This wide-ranging book presents the first comprehensive and comparative account of the slave trade within the nations and colonial systems of the Americas. While most scholarly attention to slavery in the Americas has concentrated on international transatlantic trade; the essays in this volume focus on the slave trades within Brazil; the West Indies; and the Southern states of the United States after the closing of the Atlantic slave trade. The contributors cast new light upon questions that have framed the study of slavery in the Americas for decades. The book investigates such topics as the illegal slave trade in Cuba; the Creole slave revolt in the U.S.; and the debate between pro- and antislavery factions over the interstate slave trade in the South. Together; the authors offer fresh and provocative insights into the interrelations of capitalism; sovereignty; and slavery.
#289295 in Books John Lukacs 2001-06-01Ingredients: Example IngredientsOriginal language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.97 x .70 x 6.09l; .83 #File Name: 0300089163272 pagesThe Duel The Eighty Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. 1940 was a historical pivot point and these were the 2 key figuresBy Randall ParkerLukacs writes well and he covers a key period of less than 12 weeks in World War II when the Nazis were making stunning gains and seemed in the eyes of many observers to be unstoppable. Appeasement was followed by defeatism and feelings of helplessness. Churchill was trying to build support for keeping Britain in the war while Hitler was deciding whether to try to invade Britain. This is one of those points in history the course is decided by a small number of personalities. Lukacs focuses on these 2 key individuals and makes very effective use of the historical archives to give you depth on how the events played out. He builds on the work of many historical researchers as well as his own previous writings. This book gives you a sense of just how easily things could have gone a different way.IMO; Churchill's greatest contribution was to convince the Cabinet to not make a deal with Hitler. Before reading this book I thought he had much stronger support as soon as he became PM. But in the early weeks of his Prime Ministership he really was still involved in a battle of wills to prevent a deal with Hitler and demoralization of the British that would follow such a deal.Churchill comes across as animated by the temperament of an earlier age. Having recently read John Glubb's The Fate Of Empires essay I wonder whether by possessing a personality from an earlier stage of the British Empire's development his sentiments were naturally more opposed to kowtowing than were those of people who had more modern sentiments.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The Duel: Easter fell Early in 1940 but England did not due to the courage of Winston Churchill vs Adolf HitlerBy C. M MillsTwo men stand in the arena of world conflict. Winston Churchill for Great Britain and Adolf Hitler the dictator of Germany. Their 80 day duel of wills in the spring and summer of 1940 are the subject of John Lukacs' short but powerful history of this fateful encounter. Winston Churchill was the underdog. He took office as Prime Minister on May 10; 1940 during England's darkest hour. Neville Chamberlain and his government of compromise; appeasement and wiffle-waffle craven statesmanship was gone. Adolf Hilter was on a train on May 10th. He was proud as a peacock! His armies on that day had been launched against the low countries and France. By June his Nazi hordes had conquered France and on June 14th seized Paris. In May his forces had forced overe 250;000 British troops to evacuate France during the Dunkirk evacuation. Only proud Albion stood silent sentinel in Hitler's cancerous invasion of European democracy. Churchill faces uphill obstacles which boggles the mind even 60 years later! He had to seize control of the Cabinet of appeasers and those wishing to negotiate with the Nazis. He had to save the army in France and grieve over the fall of the French goverment. Churchill had to do this with the weapons of his peerless oratorical and fighting gifts.His major coup was involving the sleeping giant and arsenal of democracy the United States in the European arm. Without the great assistance of his friend FDR and the United States the British would have fallen into the insatiable maw of the German best of prey. Hitler's fatal mistake was his invasion of the Soviet Union. With the United States; the Soviet Union and the British Empire leagued against him the cruel dictator was doomed. In addition to telling this story so well. Dr. Lukacs is adept at describing the personalities and habits of both Hitler and Churchill. His prose sparkles and his insights are wise. Lukacs is a scholar of repute who is always worth ready. Any bibliography of essential World War II books should include this short but powerful work.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Mandatory World War 2 readingBy BJTOne of the best WW2 books I've ever read. Excellent insight into the events that summer of 1940; not just a re-telling of what happened. The major events of the book take place in a period (post fall of France; pre battle of Britain) mostly glossed over by other books. This is mandatory reading for anyone who considers themselves a WW2 "armchair historian"
