From various sources, this text documents post-independence history in two former colonies: one Dutch, the other Portuguese. It examines the Indonesian claim to, and invasion of, East Timor, all in the need of "unification" of East Timorese territory with the island republic of Indonesia. [From : Worldcat]
Lombok and Bali in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries This book discusses a fascinating historical episode, the establishing of Balinese Hindu rule over the predominantly Muslim population of Lombok, concentrating on the years 1700-1748. Materials covering this period are re-examined and further interesting information provided as to what happened at the time, seen in a regional contex…
"This book provides an account of events in Japanese public affairs leading up to and beyond the war in the Pacific. The career of Hideki Tojo, premier of Japan at the time of Pearl Harbor, provides the background against which to reveal the relentless advance by the military toward full control of Japan and the hardening of the attitudes and fears of the people which made war with the Western …
The conflict on the Eastern Front, fought between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany between 1941-1945, was the greatest, most costly, and most brutal conflict on land in human history. It was arguably the single most decisive factor of the war and shaped the postwar world as we know it. In this magisterial work, Bellamy outlines the lead-up to the war, in which the fragile alliance between the …
Presents a pictorial look at the modern U.S. Navy and Marine Corps
Tells what was required of the British ships in various phases of the war, how they met them and the costs involved
LTG Boonsrang Niumpradit recounts his experiences as Force Commander of the United Nations Transitional Administrator in East Timor (UNTAET) from 19 July 2000 - 1 September 2001