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When Truman asked Stalin in 1945 whether Hitler was dead, Stalin replied bluntly, "No." As late as 1952, Eisenhower declared: "We have been unable to unearth one bit of tangible evidence of Hitler's death." What really happened? Simon Dunstan and Gerrard Williams have compiled extensive evidence - some recently declassified - that Hitler actually fled Berlin and took refuge in a remote Nazi enclave in Argentina.

For this rousing, revisionist history, the former head of exhibitions at England's National Maritime Museum has combed original documents and records to produce a most authoritative and definitive account of piracy's "Golden Age." As he explodes many accepted myths (i.e. "walking the plank" is pure fiction), Cordingly replaces them with a truth that is more complex and often bloodier.

From one of China’s most acclaimed writers, his first work of nonfiction to appear in English: a unique, intimate look at the Chinese experience over the last several decades, told through personal stories and astute analysis that sharply illuminate the country’s meteoric economic and social transformation. Characterized by Yu Hua’s trademark wit, insight, and courage, China in Ten Words is a refreshingly candid vision of the “Chinese miracle” and all its consequences, from the singularly invaluable perspective of a writer living in China today.

Transnationale Geschichte auf die Ohren ist ein Podcast-Projekt des Lehrgebiets Geschichte der Europäischen Moderne (Prof. Dr. Alexandra Przyrembel) der FernUniversität in Hagen. In unserem monatlich erscheinenden Podcast versuchen wir Studierenden, Historiker:innen und einer interessierten Öffentlichkeit die Verflechtung der Europäischen Moderne und der Transnationalen Geschichte näher zu bringen. Mit internationalen und nationalen Expert:innen, wie Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kocka (Geschichte des Kapitalismus), Prof. Dr. Moshe Zimmermann (Geschichte des Antisemitismus) oder Prof. Dr. Dieter ...