De moord op de Armeniërs en de Turkse onafhankelijkheidsoorlog trokken altijd grote belangstelling in Duitsland. Dat was, zoals de historicus Stefan Ihrig stelt, ook het geval tijdens de Republiek van Weimar. Vooral de rechterzijde van het politieke spectrum was gefascineerd door de ontwikkelingen in Turkije en de rol van Atatürk. Deze laatste werd steeds meer het voorbeeld van succesvol politiek revisionisme, autoritair bewind en seculiere modernisering. Christopher Clark van de Universit...

Offers a study of 16th and 17th century Europe and the fundamental changes which led to the collapse of Christendom and established the geographical and political frameworks of Western Europe as we know it. This book features a rich tapestry that fosters a deeper understanding of Europe's identity.

From the internationally acclaimed author comes his bestselling account of India's experience of British colonialism.

Jonathan Fenby has edited the Observer, the South China Morning Post and Reuters World Service as well as holding senior positions at the Economist, Independent and Guardian.His books include Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-Shek and the China He Lost, Dealing with the Dragon: A Year in the New Hong Kong, The General: Charles de Gaulle and the France He Saved, The History of Modern France andTiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How It Got There and Where It is Heading.He is currently Managing Partn...

Murakami tells the true story behind an act of terrorism that turned an average Monday morning into a national disaster. In spite of the perpetrators' intentions, the Tokyo gas attack left only twelve people dead, but thousands were injured and many suffered serious after-effects.

A deeply engaging new history of how European settlements in the post-Colombian Americas shaped the world, from the bestselling author of 1491.

Presenting the latest research by biologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians, Mann shows how the post-Columbian network of ecological and economic exchange fostered the rise of Europe, devastated imperial China, convulsed Africa, and for two centuries made Mexico City-where Asia, Europe, and the new frontier of the Americas dynamical...

Nearly forty thrilling, first-hand accounts by men and women who are the modern heirs of the great explorers of previous ages.