The Atlantic Wall became the most grandiose system of coastal fortifications in the history of mankind. Its coastal batteries, concrete underground structures, and various anti-landing defenses represented masterpieces of artillery and construction engineering. At the same time, Hitler and his admirals made a number of unforgivable miscalculations that made the successful Allied invasion of...

The assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo started a chain of events that led to the beginning of World War One. It lis less clear, in the eyes of the author, as to why security was minimal for the Archduke, how dangerous was the 'Black Hand' organization and who stood to benefit from the destruction of the old man of Europe?

Memoirs of a German officer, in which the author talks about his service in the Reichswehr, Hitler's Wehrmacht and the Bundeswehr. In 1960, Bruno Winzer, a staff officer in the Bundeswehr, secretly left West Germany and crossed into the territory of the German Democratic Republic, where he published this book - the story of his life.

Originally published in 1969, this book is Che Guevara's description of guerilla tactics and strategy based on his experience and hit-and-run tactics that were paramount to the overthrow of Cubas government and the establishment of the Castro regime.

Vasilii Chapaev was one of the most active participants in Russia's Civil War; in our time, he is known as the hero of many jokes. The real story of his life is interwoven with fabrications from the well-known movie about his life. Before the fall of the USSR, the name Chapaev was surrounded by an aura of heroism and whole-hearted devotion to the Revolution. This book is based on archival...

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In the last few years, many books taking a critical look at Marshall Zhukov have been published in Russia. The author of this book, Aleksei Isaev, seeks to rebut some of the claims he considers unfounded.

The book pops up before the controversy of Libro de Manuel which synthetizes politics and social narration into a new prodigious genre. Themes: threshold between conventional and fantastic, love, dream, sickness, death, infancy, the perfect geometry behind Corta'zar's work: the octahedron.

Fictionalized story of the Soviet-German espionage before the World War II.

Этот роман - о трагической сути человеческой жизни, об одиночестве отдельного человека в мире людей, о значении и силе любви. Роман читается как исповедь. Название его звучит как диагноз. Асистолия - прекращение сердечной деятельности, остановка сердца. Н

Polemic essays about Pushikn's persona in traditional literary criticism.