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Ian Buruma The Churchill complex
the rise and fall of the special relationship
Analyse van de 'speciale band' tussen de Verenigde Staten en het Verenigd Koninkrijk die zou bestaan sedert de Tweede Wereldoorlog, mede aan de hand van portretten van de Amerikaanse presidenten en Britse premiers.
Non-fictie
Engels | 308 pagina's | Atlantic Books, London | 2020
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Michael Strevens The knowledge machine
how an unreasonable idea created modern science
Engels | 350 pagina's | Penguin Books, UK | 2021
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Erik Odegard The company fortress
military engineering and the Dutch East India Company in South Asia, 1638-1795
"The remains of Dutch East India Company forts are scattered throughout littoral Asia and Africa. But how important were the specific characteristics of European bastion-trace fortifications to early modern European expansion? Was European fortification design as important for early modern expansion as has been argued? This book takes on these questions by studying the system of fortifications built and maintained by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in present-day India and Sri Lanka. It uncovers...
Engels | 292 pagina's | Leiden University Press, Leiden | 2020
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2020