History

The author reveals all in an exposé, which makes a mockery of the military misconceptions that many people accept as the undisputed truth, offering such revelations as: there was no "Boston Massacre" and General MacArthur never promised "I shall return." Reprint.

A freewheeling, sharp-shooting indictment of a tech-besotted culture.

The first is to draw attention to the existence of a persisting and virtually unrecognised tradition of 'philosemitism' which manifested itself in Britain and elsewhere in the English-speaking world during every significant international outbreak of antisemitism during the century after 1840.

The Australian Bushrangers series by librarian and historical researcher, Jane Smith, details the colourful lives of six of Australia's most famous bushrangers of the gold rush era: Captain Thunderbolt, Captain Moonlite, Frank Gardiner, BenHall, and the two men known as `Captain Starlight'.

Provides an evaluation of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission(TRC). This work is concerned with national politics, and takes into account the specific, local implications of the TRCs hearings and findings, with the uncensored voices of some of the survivors of human rights abuses, in whose name the whole exercise was undertaken.

“This book presents my analysis of the difficulties France faces. It outlines my proposals for putting France back on the path toward economic growth, social justice, and modernity. And it addresses many of the common domestic, international, economic, and social challenges that advanced democracies ...

Young Alexis de Tocqueville arrived in the United States for the first time in May 1831, commissioned by the French government to study the American prison system. This title provides a translation of the complete letters Tocqueville wrote during that seminal journey.

An insightful account of British Liberal leaders.

Epitaphs of the Great War: The Somme is an edited collection of one hundred headstone inscriptions from those who paid the ultimate price during this infamous battle which marked a turning point in the public perceptions of the war in Britain.

Bruce Ware, Darryl Hart, John MacArthur, and others join the editors in calling evangelicals not to abandon their Reformational roots but to return to them.

The Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life - from trade and transportation to health and recreation.

A look at a critical period in American Studies

A scathing critique of the administrative, military, and political system of Portuguese Asia at the beginning of the seventeenth century

Surviving the "Essex" tells the captivating story of a ship's crew battered by whale attack, broken by four months at sea, and forced-out of necessity-to make meals of their fellow survivors.

A collection of original essays on the historical, geopolitical and cultural aspects of the South Atlantic, past and present

An intense, claustrophobic play about a show-trial of an innocent woman at the height of the First World War.

Unique and accessible history of higher education in the US which reveals its intimate relationship with American capitalism