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Africa: A Modern History
The end of World War II signaled the end of the European African empires. In 1945, four African countries were independent; by 1963, 30 African states created the Organization of African Unity.
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
Shortlisted for the 2020 Cundill History Prize 'Riveting and original ... a work enriched by solid scholarship, vivid personal experience, and acute appreciation of the concerns and aspirations of the contending parties in this deeply unequal conflict ' Noam Chomsky The twentieth century for Palestine and the Palestinians has been a century of denial: denial of statehood, denial of nationhood and denial of history. The Hundred Years War on Palestine is Rashid Khalidi's powerful response. Drawin...
Prague Papers on History of International Relations 1/2014
Idealistic View on the Reality ofRevolution: Helen Maria Williams (1762–1827) (Jana Borodáčová) Germany, China, and the Way to the Boxer Uprising (Jan Kočvar) Austria-Hungary and Egypt (1882–1914) (Michaela Mikešová) Great Britain and France on the Way to the Entente Cordiale (Marcela Šubrtová) Great Britain and the Great Powers Rivalry in North China at the Beginning of the 20th Century (Roman Kodet) Czechoslovak Companies in the Chinese Market between the World Wars (Škoda Works and Sellier &...
The Walls Have Ears
A history of the elaborate and brilliantly sustained World War II intelligence operation by which Hitler's generals were tricked into giving away vital Nazi secrets "A great book." - Michael Goodman, BBC History Magazine "An astonishing story of wartime espionage." - Robert Hutton, author of Agent Jack At the outbreak of World War II, MI6 spymaster Thomas Kendrick arrived at the Tower of London to set up a top secret operation: German prisoners' cells were to be bugged and listeners installed b...
The Rise and Fall of the International Organization of Journalists Based
This is a unique history of what in the 1980s was the world’s largest association in the media field. However, the IOJ was embroiled in the Cold War: the bulk of 300,000 members were in the socialist East and developing South.
The Rise and Fall of the International Organization of Journalists Based in Prag
This is a unique history of what in the 1980s was the world’s largest association in the media field. However, the IOJ was embroiled in the Cold War: the bulk of 300,000 members were in the socialist East and developing South.
The Economic Weapon
The first international history of the emergence of economic sanctions during the interwar period and the legacy of this development "Valuable . . . offers many lessons for Western policy makers today."-Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal "The lessons are sobering."-The Economist "Original and persuasive. . . . For those who see economic sanctions as a relatively mild way of expressing displeasure at a country's behavior, this book . . . will come as something of a revelation."-Lawrence D. Freedm...
The Rise and Fall of the International Organization of Journalists Based in Prague 1946 - 2016. Usef
Elektronická kniha The Rise and Fall of the International Organization of Journalists Based in Prague 1946 - 2016. Usef:This is a unique history of what in the 1980s was the world’s largest association in the media field. However, the IOJ was embroiled in the Cold War: the bulk of 300,000 members were in the socialist East and developing South. Hence the collapse of the Soviet-led communist order in central-eastern Europe in 1989–91 precipitated the IOJ’s demise.<br><br> The auth...
Architektúra a urbanizmus 3-4/2021
The Heritage of Postwar Modernism: Engaged Research – monothematic issue EDITORIAL Peter Szalay, Henrieta MoravčíkováThe Heritage of Postwar Modernism: Engaged Research SCIENTIFIC STUDY Henrieta Moravčíková, Peter SzalayThe Trade Union House / Istropolis: The Birth and Liquidation of an Innovative Generator of Social Life, Culture, and Education Nadin Augustiniok, Marie Moors, Bie Plevoets, Koenraad Van CleempoelAn Inquiry into Intentional Values: The Arenawijk in Antwerp – Renaat Braem’s Moder...
Adventures in the Stone Age
Elektronická kniha Adventures in the Stone Age:When Leopold Pospíšil first arrived in New Guinea in 1954 to investigate the legal systems of the local tribes, he was warned about the Kapauku who reputedly had no laws. Dubious that any society could exist without laws, Pospíšil immediately decided to live among and study the Kapauku. <br><br> Learning the language and living as a participant-observer among the Kapauku, Pospíšil discovers that the supposedly primitive society posse...
