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Book Synopsis King Leopold's Ghost by : Adam Hochschild
Download or read book King Leopold's Ghost written by Adam Hochschild and published by Picador. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an introduction by award-winning novelist Barbara Kingsolver In the late nineteenth century, when the great powers in Europe were tearing Africa apart and seizing ownership of land for themselves, King Leopold of Belgium took hold of the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. In his devastatingly barbarous colonization of this area, Leopold stole its rubber and ivory, pummelled its people and set up a ruthless regime that would reduce the population by half. . While he did all this, he carefully constructed an image of himself as a deeply feeling humanitarian. Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize in 1999, King Leopold’s Ghost is the true and haunting account of this man’s brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. It is also the inspiring and deeply moving account of a handful of missionaries and other idealists who travelled to Africa and unwittingly found themselves in the middle of a gruesome holocaust. Instead of turning away, these brave few chose to stand up against Leopold. Adam Hochschild brings life to this largely untold story and, crucially, casts blame on those responsible for this atrocity.
Book Synopsis Belgium Under the German Occupation by : Brand Whitlock
Download or read book Belgium Under the German Occupation written by Brand Whitlock and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis King Leopold II by : John de Courcy MacDonnell
Download or read book King Leopold II written by John de Courcy MacDonnell and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Belgium in the Great War by : Jean-Michel Veranneman
Download or read book Belgium in the Great War written by Jean-Michel Veranneman and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historian and former Belgian diplomat sheds light on the country’s tumultuous experience during WWI. In August of 1914, the German Empire invaded neutral Belgium in order to outflank the defenses of the French army. Yet the Belgian army resisted, managing to hold a small part of unoccupied Belgian territory north of Ypres until the Armistice of 1918. Because of their heroic defense, Belgium and its King enjoyed enormous international prestige after the war. Occupied Belgium suffered civilian executions and severe destruction. It was widely stripped of its highly developed industrial infrastructure. It was saved from starvation by food shipments from the United States which came in via neutral Holland. Four and a half years later, Belgium emerged a different country with experiences that would leave a lasting on its spirit as well as wide-ranging political implications.
Download or read book Belgium written by Samuel Humes and published by Hurst & Company. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise history describes the traditions and transitions that over two thousand years have developed in Belgium in a sense of shared identity, common government, and a centralized nation-state - and then over a few recent decades paved the way for Flemish-Walloon schism that now threatens to break up Belgium. It responds to the question: Why does a government, unified for more than 600 years, no longer seem capable of holding together a linguistically divided country In tracing the evolution of Belgian governance, Humes describes why and how the dominance of French-speaking propertied elite eroded after having monopolized the land's governance for centuries. The extension of suffrage, combined with the rise of literacy and schooling enabled labor and Flemish movements to gather sufficient momentum to fracture the Belgian polity, splitting its parties and frustrating its politics. The presence of the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has, in a tangential way, enable the Belgian separatists to discount the merit of a national government that is no longer needed to defend the country militarily and economically.
Book Synopsis The United States of Belgium by : Jane Judge
Download or read book The United States of Belgium written by Jane Judge and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New and comprehensive insights into the seminal events that shaped Belgian identity In 1790, between the birth of America (1776) and the creation of the French National Assembly (1789), nine provinces nestled between the French and Dutch borders declared themselves a new free and independent country: the United States of Belgium. Before then, the provinces had been part of the vast Austrian Habsburg Empire ruled by Joseph II. In 1789 revolutionaries from Brussels to Ghent to Namur recruited a grass-roots army that, to the surprise of many, successfully chased imperial forces from the majority of the territories. The exhilaration of military triumph and political independence quickly faded as revolutionary factions fought each other and the European monarchies became more nervous in the face of French radicalization. Yet, the course of events had fostered the solidification of a new identity among the provinces’ inhabitants: Belgianness. This is the story of the emergence of Belgianness in the crucible of revolution. The United States of Belgium tells the story of the First Belgian Revolution before the creation of a language barrier between French and Dutch. It incorporates over 50 contemporary images of the revolutionary era.
