Resultados para "Lenz" en Historia

Coup d'État astonished readers when it first appeared in 1968 because it showed, step by step, how governments could be overthrown. Translated into sixteen languages, it has inspired anti-coup precautions by regimes around the world. In addition to these detailed instructions, Edward Luttwak's...

The full and untold story of Israeli politics penned by one of Israel's most distinguished political journalists. In A Call at 4 AM, Israel’s top political journalist, Amit Segal, takes you inside the moments when history was decided in real time. From Golda Meir’s sleepless nights before the Yom Kippur War to Benjamin Netanyahu's power struggles during missile attacks, Segal uncovers the untold stories of war rooms, last-minute deals, and the relentless pressure of governing a country that never knows a quiet day.

\Manhattan Phoenix explores the emergence of modern New York after it emerged from the devastating the fire of 1835 - a catastrophe that revealed how truly unprepared and haphazardly organized it was - to become a world-class city merely a quarter of a century later. 

Offering a history of the Germany that Bavaria made over the twentieth century, A Nation Fermented both eschews sharp temporal divisions and forgoes conventional narratives centered on Prussia, Berlin, or the Rhineland. In so doing, Terrell offers a fresh take on the importance of provincial influences and the role of commodities and commerce in shaping the nation.

Wright's lively study also focuses on the role comic books played in transforming children and adolescents into consumers; the efforts of parents, politicians, religious organizations, civic groups, and child psychologists to link juvenile delinquency to comic books and impose censorship; and the changing economics of comic book publishing over the course of the century. Comic Book Nation is at once a serious study of popular culture and an entertaining look at an enduring American art form.

During one sweltering week in July 1948, the Democratic Party gathered in Philadelphia for its national convention. The most pressing and controversial issue facing the delegates was not whom to nominate for president—the incumbent, Harry Truman, was the presumptive candidate—but whether the Democrats would finally embrace the cause of civil rights and embed it in their official platform. On the convention's final day, Hubert Humphrey, the relatively obscure mayor of the midsized city of Minneapolis, ascended the podium.

The Pacific War in World War II pitted American fighting men against two merciless enemies: the relentless Japanese army and the combined forces of monsoons, swamps, mud, privation, and disease. The rowdy paratroopers of the eleventh Airborne Division-nicknamed "The Angels"—answered the call and fought in some of World War II's most dramatic campaigns, ranging from bloody skirmishes in Leyte's unforgiving rainforests to the ferocious battles on Luzon, including the hellscape urban combat of Manila. 

We live in the suburban era. Well over half of all Americans and two-thirds of Canadians live in suburbs. Tracts of suburban bungalows ring Sydney and Melbourne. Suburban apartments rise on the outskirts of Paris, Prague, Singapore, and Beijing. Nearly everyone has a strong opinion about suburbs. Folks who love dense cities scorn "suburbia," while people who like big yards dislike bustling sidewalks and subways. Social scientists argue whether suburbs are losing their luster or if a supposed back-to-the-city trend is a mirage.

Alexander Lemons is a Marine Corps scout sniper who, after serving multiple tours during the Iraq War, returned home seriously and mysteriously ill. Joshua Howe is an environmental historian who met Lemons as a student in one of his classes. Together they have crafted a vital book that challenges us to think beyond warfare's acute violence of bullets and bombs to the "slow violence" of toxic exposure and lasting trauma.

In The Drone Age, Michael J. Boyle addresses some of the biggest questions surrounding the impact of drones on our world today and the risks that we might face tomorrow. Will drones produce a safer world because they reduce risk to pilots, or will the prospect of clean, remote warfare lead governments to engage in more conflicts? Will drones begin to replace humans on the battlefield? Will they empower soldiers and peacekeepers to act more precisely and humanely in crisis zones? How will terrorist organizations turn this technology back on the governments that fight them?

Why is it so much easier for the Democratic Party to win the national popular vote than to build and maintain a majority in Congress? Why can Democrats sweep statewide offices in places like Pennsylvania and Michigan yet fail to take control of the same states' legislatures? Many place exclusive blame on partisan gerrymandering and voter suppression. But as political scientist Jonathan A. Rodden demonstrates in Why Cities Lose, the left's electoral challenges have deeper roots in economic and political geography.  

