Second of two titles presenting developments on the topic of monasticism from different fields of study, such as zooarchaeology, bioanthropology, palaeopathology, archaeology, history, documentary disciplines, archives and cultural heritage.
First of two titles presenting developments on the topic of monasticism from different fields of study, such as zooarchaeology, bioanthropology, palaeopathology, archaeology, history, documentary disciplines, archives and cultural heritage.
A detailed examination of spinning and weaving tools from the Southern Levant and Egypt from the Bronze Age to the beginning of the Persian period
Detailed analysis of key assemblage of Greek and Roman pottery from the Sphakia Survey project on Crete, including fabric and petrographic evidence for local production and imported wares.
The story of the Continental Congress from 1778—just after it secured an alliance with France—to 1794, when the War of Independence ended.... Læs mere
The escape of General MacArthur from the Philippines after the initial Japanese onslaught in World War II is well known. This is the story of the gallant PT-boat men who rescued him, only to be abandoned in enemy-occupied territory.
The untold story of a mysterious Montagnard ethnonationalist movement that might have changed the course of the Vietnam War
Bert Ibelle was 19 years old when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps, flying bomber missions over Nazi-occupied Europe. Using diary entries, letters, and Bert's memoir, this is a vivid insight into the experiences of the Greatest Generation.
Fully illustrated, this account of the Nachtjagd, 1943–45, features pilots’ accounts.
Fully illustrated account of the first four decades of the U.S. Army.
This book unveils a remarkable episode of the Cold War largely unknown to the public.