From the pages of his journal, the fascist Italian dictator recounts his experiences in the Army and at the front during the World War I years 1915-1917. First published in 1925 and written when he was a rifleman in the Italian Army, "Bersagliere Mussolini" recounts the vicissitudes of the trench life and dedicates My Diary, 1915-17 to his comrades of the trench: "It is mine and yours. My life and your life are in these pages; the monotonous, emotional,...

This is an account of the British Expeditionary Forces battles in the summer and autumn of 1917. It begins with the Allied plan to free up the Flanders coast, to limit German naval and submarine attacks on British shipping. The opening offensive began with the detonation of nineteen mines on 7 June and ended with the capture of the Messines Ridge. The main offensive started with success on 31 July but was soon bogged down due to the August rains....

As the "Great War" inspired much great poetry, including that of Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves, so did it inspire compelling prose. John Dos Passos volunteered to drive an ambulance in France during the First World War. The brutality of his experiences turned him against not only war, but capitalism and inspired him to write One Man's Initiation: 1917.

Degas, artiste français, est reconnu pour ses toiles, sculptures, gravures et dessins. Sa longue carrière fut très productive, même lorsqu'il parvint à un âge avancé. On le considère comme étant l'un des fondateurs de l'Impressionnisme, caractérisé par son travail autour du thème de la danse. En effet, près de la moitié de ses œuvres représente des danseuses, telles que La Leçon de danse, ou la sculpture La Petite Danseuse de quatorze...

The control of land remains the crucial issue in the Arab-Israel conflict. Kenneth Stein investigates in detail and without polemics how and why Jews acquired land from Arabs in Palestine during the British Mandate, and he reaches conclusions that are challenging and surprising. Stein contends that Zionists were able to purchase the core of a national territory in Palestine during this period for three reasons: they had the single-mindedness of...

This is the untold story of the Russian Revolution: its antecedents, its far-reaching changes, its betrayal by Bolshevik terror, and the massive resistance of non-Bolshevik revolutionaries. This in-depth, eyewitness history written by Voline, an outspoken activist in the Russian Revolution, is accompanied by a biography of the author by Rudolf Rocker and a contemporary introduction by anarchist historian Iain McKay. Significant attention is given...

Hailed as "a rousing read" by The New York Times, this breathtaking chronicle of Antarctic exploration was written by expedition leader Sir Ernest Shackleton. In 1914, he and his 28-man crew boarded the ship Endurance and sailed away to do something no one had ever done: to traverse and chart the mostly unknown territory of the South Pole. But within weeks of their arrival, their vessel became trapped in ice, drifting helplessly for months before...

Heroic & Dangerous Journey to Save 80 Family & Friends Amid the Russian Revolution and the Aftermath of World War a Tale of Courage, Survival, and the Dual Sides of the American Dream In 2,000 Miles to Freedom, we follow the harrowing journey of Hyman Robbins, a man of immense courage and morality. Leaving his small Ukrainian village of Skvira in 1907, Hyman sought refuge and opportunity in America, escaping the looming threat of the Russian Revolution...

In a major reimagining of the history and cultural impact of Soviet film, noted film scholar Emma Widdis explores the fundamental transformations in how film, through the senses, remade the Soviet self in the 1920s and 1930s. Following the Russian Revolution, there was a shared ambition for a "sensory revolution" to accompany political and social change: Soviet men and women were to be reborn into a revitalized relationship with the material world....

Över en natt blir en stor andel finländare hemlösa. Allt har sin upprinnelse i att Finland måste välja sida i konflikten mellan Nazityskland och arvsfienden Ryssland. Det blir upptakten till en konflikt som inte ska få sitt ordentliga avslut förrän 1948. Finland lyckas emellertid behålla sitt oberoende och sin demokratiska form, trots att den blodiga konflikten mot Sovjetunion tar ut sin rätt på det förhållandevis lilla landets utsatta...