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Wie Menschenrechte zu einer Legitimationsgrundlage fur militarische Interventionen wurden.Die Balkankriege der neunziger Jahre, der Volkermord in Ruanda und die Darfur-Krise dienten als Katalysatoren einer Debatte, die die Koordinaten internationaler Politik und des Volkerrechts nachhaltig verandert hat: Der Verweis auf humanitare Notlagen und Menschenrechtsverletzungen wurde zu einem der zugkraftigsten Argumente, um Eingriffe einzelner Staaten oder Staatenbundnisse auf fremdem Territorium zu legitimieren. Die dadurch angestoene Neuverhandlung internationaler Normen ging einher mit einer Relativierung des Souveranitatsprinzips und des Gewaltverbots.Der Aufstieg des sogenannten New Humanitarianism" wahrend der neunziger Jahre war nicht zuletzt das Resultat politischer und kultureller Wandlungsprozesse, deren Wurzeln in der Zeit vor dem Ende der bipolaren Weltordnung lagen. Die Aushohlung des Unparteilichkeitsgebots humanitarer Akteure, der Aktivismus einer Neuen Linken und die Entstehung einer neuen Ethik der Dringlichkeit haben die Formen und Ziele des Humanitarismus grundlegend verandert. Der Band nimmt gleichermaen die Rolle von Regierungen, suprastaatliche und nichtstaatliche Akteure wie NGOs, Medien und Sozialwissenschaften in den Blick.

Built around AD122, Hadrians Wall was guarded by the Roman army for over three centuries and has left an indelible mark on the landscape of northern Britain. It was a wonder of the ancient world and is a World Heritage Site. Written by a leading archaeologist who has excavated widely on the Wall, this is an authoritative yet accessible treatment of the archaeological evidence. The book explains why the expansion of the Roman empire ground to a halt in remote northern Britain, how the Wall came to be built and the purpose it was intended to serve. It is not a guidebook to the remains, but an introduction to the Wall and the soldiers and civilians, men, women and children, who once peopled the abandoned ruins visited by tourists today.

Cuando los europeos vieron por primera vez las estructuras monumentales de piedra en el extremo sur del lago Titicaca, en Bolivia, quedaron maravillados con la habilidad de quienes las produjeron. Estas construcciones han sido consideradas, con razon, la arquitectura de piedra mas ingeniosa y habil del mundo. Su precision rivaliza con la de los incas hasta el punto de que desde los cronistas españoles del siglo XVI hasta los autores del siglo XX han afirmado que Tiahuanaco no solo sirvio a los incas como un modelo para la arquitectura y la mamposteria de piedra sino que estos incluso importaron albañiles de la cuenca del Titicaca para construir sus edificios.Este cuidadoso estudio de Jean Pierre Protzen y Stella Nair, refuta esa idea y se adentra en cuestiones referentes a las tecnicas de los picapedreros de Tiahuanaco, a la vez que se centra en su conocimiento de la geometria y en la extraccion, corte y montaje de las piedras. Sin duda, los detallados analisis de las piedras de construccion permiten vislumbrar la arquitectura de Tiahuanaco, y la apariencia y las reglas que guiaron sus canones de composicion y produccion.