Step into an immersive technological revolution that shattered the monopoly on knowledge and birthed mass literacy. Perfect for your daily commute, this thought-provoking journey transports you from fragile hand-copied manuscripts to the thunderous clack of the movable type machine. Experience...

Dieser Zeitzeugenbericht eines Außenstehenden spiegelt die angespannte Stimmung Anfang der 1960er Jahre in den USA auf fesselnde Weise wider. Über einen Monat lang reist Siegfried Lenz 1962 durch die USA. 50 Jahre später veröffentlicht er sein Reisetagebuch. Er spürt die bedrohliche Atmosphäre des Kalten Krieges, die der Sprecher dieses Hörbuchs, Burghart Klaußner nur zu gut wiedergeben kann.

Enno Lenze war auf dem Weg nach Butscha, als dieser Ort noch nicht als Synonym für russische Kriegsverbrechen galt. Er berichtet von der Front aus der Ukraine, vom Kampf gegen den IS in der Autonomen Region Kurdistan, von der Herrschaft der Taliban in Afghanistan, von Tränengasangriffen auf Studenten in Hongkong. Waffenmessen in Paris und Dubai sind ebenso sein Thema wie der versuchte Sturm des Bundestags durch Reichsbürger.

This powerful true account shares the heroic witness of over 2,400 Catholic priests imprisoned at Dachau, where more than a third died for their faith. Through Fr. John Lenz’s firsthand stories, see how these priests endured brutal suffering, ministered in secret, and proved that even in darkness, grace triumphs. Their courage and sacrifice reveal what it means to cling to Christ and find hope amid unimaginable evil.

Das Doku-Hörspiel "Die Nacht des Tauchers", das Siegfried Lenz für den Hessischen Rundfunk schrieb, wurde zum ersten Mal am 28. Januar 1954 im Abendstudio ausgestrahlt und ist bislang nicht in gedruckter Form veröffentlicht worden. "Die Nacht des Tauchers", so schrieb damals die Redaktion des "Abendstudios", "behandelt in Erzählung und dialogischen Szenen den Beruf des Tauchers vor allem in seinen Schwierigkeiten und Gefahren.

Dieser Briefroman gewährt eine vielfältige Sicht auf die Vorgänge um den Protagonisten Herz (und was wird hier wohl gebrochen?), dessen Angebetete jemand Anderem versprochen ist. Er hat sich aus dem "Unbehagen an der Kultur" in ein Waldhäuschen geflüchtet. "Werther" lässt grüßen.

Johannes Mannheim wirkt in einer kleinen Stelle als Dorfpfarrer so segensreich, dass dieser Landstrich bald der wohlhabendste der ganzen Region ist. Seine Predigten sind voller bürgerlicher Volksaufklärung. Selbst der Adel beruft ihn zum Ratgeber. Und es gibt ein romantisches Happy End.

Wie mannigfaltig sind die Arten des menschlichen Elends! Der junge Gelehrte Zerbin gerät um das Jahr 1770 in Leipzig unter die Räder dünkelhafter Adelsleute und in die Intrigen dummer eitler Bürgerinnen. Nicht ganz schuldlos verursacht er am Ende selber sein größtes Unglück. Wie mannigfaltig...!

Der Hofmeister Läuffer tritt eine Stelle bei Major von Berg in Heidelbrunn an. Er soll dessen Sohn Leopold unterrichten, der aber kein Interesse am Lernen zeigt. Später kommt dann noch der Unterricht von Leopolds Schwester, dem 14jährigen Gustchen, dazu. Läuffer verliebt sich in Gustchen und zeugt ein Kind mit ihr. Doch Gustchen ist in Ihren Neffen Fritz verliebt, der in Halle studiert. Verzweifelt flieht Gustchen zu einer blinden Frau und bekommt dort das Kind. Nachdem Läuffer Gustchen nicht findet, wird er Lehrer in der Stadtschule und verliebt sich in Lise. Wird jetzt alles gut?