Piotr Olender

This new book covers the Austro-Italian Naval War 1866 a little-known part of late 19th C naval history.The Battle of Lissa took place on 20 July 1866

This new book covers the Sino-French Naval War 1884-1885, a little-known part of late 19th century naval history. The background, operations and outc

This new book covers the Sino-Japan Naval War 1894-1895, a little-known part of late 19thC naval history.The First Sino–Japanese War (1 August 1894 –

The War of the Pacific (in Spanish, Guerra del Pacífico), also known as the Saltpeter War (Guerra del salitre), was a war between Chile and a Bolivian

The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78 was a conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Eastern Orthodox coalition led by the Russian Empire and composed o

Russia has an extensive history of domestic military aircraft manufacture and a vast array of air power at its disposal. Despite comprehensive plans t

An original intervention in the critical history of Shakespeare’s most famous play, Histrionic Hamlet argues that the Danish Prince is a stage represe

Bringing together a team of world-renowned scholars, this handbook is a comprehensive guide to contemporary research into the relationship between lan

Spanning the period between Wittgenstein’s return to Cambridge in 1929 and the first version of Philosophical Investigations in 1936, Piotr Dehnel exp

Olender investigates the unsuspected links between erudition and race, showing the affinities between the social sciences and the concept of "race." T

Maurice Olender shows that philology left an indelible mark on Western visions of history and contributed directly to some of the most horrifying ideo