Uber die Exiljahre in der Turkei, in denen der deutsch-judische Literaturwissenschaftler Erich Auerbach sein Hauptwerk Mimesis verfasste, ist bis heute nur wenig bekannt. Eine groe Uberraschung war daher die Entdeckung der Vortrage, Aufsatze und kurzeren Beitrage, die Auerbach nach der Vertreibung aus Deutschland (1935) wahrend des Exils in Istanbul geschrieben hat. Sie wurden zuerst in turkischer Sprache veroffentlicht und erscheinen nun in diesem Band zum ersten Mal in deutscher Ubersetzung.Erich Auerbach hatte aufgrund der raumlichen und kulturellen Distanz seines Exils das immer schneller ins Verderben sturzende Europa von auen zu betrachten. Diese besondere Situation pragte seinen Blick. Istanbul bedeutete fur ihn aber nicht nur eine sichere Entfernung zu den schrecklichen Ereignissen in Deutschland, sondern ermoglichte zugleich eine produktive, wenn auch schwierige Auseinandersetzung mit den offenen Problemen eines Landes, das sich in einer heiklen politischen Ubergangsphase befand.Deutlicher als in allen anderen seiner Schriften ubernimmt Auerbach hier die Rolle des Kulturhistorikers und engagierten Intellektuellen: Er untersucht Phanomene und Protagonisten der europaischen Geschichte unter dem Gesichtspunkt der gegenwartigen sozialen und politischen Lage. Der Krieg, die Entstehung der Nationalsprachen, die Beziehung zwischen historischem Absolutismus und moderner Demokratie bilden zusammen mit der Schilderung von groen Figuren wie etwa Dante, Machiavelli oder Montesquieu den Ausgangpunkt fur eine kulturgeschichtliche Deutung, in der die zeitgenossische Krisensituation im Lichte der Losungsversuche der Vergangenheit betrachtet wird.

A photo album doesnt tell the whole story of a family and this book doesnt tell the whole story of Parihaka. Rather, it is a collection of snapshots, a patchwork quilt, a scrapbook, a mongrel record my own efforts to understand one of the most important and disturbing events in New Zealand history - the 1881 invasion of Parihaka - and its powerful, complicated legacy. Rachel Buchanan The Parihaka Album: Lest We Forget blends the personal and the historical. It tracks the author Rachel Buchanans discovery of her familys links with Parihaka and her Maori and Pakeha ancestors roles in the early days of the city that is now Wellington.

Edição do 75º aniversário - "Nós que vivemos não é uma história sobre a Rússia Soviética em 1925. É uma história sobre ditadura, qualquer ditadura, em qualquer lugar, em qualquer momento, quer seja a

This authoritative and comprehensive history of Ireland covers the entire history of the island from the Ice Age to the peace process in 100 short episodes. In this thoughtful analysis of Irish society, Bardon integrates the significant cultural and literary history of Ireland with its political and social past.Based on the hugely popular BBC radio series A Short History of Ireland, each episode stands alone, providing a snippet of Irish history in five minutes reading. In turn, to read each episode in sequence from beginning to end provides a magisterial history of Europes most western land.

The Far Land swells in the cause and effect of actions of passion. Brandon Pressers fascinating narrative of the relentless consequences of the Bounty mutineers asks: were they brave or damned? They lived so very troubled ever after. You cant make this stuff up!TOM HANKSThe Far Land hits a lot of my pleasure centers: remote islands, then-and-now non-fiction, historical mysteries and forthright travelogues. The first night I started reading, I dreamed about Pitcairn Island. MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD, 2021 Booker Prize shortlisted and 2022 Womens Prize for Fiction shortlisted author of Great Circle A THRILLING TALE OF POWER, OBSESSION AND BETRAYAL AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD In 1808, an American merchant ship happened upon an uncharted island in the South Pacific and unwittingly solved the biggest nautical mystery of the era: the whereabouts of a band of fugitives who, after seizing their vessel, had disappeared into the night with their Tahitian companions.Seven generations later, the island is still inhabited by descendants of the original mutineers, marooned like modern castaways.In 2018, Brandon Presser went to live among its families; two clans bound by circumstance and secrets. There, he pieced together Pitcairns full story: an operatic saga that holds all visitors in its mortal clutch - even the author.Told through vivid historical and personal narrative, The Far Land goes beyond the infamous mutiny on the Bounty, offering an unprecedented glimpse at life on the fringes of civilization, and how, perhaps, its not so different from our own.

