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Combating The Hydra: Violence And Resistance In The Habsburg Empire, 1500–1900, Stephan Steiner
Combating The Hydra: Violence And Resistance In The Habsburg Empire, 1500–1900, Stephan Steiner
Central European Studies
Combating the Hydra explores structural as well as occasion-specific state violence committed by the early modern Habsburg Empire. The book depicts and analyzes attacks on marginalized people “maladjusted” of all sorts, women “of ill repute,” “heretic” Protestants, and “Gypsies.” Previously uncharted archival records reveal the use of arbitrary imprisonment, coerced labor, and deportation. The case studies presented provide insights into the origins of modern state power from varied techniques of population control, but are also an investigation of resistance against oppression, persecution, and life-threatening assaults. The spectrum of fights against debasement is a touching attestation of the humanity of the …
British Imperial Air Power: The Royal Air Forces And The Defense Of Australia And New Zealand Between The World Wars, Alex M. Spencer
British Imperial Air Power: The Royal Air Forces And The Defense Of Australia And New Zealand Between The World Wars, Alex M. Spencer
Purdue University Press Book Previews
British Imperial Air Power examines the air defense of Australia and New Zealand during the interwar period. It also demonstrates the difficulty of applying new military aviation technology to the defense of the global Empire and provides insight into the nature of the political relationship between the Pacific Dominions and Britain. Following World War I, both Dominions sought greater independence in defense and foreign policy. Public aversion to military matters and the economic dislocation resulting from the war and later the Depression left little money that could be provided for their respective air forces. As a result, the Empire’s air …
Making Peace In An Age Of War: Emperor Ferdinand Iii (1608–1657), Mark Hengerer
Making Peace In An Age Of War: Emperor Ferdinand Iii (1608–1657), Mark Hengerer
Central European Studies
This English-language translation of Mark Hengerer's Kaiser Ferdinand III: 1608–1657 Eine Biographie is based on an analysis of the weekly reports sent by the papal nuncio’s office to the Vatican. These reports give detailed information about the daily whereabouts of the dynasty, courtiers, and foreign visitors, and they contain the gossip of the court in addition to weekly analysis of some political problems. This material enabled the author to report on daily life of the dynasty and to analyze the circumstances under which policy was made, which has led to a balance between the personality of Ferdinand III …
Raf Wings Over Florida: Memories Of World War Ii British Air Cadets, Will Largent, Tod Roberts
Raf Wings Over Florida: Memories Of World War Ii British Air Cadets, Will Largent, Tod Roberts
Purdue University Press Books
From 1941 through 1945, British cadets in the Royal Air Force trained in the United States through the Lend-Lease Act, President Roosevelt’s ingenious plan to help beleaguered Great Britain while maintaining the semblance of neutrality. This book tells the saga of two Florida training fields during this turbulent time. In their own words, British pilots tell of their Florida experiences. Many of them still in their late teens, away from home for the first time, pale and thin from years of rationing, these young men encountered immense challenges and overwhelming generosity during their training in Florida. Now retired, these former …
Raf Wings Over Florida: Memories Of World War Ii British Air Cadets, Willard Largent
Raf Wings Over Florida: Memories Of World War Ii British Air Cadets, Willard Largent
Purdue University Press Books
In the early 1940s, prior to the United States' entry into World War II, through the joint efforts of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill, British soldiers were sent to the United States for flight training. This collection gives first-person accounts of the men who learned the art of flying in a place far from their homeland, Florida. The stories provide a wonderful contrast between the two cultures and are told in the voices of British cadets, American cadets who trained with them, instructors, and other individuals who welcomed the British cadets into their homes and lives.