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Hugo Grotius Annals of the war in the Low Countries
The Annals of the War in the Low Countries is one of Hugo Grotius' lesser-known works. Grotius expresses a contrarian view of the early revolt, which he presents not as a united battle for the true faith and the ancient liberties of the land but as a protracted and painful struggle, not only with the great power of Spain, but also with discord, selfishness and religious fanaticism among the Dutch. To convey this complex and controversial vision of the foundational years of the Dutch Republic, Grotius...
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Engels | PDF, 63 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2023
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Arnold Pronk Na ons stilte
overblijfselen van een nucleaire afschrikking; remnants of nuclear deterrence
Fotoboek van verlaten militaire installaties uit de Koude Oorlog in de voormalige Sovjet-Unie.
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Nederlands | Engels | 180 pagina's | Lecturis, [Eindhoven] | 2023
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Hugo Grotius Annals of the war in the Low Countries
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Engels | 447 pagina's | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2023
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Stephen George Rabe The lost paratroopers of Normandy
a story of resistance, courage, and solidarity in a French village
"The fateful days and weeks surrounding 6 June 1944 have been extensively documented in histories of the Second World War, but less attention has been paid to the tremendous impact of these events on the populations nearby. The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy tells the inspiring yet heartbreaking story of ordinary people who did extraordinary things in defense of liberty and freedom. On D-Day, when transport planes dropped paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions hopelessly off-target...
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Engels | 253 pagina's | Cambridge University Press, Cambridge | 2023
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Claire Andrieu When men fell from the sky
civilians and downed airmen in Second World War Europe
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Engels | 355 pagina's | Cambridge University Press, Cambridge | 2023
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Serhii Plokhy The Russo-Ukrainian war
the return of history
"Despite repeated warnings from the White House, Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world. Why did Putin start the war--and why has it unfolded in previously unimaginable ways? Ukrainians have resisted a superior military; the West has united, while Russia grows increasingly isolated. Serhii Plokhy, a leading historian of Ukraine and the Cold War, offers a definitive account of this conflict, its origins, course, and the already apparent and possible future consequences"--
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Engels | 376 pagina's | W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY | 2023
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