To End All Wars Av Adam Hochschild

<p>Eighteenth-century Britain was the world’s leading centre for the slave trade. Profits soared and fortunes were made, but in 1788 things began to change. <i>Bury The Chains</i> tells the remarkable story of the men who sought...

I 1880-årene, da de europeiske supermakter delte opp Afrika, bemektiget Kong Leopold II av Belgia seg det enorme og for det meste uoppdagede territoriet rundt elven Kongo. Han iscenesatte et folkemord og et plyndringstokt uten sidestykke i historien...

<p>From the moment it began in 1936, the Spanish Civil War became the political question of the age. Hitler and Mussolini quickly sent aircraft, troops and supplies to the right-wing generals bent on overthrowing Spain's elected government....

<p><b>Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, </b><i><b>King Leopold’s Ghost</b></i><b> is the true and haunting account of </b><b>Leopold'</b><b>s brutal regime and its lasting...