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História, vojnová literatúra 
Náboženstvo 
Motivačná literatúra 
Psychológia, etika, logika 
Medicína 
Ekonómia, manažment, marketing 
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Prírodné vedy 
Politológia 
Filozofia 
Právo 
Literárna veda, jazykoveda, slovníky 
Počítačová literatúra 
Sociológia, etnológia 
Pedagogika 
Veda, technika, elektrotechnika 
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Cromwell's Convicts
On 3 September 1650 Oliver Cromwell won a decisive victory over the Scottish Covenanters at the Battle of Dunbar – a victory that is often regarded as his finest hour – but the aftermath, the forced march of 5,000 prisoners from the battlefield to Durham, was one of the cruellest episodes in his career.The march took them seven days, without food and with little water, no medical care, the property of a ruthless regime determined to eradicate any possibility of further threat. Those who survived long enough to reach Durham found no refuge, only pestilence and despair. Exhausted, starving and dreadfully weakened, perhaps as many as 1,700 died from typhus and dysentery. Those who survived were condemned to hard labour and enforced exile in conditions of virtual slavery in a harsh new world across the Atlantic.Cromwell''s Convicts describes their ordeal in detail and, by using archaeological evidence, brings the story right up to date. John Sadler and Rosie Serdiville describe the battle at Dunbar, but their main focus is on the lethal week-long march of the captives that followed. They make extensive use of archive material, retrace the route taken by the prisoners and describe the recent archaeological excavations in Durham which have identified some of the victims and given us a graphic reminder of their fate.
SAS South Georgia Boating Club
Many aspire to serve with the Special Air Service, arguably the world’s most prestigious regiment, but few achieve their aim. In this inspiring memoir the author describes how he left school without any qualifications and embarked on a 30 year career much of it spent in Hereford, including four years in ‘The Regiment’. Against the odds he rose through the ranks before being commissioned and eventually retiring as a Major. Initially attached to 22 SAS as a signaller, he volunteered for and passed ‘Selection’, the most gruelling and demanding of tests. He was posted to D Squadron Boat Troop with whom he saw active service in the Falklands War, Northern Ireland and the UK counter-terrorist team. Thanks to the diary he kept during the Falklands War, the reader is treated to a gripping first-hand account of the intense action that he and his colleagues experienced, including recces, diversionary attacks, raids and ambushes both on South Georgia and the Falklands Islands. Later he commanded the Royal Signals troop supporting D Squadron, 22 SAS before commissioning and later on pursuing a second career as a security consultant in various Middle Eastern hotspots. It is a privilege to read this commendably modest account of one man’s unique career which provides a fascinating insight into elite special forces soldiering.
The Kaiser's U-Boat Assault on America
Why did a long time reluctant US President Wilson finally enter World War I on the side of the Allies in April 1917?In retaliation of the British naval blockade of Germany since August 1914, the German Admirals determined at the beginning of 1915 to create a counter-blockade of the British Isles with their submarines. The U-boat commanders got – without knowledge of the government - a secret order to sink Allied passenger liners. The British Admiralty discovered the hunt for passenger liners by deciphering W/T messages to the U-boats. The sinking of the Lusitania on May, 6th, 1915, was no coincidence – the Royal Navy knew about the intentions of the U-boats and, after doing everything to protect the passenger liners in the beginning, they simply left the Lusitania alone in in the first week of May, to create frictions between America and the German Empire. A diplomatic quarrel between US President Wilson and Germany about U-boat warfare commenced. In spring of 1916 the German Navy acted again against the instructions of the Kaiser and ordered secretly the sinking of allied and neutral vessels in the British Channel, thereby opening an unrestricted U-boat war. When the channel ferry Sussex was attacked, Wilson threatened to break off of diplomatic relations with Germany. Under massive diplomatic pressure the German government had to give in. Further on, their U-boats only conducted a “soft”, restricted warfare, following the internationally agreed maritime rules and tolerated by Wilson. In Germany a heated debate set in after the Sussex case. The Navy promised the quick defeat of England by unrestricted U-boat war, and the Army joined this campaign end of 1916. The intention of the “war party” was to rule out any possibility of a negotiated peace and to set the German Empire on a – risky - course for definitive victory. But the government doubted the Navy’s capability for all-out U-boat warfare and argued that the only definitive result would be an America siding the Allies, leading to ultimate defeat. In the last months of 1916 it sent out peace feelers to Wilson, warning him, that in the case of a failure of his peace mediation they would get under unbearable pressure of the “military opposition” to begin unrestricted U-boat war again. At this time Britain was – like Germany – economically with its back against the wall: it suffered terribly by the sinking of its merchant ships, the moral of its Admiralty in Anti-Submarine-Warfare had completely broken down. Collapse was threatening. But the British government got wind of the conflicts inside Germany by the deciphering of the diplomatic cables between Wilson and the Germans. The new Prime Minster, David Lloyd George, chose a risky strategy – by rebuffing all American peace efforts he wanted to encourage the radical party in Germany to enforce total U-boat war. Finally this British strategy payed out: German Navy and Army pressed the Kaiser to declare unrestricted U-boat war from 1st of February 1917 on, and Wilson broke off diplomatic relations. But he still bristled to enter the war on Allied side – as long as American ships would be treated correctly by the Germans, he wouldn’t come in, not even after the publication of the Zimmermann-telegram. The tipping point came in the middle of March, when U-boats torpedoed American vessels without warning. This forced the American Declaration of War against the German Empire on April 6, 1917.
