Bøger om Tidlige 20. århundrede

Tanks in the Great War, 1914-1918, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human history, so that this work is never forgotten, we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Madsen "Ty" Cobb Kokjer grew up in a small city in the middle of Nebraska. Halfway through college in 1940, he chose the adventure of becoming an Army Air Corps pilot instead of finishing his studies. This book is the memoir he might have written about the war he so unexpectedly found himself in the midst of.After a year of exhilaration-learning to fly, visiting places he had never been, meeting other young men like himself from all over the country-Ty and his friends arrived in the Philippines days before Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Hours after that attack, Japan bombed other U.S. bases in the Pacific, including those near Manila.Ty and other pilots were ready to bomb Japanese ships, but their planes were still on a convoy, many miles away. The pilots became members of the infantry. After four months of battle, the United States surrendered the Philippines, and 78,000 American and Filipino soldiers began the cruel and deadly Bataan Death March. Ty was one of the few to escape.For eight months, Ty and two other American soldiers hid with a Filipino family who housed and fed them at great risk to themselves. During that time, Ty kept a diary, which along with hundreds of letters written by Ty, his parents, and others, tell one young man's World War II story.

"Christmas Outside of Eden" is a novella written by Coningsby Dawson, a British-Canadian novelist and soldier known for his writings during and after World War I. Published in 1925, this novella is a thought-provoking and philosophical work that explores the meaning and significance of Christmas. The story is set in the trenches of World War I during the Christmas season. It depicts a group of British soldiers who are enduring the hardships and horrors of the war. Despite the grim and chaotic circumstances of battle, these men, from different backgrounds and with varying perspectives, find themselves sharing a unique and poignant Christmas together. The central theme of the novella revolves around the idea of finding moments of peace, unity, and humanity amidst the chaos and brutality of war. As they huddle in their makeshift trenches, the soldiers exchange stories, share their experiences, and reflect on the nature of the Christmas holiday and its significance in their lives. The characters in the story grapple with questions about faith, hope, and the enduring power of human connection, even in the most dire circumstances. "Christmas Outside of Eden" is not a traditional holiday story filled with festivities and cheer. Instead, it delves into the deeper, more profound aspects of the Christmas spirit, highlighting the enduring values of love, compassion, and the shared human experience. The novella invites readers to contemplate the true essence of Christmas and how it can be found in unexpected places, even in the midst of war. Coningsby Dawson's writing is characterized by its emotional depth and philosophical exploration. The book's portrayal of the soldiers' experiences and their conversations provides a unique perspective on the impact of the First World War and the universal themes of hope and humanity. "Christmas Outside of Eden" is a contemplative and poignant work that challenges readers to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas and the enduring qualities that make it a special time of year, even in the most challenging of circumstances.

In 1963, freelance private investigator Joe Wilderness, a former MI6 agent and black market con artist, agrees to one last Berlin scam, which involves smuggling people, and brings his World War II gang of accomplices together once again.

Penguin delivers you to the front lines of The Pacific Theater with the real-life stories behind the HBO miniseries.Former Marine and Pacific War veteran Robert Leckie tells the story of the invasion of Okinawa, the closing battle of World War II. Leckie is a skilled military historian, mixing battle strategy and analysis with portraits of the men who fought on both sides to give the reader a complete account of the invasion. Lasting 83 days and surpassing D-Day in both troops and material used, the Battle of Okinawa was a decisive victory for the Allies, and a huge blow to Japan. In this stirring and readable account, Leckie provides a complete picture of the battle and its context in the larger war.

I slutningen af 1800-tallet begyndte forskere at udvikle en række forskellige teorier om “det abnorme menneske”. Gennem alt fra Darwins evolutionsteori til den franske sindssygelæge Morels degenerationsteori om sindssyge og idioti forsøgte samfundet at kontrollere “de abnorme” ved på forskellige måder at indespærre dem og begrænse deres muligheder for ægteskab og reproduktion. “Da de åndssvage blev farlige” er en afhandling om den danske åndssvageforsorgs historiske udvikling. Gennem en undersøgelse af De Kellerske Anstalter i perioden 1884-1902 ser forfatteren på, hvilken betydning de forskellige teorier om “de åndssvage” har haft i samfundet.Birgit Kirkebæk (f. 1938) er en dansk forsker og debattør. Hun er oprindeligt uddannet folkeskolelærer, men blev efter en årrække ansat som lektor på Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitet. I 1993 forsvarede hun sin afhandling “Da de åndssvage blev farlige" om den historiske udvikling af åndssvageforsorgen i Danmark. Siden har hun udgivet en lang række bøger og artikler om samme emne.

