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John Lukacs reconstructs five tense and decisive days during which Churchill and the British War Cabinet debated the future of the war

The historian John Lukacs offers a concise history of the twentieth century--its two world wars and cold war, its nations and leaders. The great themes woven through this spirited narrative are inseparable from the author's own intellectual preoccupations: the fading of liberalism, the rise of populism and nationalism, the achievements and dangers of technology, and the continuing democratization of the globe. The historical twentieth century ...

The historian John Lukacs offers a concise history of the twentieth century--its two world wars and cold war, its nations and leaders. The great themes woven through this spirited narrative are inseparable from the author's own intellectual preoccupations: the fading of liberalism, the rise of populism and nationalism, the achievements and dangers of technology, and the continuing democratization of the globe. The historical twentieth century ...

The "riveting" (John Wukovits, author of Admiral "Bull" Halsey) and all-but-unknown account of ten American prisoners of war who escaped from a Japanese prison during World War II.On April 4, 1943, ten American prisoners of war and two Filipino convicts executed a daring escape from one of Japan's most notorious prison camps. The prisoners were survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March and the Fall of Corregidor, and the prison from which t...

The historian John Lukacs offers a concise history of the twentieth century--its two world wars and cold war, its nations and leaders. The great themes woven through this spirited narrative are inseparable from the author's own intellectual preoccupations: the fading of liberalism, the rise of populism and nationalism, the achievements and dangers of technology, and the continuing democratization of the globe. The historical twentieth century ...

This the best introduction to the historical craft of John Lukacs . . . one of the true creative geniuses of his profession." --The American Conservative In a career spanning more than sixty-five years, John Lukacs (1924-2019) established himself as one of our most accomplished historians. In History and the Human Condition, Lukacs offers his profound reflections on the very nature of history, the role of the historian, the limits of knowledge...

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Lukacs si pone il problema di come la democrazia del nostro tempo sia progressivamente cambiata, rendendosi sempre più vulnerabile alle sirene della demagogia. Egli analizza i contrapposti sistemi politici che hanno attraversato il Novecento: liberalismo, nazionalismo, fascismo, bolscevismo, nazismo. Riflettendo sulla democrazia americana, ne descrive l'evoluzione dal Settecento a oggi come una progressiva deriva verso un pericoloso e forse ir...

Burada insan beyninin isleyisinin fizik yasalarina uymadiginin bir diger örnegi yer aliyor güclü bir vücuda sahip birisiyle güresmekten, zayif birisiyle güresmek daha kolay iken, zayif bir akilla güresmek, güclü bir akilla güresmekten cok daha zordur.Kiskirtici Bir ManifestoYasamlarimizi geri döndüremeyiz. Ayrica bilmeliyiz ki tarihte Altin Cag hic olmamistir ve bugün de yoktur. Etrafimizda gördügümüz Modern Cagin sona yaklastigini gösteren ka...

One of the most important developments of Western civilization has been the growth of historical consciousness.

A fresh and innovative approach to the skeletal biology of prehistoric South Asians is presented in this volume. It is the first comprehensive bioarchaeological study of an early Holocene human skeletal series from the Gangetic Plain of North India. New methods and techniques reveal insightful perspectives on the biological adaptations and affinities of the aceramic foragers from Mesolithic Damdama (ca. 8800 BP). Attention is given to archaeol...

¿ Una recapitulación final, el intento postrero de uno de los más singulares escritores de historia por resumir, en pocas páginas sintéticas, su teoría de la historia, su pensamiento sobre el conocimiento humano. En palabras de Lukacs, ¿una suerte de filosofía que derive en una suerte de biografía¿. ¿ Lukacs ofrece al lector, en un acto de sinceridad poco habitual en los historiadores, su visión más íntima, sus facetas más personales: las muje...

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A riveting portrait of leadership in its confrontation with radical evil, when the ideals of Western civilization hung in the balance, Lukacs' book will be essential reading for fans of military and diplomatic history, Churchill aficionados and anyone interested in leadership.

A highly esteemed historian reflects on the dangerous descent of democracy into populism, particularly in the United States. This intensely interesting--and troubling--book is the product of a lifetime of reflection and study of democracy.

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