The British Navy's failed attempt to capture Constantinople and secure a sea route to Russia in 1915 marked a turning point of World War I. Acclaimed naval military historian Dan van der Vat argues that the disaster at the Dardanelles not only prolonged the war for two years and brought Britain to t[...]

At Scapa Flow on 21 June 1919, there occurred an event unique in naval history. The German High Seas Fleet, one of the most formidable ever built, was deliberately sent to the bottom of the British Grand Fleet's principal anchorage at Orkney by its own officers and men. This book presents the story [...]

Since the dramatic discovery and tragic destruction of the monument in the 19th century, the Amar vat st pa in the south-east Deccan has attracted many scholars but has also left many unanswered questions. Akira Shimada's "Early Buddhist Architecture in Context" provides an updated and comprehensive[...]

Välkommen till Vietnam, ett resmål med frodiga risfält och praktfulla berg, underbara stränder, uråldriga pagoder och en fängslande kultur och historia. Upptäck landets natur och varierande landskap, från storslagna berg och dalgångar i nordväst till de varma tropiska vattnen och d[...]

Value added taxes exist in more than 160 countries around the world. The EU VAT is a tax providing substantial revenues for the Member States in the EU and is linked to each Member State?s fee to the European Union. It is an indirect tax aiming to tax consumption.

The EU VAT system is a dua[...]