European General category: 8233 books
Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871 Volume 1: The Campaign of Sedan
The Campaign Of Sedan. Helmuth Von Moltke And The Overthrow Of The Second Empire
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2007
In the first part of this comprehensive all-new two-volume military history of the Franco-Prussian War, Quintin Barry presents a detailed account of the war against the French Imperial Army waged by the armies of the German Confederation, directed by that supreme military mind, Helmuth von Moltke.
The...
by Adam Zamoyski
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
Following on from his epic ‘1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow’, bestselling author Adam Zamoyski has written the dramatic story of the Congress of Vienna. In the wake of his disastrous Russian campaign of 1812, Napoleon's imperious grip on Europe began to weaken, raising the question of how...
The Holocaust in Romania
The Destruction of Jews and Gypsies Under the Antonescu Regime, 1940-1944
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2008
In 1930, 757,000 Jews lived in Romania; they constituted the third largest Jewish community in Europe. Today not more than 14,000 Jews live in Romania, most of them elderly. The record of the Holocaust in Romania includes many curious chapters of support and betrayal, but they have been largely unavailable...
Galileo's Telescope
A European Story
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Between 1608 and 1610 the canopy of the night sky was ripped open by an object created almost by accident: a cylinder with lenses at both ends. Galileo’s Telescope tells how this ingenious device evolved into a precision instrument that would transcend the limits of human vision and transform humanity’s view of its place in the cosmos.
Antisemitism in an Era of Transition
Continuities and Impact in Post-Communist Poland and Hungary
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
The post-Communist transition in Eastern Central Europe has brought about democratic reform, liberalized economies and accession to the European Union, but also the emergence of political movements that revert to antisemitic rhetoric and arguments. This volume compares the genealogies and impact of...
Marvelous Possessions
The Wonder of the New World
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017
A masterwork of history and cultural studies, Marvelous Possessions is a brilliant meditation on the interconnected ways in which Europeans of the Age of Discovery represented non-European peoples and took possession of their lands, particularly in the New World. In a series of innovative readings...
Dacia
Land of Transylvania, Cornerstone of Ancient Eastern Europe
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2009
This book tells the little known story of Dacia, the powerful and rich land that became Transylvania and Romania. This kingdom was once the cornerstone of Eastern Europe. By A.D. 1, Dacia was the third largest military power in Europe, after the Romans and Germans. Most historians mistook the Dacians...
Medieval Cities
Their Origins and the Revival of Trade - Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
Nearly a century after it was first published in 1925, Medieval Cities remains one of the most provocative works of medieval history ever written. Here, Henri Pirenne argues that it was not the invasion of the Germanic tribes that destroyed the civilization of antiquity, but rather the closing of...
Auschwitz
A History
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2005
At the terrible heart of the modern age lies Auschwitz. In a total inversion of earlier hopes about the use of science and technology to improve, extend and protect human life, Auschwitz manipulated the same systems to quite different ends. In Sybille Steinbacher's terse, powerful new book, the reader...
The End of Europe
Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Once the world’s bastion of liberal, democratic values, Europe is now having to confront demons it thought it had laid to rest. The old pathologies of anti-Semitism, populist nationalism, and territorial aggression are threatening to tear the European postwar consensus apart. In riveting dispatches...
The Burdens of Freedom
Eastern Europe since 1989
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
From Estonia to Macedonia, this book is a history of 15 countries as they negotiate their transition from communism. For some, the story ends happily, with triumphant entry into the European Union in 2004.Others are caught in limbo, destroyed by nationalist politics, war and genocide, or crippled...
by Rodney Castleden
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
The latest title in the much-loved Element Encyclopedia series, The Element Encyclopedia of Celts explores the history, culture, and mythology of these great peoples. A comprehensive guide of Celtic history and culture, The Element Encyclopedia of the Celts tells the stories of these grand peoples...
The Ottoman Road to War in 1914
The Ottoman Empire and the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2008
Why did the Ottoman Empire enter the First World War in late October 1914, months after the war's devastations had become clear? Were its leaders 'simple-minded,' 'below-average' individuals, as the doyen of Turkish diplomatic history has argued? Or, as others have claimed, did the Ottomans enter...
by Alan W. Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
The first in a series of volumes to discuss the history and development of the non-Russian nationalities in the Soviet Union. --"Professor Fisher's excellent book is brief but clear and succinct. It should be required reading for all students of Russian and European History."--Slavic Review