Zbirka: Povojna zgodovina: od 1945 do 2000
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Never Had It So Good(2006) SANDBROOK, DOMINICA fresh, enlightening and comprehensive history of Britain in the early 1960s by a supremely talented young historian.Vezava: Mehka26,39 € -
Heart of Europe(2001) DAVIES, NORMAN (SCHOOL OF SLAVONIC AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES, SCHOOL OF SLAVONIC AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON)The image of Poland has once again been impressed on European consciousness. Norman Davies provides a key to understanding the modern Polish crisis in this lucid and authoritative description of the nation's history. Beginning with the period since 1945,Vezava: Mehka27,78 € -
Modern Spain, 1875-1980(2001) CARR, RAYMOND (FORMERLY WARDEN, FORMERLY WARDEN, ST ANTONY'S COLLEGE, OXFORD)Starting at the `September Revolution' of 1868 and going up to 1980, Raymond Carr explains much of modern Spanish history - often a strange mixture of advanced liberal politics imposed upon a conservative society.Vezava: Mehka22,22 € -
Tell Me No Lies(2005) PILGER, JOHNThe book - a selection of articles, broadcasts and books extracts that revealed important and disturbing truths - ranges from across many of the critical events, scandals and struggles of the past fifty years.Vezava: Mehka20,83 € -
Rules of Engagement(2006) COLLINS, TIMMemoirs of the Iraq war hero whose stirring pre-battle speech so inspired his troops - and the worldVezava: Mehka15,27 € -
Truman(2004) MCCULLOUGH, DAVIDThis biography of Harry Truman presents a picture of an extraordinary American President. Drawing archival material and interviews, McCullough chronicles Truman's boyhood, his entry into politics and his emergence as President. This book won the PulitzerVezava: Mehka23,61 € -
Flanders: Then and Now(2023) GILES, JOHNThe author recreates, with contemporary photographs alongside others taken by him plus eyewitness accounts and narrative, the atmosphere, past and present, of that once famous salient. He aims to present a tribute to the men who fought with such courage aVezava: Trda35,82 € -
Twelve Days(2007) SEBESTYEN, VICTORThe defining moment of the Cold War: 'The beginning of the end of the Soviet empire.' (Richard Nixon)Vezava: Mehka15,27 € -
Cold War(2008) ISAACS, JEREMY,DOWNING, TAYLOR*A comprehensive and accessible account of a crucial period in recent world history*Originally published as a tie-in to the critically acclaimed CNN and BBC seriesVezava: Mehka20,83 € -
Paris After the Liberation(2007) COOPER, ARTEMIS,BEEVOR, ANTONYAn historical account of the chaos and uncertainty that followed the liberation of Paris in August, 1944.Vezava: Mehka18,05 € -
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Born Red(1987) GAO, YUANThis is a personal account of the Cultural Revolution. As a student, the author was caught up in dramatic events as, with jeers and chants, students-turned-Red Guards held mass rallies. The interplay between the perceptions of father and son offer an addiVezava: Mehka48,22 € -
Last Days of Detroit(2014) BINELLI, MARKOnce America's capitalist dream town, the Silicon Valley of the Jazz Age, Detroit became the country's greatest urban failure, having fallen the longest and the furthest.Vezava: Mehka23,61 € -
1960s Home(2010) EVANS, PAULThe 1960s witnessed a sustained period of economic growth, consumer spending and stable employment. This prosperity enabled a market growth in levels of owner occupation and a subsequent boom in the sale of household furnishings and luxury goods. This worVezava: Mehka11,11 € -
From Third World to First(2011) YEW, LEE KUANFew gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis with not only the world's number one airline, but also the world'Vezava: Mehka18,05 € -
After the Reich(2008) MACDONOGH, GILESIn the chaos after the Reich an astonishing 2.5 million ordinary citizens were killed. This harrowing history uncovers the extraordinary stories of real German people from all walks of life in the aftermath of the Second World WarVezava: Mehka18,05 € -
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Small Wars, Far Away Places(2014) BURLEIGH, MICHAELLonglisted for the 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize, a trenchant and thought-provoking account of the death of empire by one of our finest historiansVezava: Mehka29,85 € -
In The Time Of Madness(2006) PARRY, RICHARD LLOYD** Richard Lloyd Parry is the winner of the 2018 Rathbones Folio Prize **In the last years of the twentieth century, Richard Lloyd Parry found himself in the vast island nation of Indonesia, one of the most alluring, mysterious and violent countries in thVezava: Mehka18,05 € -
Cambodia's Curse(2012) BRINKLEY, JOELA Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist "cuts a clear narrative path through the bewildering, cynical politics and violent social life of one of the world's most brutalized and hard-up countries." (Foreign Affairs)Vezava: Mehka26,17 €