Heart-thumpingly powerful ... history told from the closest and most frightening quarters. SINCLAIR MCKAY, author of The Secret Life of Bletchley ParkShocking, terrifying and revealing. Ground-breaking history, expertly told - a dramatic new insight into the Falklands conflict. ROGER BOLTON, BBC journalist and broadcasterForty years on from the outbreak of the war, acclaimed TV journalist Julian Manyon digs down into Argentinas Dirty War and its effect on the Falklands conflict On May 12th, 1982, after the first bloody exchanges of the Falklands War, journalist Julian Manyon and his TV crew were kidnapped on the streets of Buenos Aires and put through a traumatic mock execution by the secret police. Less than eight hours later they were invited to the Presidential Palace to film a world-exclusive interview with an apologetic President Galtieri, the dictator and head of the Argentine Junta.Spurred on by the recent release of declassified CIA documents about Argentinas Dirty War, Manyon discovered that his kidnapper was a key figure in the Juntas bloody struggle against left-wing opposition, with a terrifying record of torture and murder. Also in the secret documents were details of the wider picture - the turmoil inside the Junta as the war with Britain got under way, and how Argentina succeeded in acquiring vital US military equipment which made its war effort possible.Published on the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflict, this book is an extraordinary insight into the war behind the war. Manyon provides a harrowing depiction of the campaign of terror that the Junta waged on its own population, and a new perspective on an episode of history more often centred on Mrs Thatcher, the Belgrano and the battle of Goose Green.

In the 1880s, Suzanne Valadon was considered the Impressionists most beautiful model. But behind her captivating façade lay a closely-guarded secret. Born in poverty in rural France, as a teenager in Montmartre, Suzanne began posing for and having affairs with some of the ages most renowned painters. Then Renoir caught her indulging in a passion she had been trying to conceal: the model was herself a talented artist. Some found her vibrant still lifes and frank portraits as shocking as her bohemian lifestyle. At eighteen, she gave birth to an illegitimate child, future painter Maurice Utrillo. But her friends Toulouse-Lautrec and Degas could see her skill. Rebellious and opinionated, she refused to be confined by tradition or gender, and in 1894, her work was accepted to the Salon de la Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, an extraordinary achievement for a working-class woman with no formal art training. Renoirs Dancer tells the remarkable tale of an ambitious, headstrong woman fighting to find a professional voice in a male-dominated world.

The History of Armour 1100 - 1700 offers a detailed account of how armour developed through the Medieval, Tudor, Elizabethan and Civil War eras, carefully itemizing the subtle changes over a six hundred year period. Each chapter focuses on an individual area of body protection, charting the evolution of each piece over time, from helmets and chest protection to arm guards, gauntlets, leg guards and sabatons. The book also encompasses the use of weaponry and its evolution, including protection for the horse.With the aid of the authors superb photographs and illustrations, the book looks at how fashions, as well as its protective qualities, influenced the style of armour. Valuable information has been acquired through the study of effigies over a number of years, and using these existing artifacts, supplemented by the authors meticulous illustrations and practical knowlege of armour construction, it has been possible to reconstruct the design and appearance of a wide range of armour. A meticulous study of the development of the knights protective armour and weaponry over a six hundred year period. Through the study of effigies over a number of years, the author has been able to reconstruct the design of a wide range of armour. An invaluable resource for historians, re-enactors, collectors and all those with an interest in miltiary or medieval history. Superbly illustrated with 275 colour photographs and illustrations. Paul Walker gives lectures in armour and weapons for English Heritage and has a lifelong interest in historical warfare.