Sun Tzu: The Art of War for Health & Longevity
"A thoughtful, evidence-informed guide for anyone who wants to proactively navigate the healthcare maze and achieve better health and wellness." —Leana S. Wen, MD, MSc, Former Baltimore Health Commissioner and author of Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public HealthStop fighting your body and start fighting for it. Apply Sun Tzu's timeless strategic principles to build lasting health and resilience. In this innovative guide, public health expert Y. Tony Yang draws on the wisdom of The Art of War to create a practical framework for personal wellness. Translating Sun Tzu's five foundational factors into modern science-backed guidance, Yang offers an integrated approach to nutrition, exercise, self-care, work-life balance, and prevention. We all know the basics of healthy living, but sustainable well-being requires clarity, structure, and coordination. How can you reduce inflammation, improve sleep quality, strengthen stress resilience, and optimize long-term vitality? This book helps you develop a personalized, evidence-based strategy supported by:Case studies outlining specific strength, stability, and cardiovascular training approachesClear charts summarizing key concepts and guiding self-assessmentPersonal risk evaluations and adaptable nutrition frameworksAs Sun Tzu observed, the five factors must be understood as an integrated whole. True health is not a fight against the body, but a disciplined alignment of habits, environment, and intention working together to support lifelong vitality. ******"From sleep and metabolism to social connection and environmental toxins, Y. Tony Yang turns cutting-edge science into practical tactics for everyday life." —Lynne Peeples, Harvard-trained biostatistician, and author of The Inner Clock"Prof. Yang is arguably best placed to spell out the ramifications of Sun's ideas as applied to health.…this is compelling reading for everyone, and compulsory reading for anyone fighting the war on epidemics." —Dr. Bernard Cheung, MD, PhD
The Black Death
In the mid-fourteenth century, a lethal plague struck the medieval world, causing unimaginable suffering and destruction. This terrifying pandemic - the Black Death - was unquestionably one of history's defining episodes, yet a critical feature of its progress has often been ignored: the disease was not confined to Europe, but rather affected almost all of the known world, including the Near and Middle East, Byzantium, north Africa and Asia.
Tracing the pandemic's course across the medieval globe, The Black Death contrasts the experiences of different peoples, including Christians, Muslims and Jews, charting this catastrophe's transformative effects on diverse aspects of medieval life. And crucially, Asbridge demonstrates that the plague was often at its most destructive in the Islamic world, where it ultimately played a role in the collapse of the mighty Mamluk Empire.
The Black Death also brings the human drama of this calamitous era to life, evoking the terror and the turmoil that beset cities such as London, Cairo and Florence. Asbridge reconstructs the lives of the men, women and children who faced the Black Death - from ruling monarchs to peasant farmers - laying bare both the abject horror they endured and the courageous resolve they often demonstrated while striving to survive.
Uncovering a story that speaks to our own age, The Black Death highlights humankind's capacity for compassion and resilience amidst a global crisis to explain how the medieval world confronted, and ultimately overcame, this shattering pandemic.