At the onset of the first World War, E.G. Lewis wielded his outsized charm and entrepreneurial spirit to attract legions of women to move across the country to build a new American dream in Atascadero, California.His new city, envisioned to rival Los Angeles and San Francisco, targeted the millions of subscribers to his national women's magazines who longed for a utopia designed for progressive women and their families. However, Atascadero's unrivaled success soon attracts conspirators from his past, threatening to destroy all he's built.With vultures circling, E.G. Lewis fights not only to keep Atascadero alive but also to preserve the one relationship he most cherishes -- his marriage. His only salvation comes from the smart, capable women in his circle, reminding the world never to underestimate a city of women.

Die Edition macht erstmals den vollständigen Briefwechsel zwischen dem Sammler und Gründer des Folkwang-Museums Karl Ernst Osthaus mit den Malern Henri Matisse und Hans Purrmann zugänglich. Die Korrespondenz erschließt damit neue Quellen zur frühen Rezeptionsgeschichte der Werke von Matisse in Deutschland, zur Entstehungsgeschichte früher Hauptwerke des Malers und zur Gründung der Académie Matisse. Die Edition des weitverstreuten Briefwechsels bietet nicht nur für die Matisse-Forschung, sondern auch für die Beschäftigung mit Hans Purrmann und dem Gründer des Folkwang-Museums zahlreiche neue Erkenntnisse. Der Briefwechsel wird um ein Grußwort des Hans Purrmann Archivs sowie eine sachkundige Einführung der Herausgeber, ein Personenregister sowie ein Literaturverzeichnis ergänzt. Die wissenschaftlich fundierte Aufarbeitung des Briefwechsels bietet vielfältige neue Erkenntnisse zu Matisse, Osthaus und Purrmann Zahlreiche bislang unveröffentlichte Briefe Der Band setzt die faszinierende "Edition Purrmann Briefe" des Hans Purrmann Archivs fort Blick ins Buch

Walter Kaesbach gehört zu den engagierten Persönlichkeiten des deutschen Kulturlebens der zwanziger und dreißiger Jahre des letzten Jahrhunderts. Er war Kunsthistoriker, Museumsdirektor, Akademiedirektor, Kunstsammler und Förderer des Expressionismus und der Moderne. Das Buch versammelt in einem spannungsvollen Dialog Beiträge und bisher unbekannte Dokumente, Bilder und seltene historische Abbildungen zu den kulturpolitischen Überlegungen und Konzeptionen von Walter Kaesbach, die bis heute eine ungebrochene Aktualität haben. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf seiner Zeit als Direktor der Kunstakademie von 1924 bis 1933, die durch die Umstrukturierung der traditionellen Düsseldorfer Akademie und die Neuberufungen unter anderen von Heinrich Campendonk, Paul Klee, Ewald Mataré, Oskar Moll und Walter von Wecus geprägt war. Blick ins Buch

Mit der Invasion Siziliens durch britische und US-Einheiten im Juli 1943 begann auch die Militärverwaltung durch die Alliierten in Italien. Der Zusammenbruch des faschistischen Regimes, der Waffenstillstand zwischen den Alliierten und Italien und der italienische Frontenwechsel änderten deren Bedingungen und Kontexte massiv. Ohnehin verlor die weitreichende Vorbereitung auf die Besatzung bei der Konfrontation mit süditalienischen Dorfstrukturen und Stadtgesellschaften rasch an Wert. An diesem Punkt setzt die Studie ein, die mit einem praxistheoretisch informierten transnationalen Ansatz einen Beitrag zur Geschichte des Zweiten Weltkriegs im Mittelmeerraum leistet. Sie untersucht die zahlreichen lnteraktionsroutinen zwischen alliiertem Militärpersonal und der Zivilbevölkerung, den Aufbau einer auch institutionell schlagkräftigen Militäradministration und die Ausformung der Beziehungen zwischen Militärs, italienischen Verwaltungsvertretern, Großbauern, aber auch lokalen Mafiosi. Mit Sizilien, Kalabrien und Kampanien geraten drei Regionen in den Fokus, in denen die Besatzungspraxis systematisch vermessen wird, über mitlaufende Vergleiche indes auch Spuren übergreifender und allgemeinerer Muster herauspräpariert werden.

