TY - THES A1 - Kaun, Mario T1 - Begrenztes Cottbus? BT - Perspektiven auf die Lebenswelt der Cottbuser Exklavengesellschaft 1740–1806 T2 - Schriften des Frühneuzeitzentrums Potsdam N2 - In diesem Band ermöglicht Mario Kaun ausgewählte Einblicke in die Lebenswelt der Cottbuser Exklavengesellschaft des 18. Jahrhunderts. Erstmalig erscheint hiermit für diesen Untersuchungsraum eine grundlegende Studie, die in umfassender Weise die Exklave und das Verhältnis von Militär und Gesellschaft näher erforscht sowie die wirtschaftliche Funktion der Garnison in einer aufstrebenden Stadt kritisch hinterfragt. Der Autor lenkt hierbei das Augenmerk auf etliche, bisher völlig unbekannte Perspektiven, die darüber hinaus einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Stadt- und Regionalgeschichtsforschung von Cottbus und der Niederlausitz leisten. Insbesondere die Befassung mit der brandenburgisch-preußischen Exklave stellt eine wertvolle Ergänzung zur bislang rudimentären Forschungslage dar. N2 - In this volume, Mario Kaun provides selected perspectives into the lifeworld of the Cottbus exclave society of the 18th century. This is the first time that a fundamental study has been published for this research area, which comprehensively explores the exclave and the relationship between the military and society in more detail and critically scrutinizes the economic function of the garrison in an up-and-coming town. The author draws attention to a great deal of previously unknown information, which also makes an important contribution to urban and regional history research on Cottbus and Lower Lusatia. In particular, the treatment of the Brandenburg-Prussian exclave represents a valuable addition to the hitherto rudimentary research situation. Y1 - 2024 SN - 978-3-8471-1726-1 SN - 2198-5251 VL - 13 PB - V & R Unipress CY - Göttingen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nehring, Christopher T1 - Files, agents, "Deep State," and Russian influence: the legacy of the communist state security service in Bulgaria JF - International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence N2 - How much influence did the former communist state security service Darzhavna sigurnost (DS) have during the transformation period in Bulgaria? For the first time in history, there is empirical data available that allow for an analysis of the role of the Bulgarian secret police and its "afterlife" after 1990. Bulgarian intelligence archives, which were made partly accessible following the country's admission to the European Union in 2007, provide an excellent basis for an analysis of the relationship between the DS and the Soviet State Committee for Security, the transformation of the Bulgarian security apparatus in 1990, attempts to disclose the state security archives, and continuous infiltration of Bulgarian politics, institutions, and security apparatus by former agents of the communist intelligence and security apparatus. The empirical data suggest that personal connections, dependencies, and informal networks of former DS agents and officials played an important role during the transformation period in Bulgaria and are at least partly responsible for political corruption, continuous Russian influence, a high degree of politicization of the Bulgarian security apparatus, misuse of intelligence and illegal surveillance practices, and a high degree of domestic and international mistrust and (dis-)loyalty. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/08850607.2021.2018264 SN - 0885-0607 SN - 1521-0561 VL - 35 IS - 2 SP - 318 EP - 338 PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group CY - Abingdon ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schulz, Michael K. T1 - Hanna Kozińska-Witt, Politycy czy klakierzy? Żydzi w krakowskiej radzie miejskiej w XIX wieku [Politicians or Claqueurs? Jews in the Cracow City Council in the 19th Century]. Studia nad Cywilizacją Żydowską w Polsce 3 (Kraków: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 2019), 248 pp.; Marek Tuszewicki, A Frog Under the Tongue. Jewish Folk Medicine in Eastern Europe (London: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2021), 360 pp. JF - PaRDeS Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-651240 SN - 978-3-86956-574-3 SN - 1614-6492 SN - 1862-7684 IS - 29 SP - 171 EP - 174 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - THES A1 - Kucharzewski, Tim T1 - Wars and the world BT - the Russian army in Afghanistan, Chechnya, Georgia, and popular culture N2 - This book offers a descriptive analysis of the Soviet/Russian wars in Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Georgia, as well as an in-depth exploration of the ways in which these wars are framed in the collective consciousness created by global popular culture. Russian and Western modalities of remembrance have been, and remain, engaged in a world war that takes place (not exclusively, but intensively) on the level of popular culture. The action/reaction dynamic, confrontational narratives and othering between the two "camps" never ceased. The Cold War, in many ways and contrary to the views of many others who hoped for the end of history, never really ended. Y1 - 2024 SN - 978-1-0364-0374-4 PB - Cambridge Scholars Publishing CY - Newcastle upon Tyne ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bollen, Timo T1 - Klaus Oschema/Bernd Schneidmüller (Hrsg.): Zukunft im Mittelalter. Zeitkonzepte und Planungsstrategien. Ostfildern 2021 JF - Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft Y1 - 2022 SN - 0044-2828 VL - 70 IS - 5 SP - 469 EP - 470 PB - Metropol-Verlag CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scianna, Bastian Matteo ED - Bartrop, Paul R. T1 - Directing the war from triumph to disaster BT - the German and Italian cases JF - The Routledge history of the Second World War N2 - After the Second World War, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini were singled out as evil geniuses who misled the masses and plunged them into an “unwanted war.” In relation to their armed forces, this narrative argued that the generals under their command had been demoted to powerless tools in the hands of the dictators, having to follow orders and with no sway over decision-making. It was further asserted that Germany and Italy had not been able to secure a victory due to the dictators’ meddling. Yet, as this chapter shows, there are important differences between the German and Italian cases. The chapter compares both the command structures in which the dictators operated as well as their grand strategies and how they cooperated during the war. Their personal relationship will be also analyzed, as it is impossible to look at the Axis without understanding the complex personal relationship at the very top. The strategies of both Hitler and Mussolini will be looked at and how each leader behaved in terms of working with their closest ally, together with some examples of cooperation on the lower military rungs. Y1 - 2022 SN - 9780429455353 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429455353-16 SP - 181 EP - 194 PB - Routledge CY - Abingdon ER - TY - THES A1 - Vardi, Shmuel T1 - Ada (Fishman) Maimon BT - An intellectual biography Y1 - 2023 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wienfort, Monika T1 - James Gregory. The Royal Throne of Mercy and British Culture in the Victorian Age. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. Pp. 288. $115.00 (cloth). JF - Journal of British studies Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2022.133 SN - 0021-9371 SN - 1545-6986 VL - 61 IS - 4 SP - 1060 EP - 1061 PB - Cambridge Univ. Press CY - Cambridge ER - TY - JOUR A1 - la Grange, Anna T1 - Afrikaner-sondebok? Die lewe van Hans van Rensburg, Ossewabrandwagleier JF - South african journal of cultural history Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.54272/sach.2022.v36n2a12 VL - 36 IS - 2 SP - 197 EP - 198 PB - South African Society for Cultural History CY - Pretoria ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wyrwa, Ulrich T1 - Review of: Music for the "Axis". German-Italian music relations under Hitler and Mussolini until 1943 JF - Quest : issues in contemporary Jewish history Y1 - 2022 UR - https://www.quest-cdecjournal.it/musik-fur-die-achse-deutsch-italienische-musikbeziehungen-und-hitler-und-mussolini-bis-1943/ U6 - https://doi.org/10.48248/issn.2037-741X/13762 SN - 2037-741X IS - 22 SP - 222 EP - 225 PB - Fondazione Centro Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea CY - Milano ER -