A Life Under Sail
Ewen Southby-Tailyour's lifetime involvement with small boats, both civilian and military, began with his unusual christening and lasted until he sold his final vessel on his 80th Birthday. In between these two landmarks he sailed extensively but not through 'warm water' cruising grounds rather than in colder, seldom-visited climates; most notably the Falkland Islands and among the un-surveyed fjords of north-west Iceland and northern Norway in winter. His love of the sea was instilled in him when, just four, he was taken trawling under sail. Soon, he was crewing in the classic pilot-cutter Olga in which, over 30 years of family ownership, he sailed every Easter and summer holidays, all the while learning navigation, seamanship and ships' husbandry. At the Nautical College Pangbourne he passed 'O' Level in celestial navigation, seamanship and signals then, despite being captain of sailing, he turned down an Olympic trial in preference for deep water cruising and exploring. He navigated, inter alia, six Fastnet Races and skippered six two-handed Round Britain races as well as a single-handed round Majorca and a two-handed Iceland race.. During deployments abroad he took every opportunity to sail in and to understand local vessels such as Arabian dhows, Chinese junks, Kenyan out-riggers and square-riggers. In the Falkland Islands he found that the charts had not altered since the 19th Century so he surveyed the coasts and beaches in his own time, a work that became the basis for the amphibious planning in 1982. Clearly his sailing life has not been without drama: he fell overboard twice, once when alone. Bad weather is a function of seafaring and, in his case included being caught off an Icelandic lee shore in a Force 11: an episode of survival that merited a chapter in the seminal text book Heavy Weather Sailing. AUTHOR: Ewen Southby-Tailyour is a retired Royal Marines officer who played a leading role in the Falklands campaign. From an early age he was involved in offshore sailing and inshore exploring. His involvement with small boats and the sea continued in the service when he specialised as a Landing Craft Officer often operating with other NATO amphibious forces. In the early 1960s he was attached to France's maritime Special Forces before being seconded to the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces during the Dhofar War. In 1978 he commanded the Royal Marines' 'garrison' in the Falkland Islands when he was instructed to re-write the Standard Operating Procedures in case of an invasion. This study included the charting of much of the archipelago's coasts and beaches. Following his retirement in 1992 he was employed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia. On his return he established an Amphibious Consultancy to help industry design the latest generation of the Royal Navy's amphibious fleet. Later he was elected Yachtsman of the Year, established the Jester Challenge, single-handed ocean races to the USA, the Azores and the Republic of Ireland for yacht under 30 feet in length and sworn as a Younger Brother of Trinity House. Among his previously published works are Amphibious Warfare Post World War II, A Life Under Sail, Reasons in Writing, Amphibious Assault Falklands, Exocet Falklands, Blondie, the Life of Lieutenant-Colonel HG Hasler of Cockleshell Heroes fame and HMS Fearless (all with Pen and Sword). 23 colour, 33 b/w illustrations
Putinova Tsunami-Bomba
Co nám hrozí, nedosáhneme-li míru s Ruskem
Jak by mohla nová Putinova superzbraň změnit Evropu – věštba, geostrategie, realita
Tato kniha burcuje: autor bestselerů Stephan Berndt odhaluje doposud opomíjený scénář nadcházející války – jednou zbraní by mohlo být současně vymazáno několik zemí. Putinova tsunami-bomba je politicky citlivá odborná publikace, která se čte jako nějaký thriller – jenže vše je až příliš reálné.
Když fakta splynou s věštbami
Ve svém nejnovějším díle sjednocuje Stephan Berndt geopolitickou analýzu s historickými prameny, tajnými vojenskými informacemi – a desetiletí starými věšteckými předpověďmi. V centru pozornosti: ruská zbraň „Poseidon“ – torpédo vybavené jadernou hlavicí, které dokáže vyvolat gigantickou vlnu tsunami. Zbraň, která je tak ničivá, že znepokojujícím způsobem posouvá rovnováhu sil mezi Ruskem a Evropou.
Berndt klade nepohodlné otázky: Proč Evropa slepě zbrojí? Proč média k reálně existující superzbrani mlčí? A co potom, jestliže Putin vůbec neblufuje?
Alois Irlmaier a Anton Johansson: Bude polovina Anglie zaplavena a stanou se Hannover a Kolín novými přístavními městy?
