20th Century History

A revelatory look at the decisions that led to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, drawing on the insights and reassessments of one of the war's architects "I had a part...

By the mid-1990s, American trade with the Pacific nations--Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines, Australia, and others--will be twice as large as our commerce with countries across the Atlantic. Now...

The requirement for selection was that each of the stories should be true, and each of the writers should not have been previously published. The collection that has emerged provides...

Original visual material based upon exhaustive picture research from untapped archives, private collections and Jewish museums in Israel, America and Europe. Jewish studies is an area of massive interest for...

This volume focuses on the history of the United States through stories of human freedom aspired to and won, beginning with the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and culminating in...

Offering a clear analysis of the danger of nuclear terrorism and how it can be prevented, The Partnership sheds light on one of the most divisive security issues facing Washington...

This book defines war, rather than liberty, as the primary means by which peoples of North America have defined social, cultural, and political boundaries for the last half-millennium. From the...

On 15 February 2003, an estimated two million Britons took to the streets of London to protest against the war in Iraq. Since the outbreak of that tragic conflict, the...

The death of the Celtic tiger is not an extinction event to trouble naturalists. There was, in fact nothing natural about this tiger, if it ever really existed. The"Irish Economic...

A richly detailed, profoundly engrossing story of how religion has influenced American foreign relations, told through the stories of the men and women--from presidents to preachers--who have plotted the country's...

This magisterial work on American diplomacy by a veteran journalist and historian is the first complete history of the U.S. Foreign Service American Statecraft is a fascinating and comprehensive look...

Did the arms race of the 1930s cause the Second World War? In Cry Havoc, historian Joseph Maiolo shows, in rich and fascinating detail, how the deadly game of the...

"Extensively researched--with detailed source notes and an expansive bibliography--and cogently argued, Gerolymatos's study of diplomacy by espionage is timely and instructive." - Publishers Weekly With roots in imperialism and the...

In Mystics and Messiahs--the first full account of cults and anti-cult scares in American history--Philip Jenkins shows that, contrary to popular belief, cults were by no means an invention of...

An evaluation of the racial policies of 42 American presidents. This book argues that American presidents have used their power of office to impede racial equality. It shows how many...

How many people know what lies on the other side of the door to 10 Downing Street, or indeed, who built the building? Providing a portrait of the centre of...

First rocketing to fame when he 'purchased' a 13-year-old girl as part of a campaign against child prostitution, W. T. Stead was the pioneer of investigative reporting. As criminal convict,...

In his autobiography Interesting Times: A Twentieth Century Life, published in 2002 when he was eighty-five years old, the historian Eric Hobsbawm (1917-2012) wrote that Latin America was the only...

Introduced by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Ubuntu collection is a unique series of exquisitely produced small-format books that take inspiration from Ubuntu and are each founded on the work and...

In May 1947 a sixteen-year-old Jewish activist named Alexander Rubowitz was abducted in broad daylight from the streets of Jerusalem. At the abduction scene, a gray hat was found, purportedly...

The author destroys the myth of benevolent "Grandfather Lenin", showing how political violence and diplomatic double-dealing were part and parcel of the Soviet system from its outset in 1917. The...

Joint Investigation Teams have been adopted in several EU as well as non-EU documents as a new instrument to facilitate mutual legal assistance. This book provides professionals dealing with criminal...

Following the publication of Italian Ceramic Art, Skira presents a compilation devoted primarily to the modern decorative arts, that will offer a highly extensive and versatile anthology of writings, accompanied...

An inside perspective to global diplomacy from one of the world's foremost diplomats. Today, we find ourselves in arguably the most dangerous geopolitical situations of modern time. Outlining key moments...

Dominik Schmitt (*1983) is primarily interested in philosophical and biological questions about the self and the unimaginably vast network of causes and effects to which everything in life is subject....

A revealing portrait of a brilliant and troubled figure - a daredevil of the skies. Charles Kingsford Smith was the most commanding flyer of the golden age of aviation. In...

Voyages of Discovery is a mesmerising visual record of ten of the most significant natural history expeditions. Superb artworks and photographs spanning three centuries document advances and watersheds in the...

This work aims to fill a significant gap in the Australian army's history. It focuses on the development of the army's organization and its evolution from the colonial armies of...

The Holy Alliance, later 'The Entity', a secret spy service, has been used by the Vatican for over five centuries to carry out its will. Forty popes have relied on...

Sprinzak paints a disturbing portrait of the dark side of Israeli politics, exposing the shift from ideological dissent to violence and terrorism, culminating in the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. His...

Since the mid-19th century the art and practices of war, spurred on by the revolution in technology, have changed fundamentally and at increasing speed. It has therefore become supremely difficult...

'We all disappeared', wrote the Sixties flower child Andrea Adam of her friends who once marched for peace and love. 'Suddenly...everybody had gone their own way. Suddenly everyone was knee-deep...

Golden Prague's thousands of literary allusions are unmistakable in the alleys of Mala Strana and Stare Mesto, and throughout the halls of the massive castle that overlooks the Vltava from...

Author: Yukio Okamoto Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 388 'For me, Yukio was quite special. Prime Ministers sought his counsel, valued his advice, and were often guided by his views...

In 1938 the War Office ordered the Director of Military Intelligence to create a unit that would research the tactics and organisation needed in the event of an invasion. After...

A visual biography of Aino and Alvar Aalto, who designed some of the most iconic objects of the twentieth century Aino and Alvar Aalto together founded Artek and created some...

Almost two decades since its first publication, the bestselling and classic monograph Le Corbusier Le Grand is finally available again. Documenting the life and work of one of the giants...

In 1945 Britain emerged triumphant and victorious from the Second World War. On 26 July, after a landslide Labour victory, Clement Attlee became Prime Minister and the nation looked forward...

A nostalgic exploration of Britain's distinctive and architecturally significant seafront buildings from the 1920s to the new millennium. British seaside resorts enjoyed phenomenal popularity for much of the twentieth century....

World War II stung Britain like a wasp. It was a stimulus and an endurance. The Blitz concentrated the mind wonderfully. The arts flowered - poetry and painting, cinema and...

Andre Marfaing (1925-87) was a French non-figurative painter and printmaker associated with abstract art and informalism. This catalogue raisonne of is a complete repertory of his painted work, from his...

The book titled Abandoned? by the author Don Wall. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This is the first and only biography of Sydney Taylor (1904-1978), author of the award-winning All-of-a-Kind Family series of books, the first juvenile novels published by a mainstream publisher to...

From a top speechwriter to President George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld, this may be the most deliciously candid memoir ever written about official Washington - a laugh-out-loud cri de...

Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India A highly original, stirring book on Mahatma Gandhi that deepens our sense of his achievements and disappointments -his success in seizing India's imagination...