Историческая литература
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Зимняя роза
Лето 1900 года. В Восточном Лондоне по-прежнему царит бедность, бандиты и шлюхи соседствуют с мечтателями, а светлые надежды сталкиваются с мрачной действительностью. И это отнюдь не место для женщины из высших слоев общества, но Индия решительна и упряма. Она принадлежит к новому поколению, и профессия врача, которую она получила, тоже сравнительно нова для женщин. На улицах Восточного Лондона Индия встречает, а затем спасает жизнь Сиду Мэлоуну, одному из самых известных главарей лондонского преступного мира. Жесткий, опасный и в то же время необычайно обаятельный, Мэлоун является полной противоположностью жениху Индии, восходящей звезде в палате общин. И хотя Сид олицетворяет все, что порицает и отвергает Индия, ее необъяснимо тянет к этому человеку. Она подпадает под его обаяние. Ей не дает покоя его таинственное прошлое, куда Мэлоун не допускает никого… В «Зимней розе» живо воссозданы события начала беспокойного XX века. Здесь и притоны преступного мира, и больницы для бедных, и гостиные и клубы аристократов. Между этими полярными точками лежит царство теней, где строгие законы времени растворяются в тайных страстях. Впервые на русском языке!
The Red Army in Austria
Based on a broad array of sources from Russian and Austrian archives, this collection provides a comprehensive analysis of the Soviet occupation of Austria from 1945 to 1955. The contributors cover a wide range of topics, including the Soviet Secret Services, the military kommandaturas , Soviet occupation policies, the withdrawal of troops in 1955, everyday life, the image of “the Russians,” violence against women, arrests, deportations, Soviet aid provisions, as well as children of occupation.
The Political Thought of Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge lived during a time of constitutional transformation – the Progressive Era and World War I – before serving as President of the United States from 1923-1929. Thomas J. Tacoma argues that Coolidge contended with this changing regime and world through as a Burkean conservative and an Americanist politician. In The Political Thought of Calvin Coolidge: Burkean Americanist, Tacoma contextualizes Coolidge’s thought in the Progressive milieu of the age and Coolidge’s own educational background in New England and then presents the core of Coolidge’s political thought: civilization. Tacoma maintains that Coolidge believed in civilization and that the traditional American political and economic order represented the highest achievements in western civilization. Coolidge’s speeches ranged across American history to defend the virtues of the American regime, and in his political career, he undertook to defend the constitutional regime he had inherited. Coolidge, famous for his emphasis on thrift, likewise situated his views on economy within his larger vision of civilization, and he mixed realism and idealism in his developed views on international relations. Through extensive research, Tacoma examines the way Coolidge responded to the challenge of upholding American civilization in the face of a changing world.
The Paratrooper Generals
Generals during World War II usually stayed to the rear, but not Matthew Ridgway and Maxwell Taylor. During D-Day and the Normandy campaign, these commanders of the 82nd “All-American” and the 101st “Screaming Eagle” Airborne Divisions refused to remain behind the lines and stood shoulder-to-shoulder with their paratroopers in the thick of combat. Jumping into Normandy during the early hours of D-Day, Ridgway and Taylor fought on the ground for six weeks of combat that cost the airborne divisions more than 40 percent casualties. The Paratrooper Generals is the first book to explore in depth the significant role these two division commanders played on D-Day, describing the extraordinary courage and leadership they demonstrated throughout the most important American campaign of World War II.
The Social and Political Thought of Archie Mafeje
This comprehensive treatment of Archie Mafeje as a thinker and researcher analyses his overall scholarship and his role as a theoretician of liberation and revolutionary theory Social scientist Archie Mafeje, who was born in the Eastern Cape but lived most of his scholarly life in exile, was one of Africa's most prominent intellectuals. This ground-breaking work is the first of its kind to consider the entire body of Mafeje’s oeuvre and offers a much-needed engagement with his ideas. The most inclusive and critical treatment to date of Mafeje as a thinker and researcher, the book analyses his overall scholarship and his role as a theoretician of liberation and revolution. Author Bongani Nyoka's main argument is that Mafeje’s superb scholarship developed out of his experience as an oppressed black person and his early political education, which merged with his university training to turn him into a formidable cutting-edge intellectual force. There are three main parts to the book. Part I evaluates Mafeje's critique of the social sciences, part II focuses on his work on land and agrarian issues in sub-Saharan Africa and part III deals with his work on revolutionary theory and politics. The book engages in the act of knowledge decolonisation, making a unique contribution to South Africa’s sociological, historical and political studies.
