Correspondentie; stukken betreffende Februaristaking 1941, de oorlog in Vietnam en het Israëlisch-Palestijnse conflict 1954-1986; in memoriam 1996.

Lit.opg.: p. 581-670.-Met index. XIX, 695 p., [32] p. plates : illustrations, krt. ; 25 cm

323 pages 23 cm

The author argues that the bonds formed among drafted soldiers during the Vietnam War surpass the bonds of today's 'career soldiers' due to the Vietnam vets' dissimilar backgrounds, the nation's collective scorn for their service, and their lack of training. Today's servicemen and women enjoy common interests, national support and intense preparation. However, these seemingly positive changes have ...

Includes bibliographical references and index. 281 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.

Ervaringen van Willem Anker, bij de capitulatie van Java krijgsgevangen gemaakt te Bandoeng, en in kampen daar en op transport, achtereenvolgens naar Singapore, en via Saigon (Vietnam) en Formosa uiteindelijk naar Moji (Japan), en op het eiland Shikoku tewerkgesteld als fabrieksarbeider tot de bevrijding. Auteur meldt veel over zijn zwakke gezondheid. Met notities over overleden krijgsgevangenen, medische ...

The twentieth century, with its bloody world wars, revolutions, and genocides accounting for hundreds of millions dead, would seem to prove that human beings are incredibly vicious predators and that killing is as natural as eating. But Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman, a psychologist and U.S. Army Ranger, demonstrates this is not the case. The good news, according to Grossman - drawing on dozens of ...

Includes index. xiii, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

India's struggle for independence was arguably the most momentous of the twentieth century, and central to it was the generation of powerful nationalist forces. In a series of detailed studies Anthony Low shows how the ambiguity of the British position conditioned the distinctive character of this struggle: how the British determination to hold fast their Indian empire (unlike the Americans in the ...

Nederlands Consulaat te Saigon (Vietnam) > JURIDISCHE AANGELEGENHEDEN >

Somewhere in Asia, possibly Cambodia or Vietnam. At riverside, bird, men on expedition, canoeing, hunting crocodiles with a spear. Larger boat with flag passes in BG. Men feed the crocodiles. LS, landscape, view of men in knee-deep waters herding the crocodiles, slapping wooden sticks in the water, pulling crocodile on muddy ridge.

Het archief bevat correspondentie, teksten van speeches en artikelen van Ruygers; stukken onder andere over De Nederlandse Unie, Stichting Christofoor, Groote Adviescommissie Illegaliteit (GAC), de Nederlandse Volksbeweging, PvdA, Katholieke Werkgemeenschap in de PvdA, eenheidsgesprekken Katholieken ('de negen') 1953-1954, Europese aangelegenheden, ontwikkelingssamenwerking en oorlog en vrede, onder ...

Publ. in association with Imperial War Museum. 256 p. : ill. ; 33 cm

War has been a key part of the Australian experience and central to many national mythologies. Yet more than most activities, war polarises femininity and masculinity. While there has been no shortage of military history, little has been written about Australia's military involvements from the perspective of gender. This exciting collection of essays explores for the first time the interrelationship ...

An analysis of the individual experience of modern war drawing on accounts from first and second world wars and Vietnam. Based on the 1994 Alexander lectures. xvi, 318 pages ; 24 cm

"Immediately after World War II, there was little discussion of the Holocaust, but today the word has grown into a potent political and moral symbol, recognized by all. In Holocaust: An American Understanding, renowned historian Deborah E. Lipstadt explores this striking evolution in Holocaust consciousness, revealing how a broad array of Americans--from students in middle schools to presidents of ...

This article explores transnational connections between anti-imperialist groups in West Germany and Japan through an examination of the protest around the Japanese Emperor's state visit to Bonn in 1971. Although anti-imperialist movements in Japan and West Germany had many similarities and moments of contact, there are few treatments of these groups in transnational perspective. The event offers a ...

"The late historian Marilyn B. Young, a preeminent voice on the history of U.S. military conflict, spent her career reassessing the nature of American global power, its influence on domestic culture and politics, and the consequences felt by those on the receiving end of U.S. military force. At the center of her inquiries was a seeming paradox: How can the United States stay continually at war, yet ...

Het archief van de Nederlandse Ambassade in de Filipijnen (1945-1974; tot 1970 ook geacrrediteerd voor Vietnam) bevat stukken betreffende de organisatie in Manilla, protocollaire zaken, en dossiers over Filipijnse en Vietnamese ontwikkelingen op het gebied van juridische en sociale zaken, gezondheidszorg, verkeer en vervoer, economie, migratie en arbeid, en cultuur, onderwijs en wetenschappen. Daarnaast ...

Lit.opg.: p. 503-510.-Met index. 543 p. ; 25 cm

Explores the extraordinary personal and political lives of ten leaders who profoundly changed twentieth-century Asian history. The histories, cultures, and politics of China, india, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Indonesia are interpreted through the lives of Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Mohandas Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Ho Chi Minh, Ngo Dinh Diem, Norodom Sihanouk, Pol Pot, Sukarno, and Suharto. Includes bibliographical ...