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Prussian Army Soldiers and the Seven Years' War
The army of Frederick the Great of Prussia is generally known as an efficient fighting machine based on brutal and strict drill procedures that led to broken but fearless soldiers as well as glorious battle victories. In analysing the mentalities of the men who established Prussia's great power status, Prussian Army Soldiers and the Seven Years' War fundamentally challenges this interpretation. Drawing on a vast array of primary sources (including the writing of regimental chaplain Küster, who could probably be called the first modern military psychologist) and presenting the first English translation of 12 letters of common Prussian soldiers from the Seven Years' War, this book shows that ...
The Military in the Early Modern World
When looking at the early modern period (c. 1500–c. 1800), we often speak of "the military" or "the army". But what exactly do we mean when using these terms? The forms and structures of the armed forces have not only changed between 1500 and 1800, but also varied throughout different regions of the world and even within Europe. The contributors to this volume examine twelve early modern examples of armed forces in the Holy Roman Empire, Western and Eastern Europe, Eastern Asia and North America and paint a multifarious and even disparate picture during this period. The findings suggest that modern notions of the armed forces common in the early modern period should be used more prudently to avoid prevalent implications of non-existing continuity and uniformity.
Battle
What are the critical factors that determine the outcome of battles? Which is more decisive in a clash of arms: armies or the societies they represent? How important is the leadership of the commanders, the terrain over which the armies fight, the weapons they use and the supplies they depend on? And what about the rules of war and the strategic thinking and tactics of the time? These are among the questions Graeme Callister and Rachael Whitbread seek to answer as they demonstrate the breadth of factors that need to be taken into account to truly understand battle. Their book traces the evolution of warfare over time, exploring the changing influence of the social, political, technological a...
European and Latin American Social Scientists as Refugees, Émigrés and Return‐Migrants
During the 1930s, thousands of social scientists fled the Nazi regime or other totalitarian European regimes, mainly towards the Americas. The New School for Social Research (NSSR) in New York City and El Colegio de México (Colmex) in Mexico City both were built based on receiving exiled academics from Europe. Comparing the first twenty years of these organizations, this book offers a deeper understanding of the corresponding institutional contexts and impacts of emigrated, exiled and refugeed academics. It analyses the ambiguities of scientists’ situations between emigration, return‐migration and transnational life projects and examines the corresponding dynamics of application, adaptation or amalgamation of (travelling) theories and methods these academics brought. Despite its institutional focus, it also deals with the broader context of forced migration of intellectuals and scientists in the second half of the last century in Europe and Latin America. In so doing, the book invites a deeper understanding of the challenges of forced migration for scholars in the 21st century.
Prosodic Detail in Neapolitan Italian
Recent findings on phonetic detail have been taken as supporting exemplar-based approaches to prosody. Through four experiments on both production and perception of both melodic and temporal detail in Neapolitan Italian, we show that prosodic detail is not incompatible with abstractionist approaches either. Specifically, we suggest that the exploration of prosodic detail leads to a refined understanding of the relationships between the richly specified and continuous varying phonetic information on one side, and coarse phonologically structured contrasts on the other, thus offering insights on how pragmatic information is conveyed by prosody.
Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics and the Affiliated Conferences, Nice, France, 24-27 July 2024.
Analyse zum Erfolg der CSU in Bayern
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 1,3, Freie Universit t Berlin (Otto-Suhr-Institut f r Politikwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Hauptseminar (Projektkurs), 10 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Einleitung Im malerischen Isarwinkel vor grandioser Alpenkulisse liegt die Gemeinde Oberaudorf und bietet damit das ideale Postkartenmotiv. So wie der Geburtsort des amtierenden bayerischen Ministerpr sidenten Edmund Stoiber das bayerische Idyll verk rpert, scheint die CSU auf eine Art enger mit dem Land Bayern verwoben zu sein als andere Parteien. Oft h rt man die Einsch tzung, die CSU sei selbst...
The Oxford Handbook of the Seven Years' War
"This handbook contains 38 essays that provide up-to-date scholarship on all aspects of the globally important Seven Years' War (1756-1763). The volume carefully examines the three major areas of conflict in the war-Europe, South Asia, and the Americas-treating each theater as distinct from each other but often linked in ways that helped create a new geopolitics from the 1760s onward. Chapters trace the causes of the war in the interior of America; outline the triumphs of Britain and Prussia in fierce fighting across Europe; and explain how the British under the East India Company came to play an important role in South Asian politics and commerce. The handbook pays due attention to military...
Monarchy, Nation and the Common Good: Patriotism in Prussia, 1756–1806
This book provides a history of Prussian state patriotism from the Seven Years’ War (1756–1763) until the Battle of Jena (1806). It argues that Prussian patriotism was not merely a prelude to German nationalism or a personality cult of Frederick the Great; rather, it was an inclusive and non-ethnic movement promoting ideals of citizenship, merit, and empowerment. Appealing to patriotism became a central method of promoting reform in a state governed by an absolute monarchy. Covering a turning point in early modern European intellectual history, this book provides a historical perspective for modern discussions on the relationship between patriotism and nationalism.
Tödliche Swing-Tänze
Als der Gangster-Boss Bruno Kinsky entführt wird, ahnt er noch nicht, was von ihm verlangt wird, um seine Beteiligung an einem Verbrechen nicht öffentlich zu machen. Seine neue Swing-Sängerin aus den USA scheint in den Fall verwickelt zu sein, und als ein alter Juwelier stirbt, ein bekannter Nationalsozialist in seinem Varieté auftaucht, ahnt er, dass dieser Fall viel von ihm abverlangen wird... Bruno Kinsky, Vorsitzender eines der berüchtigten Ringvereine Berlins zur Zeit der Weimarer Republik, war Kriegsteilnehmer im Großen Krieg, geriet danach auf die 'schiefe Bahn' und etablierte sich schließlich nach einigen gelungenen Coups als eine Art Gentleman-Verbrecher mit einem originellen Lokal, dem Sing-Sing in der Berliner Chausseestraße sowie einem Varieté. Seine Freundschaft mit dem obersten Kriminalisten Ernst Gennat lässt ihm zahlreiche Möglichkeiten... hier erzählt er seine Erlebnisse selbst!
