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  • Mark of the Beast

    Death and Degradation in the Literature of the Great War

    The First World War is a watershed in the intellectual and spiritual history of the modern world. On the one hand, it brought an end to a sense of optimism and decency bred by the prosperity of nineteenth-century Europe. On the other, it brought forth a sense of futility and alienation that has since pervaded European thought. That cataclysmic experience is richly reflected in the work of writers ... Leer más

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  • Martial Valor

    From Beowulf To Vietnam

    In the popular mind valor is a shining word replete with ethical values; it is associated with daring, strength of body and mind, and generosity; it is the means to realize noble ends and ideals. But literature and history show that valor's purpose is often less than high minded and generous. Under the impact of historical or military circumstances valor has changed its use and purpose, sometimes ... Leer más

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    No Lessons Learned

    Vietnam The Fighting, The Dying, A Legacy Replayed in the Middle East

    Narrado por Dana Lee ...

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    While the book rests on the backbone of the Vietnam experience, it aspires to go beyond the confines of that particular war and lead the reader to question an American foreign policy that has, especially since 2001, been militarily driven. The harm done to American and allied soldiers and to the indigent peoples and societies of the countries the U.S. has so thoughtlessly invaded has secured no ... Leer más

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    Memoirs of a Nazi Interpreter

    An insider’s view of Hitler, Himmler, Heydrich, and Mussolini.In the years before World War II, Eugen Dollmann arrived in Rome on a scholarship, intending to write a history of the Catholic Church. Instead he joined the Nazi Party and became an interpreter to various members of the German and Italian Fascist hierarchy.In this capacity Dollmann attended the Munich Conference of 1938 and was present ... Leer más

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  • Sacrifice on the Steppe

    The Italian Alpine Corps in the Stalingrad Campaign, 1942–1943

    de Hope Hamilton ...
    The tragic story of the Italians sent to the USSR by Mussolini—and the only division of elite mountain soldiers who didn't completely perish.When Germany's Sixth Army advanced to Stalingrad in 1942, its long-extended flanks were mainly held by its allied armies—the Romanians, Hungarians, and Italians. But as history tells us, these flanks quickly caved in before the massive Soviet counter ... Leer más

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  • Saving Italy

    The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis

    From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Monuments Men: "An astonishing account of a little-known American effort to save Italy's…art during World War II." —Tom BrokawWhen Hitler’s armies occupied Italy in 1943, they also seized control of mankind’s greatest cultural treasures. As they had done throughout Europe, the Nazis could now plunder the masterpieces of the Renaissance, the ... Leer más

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  • Mussolini: History in an Hour

    de Rupert Colley ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.‘Il Duce’, Benito Mussolini, was one of the key figures in the creation of fascism. Famed for his dictatorial style, his political cunning and admired – initially – by Hitler, Mussolini led the National Fascist Party and ruled Italy as Prime Minister from 1922 until his ousting in 1943. In so doing, he paved the way towards Italy’s defeat in ... Leer más

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  • The Venus Fixers

    The Remarkable Story of the Allied Monuments Officers Who Saved Italy's Art During World War II

    In 1943, while the world was convulsed by war, a few visionaries -- in the private sector and in the military -- committed to protect Europe's cultural heritage from the indiscriminate ravages of World War II.In the midst of the conflict, the Allied Forces appointed the monuments officers—a motley group of art historians, curators, architects, and artists—to ensure that the great masterworks of ... Leer más

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  • M: Son of the Century

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    Traducido por Anne Milano Appel ...
    Now a major TV series from acclaimed filmmaker Joe Wright, starring Luca Marinelli — streaming on MUBI.“This relentless chronicle of authoritarianism emboldened and empowered offers a painful and valuable reminder that democracy is fragile, never to be taken for granted and always in need of committed defense.” —Washington PostThe massive international bestseller—an epic biographical novel that ... Leer más

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  • Journey to the Abyss

    The Diaries of Count Harry Kessler, 1880-1918

    de Harry Kessler ...
    These fascinating, never-before-published early diaries of Count Harry Kessler—patron, museum director, publisher, cultural critic, soldier, secret agent, and diplomat—present a sweeping panorama of the arts and politics of Belle Époque Europe, a glittering world poised to be changed irrevocably by the Great War. Kessler’s immersion in the new art and literature of Paris, London, and Berlin ... Leer más

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  • The White War

    Life and Death on the Italian Front 1915-1919

    de Mark Thompson ...
    The brutal and tragic story of the First World War’s oft-overlooked Italian Front.**“A fascinating, indeed brilliant, portrait of a society immolated by its own delusions.” —**New York Review of BooksNamed a Book of the Year by Economist • Sunday Times • Sunday Telegraph • Obs... ... Leer más

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  • Mussolini's Italy

    Life Under the Fascist Dictatorship, 1915-1945

    With Mussolini s Italy, R.J.B. Bosworth-the foremost scholar on the subject writing in English-vividly brings to life the period in which Italians participated in one of the twentieth centurys most notorious political experiments. Il Duces Fascists were the original totalitarians, espousing a cult of violence and obedience that inspired many other dictatorships, Hitlers first among them. But as ... Leer más

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