The artistic tradition that emerged as a form of cultural resistance in the 1970s changed during the transition from socialism to capitalism. This volume presents the evolution of the Moscow-based conceptual artist group called Collective Actions, proposing it as a case-study for understanding the transformations that took place in Eastern European art after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Esanu...

Peter Wilson looks to 500 years of history to contest rigid assumptions about German militarism. Historically German-speaking states have had complex--that is, typical--politics surrounding militarization, strategy, and civilian control. The belief in German military genius arose only in 1871 and was soon dashed by the two world wars.

The Berlin Wall Memorial Center on Bernauer Strasse is the main memorial site of divided Germany, located in the center of the German capital. Alongside the exhibit at the former border strip, a permanent exhibition entitled ‘1961 - 1989. The Berlin Wall’ was opened in November 2014, providing information about the political and historical context.

Hailed as the definitive book on Uber and Silicon Valley, Super Pumped is an epic story of ambition and deception, obscene wealth, and bad behavior that explores how blistering technological and financial innovation culminated in one of the most catastrophic twelve-month periods in American corporate history.

Hiroshima is the story of six human beings who lived through the greatest single manmade disaster in history. John Hersey tells what these six -- a clerk, a widowed seamstress, a physician, a Methodist minister, a young surgeon, and a German Catholic priest -- were doing at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, when Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city. Then he follows...

‘The Revolution Betrayed’ is one of Trotsky’s most famous works; the author himself even called this book ‘the main thing in his life.’ Written during forced seclusion in Norway, the book is devoted to an analysis of the Soviet political regime and a forecast of its further development. Without mincing words, Trotsky, in a fierce and categorical manner, settles scores with his main opponent...

LTI – Lingua Tertii Imperii: Victor Klemperers Analyse der Sprache des Nationalsozialismus und ihrer Wirkungsmacht ist ein Meisterwerk der Geschichtsschreibung. Zugleich ist es ein historisches Dokument ersten Ranges von der Selbstrettung eines Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftlers in hoffnungsloser Zeit. Die Ausgabe von Elke Fröhlich erschließt den Text, seinen zeitgeschichtlichen Hintergrund...

In Chernobyl, Serhii Plokhy draws on new sources to tell the dramatic stories of the firefighters, scientists, and soldiers who heroically extinguished the nuclear inferno. He lays bare the flaws of the Soviet nuclear industry, tracing the disaster to the authoritarian character of the Communist party rule, the regime's control over scientific information, and its emphasis on economic...

In light of the current struggles in the Caucasus, the author reviews the wars of the 19th century, the struggles between the mountain tribes of the Northern Caucasus under the leadership of Imam Shamil and the forces of Tsarist Russia.

Originally published by the University of California Press in 1961, the author examines the appearance and development of mounted soldiers in Ancient Greece.