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Japan in World History

James L. Huffman

First of Men

John E. Ferling

A History of European Law

Paolo Grossi

This book explores the development of law in Europe from its medieval origins to the present day, charting the transformation from law rooted in the Church and local community towards a recognitio...

A History of India

Burton Stein

<p><b>This new edition of Burton Stein's classic <i>A History of India</i> builds on the success of the original to provide an updated narrative of the development of I...

Citizens of London

While justly acclaimed as the closest, most successful military partnership in history, the "special relationship" forged between the United States and Britain during World War II was anyt...

Helmet for My Pillow

Here is one of the most riveting first-person accounts ever to come out of World War II. Robert Leckie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in January 1942, shortly after the Japanese attack...

New Vichy Syndrome

Western Europe is in a strangely neurotic condition of being smug and terrified at the same time. On the one hand, Europeans believe they have at last created an ideal social and political system ...

Politically Incorrect Guide to the Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a tragic and dismal failure-at least that is what the mainstream media and history books would have you believe. Yet, Phillip Jennings sets the record straight in The Political...

Promoting Economic Cooperation in South Asia

Mission, Meaning, and Money:

Mark I. Rosen

BEHIND THE SCENES AT AMERICASLARGEST JEWISH CHARITYThe American Jewish Joint DistributionCommittee, affectionately referred to as the Joint, is considered to be one of the most effective and profe...

Road to Terror

Accommodating Revolutions

Jr. Albert H. Tillson

Egyptian Archaeology

<i>Egyptian Archaeology</i> explores ancient Egypt using a uniquely archaeological approach, drawing on original research to both synthesize and challenge existing scholarship. <ul...

West Virginia

Stephen W. Brown

West Virginia

Stephen W. Brown

Bluejackets and Contrabands

Barbara Brooks Tomblin

Tales from Kentucky Funeral Homes

William Lynwood Montell

Conscience, Equity and the Court of Chancery in Early Modern England

Mr Dennis R Klinck

Judicial equity developed in England during the medieval period, providing an alternative access to justice for cases that the rigid structures of the common law could not accommodate. Where the c...

War, the State and International Law in Seventeenth-Century Europe

One of the great paradoxes of post-medieval Europe, is why instead of bringing peace to a disorganised and violent world, modernity instead produced a seemingly endless string of conflicts and soc...

Europa Triumphans

Professor J R Mulryne

A landmark in the study of early modern Europe, this two-volume collection makes available for the first time a selection of the most important texts from court and civic festival books. Festival ...