S břitkou argumentací Berndt ukazuje, jak nebezpečně naivně jednají západní vlády – a jak málo jsme připraveni na možnou eskalaci. Nečerpá přitom pouze z oficiálních zdrojů, ale také z výpovědí insiderů, vojáků a politiků. A dává dnešní situaci do souvislosti s prorockými vizemi, které děsivě přesně popisují naši současnost.
Putinova Tsunami-bomba není knihou pro slabé nervy – ale pro všechny ty, kteří chtějí skutečně pochopit, co by nás mohlo v následujících letech čekat.
První Evropané
Kniha přináší nové pohledy současné archeologie na lidské dějiny v době zásadních změn ve vztahu člověka k přírodě i k vlastní kultuře. V průběhu pouhých několika tisíciletí člověk svou domestikací opustil život v přírodě a zvolil cestu vlastní kultury a civilizace. Pro současnou společnost je důležitý pohled zpět do doby startu trajektorie, která nás vynesla až za hranice zemské gravitace, do lidského věku antropocénu, přelidnění planety a hrozby sebezničení. Věk prvních zemědělských civilizací je obdobím, kdy se rodily principy a normy našeho společenského chování, naše víra i zdravotní a civilizační neduhy lidské populace. Budeme pátrat po hlavních rysech kulturní identity našeho evropanství, která se utvářela po více než 300 generací a jejíž současný vývoj je dynamickou syntézou dávných tradic a současné globalizace.
We Are Black, Too Volume 3
In December of 1971 the Black Panther Party expanded to Australia. This might seem an odd place for a quintessentially African American political force, but as Jacynda Ammons reveals in this expansive work, Aboriginal Australians had long looked to the example of African Americans in their fight against white supremacy. Against a background of Australia's history of colonization and racialization, We Are Black, Too traces Aboriginal Australians' adoption of strains of Black activism from Marcus Garvey through the Civil Rights Movement and ultimately the Black Panther Party. In 1971 an International Section of the Black Panther Party was established in Algeria, but as Ammons shows, it was not until the demise of this section and a "split" within the party in the United States that a chapter of the Black Panther Party was formed in Australia. Tapping archival research from the United States and Australia, and in light of the emphasis on international activism by Huey P. Newton and the Oakland Panthers, We Are Black, Too explores the links between the American and Australian chapters of the BPP. As it brings to light these unexpected connections, the book adds to our understanding of both the Black Panther movement and Aboriginal activism in Australia. And as it expands the larger analysis of “transnational blackness” and the global Black Diaspora, it offers powerful insights, and holds valuable lessons, for the activism and internationalism of African Americans today in movements of global solidarity to end systemic racism.
Nurses Among the Florida Seminole and Miccosukee, 1934–1971
Exploring the stories of nurses who served Florida’s Indigenous communities during the Great Depression and the decades of change that followedIn this intersectional history, Christine Ardalan tells the stories of nurses who worked among the Seminole and Miccosukee people in Florida during the mid-twentieth century. Ardalan profiles three US government field nurses, several public health nurses, and the Seminole practical nurse Betty Mae Tiger Jumper. Ardalan’s analysis offers insights into the tensions between the white nurses and their supervisors, cultural differences between them and the communities they served, and the ways they often reinforced settler-colonial ideologies. Ardalan looks at the work of the US nurses together with that of Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, who led the effort to respect traditional practices alongside government clinical care. Tiger Jumper cemented the healthcare message that the people themselves should determine their own paths toward healthfulness and well-being. The book concludes in 1971, when the Seminole Tribe of Florida assumed control of its health services. The information in this book contributes to the history of nursing and of Florida’s Indigenous communities during a period of great change.
Onkomarkery
Publikácia Onkomarkery prináša v 23 kapitolách komplexný a aktuálny prehľad problematiky nádorových markerov v modernej onkologickej praxi. Okrem historického pohľadu na vývoj vyšetrovania nádorových markerov na Slovensku sa venuje metodickým aspektom ich stanovovania a systematickému rozdeleniu významných markerov. Jadrom knihy sú prehľadné kapitoly zamerané na využitie nádorových markerov a biomarkerov v skríningu, diagnostike, liečbe a dlhodobom sledovaní pacientov pri širokom spektre nádorových ochorení. Publikácia reflektuje najnovšie poznatky a klinické odporúčania a je určená najmä lekárom, laboratórnym pracovníkom a študentom medicíny ako praktická a spoľahlivá pomôcka v každodennej klinickej praxi.
