Empire" by Integration is the first comprehensive survey of the American policy towards European integration from 1945. Geir Lundestad argues that, unlike other Great Powers, the United States strongly supported the integration of the most important area under its influence: Western Europe. This integration was, however, to take place within an American-dominated Atlantic framework. In the provocative words of the author this was a policyof "empire" by integration. Professor Lundestad takes a clear, chronological approach to the subject, from the beginnings of European integration after the Second World War, the challenge to American policy on European integration by President Charles de Gaulle, and the modified support for European integration in the Nixon-Kissinger years through to the present revived support for European integration under the Clinton administration. "Empire" by Integr
Summary: Tells the story of a group of highly competitive and mutually suspicious dynasties, and also of a continent uniquely prone to interference from 'semi-detached' elements, such as Russia, the Ottoman Empire, Britain and the United States Titel: Europe af Brendan Simms (Bog) Genre: Historisk Sammendrag: Empires have risen and fallen through history, yet Europe has remained fractured, with attempts to dominate the continent eventually thwarted. Brendan Simms recounts compelling history over 550 years, from the fall of Constantinople to modern democracies. The story involves emperors, revolution, rivalry, unification, and utopias. As Europe's future appears uncertain, this account is essential to understanding its past. Type: Paperback
Gangsters. Drugs. Sex. and Violence. An Epic Story of the Cuban American Underworld "Cuba, 1961. A failed invasion at The Bay of Pigs results in Fidel Castro tightening his hold over Cuba. José Miguel Battle Sr., a former cop and member of the counter-revolutionary group intent on overthrowing him, is captured. Miami, 1962. José Miguel Battle Sr. travels to the USA, chased from the island by revolution, and is renamed The Godfather. A 2,500 strong Cuban-American criminal alliance is established. Known on both sides of the law as 'The Corporation', its powerful members were fellow outcasts and enemies of Castro. A hero to many Cuban-Americans, The Godfather created a unit of trusted men who fought alongside him to reclaim their nation from the Marxist dictator. Gaining money, power and inluence by running gambling rackets, money- laundering, drug trafficking and murder, The Corporation ne
A score of years after he first walked into the histories of men, Anasûrimbor Kellhus rules all the Three Seas, the first true Aspect-Emperor in a thousand years. Wielding more power than even the greatest sorcerer, Kellhus now leads a holy war deep into the wastes of the Ancient North, intent on destroying the stronghold of Golgotterath and preventing the Second Apocalypse. Meanwhile his wife and consort, Esmenet, struggles to rule not only his vast empire, but their murderous children as well. And Achamian, who lives as a Wizard in embittered exile, undertakes a mad quest to uncover the origins of the Dûnyain. But Achamian, of all people, should know that one must be very careful what one seeks… Type: Paperback
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Den utrolige historie om Joe Kavalier og Sammy Clay starter i 1939, hvor de drømmer om at lave tegneseriehæfter. Med et håb om at tjene en masse penge skaber de deres første superhelt, Eskapisten. Deres rejse strækker sig fra Østeuropa til New York City og videre til Antarktis og tilbage til Empire State Building. Type: Paperback
Denne t-shirt er gul og har et stort print på fronten med teksten 'New York' og 'The Empire State'. Trøjen har korte ærmer og en rund halsudskæring.
The acclaimed author of On Royalty explores the mysteries of English identity in this “witty, argumentative book bursting with good things” (The Daily Telegraph). A Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller Being English used to be easy. As the dominant culture in a country that dominated an empire that dominated the world, they had little need to examine themselves and ask who they were. But something has happened over the past century. A new self-confidence seems to have taken hold in Wales and Scotland, while others try to forge a new relationship with Europe. What exactly sets the English apart from their British compatriots? Is there such a thing as an English race? Renowned journalist and bestselling author Jeremy Paxman traces the invention of Englishness to its current crisis and concludes that, for all their characteristic gloom about themselves, the English may have developed a form of n
