Japan: A Guide to Traditions, Customs and Etiquette is the first book to explain in detail why the Japanese think and behave as they do and it has now been completely revised and expanded.

Sacred sites and places of power, energy lines or ley lines; these subjects are no longer unknown to many people. They are present as acupuncture points in the landscape and our ancestors used those thousands of years for their rituals, initiations and celebrations.In the past they were marked by ancient sacred stones, trees and springs, later especially by churches and chapels. Accurately placed as an expression of popular devotion, as beacons of hope and fear.Mysterious and unknown Belgium ...

Andris Kursietis has been a researcher of military history for over forty years, concentrating on Germany and her Axis allies, using resources that span the globe. This book, "The Royal Hungarian Armed Forces 1919-1945" presents the order of battle of the Hungarian forces, and the military careers of over 600 Hungarian generals. He has also authored/edited two other books on the subject of the Hungarian army: "The Hungarian Army and its Military Leadership in World War II" (published in 1996...

About the author:

From a youthful observer in war-torn Hungary, his native land caught between the swastika and the red star, Endre B. Gastony evolved into a student of history at the University of Oregon. As professor at Augustana University, he combined teaching, with research and writing on the topics of nationalism, international events, and Hungarian history.

Historical guiding principles:

Leopold von Ranke’s advice, chronicle the past “as it really happened,” has been faithfull...

Andris Kursietis has been a researcher of military history for fifty years, using resources that span the globe. His latest book, “The Luftwaffe and its Leadership, 1935 - 1945” provides listings of the commanders of the main staff and field commands of the Luftwaffe from 1935, when the heretofore cloaked Luftwaffe was formally announced, until its destruction at the end of World War II in 1945. The book also includes biographical information on the senior Luftwaffe generals.

For his prev...

Andris Kursietis has been a researcher of military history for fifty years, using resources that span the globe. His latest book, “The Emperor’s Aviators” pro-vides listings of the commanders of the main staff and field commands of the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy aviation branches from their inception in 1915 until the end of World War II in 1945. The book also includes biographical in-formation on Japan’s aviator generals and admirals.

For his previous work on t...

These essays, upon different phases of the wonderful world- drama which has made our lifetime memorable, would be unworthy of republication were it not that at such a time every smallest thing which may help to clear up a doubt, to elucidate the justice of our cause, or to accentuate the desperate need of national effort, should be thrown into the scale. The longest essay appeared in The Fortnightly Review and the shorter ones for the most part in The Daily Chronicle. I have left them as writ...

Suffering due to the consequences of the border revision of mid-europe, romania, led by marshal antonescu, opted for a pact with nazi germany. it was a deal with the devil. the romanian jews were sacrificed and the romanian army fell at stalingrad. the author sheds a light on the consequences of these fatal events through extensive archive work.

illustrated with special historical images

‘A Dutch historian explains the motivation behind the bloodbath at Odessa’

– Marius Ghilezan in Rom...

The Waffen-SS, as fourth ‘army branch’ of the German army, is still surrounded with a certain mystical fog. Some divisions, mostly from the first levies, have general fame, like Hitler’s body guard division, the ‘Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler’, or the ‘Das Reich’ division. However, the fact that Waffen-SS grew into a significant force - 38 divisions - during the war, is largely unknown. Yet, due to the expansion, the elite status of the Waff-en-SS lessened. Leveled by its large nu...