Seven years after the death of his mother, Malka, Stanley A. Goldman traveled to Israel to visit her best friend during the Holocaust. The best friend’s daughter showed Goldman a pamphlet s
Over the last five centuries, the development of modern weapons and warfare has created an entirely new set of challenges for practitioners in the field of military medicine. "Between Flesh and Steel"
Soccer is the world’s game, more popular than any other sport. Fans fill stadia, and players strive to perform at the highest levels for them.Soccer’s Most Wanted? II presents more of the best and bri
**WINNER OF THE 2007 UNITED STATES MARITIME LITERATURE AWARD** In the 1830s, Mexico endured a tragic era of internal political instability. Meanwhile, bold American frontiersmen sought their fortunes
The 1960s was a decade of contrasts. It had the Summer of Love, but it also witnessed the assassinations of three American leaders. It fulfilled President Kennedy’s promise of successfully landing a m
Maine-born Dr. Sumner Jack” Jackson joined the British Army as a volunteer physician during World War I. After the Battle of the Somme, he married a beautiful French Red Cross nurse. When the war was
There I Go Again is a celebrity memoir like no other, revealing the life of a man whose acting career has been so rich that millions of Americans know his face even while they might not recognize his
The history of the Ottoman Empire spanned more than seven centuries. At the height of its power, it stretched over three continents and produced marvels of architecture, literature, science, and warfa
Rodriguez compiles lists of trivia relating to the 1950s, such as fashions and fads, food, language, books, cars, unlikely music artists, movie quotes, forgotten TV shows, and unique lists such as dis
2014 SLA Baseball Caucus Readers’ Choice Award winner from the Special Libraries AssociationThe Deadball Era (1901–1920) is a baseball fan’s dream. Hope and despair, innocence and cynicism, and levity
Two authors with opposing political views debate such pressing contemporary issues as big government, morality, gender roles, sexual orientation, and racial tension.
Chronicles the story of the American survivors of the sunken U.S.S. Helena in World War II, some of whom bobbed in the ocean for days until they landed on a Japanese-held island, forcing them to live
The reunification of North and South Korea will require the integration of political and economic systems as well as efforts to repatriate and assimilate people and cultures. It is this latter issue o
A specialist in political assassination and violence, governmental secrecy, and law enforcement and security agencies, Melanson (political science, U. of Massachusetts-Dartmouth) sets out for general
Offers teachers strategies for organizing and coaching a Model United Nations team, covering topics ranging from scheduling and fund-raising to developing a website and conducting research.
Dorman (defense studies, King's College, London) and Kennedy (strategic foreign policy, King's College, London) edit papers from UK and Canadian contributors on twentieth- and twenty-first-century cas
Patton photographed everything that interested him and produced tableaux of the battlefields of North Africa, Sicily, and continental Europe. For Patton, history was everything, and his Leica camera
China has evolved from a nation with local and regional security interests to a majoreconomic and political power with global interests, investments, and politicalcommitments. It now requires a milita
Both U.S. and Japanese policymakers understand that leveraging military resources during a disaster is an opportunity to save lives and property, to help maintain stability and prosperity in affected
Nicholas Murray’s The Rocky Road to the Great War examines the evolution of field fortification theory and practice between 1877 and 1914. The technical and intellectual developments during this perio
Predators is a riveting introduction to the murky world of Predator and Reaper drones, the CIA’s and U.S. military’s most effective and controversial killing tools. Brian Glyn Williams combines policy
Wittenberg has edited and authored several texts on American history and written numerous articles for national Civil War magazines. He combines a knowledge of history with his training and experienc
Examines the religious and political foundations of modern day Kazakhstan and argues that the country should serve as an example for other Muslim nations to live peacefully with citizens and internati
"Christopher Graveline and Michael Clemens have produced a masterpiece of research and balance on a subject sure to evoke controversy and profound emotion. The nightmare of Abu Ghraib became the nadir
Unlike many generals that came before and after him, says Gabriel (history and war studies, Royal Military College of Canada and security studies, Canadian Forces College, Toronto), this greatest of a
Political speeches and public rhetoric paint the phenomena of terrorism with a black-and-white brush, presenting it as a clear-cut battle between evildoers and heroes. WithThe Achille Lauro Hijacking&
Recruited as sharpshooters and clothed in distinctive uniforms?with green trim, the hand-picked?regiment of the Ninth New?Jersey Volunteer Infantry was renowned and admired far and wide. The only New
Glen Jeansonne and David Luhrssen vividly demonstrate how war movies have burned the images and impressions of two world wars, proxy wars, propaganda wars, and a "war on terror," among others onto the
It was through bitter experience growing up on the harsh and unforgiving steppes of Mongolia that Genghis Khan learned to trust few people and to be vigilant of the personalities and events around him
What distinguishes Richard F. Miller's A Carrier at War is its focus on individual officers and sailors and shipboard morale as distinct from the usual "bomb and bullet" reporting. T
Over a 40-year career, Gray (international politics and strategic studies, U. of Reading, UK) has combined careers as a scholar, author, and government advisor in the UK and North America; a dual UK/U
In 2004, Carolyn Han left her comfortable life and position as a lecturer in English at Hawaii Community College and went to live in one of the most remote and mysterious places in the Middle East Yem
Discusses the anticipated effects of increasing population densities on the world's future megacities, focusing on international, environmental, and human security aspects, and reviews approaches bein
This study details current developments with regard to security policy formulation, military restructuring, defense industry adjustment, and regional defense cooperation in Albania, Bosnia and Herzego
FBI operative Raymond Holcomb's assignments took him across America, the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Africa, and involved espionage, counter-narcotics, Mafia takedowns, national security, special we
Describes the characteristics of the A-10 Warthog, recounts its role in the Persian Gulf War, and shares the impressions and experiences of Gulf War pilots.
Activists and academics provide a spectrum of views about immigration, in sections on placing immigration, living immigration, the economics of immigration, the illegality of immigration, and reformin