Der Wiener Prater - ein Stück Stadtgeschichte im Spiegel der Zeit Wie kein anderer Ort repräsentiert der Prater die Geschichte Wiens und den Weg zur modernen Großstadt. Die Öffnung 1766 unter Kaiser Joseph II. markierte den Beginn einer neuen Zeit: Von nun an stand das kaiserliche Jagdgebiet allen Wiener:innen zur Erholung und zum Vergnügen offen, für Spaziergänge, Musikdarbietungen sowie Essen, Trinken und Tanz. Von optischen Apparaturen über Fußball, Ballonflug und Mondrakete bis zu Maiaufmarsch und Blumenkorso wurden hier alle Novitäten erstmals einem großen Publikum vorgestellt; im Wurstelprater, in Theatern, Kinos, Varietés, Zoos, Zirkussen, auf der Weltausstellung 1873, im Vivarium, im Planetarium oder im Stadion. Im Prater verdichten sich die großen Themen des modernen Lebens - das Verhältnis von Natur und Stadt, Mensch und Tier, moderner Technik und menschlichem Körper. Fundierte Beiträge zu mehr als 250 Jahren Stadtgeschichte: "Der Prater und die Stadt", "Natur und Technik", "Körper und Lust", "Großes Theater" Mit Beiträgen von mehr als 40 namhaften Autor:innen Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen und Bildstrecken Mit Beiträgen von: Thorsten Blume, Susanne Breuss, Andreas Brunner, Ingrid Erb, Brigitte Felderer, Michael Feuchtinger, Wolfgang Fichna, Helmuth Figdor, Alys George, Bernhard Hachleitner, Tobias Hofbauer, Severin Hohensinner, Martin Huber, Anna Jungmayr, Christian Klösch, Sarah Knoll, Claudia Koch, Thomas Macho, Wolfgang Maderthaner, Sabine Müller, Andreas Nierhaus, Klaus Nüchtern, Martina Nußbaumer, Vrääth Öhner, Eva-Maria Orosz, Olaf Osten, Peter Payer, Birgit Peter, Sarah Pichlkastner, Stefan Poser, Béla Rásky, Tabea Rude, Martin Scheutz, Werner Michael Schwarz, Georg Spitaler, Ursula Storch, Christine Strahner, Alina Strmljan, Ernst Strouhal, Manuel Swatek, Klaus Taschwer, Katalin Teller, Gernot Waldner, Elsbeth Wallnöfer, Michael Wallraff, Elke Wikidal, Susanne Winkler, Marie Yazdanpanah, Susana Zapke

The Liebling Haus in Tel Aviv was built in 1936 to designs by architect Dov Karmi for Tony and Max Liebling after they fled from Europe. With its bright plaster facades, deep balconies, clear proportions, and a layout tailored to the regional climate, it serves as a prime example of the locally adapted International Style that is typical of the White City of Tel Aviv. From 2015 to 2019, the building was extensively restored by Israeli and German planners, renovation experts, and craftspersons, reopening as a vibrant exhibition and community center. The Liebling Haus is supported and funded by the German Federal Government, the City of Tel Aviv, and the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Foundation. The book, published in three languages, tells the eventful history of the structure and gathers detailed historical materials about its architecture and residents. Current interviews, an atmospheric tour by Israeli photographer Yael Schmidt, and other documents showcase the new use of the Liebling Haus since its reopening.

The Mosquito Fleet, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human history, so that this work is never forgotten, we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Servants of the Guns, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human history, so that this work is never forgotten, we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Ninety-three-year-old Will Morgan remembers December 21, 1944, like it was yesterday. Now a widower and alone with his torment, how can he tell it? If not for a chance meeting with a younger man named Jack Owens, Will's haunting account would surely die with him. Not every soldier fought through Battle of the Bulge or lived to tell the tale-one that Will has sworn to secrecy. What happened on that ridge was one thing, but what Will sees as his own personal failure is another. Can he finally reveal the one heartache he never shared with anyone, one he has carried for so long?