Making the Most of Tomorrow
Elektronická kniha Making the Most of Tomorrow:Most, one of the most impressive historical cities of Northern Bohemia, was destroyed in the sixties and seventies for coal mining. When plans to redevelop the city began, hope and expectations ran high; in the end, however, Most became a symbol for the heartless incompetence of Czechoslovak communism.<br> In this book, Matěj Spurný explores the historical city of Most from the nineteenth century into the years following World War II, inve...
Yorran: Born in the Dust of Path
Elektronická kniha Yorran: Born in the Dust of Path:EN: He, who never finds the courage to leave the native home, never finds who he truly is. This applied in the past and will apply in the future, and thus it‘s no surprise that it applies to the world created by the author of the Yorran saga, too. Only the obstacles and trials which the heroes of this fantasy story need to face are different from ours. There are people who set out on such journey voluntarily, and some will be forced to take...
Minorities and Law in Czechoslovakia, 1918-1992
Ethnic minority issues played an important role in the history of Czechoslovakia, from 1918, during World War II and in the years immediately following it. Czechoslovakia became a model for solving ethnic and minority problems and legal regulations had always played a key role in the status of minorities.
Minorities and Law in Czechoslovakia, 1918-1992
Ethnic minority issues played an important role in the history of Czechoslovakia, from 1918, during World War II and in the years immediately following it. Czechoslovakia became a model for solving ethnic and minority problems and legal regulations had always played a key role in the status of minorities.
Fortress Russia
Allegations of Russian conspiracies meddling in the affairs of Western countries have been a persistent feature of Western politics since the Cold War - allegations of Russian interference in the US presidential election are only the most recent in a long series of conspiracy allegations that mark the history of the twentieth century. But Russian politics is rife with conspiracies about the West too.
Should All Drugs Be Legalized?
A timely re-examination of the pros and cons of legalizing drug use. Combining a unique visual approach with carefully constructed narrative text, this book provides a survey of the history of drug use, a review of the impact of the war on drugs, an appraisal of the effects of legal vs illegal drugs and an evaluation of the impact of the decriminalization of drugs.
Persepolis 1+2
Wise, often funny, sometimes heartbreaking, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken child of radical Marxists, and the great-grandaughter of Iran's last emperor, Satrapi bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country.
Ravens & Red Lipstick
Ravens & Red Lipstick shortlisted for Photography category in the British Design and Production Awards Ravens & Red Lipstick provides a visually bold survey of Japanese photography's recent history. Drawing together extensive research and a succession of engaging dialogues with both emerging and established photographers, Lena Fritsch traces its development chronologically from the severity of post-war Realism to the diverse ingenuity of photography in contemporary Japan, via the work of moveme...
Dvacáté století 1/2014
Z obsahu: „Ta záštiplná antikomunistická propaganda“ Od klasického antikomunistického cyklu k filmům Red Scare (Martin Mišúr) The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and the Voice of America: A Contribution to the History of the Battle for Hearts and Minds at the Beginning of the Cold War (Daniel Srch) Policy of Czechoslovakia towards Chile 1973–1980 (Michal Zourek) The Origins of the Left-Wing Terrorism in Italy after 1968 (Mikuláš Pešta) Courts of Honour in the Post-War Soviet Union Jan Adamec ...
Minorities and Law in Czechoslovakia, 1918-1992
Elektronická kniha Minorities and Law in Czechoslovakia, 1918-1992:Ethnic minority issues played an important role in the history of Czechoslovakia, from 1918, during World War II and in the years immediately following it. Czechoslovakia became a model for solving ethnic and minority problems and legal regulations had always played a key role in the status of minorities. This book, which deals with issues concerning ethnic and language minorities in Czechoslovakia from a long-term perspectiv...
How Spies Think
LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2021 'One of the best books ever written about intelligence analysis and its long-term lessons' Christopher Andrew, author of The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 'An invaluable guide to avoiding self-deception and fake news' Melanie Phillips, The Times From the former director of GCHQ, Professor Sir David Omand, learn the methodology used by British intelligence agencies to reach judgements, establish the right level of c...
Cardiovascular Surgery
Elektronická kniha Cardiovascular Surgery:The history of surgical approaches to many diseases spans several centuries. However, the last century, and particularly its second half, witnessed an establishment of specialized surgical fields, such as urology surgery, neurosurgery and thoracic surgery, as a result of the rapidly growing knowledge of physiology, pathophysiology, blood transfusion, infection control as well as thanks to excellent new diagnostic methods and technological discoveries...