History at War is a unique book. It throws light on important unexplored aspects of the pursuit of historical truth. It tells how, alone among historians, Noble Frankland fought in the bomber offensive during the Second World War and then, together with Sir Charles Webster, wrote its official history; how he transformed the Imperial War Museum from a dying institution into one of the worlds leading historical centres for the study of the conflicts of the twentieth century; how he played a major part in television documentary productions, including in particular The World at War; and how he wrote a series of original, rigorously researched historical works. In History at War he describes the battles he had to fight against the mandarins and media merchants who sought to impose a spin on history to suit their own ends, and were ruthless and unscrupulous in their methods. Its meticulous documentation gives a guarantee of authenticity to his staggering account of how those in high places tried to distort history, which might otherwise seem scarcely credible. The revelations about Bomber Harris relations with his superior, Lord Portal, during the war and their joint opposition to the two authors account of the strategic air offensive, still a highly topical issue, will set alight a new debate among military and other historians. Unlike most books on the theory and practice of history, it does not confine itself to what can be written on the page. It also covers Dr Franklands experience of demonstrating history in museum galleries, on the television screen, on sites such as Duxford Airfield near Cambridge, and on board HMS Belfast in the Pool of London. The problem for historians of publishing a full and unbiased account and analysis of controversial events and episodes in politics and international affairs is as acute in the 1990s as it ever has been. All readers with a concern for the truth will learn much about such issues from this unflinching and penetrating book. Robert Crawford, Director-General, Imperial War Museum: ...it is brilliant, rivetingly trenchant, and should be required reading for all aspirant historians. Professor R.B. Wernham, former Professor of Modern History, Oxford: It really is a splendid and fascinating story, and a sharp warning to historians to beware of mandarins and great commanders. In Francis Bacons categorization: Some books are to be tasted, some to be swallowed, and a few to be chewed and digested."It certainly rates among the few. Professor Geoffrey Best in TLS: The subtitle is exactly right for a book by Noble Frankland, a tough character who views the successive phases of his post-war life as battles to bring truths and lessons plainly before the public, and who can happily conclude that he has been generally successful. In at least two fields -- the history of the most painfully controversial of Allied campaigns in the Second World War, and the rescue and make-over of the least well-known of Londons great museums -- his achievements have been of great national value and importance...this astringently truth-telling professional autobiography... required reading for historians of the British Establishment from Attlee to Macmillan... Piers Mackesey, Fellow of British Academy and former Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford: ...I admired History at War on many levels -- characterizations of Webster, Bradley, Willis, etc, the balance between Museum Trustees and the chief executive, functioning of Civil Service, Bomber Command, the picture of [Noble Franklands] developing career and the qualities it called for, etc. I often laughed aloud at the wit and the penetrating observations of functioning individuals. Also much enjoyed final reflections on history by a practitioner. Havent enjoyed a book so much for ages.

In the 1820s, Rifa`a Rafi` al-Tahtawi, a young Muslim cleric, was a leading member of the first Egyptian educational mission to Paris, where he remained for five years, documenting his observations of European culture. His account, Takhlis al-Ibriz fi Talkhis Bariz, is one of the earliest and most influential records of the Muslim encounter with Enlightenment-era European thought, introducing ideas of modernity to his native land. In addition to its historical and literary value, al-Tahtawis work offers invaluable insight into early conceptions of Europe and the `Other. Its observations are as vibrant and palpable today as they were over 150 years ago; informative and often acute, to humorous effect. An irrefutable classic, this new edition of the first English translation is of seminal value. It is introduced and carefully annotated by a scholar fluent in the life, times and milieu of its narrator.

Tank Turret Fortifications traces the origins of the idea from the development of the first armoured turrets in the nineteenth century through to the present day. On the way it covers the inter-war period when the first turrets were used in this way, the Second World War, when tank turrets were used on every front in the European Theatre of Operations, and the post-war period, when tank turrets were used even more widely. The book also details the decline of the idea as countries reassessed the threats they faced and slowly dismantled all their fixed fortifications. Widely used during World War Two and since, tank turret fortifications deserve a history, and Neil Short has spent several years writing this, the first proper study.

For the last 60 years, J. I. Packer has exerted a steady and remarkable influence on evangelical theology and practice. His many books, articles, and lectures have shaped entire generations of Christians, helping elevate their view of God and enliven their love for God. In this new biography, well-known scholar Leland Ryken provides readers with a compelling overview of Packers interesting life and influential legacy. Exploring his childhood, college days, theological education, and professional life in both England and America, this volume combines detailed facts with personal anecdotes so as to paint a holistic portrait of the man himself. Finally, Ryken identifies lifelong themes evident in Packers life, ministry, and writings that shed light on his enduring significance for Christians today.

