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The end of everything : how wars descend into annihilation / by Hanson, Victor Davis,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In 'The End of Everything', military historian Victor Davis Hanson charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the modern era chose to utterly destroy their foes, and warns that similar wars of obliteration are possible in our time.
Subjects: Civilization; Military history.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The return of history : conflict, migration, and geopolitics in the twenty-first century / by Welsh, Jennifer M.(Jennifer Mary),1965-;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: History; World politics; Civilization.; Regression (Civilization); Progress.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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How Churchill saved civilization : the epic story of 13 years that almost destroyed the civilized world / by Harte, John,1925-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.LSC
Subjects: Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.; World War, 1939-1945.; Political leadership;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Celts : search for a civilization / by Roberts, Alice M.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.LSC
Subjects: Civilization, Celtic.; Celts;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Homo deus : a brief history of tomorrow / by Harari, Yuval N.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Civilization, Modern; Science and civilization.; Technology and civilization.; Future, The.;
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In the midst of civilized Europe : the pogroms of 1918-1921 and the onset of the Holocaust / by Veidlinger, Jeffrey,1971-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From an award-winning historian, the first full depiction of the wave of anti-Jewish pogroms that followed the Russian Revolution and how they laid the groundwork for the Holocaust. Includes illustrations and maps"--
Subjects: Antisemitism; Antisemitism; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; Jews; Pogroms; Pogroms;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Adventures in the Middle Ages / by Bailey, Linda,1948-; Slavin, Bill;
Subjects: Middle Ages; Civilization, Medieval;
© c2000., Kids Can Press,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Human Prehistory and the First Civilizations. by M. Fagan, Brian,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Brian M. FaganOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2003.Where do we come from? How did our ancestors settle this planet? How did the great historic civilizations of the world develop? How does a past so shadowy that it has to be painstakingly reconstructed from fragmentary, largely unwritten records nonetheless make us who and what we are? These 36 lectures bring you the answers that scientific and archaeological research and theorizing suggest about human origins, how populations developed, and the ways in which civilizations spread throughout the globe. It's a fascinating 36-lecture narrative that covers human prehistory from our beginnings more than 2.5 million years ago up to and beyond the advent of the world's first preindustrial civilizations.Along the way, you'll explore a fascinating set of civilizations, including Homo habilis (the first tool-making hominid); the Cro-Magnons, among the first known artists as well as hunter-gatherers; Sumerian civilization in Mesopotamia and the intricate patchwork of city-states between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; and the mysterious Harappan civilization of the Indus. Woven through this narrative is a set of pervasive themes: emerging human biological and cultural diversity, the impact of human adaptations to climatic and environmental change, and the importance of seeing prehistory not merely as a chronicle of archaeological sites but of the stories of the people who created them.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; History, Ancient.; Instructional films.; Documentary films.; History.; Archaeology.; Evolution (Biology).; Prehistoric peoples.;
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The story of the Jews, by Schama, Simon,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Subjects: Jews; Jews;
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How civil wars start : and how to stop them / by Walter, Barbara F.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A leading political scientist examines the dramatic rise in violent extremism around the globe and sounds the alarm on the increasing likelihood of a second civil war in the United States. Political violence rips apart several towns in southwest Texas. A far-right militia plots to kidnap the governor of Michigan and try her for treason. An armed mob of Trump supporters and conspiracy theorists storms the U.S. Capitol. Are these isolated incidents? Or is this the start of something bigger? Barbara F. Walter has spent her career studying civil conflict in places like Iraq and Sri Lanka, but now she has become increasingly worried about her own country. Perhaps surprisingly, both autocracies and healthy democracies are largely immune from civil war; it's the countries in the middle ground that are most vulnerable. And this is where more and more countries, including the United States, are finding themselves today. Over the last two decades, the number of active civil wars around the world has almost doubled. Walter reveals the warning signs-where wars tend to start, who initiates them, what triggers them-and why some countries tip over into conflict while others remain stable. Drawing on the latest international research and lessons from over twenty countries, Walter identifies the crucial risk factors, from democratic backsliding to factionalization and the politics of resentment. A civil war today won't look like America in the 1860s, Russia in the 1920s, or Spain in the 1930s. It will begin with sporadic acts of violence and terror, accelerated by social media. It will sneak up on us and leave us wondering how we could have been so blind. In this urgent and insightful book, Walter redefines civil war for a new age, providing the framework we need to confront the danger we now face-and the knowledge to stop it before it's too late"--
Subjects: Civil war.; Democratization.; Domestic terrorism.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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