The War is Dead, Long Live the War
Title | The War is Dead, Long Live the War PDF eBook |
Author | Ed Vulliamy |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 465 |
Release | 2012-04-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1446484777 |
Wars come and go across the headlines and television screens, but for those who survive them, scarred and scattered, they never end. This is a book about post-conflict irresolution, about the lives of those who survived the gulag of concentration camps in north-western Bosnia and about seeking justice for Bosnia today. But justice is not Reckoning. The book finds that the survivors are lost not only geographically, but in history – betrayed in war, and also in peace.
This Republic of Suffering
Title | This Republic of Suffering PDF eBook |
Author | Drew Gilpin Faust |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 385 |
Release | 2009-01-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0375703837 |
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • An "extraordinary ... profoundly moving" history (The New York Times Book Review) of the American Civil War that reveals the ways that death on such a scale changed not only individual lives but the life of the nation. An estiated 750,000 soldiers lost their lives in the American Civil War. An equivalent proportion of today's population would be seven and a half million. In This Republic of Suffering, Drew Gilpin Faust describes how the survivors managed on a practical level and how a deeply religious culture struggled to reconcile the unprecedented carnage with its belief in a benevolent God. Throughout, the voices of soldiers and their families, of statesmen, generals, preachers, poets, surgeons, nurses, northerners and southerners come together to give us a vivid understanding of the Civil War's most fundamental and widely shared reality. With a new introduction by the author, and a new foreword by Mike Mullen, 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
When Reporters Cross the Line
Title | When Reporters Cross the Line PDF eBook |
Author | Stewart Purvis |
Publisher | Biteback Publishing |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2013-09-05 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1849546460 |
When Reporters Cross the Line tells the true story of moments when the worlds of media, propaganda, politics, espionage and crime collide, casting journalism into controversy. Its pages feature some of the best-known names in British broadcasting, including John Simpson, Lindsey Hilsum and Charles Wheeler. There are men and women who went beyond recognised journalistic conventions. Some disregarded the code of their craft in the name of public interest; some crossed the line in ways that had truly shocking consequences. Many of the details have been kept as closely guarded secrets - until now. This unique account of modern reporting examines the lengths to which journalists on the front line are prepared to go to get a story or to espouse a cause. Journalistic heroes and villains abound, but certain of those heroes were flawed, and some of the villains were surprisingly principled. In the heat of war and political conflict, boundaries are ignored and ethics forgotten - and not just by opposing armies. In this extraordinary book, Stewart Purvis and Jeff Hulbert offer unparalleled access to the minds of reporters and to the often disturbing decisions they make when faced with extreme situations. In doing so, it hammers home some unpalatable truths, posing the fundamental question: where do you draw the line?
Wars and the World
Title | Wars and the World PDF eBook |
Author | Tim Kucharzewski |
Publisher | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Pages | 532 |
Release | 2024-06-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1036403750 |
This book offers a descriptive analysis of the Soviet/Russian wars in Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Georgia, as well as an in-depth exploration of the ways in which these wars are framed in the collective consciousness created by global popular culture. Russian and Western modalities of remembrance have been, and remain, engaged in a world war that takes place (not exclusively, but intensively) on the level of popular culture. The action/reaction dynamic, confrontational narratives and othering between the two “camps” never ceased. The Cold War, in many ways and contrary to the views of many others who hoped for the end of history, never really ended.
Srebrenica in the Aftermath of Genocide
Title | Srebrenica in the Aftermath of Genocide PDF eBook |
Author | Lara J. Nettelfield |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 441 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107000467 |
This book traces the reverberations of genocide, forced displacement, and a legacy of loss in Bosnia and abroad.
The Public Health Journal
Title | The Public Health Journal PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 626 |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | Public health |
ISBN |
The Postwar Legacy of Appeasement
Title | The Postwar Legacy of Appeasement PDF eBook |
Author | R. Gerald Hughes |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 547 |
Release | 2014-01-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1780935455 |
Focusing on the Cold War and the post-Cold War eras, R. Gerald Hughes explores the continuing influence of Appeasement on British foreign policy and re-evaluates the relationship between British society and Appeasement, both as historical memory and as a foreign policy process. The Postwar Legacy of Appeasement explores the reaction of British policy makers to the legacies of the era of Appeasement, the memory of Appeasement in public opinion and the media and the use of Appeasement as a motif in political debate regarding threats faced by Britain in the post-war era. Using many previously unpublished archival sources, this book clearly demonstrates that many of the core British beliefs and cultural norms that had underpinned the Chamberlainite Appeasement of the 1930s persisted in the postwar period.