A music-filled adventure set in 1943 with danger, intrigue, and romance!Can a lovelorn jingle writer with a fainting problem help turn the tide of the war?From the author of the award-winning novel, The French Girl's War, comes a tale of unlikely heroes and the power of music to change the world.1943 - Brooklyn, New YorkJingle Boys is the story of Wally Lipkin, a Jewish piano player, gifted in his musical ability but cursed with a secret anxiety problem that causes him to lose consciousness at inopportune times. With his eighteenth birthday fast approaching, Uncle Sam will be calling him to fight overseas-a death sentence for a guy like Wally. If he reveals his condition to avoid the draft, he'll surely find himself locked up in a sanatorium like his crazy uncle.Desperate for a solution, Wally-along with his brother Max, and their friend Frankie-enters a radio station jingle contest that promises the winner local fame, fifty clams, and a stateside government job. A win would allow Wally to serve his country without facing the certain death he'd find on a foreign battlefield.But when an alluring singer who looks like a motion picture starlet enters the scene, Wally's plans change dramatically. Now, his choices and his jingles may not only put his life at risk, they may turn the tide of the war.Page Turner Writing Award Finalist!Readers' Favorite - "¿¿¿¿¿ Five Stars!""Enticing with a fantastic slice of history turned into a captivating story. This is a great book that ticks all the right boxes for an engrossing read. Very highly recommended."-Readers' Favorite"Songwriters. Codebreakers. Intrigue. Romance. Jingle Boys explores a fresh WWII story I've never before heard. At once surprising, heartbreaking, and great fun, Williams-Dalgart's unique characters bring this relevant historical fiction to vivid life. But beware: addictive jingles might get stuck in your brain."-Deborah GaalAuthor of The Dream Stitcher and Synchronicities on the Avenue of the Saints

This is a modern reprint of the World War Two original book. It contains 80 pages of full color images and information on the Thompson Submachine Gun M1928A1. This is an exacting replica and has pages made to look old. You will not be disappointed in this piece!

Diese Briefe enthalten alles, was an Furchtbarem über einen Furchtlosen und Untadeligen in vierjährigem Wettersturm dahinbrauste. Sie sind ein Charakterbild und ein Zeitspiegel; vielleicht macht die Zukunft mehr aus ihnen.An der Westfront geschrieben, legen sie Zeugnis davon ab, daß das allgemeine Vorurteil gegen den Elsässer nicht hindern konnte, einen Soldaten wie Klaus Hofer während des ganzen Krieges dort zu belassen.Ich habe sie nur da, wo von Personen die Rede war, die dem Leser unbekannt bleiben möchten, unwesentlich gekürzt; sonst sind sie unverfälscht. Was ich an Text zwischen sie einstreute, ist weiter nichts als die Schnur, an welcher diese bäuerlichen Handschreiben aufgereiht sind...

In early 1944 thousands of American soldiers continue to engage in military manoeuvres with landing craft and tanks on the North Devon sandy beaches. When will they move on and where will they go? Against this wartime backdrop, Emily, a newly qualified teacher comes to convalesce at the farm near West Buckland owned by her aunt and uncle, after witnessing the bombing of Sandhurst Road School in Lewisham and suffering a nervous breakdown. Although there is little risk of bombing in North Devon, farmers are struggling to produce the food demanded to feed the nation, and Land Army girls are called upon to make up the work force. Emily makes new friends and joins the local orchestra, playing her violin alongside a beautiful and mysterious woman who practises medicine and lives in a remote cottage on the coast. Emily realises that she is not alone in feeling loss and meets others who have to learn to move on and pick up the pieces of their lives.

The Tank Corps, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human history, so that this work is never forgotten, we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Das Historiendrama "Der Putsch" erzählt die Ereignisse um den Hitlerputsch von 1923 nach, der zur Geburtsstunde des deutschen Faschismus wurde. Der Blick in die Vergangenheit offenbart sich als erstaunliche Kristallkugel der Zukunft...

Im Oktober 1912 reiste Lou Andreas-Salomé nach Wien, um Sigmund Freud, aber auch andere Psychoanalytiker der ersten Stunde persönlich kennenzulernen und bei ihnen zu studieren. Ihr Tagebuch der folgenden zwölf Monate, in der vorliegenden Neuausgabe nach dem Originalmanuskript neu transkribiert, ist ein unvergleichlich wertvolles Dokument aus der Pionierzeit der Psychoanalyse.Als klare und neutrale Beobachterin analysiert sie sowohl die verschiedenen Denk- und Theorieansätze als auch die Befindlichkeiten der ersten Psychoanalytiker. Der Leser erfährt die Reizthemen, wird mitgenommen zu den Treffs in Cafés, Restaurants und Kliniken und erlebt Freud, seine Bewunderer wie Viktor Tausk und Kritiker wie Alfred Adler hautnah. Ihre Aufzeichnungen vom Münchner IPV-Kongress 1913, sind der einzige Augenzeugenbericht von der kontroversen Tagung, in deren Folge die endgültige Abspaltung der Zürcher Schule um C.G. Jung unabwendbar wurde.Daneben berichtet das Tagebuch auch vom Wiederbeleben der Bekanntschaften mit Arthur Schnitzler, Richard Beer-Hofmann, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach und anderen Autoren und Künstlern und wirft damit ein reizvolles persönliches Schlaglicht auf die Kulturszene Wiens im frühen 20. Jahrhundert.

