Brian Moynahan Bücher

Noch im Jahr 1900 herrschte Königin Victoria über ein Viertel der Menschheit, inzwischen hat Großbritannien mit Hongkong die letzte seiner Kolonien verloren. Dieser Band mit seinen zum großen Teil erstmals veröffentlichten Fotos aus dem gesamten Empire zeigt Glanz und Elend der ehemaligen Weltmacht.

Fotos von ungeheurem historischen Wert machen uns zu Augenzeugen der letzten Jahre der Zarenherrschaft, der Februar- und der Oktoberrevolution, der Zeit des Bürgerkriegs und des stalinistischen Terrors, des Zweiten Weltkriegs und der Ära des Kalten Krieges, von Glasnost und Perestroika sowie dem Zerfall der Sowjetunion

Making extensive use of contemporary accounts, Moynahan traces Russia's turbulent 20th century, from the last days of tsarist rule to the Bolshevik Revolution, two world wars (and one cold one), and to the overthrow of the Communist regime. Simultaneously a political, social and oral history, this book will quickly become the preeminent short history of Russia's recent past. Photos.

From the moment a transvestite murdered the Mad Monk, Rasputin, to the seizure of power by the Bolsheviks and the subsequent drift to dictatorship, this narrative recreates the drama of the 1917 communist revolution in Russia

Leningrad: Siege and Symphony sets the composition of Shostakovich's most famous work against the tragic canvas of the siege itself and the years of repression and terror that preceded it.

Never before seen photographs give a photo-journalistic history of Britain from 1900, showing Britain's rise and fall through the last hundred years.

This volume looks at the major events, people and stories of the 1950s through photographs that reveal the essence of those times. The decade began with the scars of war still visible everywhere and rationing still in place. It ended with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan claiming that people had never had it so good.

Making extensive use of contemporary accounts, Moynahan traces Russia's turbulent 20th century, from the last days of tsarist rule to the Bolshevik Revolution, two world wars (and one cold one), and to the overthrow of the Communist regime. Simultaneously a political, social and oral history, this book will quickly become the preeminent short history of Russia's recent past. Photos. From the Trade Paperback edition.