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Z histórie vyšetrovania onkomarkerov na Slovensku
Laboratórna diagnostika nádorových markerov imunoanalytickými metódami
Rozdelenie a charakteristika významných nádorových markerov
Nádorové markery pri zhubných nádoroch hlavy a krku
Nádorové markery pri karcinóme pažeráka
Biomarkery pri karcinóme žalúdka
Nádorové markery v skríningu, diagnostike a sledovaní pacientov s kolorektálnym karcinómom
Nádorové markery pri nádoroch pečene, žlčových ciest a žlčníka
Nádorové markery pri karcinóme pankreasu
Nádorové markery a biomarkery v manažmente neuroendokrinných nádorov tráviaceho traktu
Nádorové markery pri karcinóme pľúc
Nádorové markery pri malígnych lymfómoch
Nádorové markery v manažmente kožného malígneho melanómu
Sérové markery a karcinóm prsníka
Nádorové markery pri zhubných nádoroch krčka maternice, endometria, vagíny a vulvy
Nádorové markery pri karcinóme ováriá
Nádory markery v manažmente gestačnej trofoblastovej neoplázie
Prostatické nádorové markery
Nádorové markery v manažmente zhubných nádorov testis
Význam kalcitonínu v manažmente medulárneho
karcinómu štítnej žľazy
Význam tyreoglobulínu pri manažmente pacientov s karcinómom štítnej žľazy
Nádorové markery v detskej onkológii
Nádorové markery pri nádoroch z neznámeho primárneho ložiska
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Modlitba, ktorá mi zmenila život
Objavovanie sily examenu sv. Ignáca z Loyoly
Edícia Zrkadlenie, 2. zväzok
Osobné svedectvo o tom, ako sa z pôvodne odmietanej modlitby môže stať duchovný kompas. Ignaciánsky examen je modlitbou vďačnosti, tichým rozhovorom s Bohom, ktorý nás miluje práve tam, kde sa nachádzame – v obyčajných chvíľach, radostiach i zápasoch.
Kniha je napísaná zrozumiteľne a prakticky a ponúka osobný a hlboký pohľad na jednoduchú modlitbu, ktorá autorovi zmenila život. Je určená všetkým, ktorí túžia prehĺbiť svoj vzťah s Bohom, nájsť duchovný pokoj, silu vďačnosti a naučiť sa rozpoznávať Božie stopy v každodenných veciach.
Osamelý bežec predčasne v cieli
Rédeyova monografia sa usiluje prispieť k účinnejšej recepcii a komplexnejšiemu literárnoteoretickému zhodnoteniu básnického diela Ivana Laučíka ako člena jedinečného zoskupenia Osamelí bežci. Nesnaží sa iba o prierezové zmapovanie básnikovej tvorby, ale o hĺbkový interpretačný prienik do jej poeticko-estetickej a významovej podstaty. Zohľadňuje pritom výsledky doterajších literárnovedných výskumov diela Ivana Laučíka, rozhodne však nereprodukuje to, čo už v týchto súvislostiach existuje v dostupnej literatúre. Naopak, osobitnú pozornosť venuje tým relevantným aspektom básnikovho diela, ktoré pri jeho doterajšej reflexii zostali nepovšimnuté. Monografia prináša zásadne nový pohľad na poéziu Ivana Laučíka, principiálne inak koncipovaný, vo vzťahu k existujúcim zdrojom skôr komplementárny a v niektorých aspektoch azda i polemický, výkladový, resp. interpretačný model, ktorý ju čitateľom poézie vhodne a efektívne sprístupňuje. Zvolená výkladová koncepcia na základe dôkladného interpretačno-analytického postihnutia a objasnenia jej poetologických a literárno-estetických osobitostí presvedčivo zdôvodňuje a ilustruje význam a prínos tvorby Ivana Laučíka pre slovenskú literatúru a kultúru.
Váš duch byl připraven, ale tělo bylo slabé...
