"On the walls of the Roman Forum, Mussolini hung a series of maps contrasting the growth of the ancient Roman Empire with Italy's contemporary position. No comparable maps hung in Berlin.... Not that Nazi Germany was without its maps. Ethnic maps, linguistic maps, geopolitical maps, maps embodying every variety of claim and speculation decorated Nazi party offices. government buildings, and school rooms. Their very profusion gave them an air of unreality." There was, however, no air of unreality about the conquests-first diplomatic, ultimately military-that took Germany farther beyond its boundaries in World War II than even its fanatical leader had contemplated. In this volume Norman Rich shows how Hitler's policies followed his blueprint of expansion, outlined in Mein Kampf and based mainly on racial ideology, until political and military necessities, real and imagined, drove him to war against nations that played no part in his ideological program.After an introduction that places Hitler and the Nazi regime in the perspective of German history, Professor Rich relates Hitler's actual theories to the rise of the Nazi state and the development of a system of men and institutions dedicated to carrying out the Fuhrer's orders. This system was to provide the machinery of expansion that becomes the focus of this study, as the spread of the Nazis is traced in detail from the annexation of Austria to Hitler's attack on Russia and declaration of war against the United States.

Hitler's War Aims: Ideology, the Nazi State, and the Course of Expansion v. 1

History

Rich, Norman

Europe

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Twentieth-Century Russian Plays: An Anthology (Original Title: "An Anthology of Russian Plays: Volume II")

F.D. Reeve

The great rebellion ignited by Francisco Madero's call to arms in 1910 was a momentous event in the turbulent history of Mexico.It is widely held that the struggle to overthrow the corrupt regime of Porfirio Diaz fundamentally transformed the structure of Mexican society, bringing social justice for downtrodden peasants and workers.RamÃ³n Eduardo RuÃz refutes the traditional view. Drawing on numerous archival sources, he carefully examines the economic consequences of the Diaz regime and traces the growth of widespread social discontent. He describes the backgrounds and professed aims of the Revolution's colorful leadersâ€”Madero, Venustiano Carranza, Pancho Villa, Alvaro ObregÃ³n, and Emiliano Zapataâ€”and then sets out to discover what, behind the superficial paper changes and the rhetoric, they actually did. He concludes that the so-called Revolution was led by elements of the dissatisfied middle class whose goals were narrow and bourgeois in character. Despite important paper reforms, many of the old political, economic, and social injustices and inequalities survived.

The Great Rebellion: Mexico, 1905-1924

Ramon Ruiz

After a life spent in a successful writing career that has left him bereft of creativity and worn in body and spirit, George Adamson goes to Greece on a journey of self-discovery and renewal

I, Giorghos

Literature & Fiction

LEDERER, WILLIAM J.

Contemporary

An illustrated history of the world's most legendary seaborn vessels. Written with the layman in mind, this book introduces the history of sail, and gives a concise description of 40 of the most important sailing ships of the past, mainly from the period between the 16th and 19th centuries.

Classic Sailing Ships With Paintings by Cornelis de Vries

Sports & Outdoors

Kenneth Giggal

Water Sports

The subject of garbage serves as the inspiration for a new collection of poetry, by the award-winning author of Sumerian Vistas, that explores the themes of nature and mutability.

Garbage: A Poem

AMMONS, A.R.

Poetry

A utopia is a community or society possessing highly desirable or near perfect qualities. The word was coined by Sir Thomas More in Greek for his 1516 book Utopia (in Latin), describing a fictional island society in the Atlantic Ocean. The term has been used to describe both intentional communities that attempt to create an ideal society, and imagined societies portrayed in fiction. It has spawned other concepts, most prominently dystopia.

Utopia: A New Translation, Backgrounds, Criticism (A Norton Critical Edition)

Sir Thomas More

Classics

InQuizitive Access Card for The Real World: An Introduction to Sociology 8th Edition

Kerry Ferris

Jill Stein

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