Learning War

London-born, Cambridge-trained historian Tony Judt explains how postwar European history reflects the drawn-out consequences of World War II - beginning with Nazi Germany's surrender in 1945 and ending with the collapse of the Soviet Union (1989-91). No historian before had written in such detail about recent European history, using those two events as bookends. Nor had anyone gone to such lengths to argue that Eastern and Western Europe - large nations and small - had a key characteristic in common.

Diesen Monat heißt das Spezialthema "Der menschliche Körper von Kopf bis Fuß": Sie hören zum Beispiel, wie einzelne Körperteile heißen, welche gesundheitlichen Probleme man damit haben kann, und Sie lernen Wortschatz rund um die Körperpflege.

Si quiere descubrir la fascinante historia de la guerra de las Galias, continúe leyendo...Mientras Roma se llenaba de comerciantes, artesanos, esclavos y familias ricas de comerciantes, sus políticos luchaban por mantener las propiedades democráticas fundamentales del gobierno republicano. Las reglas se doblegaban y rompían, políticos y votantes eran sobornados y engañados, hasta que finalmente, el poder de Roma cayó en manos del único hombre que podía reunir el respeto y la lealtad del mundialmente famoso ejército romano.

Did you know that the second-largest battle of the Civil War in terms of casualties took place near a small creek in Georgia whose native name means “River of Death”? The Battle of Chickamauga claimed more casualties (dead, wounded, captured, and missing) than any other Civil War battle except Gettysburg, yet it is not well known. Chickamauga did not change the tide of the war. Though it was a Union defeat, it did not really slow down Union plans for the collapse of the Confederacy in the Deep South.

Experience the Battle of Pea Ridge, also known as the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, and experience the events of the American Civil War during the first half of 1862 in the Trans-Mississippi Theater in this captivating audiobook on the Arkansas campaign of Pea Ridge. The Pea Ridge campaign is considered the most important series of events in the Trans-Mississippi Theater. The Battle of Pea Ridge, which took place from March 6th to March 8th, 1862, was the climax of the campaign, in which the Union Army was ultimately victorious.

La Revolución mexicana fue un momento decisivo del siglo XX. La lucha mexicana por la democracia, la igualdad y la justicia ha causado conmoción en todo el mundo. Ningún otro episodio de su historia ha dejado una huella más profunda. Se trata de un drama de tres actos lleno de política, persecución y guerra, sin mencionar los terremotos, las señales en el cielo, e incluso las sesiones espiritistas, mientras que destacan los villanos más grandes, los espías internacionales y las figuras universalmente conocidas como Pancho Villa o Emiliano Zapata.

Este es el relato de una reportera de guerra, Adriana Aristizábal, quien estuvo atrapada en la tormenta del conflicto y quien presenció a finales de los años noventa, el fuego cruzado entre guerrilleros de las Farc, paramilitares y las fuerzas armadas, época en la que se registró el punto más álgido del conflicto en Colombia.

Bill Gentile did more than just "cover" Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution and the Contra War. He lived them. First as correspondent for United Press International and later as photojournalist for Newsweek, Gentile experienced those historic events from the inside. His memoir takes listeners not only to the 1979 revolution, the Contra War in the merciless mountains of Nicaragua, and to the deadly streets of El Salvador, but also to the steel mills and backyards of Southwestern Pennsylvania. This book introduces the American public to the victims of US intervention abroad.

After a deadly attack in South Sudan left six-year-old Achut Deng without a family, she lived in refugee camps for ten years, until a refugee relocation program gave her the opportunity to move to the United States. When asked why she should be given a chance to leave the camp, Achut simply told the interviewer: I want life. But the chance at starting a new life in a new country came with a different set of challenges. Some of them equally deadly. Taught by the strong women in her life not to look back, Achut kept moving forward, overcoming one obstacle after another.

Spielt dir das Schicksal üble Streiche? Geht wieder einmal alles schief? Manchmal ist das Leben scheiße. Komm damit klar und alles wird gut. Susi Safer zog vom Schädelbruch mit Koma bis zur Diagnose Brustkrebs Schicksalsschläge immer magisch an. Und fand, als sie total am Boden war, das große Glück. In diesem Buch erzählt sie ihre tragikomische Geschichte mit Happy End. Sie macht damit Lust aufs Leben mit all seinen Höhen und Tiefen. Mit vielen Tipps, wie alle, die vom Leben Zitronen bekommen, Limonade daraus machen können.

Critical race theory has hijacked the US education system on every level. Parents, students, educators, and policymakers must know and support the truth about American history and reject this divisive and anti-American theory’s obsession with skin color and prejudice.

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When we think of great cultural heroes who gave everything to their country, we think of Joan of Arc. A national hero who, at such a young age, brought France back from the brink of defeat, energized the French army, gave the people a purpose worth fighting for, and ultimately gave everything in her short life. In Joan of Arc: Hero of France, we explore every important detail in the turbulent life of Joan, from her visions as a child to the battles she participated in, all culminating in her everlasting legacy worldwide.