Most readers will find much that is new to them here, and sometimes material that refutes what they thought they knew. Blainey's analysis of the world's great religions alone justifies the book, but i
Primarily treating the historical experience of the United States in the 1940s, but providing some global context, a little less than 600 alphabetical entries offer brief descriptions of particular hi
Activist, journalist, and theorist, Eqbal Ahmad (1934--1999) was admired and consulted by revolutionaries and activists as well as policymakers and academics. In articles and columns published in such
The fall of empires and the rise of nation-states was a defining political transition in the making of the modern world. Here, ten prominent specialists discuss the empire-to-nation transition in comp
This broadly comparative collection comes from a specialized workshop held by several scholarly organizations at the University of California at San Diego in December 2002 and a research conference a
The Cold War was an undeclared war, fought silently and carefully between ideological opponents armed with the most fearsome weapons mankind has ever seen. Here, author Hughes-Wilson takes a cool look
The 1940s was probably the most dramatic and decisive decade of the twentieth century. In this volume, the leading international historian David Reynolds has brought together a collection of incisiv
A comprehensive resource for those interested in learning about this era, The 1990s chronicles the first decade since the end of World War II to be dominated by a single superpower—the United Sta
Why do Europeans and Americans see the world so differently? Why do Europeans and Americans have such different understandings of democracy in the twenty-first century? Why is Europe dying, demograph
While the earlier edition of this work only examined the first couple decades of the Cold War, Dockrill (diplomatic history, King's College London, UK) and Hopkins (history, Liverpool Hope U., UK) hav
We live in a time of turbulent change when many of the frameworks that have characterized our societies over the last few centuries – such as the international order of sovereign nation-states – are b
Intending to provide basic information to high school and college students and the general public, Coppa (history, St. John's U.) provides a selective biographical survey of world dictators from the a
Between 1989 and 1991 the world witnessed a number of dramatic and traumatic changes: the end of communism in Central and Eastern Europe, the reunification of Germany, the end of the superpower nuclea
The Twentieth-Century World and Beyond: An International History Since 1900, Fifth Edition, explores the history of modern relations between the U.S., Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Mid
A chronology of the Cold War that begins early in the twentieth century and continues past the breakup of the Soviet Union emphasizes not only America's relationship with Russia but also political sit
Well established in its first two editions as the leading text in the field, Issues in World Politics takes a truly global perspective on the major challenges in twenty-first century international rel
Official histories have determined our view of the past. Governments and those in power have tried to preserve and reveal only information that serves their interests. Until now.The Secret Histories
“Buy it, read it, act on it. Our future depends on the knowledge this collection of suppressed stories allows us.”—San Diego Review“Devastating evidence of the
A concise, well organized, all-in-one reference on economic, political, social and environmental issues that includes the latest statistics and other date for readers looking to analyze current affai
