New edition of a trail-blazing history of imperial warfare
Victor Gordon Kiernan Libri
Uno storico marxista britannico con un focus particolare sulla storia dell'imperialismo. Il suo lavoro si è addentrato nelle strutture profonde del potere e nella loro influenza sulla storia mondiale. Ha esplorato come si sono formati e evoluti i sistemi coloniali e i loro impatti. Le sue analisi hanno offerto intuizioni penetranti sui processi storici.
A Dictionary of Marxist Thought - Second Edition
- 672pagine
- 24 ore di lettura
Part dictionary and part encyclopedia, this book has become the standard reference work on the concepts of Marxism and the individuals and schools of thought that have subsequently contributed to the body of Marxist ideas.
Eight Tragedies of Shakespeare
- 312pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
Victor Kiernan provides a rich and insightful analysis of eight of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies, revealing how they were shaped by the social and political upheavals of his age.
Colonial Empires and Armies, 1815-1960
- 314pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
A wide-ranging book which brings within a single view the wars which created Europe's empires. Beginning with the post-Napoleonic era, it presents all the major episodes of an often dramatic story in which the military agents of European imperialism met the peoples of the rest of the world in armed conflict.
Erudite, ironic, and global in its scope, this book is a definitive guide to the history of racism and Eurocentrism.