Reformace zásadně proměnila raně novověkou Evropu, když narušila monopol římské církve a přinesla nové pojetí vztahu člověka k Bohu. Následný proces konfesionalizace dovršil rozkol západního křesťanství. Vznik konfesí a jejich vzájemné vymezování vstoupily do mnoha oblastí života včetně politiky, což v evropském měřítku vyústilo třicetiletou válkou. Kniha se zaměřuje na průběh reformace a konfesionalizace v královském městě Jihlavě v době od příchodu prvního luteránského kazatele až do prvních let po bitvě na Bílé hoře. Raně novověké město představovalo svébytné prostředí, které bylo formováno hodnotovým systémem měšťanů, sociální strukturou a činností aktérů, kteří ve městě žili, ale i těch, kteří jeho chod ovlivňovali na dálku. Autorka si kladla otázku, kdo ve městě patřil k hlavním aktérům reformačního příběhu, jak spolu vzájemně komunikovali a ve kterých oblastech zdejšího života hrála konfese podstatnou roli. Díky bohaté pramenné základně, která nabídla úřední i narativní dokumenty, rekonstruuje obraz městského církevního společenství v postupně se zneklidňujícím čase.
You’ve Changed
We live in an age obsessed with reinvention. But what does it really mean to change – and why do some transformations inspire us while others make us bristle?
New York Times journalist Benoit Denizet-Lewis’s thought-provoking investigation takes us inside the lives of people who’ve changed themselves, or say they have: from political converts to a seemingly transformed murderer and a bully-turned-Buddhist. Through their stories and his own, he explores how identity, belief, and belonging shift despite the certainties we often cling to. Drawing on insights from psychologists, neuroscientists and spiritual teachers,
You’ve Changed shows how self-reinvention is more often self-discovery, and why personal change is like a team sport – revealing the compassionate truth at the heart of our deepest hopes and fears.
Three Women, a Rabbi and a Musician from Bohemia
Three Women, a Rabbi and a Musician From Bohemia explores the lives of members of a Jewish family who lived in rural Bohemia for over two hundred years, from early in the 18th century. It follows:Three incredibly strong women forced to bring up their families on their own following the early deaths of their husbands. The rabbi who, after living in Vienna, moved back to Bohemia, helping other family members on the way. The musician who survived being bayoneted in Serbia in World War One, and then moved to Berlin where he fell in love with a ballerina. The threat of the Nazi invasion also led to some fascinating stories of escape, survival and renewal in new countries, especially for the author’s parents and his older siblings. One cousin journeyed East through Russia to Shanghai and another arrived in Palestine as a teenager, eventually becoming an expert in cultivating bananas.
Active and Passive Citizens
A powerful case for why majority rule—not representation—is the defining feature of democratic politicsThe idea that democratic governance rests on active self-rule by citizens plays surprisingly little part in current theories of democracy, which instead stress the importance of representation by elected, appointed, or randomly selected bodies such as legislatures, courts, and juries. This would have astonished eighteenth-century theorists of democracy, who viewed universal suffrage and majoritarian voting as the sole criteria for democratic politics. Active and Passive Citizens defends the view of these earlier thinkers, asserting that individual agency is the very essence of democracy. In this provocative and lucidly argued book, Richard Tuck draws on the distinction made by the Abbé Sieyes, a leading political theorist of the French Revolution, between “active” citizens (the electorate) and “passive” ones (those who are represented by the institutions of the state). Tuck traces our current representative view of democracy to Sieyes and contrasts him with Rousseau, a theorist of active self-rule by the people. Tuck argues that modern theories of democracy have effectively turned us into passive citizens and calls for a renewal of a majoritarian democracy that realizes the full potential of active citizenship. Based on the prestigious Tanner Lectures delivered at Princeton University’s Center for Human Values, Active and Passive Citizens is edited and introduced by Stephen Macedo and includes commentary by political theorists Simone Chambers, Joshua Cohen, John Ferejohn, and Melissa Schwartzberg.
Monumental Lies
How the past is memorialized can have a dangerous influence on the future. Monumental Lies exposes the truths buried at contested heritage sites and demands that we safeguard the material evidence of history from both malign defenders and over-enthusiastic erasure. Robert Bevan challenges us to rethink our relationship with our contested spaces, from colonial statues and the physical legacy of fascism, to fake post-conflict reconstructions and ethno-nationalist narratives about beauty and tradition. He questions symbolic power and symbolic changes and explains why wording on a plaque is never a substitute for tackling problem monuments through artistic transformations at scale. A Financial Times Best Book of 2022
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