«Il vecchio regime ha condotto la Russia alla rovina e la popolazione alla fame. Gli abitanti di Pietrogrado sono scesi in piazza e sono stati accolti a colpi di fucile. Invece di pane hanno ottenuto piombo.» Dall'appello del Soviet di Pietrogrado, 27 febbraio 1917 Quando nel 1914 Lenin affermò che con la guerra Nicola II aveva offerto «il suo più bel regalo alla rivoluzione», pochi gli credettero: l'inizio delle ostilità sembrò suonare la cam...
A figure surrounded by myth and speculation, at the center of one of history's most cataclysmic events--the Russian Revolution--Nicholas II remains haunting and enigmatic. Now one of France's most eminent historians presents a biography that goes beyond the lies and half-lies surrounding Nicholas's reign to provide an evocative portrait of this most mysterious ruler. Illustrations.
An engaging text that deals with many of the histories of the world - such as the Zulu kingdom and Communist China - and how they have become distorted over time.
Marc Ferro argues that film is an "agent and source of history" and offers a comprehensive survey of the conceptual interrelations between cinema and history. In developing his arguments, he provides some dozen models, each focusing on a single film or set of films.
This book, by a renowned and distinguished historian, is an arresting account of the role that resentment has played throughout history, from Antiquity and early Christianity through to the present day.
At the origin of resentment we always find an injury, an act of humiliation, an affront, a trauma. Those who feel victimized cannot react because they are powerless. They brood on their desire for revenge, which they cannot satisfy but which c...
This is an extremely wide-ranging and interdisciplinary survey of colonization from its origins to the post-colonial world. Original and lively, it offers the student: * a wide focus featuring Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Japan and the USSR* an interpretation drawn from cultural and social history, with sections on myth, literature, film and philosophy* constant reference to implications for the present world situation* a comprehe...
This book, by a renowned and distinguished historian, is an arresting account of the role that resentment has played throughout history, from Antiquity and early Christianity through to the present day. At the origin of resentment we always find an injury, an act of humiliation, an affront, a trauma.
En su primera intervención en la televisión Al Jazira de Qatar, Osama Bin Laden ofreció indicaciones sobre la situación histórica del islam. Al evocar "ochenta años de humillación de los pueblos musulmanes", hacía alusión, evidentemente, al fin del imperio otomano y del califato. Remitía también al sometimiento de Oriente Próximo por parte de Occidente (Siria, Palestina, Irak, Jordania, Líbano) que marca el fin de la unidad de un mundo. ¿Se pu...
Llamada de atencin sobre la necesidad de examinar todas las imprecisiones histricas sobre algunos periodos y acontecimientos especficos. As, a travs del anlisis de una decena de sociedades, el autor ejemplifica cmo, en cada una de ellas, hay acontecimientos que se dicen a los nios y otros que se les ocultan o matizan.
