History

The outbreak of war in 1914 was greeted with euphoria by many in Europe, and it was widely believed that the conflict would be over by Christmas. I...

Drive critical, engaged learning. Helping learners more deeply understand historical concepts, the student-centred approach of this new Course Book...

Amidst the vast literature of the Civil War, one of the most significant and enlightening documents remains largely unknown. A day-by-day, uninterr...

Defining Documents in American History:World War II, 1936-1947Provides readers with a new, interesting way to study the impact of World War II on A...

Moldova is a new nation-state with a long history. Despite only recently gaining independence, following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Mold...

Since he first began writing in the 1950s, Dr. Paul F. Boller Jr. has had a passion for sharing the humorous, intriguing, and little-known or widel...

Doughnuts, those deep-fried pieces of dough, have powerful associations with nostalgia, irreverence and playfulness. Treasured around the world, th...

The Open Empire takes an integrative, thematic approach to early Chinese history, using the concept of the open empire to highlight the dynamic, po...

During World War II, the Solomon Islands became the scene of a titanic struggle between Allied and Japanese forces. After their victory on Guada...

It Happened in Arizona features thirty-six episodes from Arizonas historyfrom the thirteenth-century creation of the Hohokams irrigation canals to ...

In Silent and Unseen, veteran submarine commander Captain Alfred S. McLaren describes in riveting detail the more significant events that occurred ...

The public enjoys considering questions like, did aliens visit ancient civilizations? Could Jesus have fathered a dynasty? Did people of the ancien...

This book looks at an allegation of betrayal made against a young Foreign Office clerk, Victor Buckley, who, it was claimed, leaked privileged info...

Harnessing the Sky is one of the best untold stories in 100 years of naval aviation. This biography fills an important void in the history of fligh...

Cosmpolitan Conservationists tells the stories of the intertwined lives and writings of conservationists in early 20th-century Sydney. Their networ...

Australian literature is negotiating the relationship between its legacy as a national literature and its growing international reach. Scenes of Re...

Beginning in 1943, US Army leaders such as John M. Palmer, Walter L. Weible, George C. Marshall, and John J. McCloy mounted a sustained and vigorou...