War, Peace, and Power: Diplomatic History of Europe, 1500-2000 by Vejas Gabriel LiuleviciusRequirements: .MP3 reader, 790 MBOverview: For much of the past five centuries, the history of the European continent has been a history of chaos, its civilization thrown into turmoil by ferocious wars or bitter religious conflicts – sometimes in combination – that have […]
World War I: The Great War by Vejas Gabriel LiuleviciusRequirements: .MP3 reader, 773 MBOverview: Touched off by a terrorist act in Bosnia and spreading all too quickly beyond the expectations of those who were involved, World War I was an unprecedented catastrophe with a ghastly cost. After this first "total war" – the first conflict […]
The Rise of Communism: From Marx to Lenin by Vejas Gabriel LiuleviciusRequirements: .MP3 reader, 220 MBOverview: How did communism become such a pervasive economic and political philosophy? Why did it first take root in early 20th-century Russia? These and other questions are part of a fascinating story whose drama has few equals in terms of […]
The German Myth of the East: 1800 to the Present by Vejas Gabriel LiuleviciusRequirements: ePUB Reader, 3 MBOverview: Over the last two centuries and indeed up to the present day, Eastern Europe’s lands and peoples have conjured up a complex mixture of fascination, anxiety, promise, and peril for Germans looking eastwards. Across the generations, a […]
War Land on the Eastern Front: Culture, National Identity, and German Occupation in World War I by Vejas Gabriel LiuleviciusRequirements: .PDF reader, 1.8 MBOverview: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius presents a study of a hidden legacy of World War I: the experience of German soldiers on the Eastern front and the long-term effects of this encounter. Using […]