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Sassanian Elite Cavalry AD 224-642 by Kaveh Farrokh
epub |eng | | Author:Kaveh Farrokh

Vanguards, reconnaissance, ambuscades, and traps Vanguards were to pass over flat terrain and take position on elevated heights. Great emphasis was placed on reconnaissance. Scouts would first examine the terrain ...
( Category: Military April 15,2018 )
Second to None: The History of the Coldstream Guards 1650 – 2000 by Paget Julian
epub |eng | 2000-09-11 | Author:Paget, Julian

( Category: Europe April 15,2018 )
OCR GCSE History SHP: Living under Nazi Rule 1933-1945 by Richard Kennett
azw3 |eng | 2017-07-24 | Author:Richard Kennett [Kennett, Richard]

This poster (1935) shows just three of the types within the Aryan race – the Nordic, the Phalian and the Western Untermenschen A German has his nose measured to determine ...
( Category: Military April 15,2018 )
The Stripping of the Altars by Eamon Duffy
epub |eng | | Author:Eamon Duffy

Death and Memory The language of memory pervaded the cult of the dead: the obsequies celebrated for each departed soul on the seventh and the thirtieth day after burial, and ...
( Category: History April 14,2018 )
The Walls of Constantinople AD 324-1453 by Stephen Turnbull
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Stephen Turnbull

Water and food supply No matter how strong a city’s walls might be, its population has to be supplied with food and water, and Constantinople was no exception. The original ...
( Category: Military April 14,2018 )
Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin's Gulag by Golfo Alexopoulos
epub |eng | 2017-04-14 | Author:Golfo Alexopoulos [Alexopoulos, Golfo]

7. Power “We Are Not Doctors but Delousers” THOSE WHO WORKED within the Gulag’s medical-sanitation department, including the prisoner doctors, found themselves in what Robert Jay Lifton called “an atrocity-producing ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 14,2018 )
Italian Neighbours by Tim Parks
epub |eng | | Author:Tim Parks

19 I morti TO PUT YOUR car in the garage under Via Colombare 10, you inch along a crazy-paved drive the opposite side of the palazzina to the garden, then ...
( Category: Travel Writing April 14,2018 )
Phantom in the Cold War: RAF Wildenrath 1977 - 1992 by David Gledhill
azw3 |eng | 2017-06-30 | Author:David Gledhill [Gledhill, David]

Being based in continental Europe, the squadrons were better able to liaise with NATO counterparts and visits to the F-104 base at Aalborg, the Mirage III base at Dijon and ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 14,2018 )
The Lesser Evil by Victor Klemperer
epub |eng | | Author:Victor Klemperer

1950 7th January, Saturday evening I do not quite remember the content of this first January week. [Klemperer notes nevertheless continuing dictation of the Maupassant study, a political committee meeting ...
( Category: World April 14,2018 )
Ancient Greek Philosophy by Thomas A. Blackson
epub |eng | 2010-11-30 | Author:Thomas A. Blackson

5.2 Justice The Republic itself continues. Glaucon and Adeimantus12 are not content to let the conversation end unsatisfactorily simply because Thrasymachus has thrown a fit. They challenge Socrates to demonstrate ...
( Category: Philosophy April 14,2018 )
Bog Bodies Uncovered by Miranda Aldhouse-Green
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Miranda Aldhouse-Green [Aldhouse-Green, Miranda]

X-ray of the Yde Girl’s upper body showing the pronounced and disabling curvature of her spine, a condition that would have caused her to walk painfully and with a lurching ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations April 14,2018 )
Warfare in the Ancient World by Brian Todd Carey
epub |eng | 2005-12-02 | Author:Brian Todd Carey [Carey, Brian Todd]

(e) Phase VI: Porus’ elephants are prevented from engaging the Macedonian cavalry as Alexander’s infantry, preceded by a cloud of light infantry skirmishers, press the attack (1). As the Macedonian ...
( Category: Military April 14,2018 )
The Belzec Death Camp by Chris Webb
epub |eng | 2016-02-11 | Author:Chris Webb [Webb, Chris]

Belzec Victims from other Countries This is a partial listing, in alphabertical order. This list has been compiled from survivor testimony and from two major websites consulted, which were the ...
( Category: World April 14,2018 )
The Collapse by Sarotte Mary Elise
epub |eng | 2014-09-21 | Author:Sarotte, Mary Elise

Following Harald Jäger’s decision to open the gates at the Bornholmer Street border crossing on the night of November 9, massive crowds flow through the final barrier gate of the ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 14,2018 )
Skalski: Against All Odds by Franciszek Grabowski
azw3 |eng | 2017-06-11 | Author:Franciszek Grabowski [Grabowski, Franciszek]

I said it would be fine, but while there would be no trouble with the officers, I had five non-commissioned officers. Broadhurst answered that it was just the matter of ...
( Category: Military April 14,2018 )

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