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In this concise interpretation of Wilson's Russian policy, Schild challenges the belief that Wilson's response to the 1917 October Revolution was exclusively ideological. Wilson's belief in the superiority of liberalism over totalitarianism was so strong that he expected democratic forces in Russia to take power without outside aid.

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Gregory King (1648-1712) was an engraver, herald, surveyor, and Secretary to the Commissioners for the Public Accounts, but he is best known for his 1696 estimates of the wealth and population of England.

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A concise overview of Spanish America during the colonial era (1492-1825), this study attempts a synthesis of Iberian and Latin American historical narratives within the context of world history.

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Wei (history, Susquehanna U.) and Liu (history, Iowa State U.) bring together nine essays which explore the formation of nationalism in China over the past century through lenses focusing on both politically powerful elites and peripheral social forces. Specific topics addressed include the relation

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Examines the extraordinary characteristics of Islamic urbanism and the process by which cities and towns were absorbed and physically transformed by Islam.

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This work provides a documentary record of the correspondence, official and private, between Harry S. Truman and Winston Churchill, from Truman's accession to the presidency in April 1945.

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This text describes the diplomatic activities of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania during the Cold War. Although absorbed by the Soviet Union during World War II, these countries managed to maintain some form of diplomatic representation at various times in assorted countries world-wide. McHugh (politi

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Between 1937 and 1949, Joseph Stalin deported more than two million people of 13 nationalities from their homelands to remote areas of the U.S.S.R.

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Spanning the years 1912 to 1934, this study examines the changes and continuities in fiscal policy and budget policies of the German Weimar Republic and how these policies changed German politics.

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Many German historians regard Emperor Frederick III (1831-1888) as a liberal sovereign who could have saved German history from its tragic course.

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An examination of Nazi German foreign policy towards the Union of South Africa, focusing on the activities of the German embassy and consulates within South Africa. Topics discussed include the role of racial theory in German foreign policy and the nazification of the German Foreign Office.

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This work reexamines the British invasion of Egypt in 1882. Gladstone systematically created a rationale for intervention against Arabi and the national movement in Egypt toward independence, provoked the Alexandria Riots but blamed Arabi for them, and used them to justify Wolseley's expedition, already planned, to save Egypt.

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Captivity Narratives and Experiences from the South Pacific.

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A quantitative analysis of the situation of Ireland's children during the famine era (1841-1861), this study utilizes census data to construct a series of indices to measure the quality of life for children in each of Ireland's 32 counties.

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The Kings of Celtic Scotland examines the formation and development of the early medieval Scottish Kingdom. This study uses family history and literature in conjunction with political narrative and places medieval Celtic history into the tradition of Scottish historical research.

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This study examines the leading 19th century Russian revolutionary organization, Land and Freedom, during its three brief years of existence and its significance for later Russian history.

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This is the story of Philip Kerr and a group of Oxford graduates that founded The Round Table (Journal of International Affairs) in 1910 and influenced British foreign policy over the following thirty years.

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Roudometof provides an in-depth sociological analysis of the birth and historical evolution of nationalism in the Balkans.

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An examination of the political manoeuvring of William Borah and Hiram Johnson, two of the post-war leaders of Republican progressivism to prevent U.S. entry into the League of Nations despite overwhelming bipartisan support.

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This book gives a text, an English translation, and a commentary on a medieval verse history of the kings of Ireland and Scotland from the ninth to the 11th centuries. This study suggests new interpretations of British and Irish history during the early middle ages.

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This volume expands the debate over the origins and purposes of sports records. After introductions by Guttmann and the editors, the book proceeds on a chronological study of evidence of sports records in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, medieval England, the Renaissance, Tudor and Elizabethan England, pre-modern Hawaii, and pre-modern Japan.

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Russia and Italy Against Hitler uncovers the complex web of ideology, economics, military cooperation, and diplomacy binding Italy and the USSR together prior to 1935. Part I provides the background leading to their serious cooperation in 1933 and 1934: tripartite Italo-Soviet-German cooperation against France (1929 and 1930);

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Following the Indian Mutiny, the 1860s and 1870s marked a period of change and imperial consolidation for the British. This text examines the imperial policy of Robert Cecil, the marquis of Salisbury, who served as secretary of state for India for two administrations during this key era.