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Mussolini has rarely been taken seriously as a totalitarian dictator; Hitler and Stalin have always cast too long a shadow. But what was a negative judgement on the Duce, considered innocuous and ineffective, has begun to work to his advantage. As has occurred with many other European dictators, present-day popular memory of Mussolini is increasingly indulgent; in Italy and elsewhere he is remembered as a strong, decisive leader. Mussolini in Myth and Memory argues against this rehabilitation.

In this acclaimed biography that earned him a spot on Nixon's infamous "enemies list," Garry Wills takes a thoughtful, in-depth, and often "very amusing" look at the thirty-seventh US president, and draws some surprising conclusions about a man whose name has become synonymous with scandal and the abuse of power (Kirkus Reviews).

Modern biographies of Richard Nixon have been consumed with Watergate. All have missed arguably the most important perspective on Nixon as California's native son, the only U.S. president born and raised in California. By shifting the focus from Watergate and Washington to Nixon's deep, defining roots in California, Paul Carter boldly challenges common conceptions of the thirty-seventh president of the United States.

Atatürk, 1918 yılında tedavi olmak üzere şimdiki adı Karlovy Vary yani 'Kralın Banyosu' olan, o zamanki adıyla Karlsbad'a uzun bir tren yolculuğu sonunda ulaşmıştı. Böbreklerinden rahatsızdı ve Karlsbad'da 30 Haziran'dan 27 Temmuz'a kadar kaldı. 27 Temmuz'da trenle Viyana'ya geçti. Karlsbad'da günlük tuttu ve bu günlükleri Afet İnan, 1931 yılında, tarih çalışmaları sırasında Atatürk'ün Çankaya'daki kütüphanesinde buldu.

Harry Truman and Pablo Picasso were contemporaries and were both shaped by and shapers of the great events of the twentieth century—the man who painted Guernica and the man who authorized the use of atomic bombs against civilians. But in most ways, they couldn’t have been more different. Picasso was a communist, and probably the only thing Truman hated more than communists was modern art. Picasso was an indifferent father, a womanizer, and a millionaire. Truman was utterly devoted to his family. How did they come to be shaking hands in front of Picasso’s studio in the south of France?

Trzecia część wyjątkowej biografii Adolfa Hitlera skupia się na pierwszych latach istnienia Narodowosocjalistycznej Niemieckiej Partii Robotników i wczesnych wystąpieniach publicznych przyszłego zbrodniarza wojennego. Publikacja ukazuje także, jak formowały się pierwsze jednostki szturmowców, co należało do ich zadań i jak radziły sobie one w zwalczaniu oponentów podczas partyjnych wieców. Autor przytacza tu m.in. wspomnienia Antona Drexlera, który wg części historyków był odpowiedzialny za przekonanie Hitlera do użycia swastyki jako przyszłego symbolu nazistów.

Czwarta część wyjątkowej biografii Adolfa Hitlera skupia się w głównej mierze na okresie od tzw. puczu piwiarnianego, którego celem było obalenie rządu Bawarii, do objęcia władzy przez Führera. Po nieudanej rewolucji przyszły wódz Niemiec wraz z innymi prowokatorami został oskarżony o zdradę stanu i osadzony w więzieniu w Landsberg, gdzie napisał Mein Kampf - książkę zawierającą jego wizję sprawowania władzy, nawołującą m.in. do eksterminacji Żydów, a która stała się głównym dziełem ideologii nazistowskiej III Rzeszy.

Audiobook "Lenin. Twórca sowietów" przybliża pełne dramaturgii życie przywódcy radzieckiej rewolucji. Książka po raz pierwszy pojawiła się w druku w latach 30. XX wieku.

Founded in 1924, the Music Corporation of America got its start booking acts into speakeasies run by such notorious Chicago mobsters as Al Capone. How then, in only a few decades, did MCA become the driving force behind music publishing, radio, recording artists, Hollywood, and the burgeoning television industry? Enter Ronald Reagan.

A verdade vencerá: o povo sabe por que me condenam foi lançado originalmente em 2018, semanas antes da prisão do ex-presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, que teve como cerne as três sessões presenciais de entrevistas com Lula, nas quais discorreu sobre sua vida, os governos do PT, o golpe parlamentar de 2016, sua prisão que parecia cada vez mais certa e o futuro do Brasil. A segunda edição foi lançada em 2019, após 580 dias de prisão em Curitiba, impedido de participar das eleições presidenciais de 2018, na qual era favorito.

You cannot understand the historic events of 2022 without understanding Zelensky. But the Zelensky effect is less about the man himself than about the civic nation he embodies: what makes Zelensky most extraordinary in war is his very ordinariness as a Ukrainian. The Zelensky Effect explains this paradox, exploring Ukraine's national history to show how its now-iconic president reflects the hopes and frustrations of the country's first 'independence generation'. 

**One of Foreign Affairs's Best Books of 2024** From Franklin Roosevelt’s final days through Harry Truman’s extraordinary transformation, this is the enthralling story behind the most consequential presidential transition in US history. When Roosevelt, in failing health, decided to run for a...

In April 1865, Richmond fell to the Union army and Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to his Northern counterpart, Ulysses S. Grant, at the Appomattox Court House. But the Civil War was far from over. Determined to keep Confederate dreams of secession alive, President Jefferson Davis and his cabinet fled the burning capital city. With Union troops in pursuit, the fugitives rallied loyalists across the South and made plans to escape to Cuba. Finally captured in Irwinville, Georgia, the former US senator and secretary of war became a prisoner of the American government.

This program includes a bonus conversation between the author and editor. Volodymyr Zelensky captivated the world when his country was invaded by Russia in February 2022. His appearances were accompanied by countless inspiring statements. But there's a single one that informs Unlocking Your...

Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 - December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as vice president from January to April 1945 under FDR and as a US senator from Missouri from 1935 to January 1945. Assuming the presidency after FDR's death, Truman implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established both the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain the expansion of Soviet communism.

This New York Times bestseller shares the rich history of the White House grounds, revealing how the story of the garden is also the story of America. The 18-acres surrounding the White House have been an unwitting witness to history—kings and queens have dined there, bills and treaties have...

Iwona Kienzler w swojej najnowszej książce zestawia biografię Władimira Putina i drogę, która zaprowadziła go na szczyty władzy, z barwnie nakreślonymi sylwetkami najbardziej krwawych carów Rosji. Kolejni rosyjscy tyrani próbowali udowodnić światu i swoim rodakom, że terror jest podstawą siły i rękojmią sukcesów. Nie przypadkiem współcześni historycy często porównują Władimira Putina do jego carskich poprzedników, takich jak: Iwan Groźny, Piotr Wielki czy Katarzyna Wielka.

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 - April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. His five years in the White House saw reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the first crewed Moon landings, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Em novembro de 2014, a família Biden se reuniu para o Dia de Ação de Graças. A data marcava uma tradição que os Biden celebram há mais de quarenta anos, uma pausa no que se tornou uma vida agitada, repleta de compromissos e submetida ao incessante julgamento público. O feriado, portanto, sempre foi uma folga bem-vinda, um momento de refletir sobre as bênçãos e provações que o ano havia trazido e sobre o que o futuro lhes reservaria.

There have been many books on Theodore Roosevelt, but there are none that solely focus on the last years of his life. Racked by rheumatism, a ticking embolism, pathogens in his blood, a bad leg, and a bullet in his chest from an assassination attempt, in the last two years of his life, he went from the great disappointment of being denied his own regiment in World War I, leading a suicide mission of Rough Riders against the Germans, to the devastating news that his son Quentin had been shot down and killed over France.