Just a general history, politics mostly, I suppose.
Reads on the military are good as well, since its obviously impossible to discuss the politics of the era without bringing it up. I'll check it out.
Just a general history, politics mostly, I suppose.
Reads on the military are good as well, since its obviously impossible to discuss the politics of the era without bringing it up. I'll check it out.
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It's good because it's more a history of the military, rather then military history. Much more about the relation of the army as an institution to the government then about lines on a map.
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Does anyone know of a good overview of Austria following The Napoleonic wars? Nothing too specific.
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Can someone recommend books on poverty in England 1900-1910?
Three good questions, and given the lack of activity I'll try to answer at least two of them.
On post-WW2 geopolitics, Kennedy's The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers has two decent chapters. The book takes a much wider scope, though, starting with Medieval and Renaissance Europe. I remember thinking the book was insightful when I read it.
The only book that might be relevant to General Pilates's post is A History of the Habsburg Empire, 1526-1918 by Robert Kann, which was referred to wayyy back in my 19th century Europe class. I never read it myself, though, so I can't comment on the writing, etc. A brief glance at the mixed reviews on Amazon says it really focuses on the 18th and 19th centuries, so it might be worth checking out of the library.
And I'm clueless on the last one, ask Traitorfish.
On post-WW2 geopolitics, Kennedy's The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers has two decent chapters. The book takes a much wider scope, though, starting with Medieval and Renaissance Europe. I remember thinking the book was insightful when I read it.
The only book that might be relevant to General Pilates's post is A History of the Habsburg Empire, 1526-1918 by Robert Kann, which was referred to wayyy back in my 19th century Europe class. I never read it myself, though, so I can't comment on the writing, etc. A brief glance at the mixed reviews on Amazon says it really focuses on the 18th and 19th centuries, so it might be worth checking out of the library.
And I'm clueless on the last one, ask Traitorfish.
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It is supposedly the worst decade of poverty in England's history. I'll be going to the library tomorrow to see what I can dig up.
That seems unlikely.. in England´s modern history perhaps.
It´s written rather well, and since it´s none too specific, it might be suitable.
It´s written rather well, and since it´s none too specific, it might be suitable.
Good to know! I remember a professor referring to it, but I forgot whether he was referring to it in a positive light or a negative one. The Amazon reviews failed to add any confidence to this hazy recollection.
I'm writing a paper on Narodnaya Volya, specifically the Pervomartovtsy and the use of terrorism and assassinations. Anyone have any recommended reads?
Right now I have The History of Terrorism: From Antiquity to al Qaeda and Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar. Obviously neither of these focus specifically on Narodnaya Volya with the former being a sub-par text book from another class and the latter being so much Pro-Alexander wankery it's frankly just boring (it's especially boring considering it's basically pop-history).
Articles that can be found on JSTOR are nice too.
Right now I have The History of Terrorism: From Antiquity to al Qaeda and Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar. Obviously neither of these focus specifically on Narodnaya Volya with the former being a sub-par text book from another class and the latter being so much Pro-Alexander wankery it's frankly just boring (it's especially boring considering it's basically pop-history).
Articles that can be found on JSTOR are nice too.
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is this: http://www.amazon.de/Jerusalem-Simo...UTF8&coliid=IQGQ8PA8OIEGB&colid=2AA2QUQDT1ZV4
any good for leisure reading?
any good for leisure reading?
Traitorfish
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I started it last week, and it's pretty decent so far. Ratio of political:social history is steeper than I'd prefer- a bit too much on Herod's plotting and a bit too little on Hellenistic Jerusalemite society, sorta thing- but that might just be me.
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the question was more whether it has a nice narrative, is reasonably well written stylistically and since it covers such a huge time span, whether it stays with single narratives for a reasonably long time, or tries to cover everything that happened and thus devotes only a few sentences to every single instance.
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There are. Are you asking for all three in one?
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No, just something on Siberian history, now that I think of it.
Here's a question for the fellow WH readers: I want a good overview of Mexico in the 19th and early 20th centuries (say, up to WW1). Needs to cover the politics, the coups, the big names like Antonio López and Porfiro Díaz. The Mexican-American War from the opposite perspective would also be a plus.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
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Whoops, somehow missed this, but for what it's worth: yeah, it's pretty good like that. Each chapter tends to follow a central set of characters- the Maccabees, Jesus and the Apostles, Saladin and his family, etc.- and builds up the history through that narrative.
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