book is a fascinating insight into the mind of one of the greatest military commanders in history. The maxims cover a...

The New America and the Far East is a book written by George Waldo Browne in 1912. It is a thorough exploration of the relationship between the United States and the countries of the Far East, including Japan, China, and Korea. The book provides a...

The Navy In Mesopotamia: 1914 To 1917 (1917) is a historical book written by Conrad Cato. It is a detailed account of the role of the British Navy during the Mesopotamian campaign of World War I. The book provides an overview of the strategic importance...

Sport in Europe is a comprehensive book written by Frederick George Aflalo in 1901. The book provides a detailed account of various sports played in Europe during that time. It covers a wide range of sports, including cricket, football, horse racing,...

This critique of “Just War” theory finds the criteria it uses to be either unmeasurable, unachievable, or amoral, and the perspective it takes too narrow, arguing that belief in the possibility of a just war does tremendous damage by...

Siamanto (1875-1915), one of the most important Armenian poets of the twentieth-century, was among the Armenian intellectuals executed by the Turkish government at the onset of the genocide during the first decade of the century. Available for the first...

The decades separating our new century from the Armenian Genocide, the prototype of modern-day nation-killings, have fundamentally changed the political composition of the region. Virtually no Armenians remain on their historic territories in what is...

This edited volume surveys critical aspects of modern military health care in the US and various other Western countries with troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the United States, the military medical system, including care for veterans, is large and...

In this memoir, Ben Stern tells his own, unforgettable story as a Holocaust camp survivor who by the age of 24 impossibly survived two ghettos, nine concentration camps, and two death marches. In story after story of near impossible survival, he lives...

Over one hundred years have now passed since the ending of the Great War of 1914-18, yet still, the grief of ordinary families is carried down through generations. People are still searching for the last resting places of loved ones. Their Lost Boys.So,...

From our Foundations of the Laws of War Series, the book that introduced and defined the concept of genocide. Introduction to the Second Edition by William A. Schabas. Introduction to the First Edition by Samantha Power. Originally published: Washington:...