Book Synopsis Belgium in the Second World War by : Jean-Michel Veranneman
Download or read book Belgium in the Second World War written by Jean-Michel Veranneman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This WWII history sheds light on Belgian resistance and fighting from the battle against Nazi invasion through its occupation and liberation. When the Nazis invaded neutral Belgium in May of 1940, the Belgian armed forces held out against a vastly superior enemy for eighteen grueling days. The elected Government went into exile in London but King Leopold III controversially remained with his people as a prisoner. In this authoritative history, Jean-Michel Veranneman discusses how many brave Belgians continued the fight both outside and inside their country. While the Colonial Army fought in East Africa, the Belgian Brigade fought from Normandy to Germany. The Belgian Resistance organized escape routes, sabotaged their occupiers’ activities, and spied for the Allies. Veranneman also covers those who collaborated and fought for the Nazis, many of whom were later tried for war crimes. He also delves into the loss of roughly half the Jews in Belgium with many stirring stories of courage and tragedy. Belgium in the Second World War is an overdue and honest account of one nation’s varied experiences during five years of Nazi occupation and oppression.
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Book Synopsis The coming war by : Edward Grey Grey of Fallodon (Viscount)
Download or read book The coming war written by Edward Grey Grey of Fallodon (Viscount) and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Two King Leopold II, His Rule in Belgium and the Congo by : Leopold II (King of Belgium)
Download or read book Two King Leopold II, His Rule in Belgium and the Congo written by Leopold II (King of Belgium) and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis For Rex and for Belgium by : Eddy de Bruyne
Download or read book For Rex and for Belgium written by Eddy de Bruyne and published by Helion & Company Limited. This book was released on 2004 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly 60 years after the end of the Second World War, the name "Degrelle" remains controversial in Belgium and abroad. Was he a traitor to his nation, or a hero for anti-Communism? Until recently, the only information available on the man and his political movement came from Degrelle's own memoirs, or from works heavily slanted for or against him. Eddy De Bruyne, specialist in WWII Walloon Military Collaboration, has devoted over 20 years to intensively studying the available documentation, as well as interviewing the surviving collaborators of that era, including Degrelle himself. De Bruyne's findings, set down in several French language publications, represent the most detailed studies of Walloon political and military collaboration yet assembled. Now, with the aid of American Waffen-SS researcher Marc Rikmenspoel, De Bruyne has combined his works into a single English language book. The greatest portion of the book is devoted to the most comprehensive account of the campaigns of the Legion Wallonie and its successor SS-Sturmbrigade/Division Wallonien (28th SS Panzergrenadier Division) yet seen in English. The text is supported by approximately 400 period photos, complemented by many maps and illustrations of contemporary posters and other ephemera, completing a package that will be a must-have for military historians, afficianados of rare photos, and collectors of materials on the SS.
Book Synopsis The Second Belgian Grey Book by : Belgium. Ministère des affaires étrangères
Download or read book The Second Belgian Grey Book written by Belgium. Ministère des affaires étrangères and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first Grey Book ... contains the principal documents relating to the declaration of war made to Belgium by Germany and Austria-Hungary ... The second Grey Book contains in the First Part, besides certain documents relating to the war, the correspondence on the subject of the rupture of diplomatic relations between Belgium and Turkey ... The Second part contains the protocols addressed by the Belgian Government to the German and Austro-Hungarian Governments ... against the violations of the laws of war and the Hague Conventions."--Pref. note
Book Synopsis Leopold II of the Belgians by : Barbara Emerson
Download or read book Leopold II of the Belgians written by Barbara Emerson and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1979 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Native Problem in Africa by : Raymond Leslie Buell
Download or read book The Native Problem in Africa written by Raymond Leslie Buell and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis With a Little Help from My German Friend by : Eric Martone
Download or read book With a Little Help from My German Friend written by Eric Martone and published by . This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How could Leopold II, king of the small country of Belgium, manage to convince the Great Powers of Europe to give him the lucrative region of the Congo as his own personal domain? Manipulation, deceit, and political intrigue were not enough. Leopold would need the aid of one of the Great Powers to further his cause. Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany, seemed to be that needed ally. Or was he?
Book Synopsis Report of the Assistant Director and of the Curators of the U.S. National Museum by : United States National Museum
Download or read book Report of the Assistant Director and of the Curators of the U.S. National Museum written by United States National Museum and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 1238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Modern Sculpture in Belgium by : Marnix Gijsen
Download or read book Modern Sculpture in Belgium written by Marnix Gijsen and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
