History

The Chinese Army Today

von Dennis J. Blasko

The Chinese Army Today is a comprehensive study of the Chinese military, examining its ground forces in a level of detail not found in any other contemporary works. This new, revised edition has been fully updated...

A House Divided: The Civil War and Nineteenth-Century America

von Jonathan Daniel Wells

The Civil War is one of the most defining eras of American history, and much has been written on every aspect of the war. The volume of material available is daunting, especially when a student is trying to...

Herakles

von Emma Stafford

There is more material available on Herakles than any other Greek god or hero. His story has many more episodes than those of other heroes, concerning his life and death as well as his battles with myriad monsters...

The Roman World 44 BC Ad 180

von Martin Goodman

The Roman World 44 BC - AD 180 deals with the transformation of the Mediterranean regions, northern Europe and the Near East by the military autocrats who ruled Rome during this period. The book traces the impact...

War and Violence in the Media

von Athina Karatzogianni

This edited volume examines theoretical and empirical issues relating to violence and war and its implications for media, culture and society.

Over the last two decades there has been a proliferation of books,...

Memory and Conflict in Lebanon

von Craig Larkin

This book examines the legacy of Lebanon's civil war and how the population, and the youth in particular, are dealing with their national past. Drawing on extensive qualitative research and social observation,...

Sacred Space in Israel and Palestine

von Marshall J. Breger, Yitzhak Reiter & Leonard Hammer

Religion and religious nationalism have long played a central role in many ethnic and national conflicts, and the importance of religion to national identity means that territorial disputes can often focus on...

Routledge Handbook of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency

von Paul B. Rich & Isabelle Duyvesteyn

This new handbook provides a wide-ranging overview of the current state of academic analysis and debate on insurgency and counterinsurgency, as well as an-up-to date survey of contemporary insurgent movements...

Agrarian Change and Crisis in Europe, 1200-1500

von Harilaos Kitsikopoulos

Agrarian Change and Crisis in Europe, 1200-1500 addresses one of the classic subjects on economic history: the process of aggregate economic growth and the crisis that engulfed the European continent during...

Modern Military Strategy

von Elinor C. Sloan

This textbook provides a coherent introduction to post-Cold War and post-9/11 military theory for upper-level students seeking an initial understanding of strategic studies.

In the contemporary period there has...

The Invasion of Afghanistan and UK-Soviet Relations, 1979-82

von Richard Smith, Patrick Salmon & Stephen Robert Twigge

This volume examines British policy towards the Soviet Union in the aftermath of the invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979.

The documents in this volume, many released into the public realm for the first...

Revolution

von Bulent Diken

In contemporary society the idea of 'revolution' seems to have become obsolete. What is more untimely than the idea of revolution today? At the same time, however, the idea of radical change no longer refers...

Washington on Foot, Fifth Edition: 24 Walking Tours and Maps of Washington, DC, Old Town Alexandria, and Takoma Park

von John J. Protopappas & Alvin R. Mcneal

The best way to see—really see—any city is on foot. The perennial favorite Washington on Foot has been compeltely revised and updated to offer 24 walking tours of Washington's neighborhoods. Familiar monuments...

That's What They Want You to Think

von Paul Simpson

You don’t need to be wearing a tinfoil hat to accept that Lincoln was assassinated by a conspiracy - it’s a historical fact. But these days the phrase “conspiracy theory” has become synonymous with labyrinthine...

A Chance Meeting: Intertwined Lives of American Writers and Artists, 1854-1967

von Rachel Cohen

“They met in ordinary ways,” writes Rachel Cohen in her introduction, “a careful arrangement after long admiration, a friend’s casual introduction, or because they both just happened to be standing near...

Prussian Light Infantry 1792-1815

von Peter Hofschröer & Bryan Fosten

The Prussian light infantry branch was founded in the reign of Frederick the Great (1740-1786) and continued to develop from then onwards. It was the light troops of the Austrian army, the Croatian border soldiers,...

Prussian Cavalry of the Napoleonic Wars (1): 1792-1807

von Peter Hofschröer & Bryan Fosten

When Frederick II (later known as Frederick the Great) came to the throne in 1740, he had three advantages for which he owed thanks to his father: a modern, well-organised state; full coffers; and a properly...

Prussian Cavalry of the Napoleonic Wars (2): 180715

von Peter Hofschröer & Bryan Fosten

After Prussia's dismemberment a drastic re-organisation of the entire army was necessary, and the cavalry underwent this process with the rest. At the time of the mobilisation in 1813, the somewhat reduced mounted...

The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation

Pulitzer Prize for History 2007

von Gene Roberts & Hank Klibanoff

An unprecedented examination of how news stories, editorials and photographs in the American press—and the journalists responsible for them—profoundly changed the nation’s thinking about civil rights in...

Shiloh, 1862

von Winston Groom

A main selection in History Book-of-the-Month Club and alternate selection in Military Book-of-the-Month Club.

In the spring of 1862, many Americans still believed that the Civil War, "would be over by Christmas."...