Historie og arkeologi

Starting with the basic core of 117 men who made up the Stabswache in 1933, the Leibstandarte, Hitler’s personal bodyguard, became an elite motorised unit, then a brigade then a …

This book redefines the relationship between Marxism and history. At its roots, Marxism was aimed at analyzing society in order to change it, reflecting on the past to create the …

Charting the development of the North Sea Oil business from the early days, when oil companies hired seismic ships to go out and use dynamite to try to determine whether there was …

In a stark and chilling glimpse into the mindset of the Third Reich, the historian and author of Russia's War introduces readers to the high-level Nazi leaders captured by the …

Den 13. juli 1949 døde Alfredo Reinhardt på Santo Spiritosykehuset i Vatikanet. Dødsårsaken ble oppgitt som alvorlig leversvikt. Men pasienten var innlagt under falskt navn. I …

Både arbeiderbevegelsen og kirken har i høy grad vært med på å forme det moderne norske samfunnet. Forholdet mellom dem var ofte anstrengt - til dels fiendtlig - i årtiene før …

THROUGHOUT HISTORY AND ACROSS CULTURES, the most common form of violence is that between family members and neighbors or kindred communities--in civil wars writ large and small. …

Debates about the origins and effects of European rule in the non-European world have animated the field of economic history since the 1850s. This pioneering text provides a …

There are currently a record-setting number of forcibly displaced persons in the world. This number continues to rise as solutions to alleviate humanitarian catastrophes of …