Forced Migration always takes place within specific cultural, social, political, and spatial environments. This volumes focuses on the interaction between those forced to migrate and their environments in the contexts of escape and exile from Nazi-occupied Europe. Forced emigration from Nazi Germany was a global phenomenon that took refugees primarily from Central Europe to continents and countries they often knew very little about. Not only did they have to adapt to foreign cultures but also to unfamiliar natural environments that often exposed them to severe temperature conditions, droughts, rainy seasons and diseases. While some refugees prepared for the natural conditions of their exile destination others acquired environmental knowledge at their host countries or were able to adapt prior knowledge-about cultivation methods, for example, or species, products, and sales markets-to the new environment. Consequently, specific knowledge about the environment had a large influence on the success of the migration experience. Moreover, just as the migrants shaped their new environments, they were shaped by them.

Am 22. Juni 1941 entfesselt sich die Hölle: Drei Millionen deutsche Soldaten stürmen über die sowjetische Grenze.Leutnant Friedrich "Fritz" Thibaut und seine Kameraden strotzen vor Siegesgewissheit, doch der Krieg verschlägt sie nicht nach Moskau, sondern in die trostlose Weite der russischen Steppe. Jahre des entfesselten Grauens, des immerwährenden Hungers und des erbarmungslosen Kampfes erwarten sie. Nichts ist wie erhofft. Die Sommer sind feurig heiß und die Winter eisig kalt. Die Gedanken an die ferne Heimat spenden Trost und zermürben zugleich.Inmitten des Infernos von Stalingrad stehen sie nicht nur Feind und Kälte gegenüber, sondern auch ihren eigenen inneren Dämonen.Am Ende sind es 200 Meter, die über alles entscheiden sollen.Der Sinn? Verloren in den Abgründen der Menschheit.

A sweeping wartime tale of secrets and love, mystery and redemption, moving from the snow-capped Himalayas to the steamy heat of battle in the Burmese jungle.Perfect for fans of Dinah Jeffries, Victoria Hislop and Rosie Thomas.Hampshire, UK, 2015. When Chloe Harper's beloved grandmother, Lena dies, a stranger hands her Lena's wartime diary. Chloe sets out to uncover deep family secrets that Lena guarded to her grave.Darjeeling, India, 1943, Lena Chatterjee leaves the confines of a strict boarding school to work as assistant to Lieutenant George Harper, an officer in the British Indian Army. She accompanies him to Nepal and deep into the Himalayas to recruit Gurkhas for the failing Burma Campaign. There, she discovers that Lieutenant Harper has a secret, which she vows never to reveal.In Kathmandu, the prophesy of a mysterious fortune teller sets Lena on a dangerous course. She joins the Women's Auxiliary Service Burma (the Wasbies), risking her life to follow the man she loves to the front line. What happens there changes the course of her life.On her quest to uncover her grandmother's hidden past, Chloe herself encounters mystery and romance. Helped by young Nepalese tour guide, Kiran Rai, she finds history repeating itself when she is swept up in events that spiral out of control...

"From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of Versailles."--Provided by publisher.

"Leedswick Castle has housed the Alnwick family in the English countryside for generations, despite a family curse determined to destroy their legacy and erase them from history. 1870. After a disastrous dinner at the Astor mansion forces her to flee New York in disgrace, socialite Beatrice Holbrook knows her performance in London must be a triumph. When she catches the eye of Charles Alnwick, one of the town's most enviably-titled bachelors, she prepares to attempt a social coup and become the future Marchioness of Northridge. When tragedy and scandal strike the Alnwick family, Beatrice must assume the role of a lifetime: that of her true, brave self. 1917. Artist Elena Hamilton arrives in Northumberland determined to transform a soldier's wounds into something beautiful. Tobias Alnwick's parents have commissioned a lifelike mask to help their son return to his former self after battle wounds partially destroyed his face. But Elena doesn't see a man who needs fixing--she sees a man who needn't hide. Yet secrets from their past threaten to chase away the peace they've found in each other and destroy the future they're creating. 1945. Alec Alnwick returns home from the war haunted but determined to leave death and destruction behind. With the help of Brigitta Mayr, the brilliant young psychoanalyst whose correspondence was a lifeline during his time on the Western Front, he reconstructs his family's large estate into a rehabilitation center for similarly wounded soldiers. Now Alec's efforts may be the only chance to redeem his family legacy--and break the curse on the Alnwick name--once and for all"--