"I spent a year in the Terezin ghetto, but as bad as it was, it cannot be compared to a single month in Auschwitz or Mauthausen. Rather than taking time to describe Terezin, I will only briefly record the most important events, because I am writing this during a period in my life when time matters and I would rather describe in greater detail my experiences in the concentration camps." Twelve-year-old Michael Kraus began keeping a diary while he was still living at home in the Czech city of Nachod but continued writing while a prisoner at Theresienstadt (Terezin). When he was shipped with other prisoners to the death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, all of his writings were confiscated and destroyed. After his liberation and while convalescing, he began to draw and make notes again about his experiences in Theresienstadt, in Auschwitz, the first death march out of Mauthausen and its satellite camps in Melk and Gunskirchen. As a teenager confronting the traumas of these experiences, Kraus found that recording his memories in words and pictures helped him overcome his hatred for those who had murdered his parents. The process of writing and drawing also helped him begin the painful transition to a so-called normal life. As a survivor, Kraus also felt the need to recount his experiences for the benefit of future generations, especially on behalf of the many who did not survive. The present edition makes this memoir, originally written in Czech and significant for having been written so close to the authors liberation, widely available to English readers for the first time. It also reproduces pages from the original booklets that show how the teenage Kraus illustrated his memories with pencil drawings that both complement and extend his story, giving readers a sense of its character as an unusual and important historical document.

En este libro se emprende el estudio de las estructuras sociopolíticas y las formas de organización de la producción en las formaciones sociales de la Edad del Hierro en el noroeste peninsular y de las transformaciones que experimentan durante el proceso de integracion en el Imperio romano, a traves del analisis territorial del Baixo Miño confrontado con una vision general del todo el cuadrante noroccidental de la peninsula iberica.

La straordinaria storia di Sergio Porcarelli,figlio di madre sopravvissuta libica,di padre sopravvissuto a rastrellamento nazista,sopravvissuto a leucemia,sopravvissuto a atti persecutori,mutilato chirurgicamente,diversamente abile, maamante della vita e generoso verso gli altri.

Il volume presenta un percorso iconografico attraverso le rappresentazioni di fatti darme femminili in Francia e nellItalia del Risorgimento. Oltre a portare alla luce immagini di donne eccezionali che hanno combattuto nelle rivoluzioni cittadine e sui campi di battaglia dellOttocento, propone illustrazioni di militarizzazione femminile e anche caricature satiriche che denunciavano un comportamento giudicato innaturale e pericoloso. Con centoquarantuno tavole illustrate e altrettante schede per contestualizzarle, lo studio evidenzia le ambiguita che accompagnano la percezione delle donne combattenti e piu in generale della violenza femminile.

Este libro es el resultado de una investigación sobre la electrificación de la comarca regada por el río Oja. Su motivación es humana, empresarial y de historia industrial de la introducción de la electricidad en una parte de la Rioja Alta. Se ha contado con documentos de instituciones, empresas, familias y numerosos amigos que han colaborado abiertamente; amen de testimonios personales. La historia parte del año de 1896 y acaba el relato en 1964 cuando las actividades fueron absorbidas por IBERDUERO. A lo largo del libro se describe el alto rio Oja desde el punto de vista de la generacion electrica. Se explican las normas que, en aquellos años, regulaban las actividades electricas. Se consideran usos de la electricidad empezando por la iluminacion publica y privada, durante las noches. Tras unos primeros años con la unica aplicacion para alumbrado se ven otros consumos principalmente en motores electricos para la incipiente mecanizacion de la industria. Se describen las primeras fabricas de luz, todas locales y muy pequeñas. Se termina explicando las actividades de una pequeña sociedad que integro el suministro de toda la comarca. Se añaden numerosos anexos, la mayor parte descargables de internet mediante el enlace que se facilita en el libro, de este modo el lector podra profundizar e iniciar sus propias investigaciones.