Through a variety of primary sources--including speeches, poems, magazine articles, and book excerpts--this collection illustrates the origins, amb...

Through a variety of primary sources--including speeches, poems, magazine articles, and book excerpts--this collection illustrates the origins, amb...

In 1943 the Allies chipped away at the defensive outer barrier of the Japanese Pacific empire, particularly in the Solomon Islands. US Marine and A...

This book describes some of the key characters involved and their deeds. The second part is about some leaders of Imperial Russia. It seems clear t...

In 1959, the Royal Dutch Geographical Society (KNAG) organised a multidisciplinary expedition (Geology, Anthropology, Linguistics, Zoology and Bota...

In 1911, an ambitious American was invited by a budding Iranian democracy to bring financial stability to the country. He went with the blessing of...

This eye-witness account details the destruction of Vilna Jewry at the hands of the Nazis. Its chronicle of life in the two Vilna ghettos is the on...

This superb book describes the superpowers' involvement in the Iran-Iraq war. The study shows how the superpowers, particularly the United States, ...

This richly illustrated history tells the fascinating story of Pacific people and their relationships with, and contributions to, New Zealand socie...

The 10th Waffen-SS Division "Frundsberg" was formed at the beginning of 1943 as a reserve for the expected Allied invasion of France. However, thei...

â€A cross-country road rally of 100,000 automobiles â€A continuous political parade from the Atlantic to the Pacific â€A story about the famous Lin...

Including 183 color and black-and-white images of vintage photos and packaging, plus values for American firecracker collectibles, this is the firs...

Imagine living through an arctic winter in shelter with no plumbing, not even an outhouse. For two months, the sun does not rise above the horizon,...

War has shaped Australian society profoundly. When we commemorate the sacrifices of the Anzacs, we rightly celebrate their bravery, but we do not a...

In the 1970s industry in the West had reached its limits, precipitating a major discussion about how to solve the crisis. But what was going on in ...

In October 1962, when the Soviet Union deployed nuclear missiles in Cuba, the most dangerous confrontation of the Cold War ensued, bringing the wor...

In October 1962, when the Soviet Union deployed nuclear missiles in Cuba, the most dangerous confrontation of the Cold War ensued, bringing the wor...

The story of the incident that forged Canada's reputation as a broker of peace and a player with outsized influence in world affairs. In a world on...

Shortlisted, 2018 Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical WritingSuggested Reading by the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative AssociationNear...

The well-respected historian Manfried Rauchensteiner analyses the outbreak of World War I, Emperor Franz Joseph’s role in the conflict, and how the...

A nation at war wants nothing less than complete information of her enemy. It is hard for the mind to conceive exactly what "complete information" ...

On January 22, 1906, the passenger ship Valencia lost her way in heavy fog and rain and rammed into the deadly rocks at Pachena Point on the west c...

The book analyses under what conditions was it possible to develop scientific atheism which was by the contemporaries in the Soviet Union and Czech...

This book tells the story of New Zealand's land girls during the Second World War. Drawing on the oral histories of 130 women and the written inter...

The five chapters contained in this volume focus on the complex and tumultuous events occurring in Russia during the five months from May through S...

The University of Cologne has an unusual history: It was founded - for the second time - by the city council in 1919, more than 100 years after its...

The Peak is Hong Kong’s top residential district, where property prices are as high as the altitude. How did it become an exclusive enclave in the ...

The book is the first comprehensive empirical study of transport infrastructure in two socialist countries in the years 1945–1989. In the case stud...

The Russian Military Air Fleet in World War I two volume set is a prodigious scholarly endeavor, offering for the first time in the English languag...

This lavishly photographed and authoritative book presents the secret history of Soviet subminiature spy cameras during the Cold War. It is a histo...

A searing novel of the post-1910 Mexican revolutionary era that itself challenged the Mexican political establishment, Guzmàn's The Shadow of the S...