Aerial night fighting against the Japanese in World War II demanded the merger of a special type of pilot and plane. This is the story of those pil...

North Pacific Quadrangle Fifty Years After Balance Of Power & Back To The Future

The First New Zealand Himalayan Expedition, in 1951, was initiated by Earle Riddiford, who with Ed Cotter and Pasang Dawa Lama made the first ascen...

In the first half of the twentieth century, foreign visitors were witnesses to Austria's dramatic history. Political and social issues often oversh...

Cold War history research of the recent years suggests that the East-West détente process of the 1970s was a more significant element than previous...

This book discusses the political and economic history of the port of Bushehr, which by the end of the eighteenth century had become the gateway to...

An essential volume for anyone attempting to understand Persia's past and present, this new edition features an introduction by Abbas Amanat, Brown...

In his study, Markus Jäger explores the coalescence of Joan Baez's work as a singer and songwriter with her endeavours as a political activist thro...

"A really interesting and provocative take on 1968. This book addresses the truly global dimensions—and the unexpected, often long-term consequence...

"A really interesting and provocative take on 1968. This book addresses the truly global dimensions—and the unexpected, often long-term consequence...

The Raja of Mahmudabad (1914-1973) was the only Treasurer of the All-India Muslim League, as well as the founding President of both its main subsid...

This detailed book begins with the period immediately following the death of the father of Zionism, Theodore Herzl. Rape of Palestine covers and ex...

The decades of the 1950s and ’60s continue to exert a powerful fascination, as seen in the lasting popularity of Mad Men, Crown Lynn collectibles a...

On the ghastly battlefields of the First World War, Jimmie Johnston drove teams or pack horses carrying ammunition and hauling guns to the front li...

Nova Scotia’s maritime heritage is brought to life in the story of an adventurer who travelled the world on an epic solo voyage in a 23-foot sailbo...

Stuck in the ice-pack during the winter of 1924-25, the Jean Revillon needed repair and a crew to make it back to its hauling location at Shelburne...

From summer 1941, some 100,000 Russians served in the German Wehrmacht, mostly as so called Schutzmannschaften under the command of the German Poli...