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Arnhem 1944 - A Bridge too Far?

by Bob Carruthers

"It looks very rough. If I get through this one I will be very lucky." Brigadier General Gavin, U.S. 82nd Airborne Division This book reviews the complex set of military operations played out in the Netherlands...

The Transformation of the Gulf

by David Held & Kristian Ulrichsen

This book examines the political, economic and social transformation of the six member-states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the ways in which these states are both shaping, and being reshaped by,...

Overseas Chinese in the People's Republic of China

by Glen Peterson

Overseas Chinese in the People's Republic of China examines the experiences of a group of persons known officially and collectively in the PRC as "domestic Overseas Chinese". They include family members of overseas...

Rethinking the Asian American Movement

by Daryl Joji Maeda

Although it is one of the least-known social movements of the 1960s and 1970s, the Asian American movement drew upon some of the most powerful currents of the era, and had a wide-ranging impact on the political...

Rethinking the American Anti-War Movement

by Simon Hall

Between 1965 and 1973, hundreds of thousands of ordinary Americans participated in one of the most remarkable and significant people's movements in American history. Through marches, rallies, draft resistance,...

Elizabeth I

by Judith M. Richards

Elizabeth I was Queen of England for almost forty-five years. The daughter of Henry VIII and Ann Boleyn, as an infant she was briefly accepted as her father's heir. After her mother was executed at her father's...

Iran's Nuclear Programme

by Joachim Krause

This book examines the strategic implications of Iran's nuclear programme, providing an inventory of the negotiations and a discussion of possible solutions to this pressing international security issue.

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Pakistan's War on Terrorism

by Samir Puri

This book examines Pakistan's strategies in the war against Islamist armed groups that began late 2001, following the 9/11 attacks.

The significance of the war inside Pakistan can hardly be understated. Starting...

The Marketing of War in the Age of Neo-Militarism

by Kostas Gouliamos & Christos Kassimeris

The post-9/11 era and the overall impact of international terrorism have generated much debate regarding the role of military apparatus in modern society. This book assesses the inherent meaning of the militarization...

Scottish Samurai: Thomas Blake Glover, 1838-1911

by Alexander McKay

Thomas Glover arrived in Nagasaki in 1859, just as Japan was opening to the West. Within a few years he had played a crucial part in the overthrow of the Tokugawa Shogunate, providing the rebels with war-winning,...

Statebuilding and State-Formation

by Berit Bliesemann de Guevara

This book examines the ways in which long-term processes of state-formation limit the possibilities for short-term political projects of statebuilding.

Using process-oriented approaches, the contributing authors...

They Came to Nashville

by Marshall Chapman & Peter Guralnick

Musician-turned-author/journalist Marshall Chapman (Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller) asks Nashville stars what brought them to Music City USA.

Korean Unification

by Jacques L Fuqua

One day, one nation on the Korean Peninsula

While America Sleeps: A Wake-up Call for the Post-9/11 Era

by Russ Feingold

Former senator Russ Feingold looks at institutional failures, both domestic and abroad, since the 9/11 terrorist attacks and proposes steps to be taken—by the government and by individuals—to ensure that...

American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence

by Pauline Maier

Pauline Maier shows us the Declaration as both the defining statement of our national identity and the moral standard by which we live as a nation. It is truly "American Scripture," and Maier tells us how it...

The Gothic Line: Canada's Month of Hell in World War II Italy

by Mark Zuehlke

Stretching like an armor-toothed belt across Italy's upper thigh, the Gothic Line was the most fiercely defended position of Hitler's army, but a bloody 28-day offensive led by Canada's first Infantry Division...

Adventures of a Sea Hunter: In Search of Famous Shipwrecks

by James Delgado

Leading archaeologist and consummate storyteller James Delgado takes readers on a rollicking deep-sea dive into his highly unusual life's work: locating and exploring the world's most famous shipwrecks. Colorful...

Unknown Soldiers

by Mark A. Snell

The Great War remembered -- "This book is not a history of World War I, nor is it a history of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front. Rather, it is a collection of essays that examines...

Scars to Prove It

by Craig Warren

History as fiction's muse -- "When the first cannon sounded over Charleston Harbor in 1861, it announced the beginning of an American literary phenomenon. Readers North and South hungered for imaginative writing...

Comparative Hungarian Cultural Studies

by Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek & Louise O. Vasvári

The studies presented in the collected volume Comparative Hungarian Cultural Studies -- edited by Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek and Louise O. Vasvári -- are intended as an addition to scholarship in (comparative)...