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Beginning with the mythical origins of Athenian democracy under Theseus and describing the historical development of Athens' democratic institutions through Solon's reforms to the birth of democracy under Cleisthenes, this book addresses the wider cultural and social repercussions of the democratic system.

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Athens and Sparta were the two leading powers in the Classical Greek world. They represented two opposite systems of social organization, whose differences led to continuing ideological rivalry, culminating in the Peloponnesian War. This book looks at the two societies and their systems.

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On September 3, 1864, Union Major-General William Tecumseh Sherman telegraphed the War Department in Washington, D.C., "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won." This book explores the entire Atlanta campaign, from Sherman's initial clashes with Joseph E. Johnston's army of Tennessee to the final Confederate resistance under General John Bell Hood.

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Examines the historical development of communications technology and its impact on German-American relations from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Chronologically organized, this book scrutinizes central themes connected to the specific time period and technology involved.

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In November of 1940, the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer attacked British Convoy HX-84. Watson recounts how the Scheer's 11-inch guns turned the ship into a burning hulk in twenty-two minutes, but most of the convoy escaped.

In November of 1940, the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer attacked British Convoy HX-84.

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"This is a chronicle of the last millennia of the Ice Age, the gradual oscillations and retreat of glaciers, the clues and traces that document the first encounters of early humans, and the animals whose presence governed the humans' chances for survival"--

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Presents one of the most powerful men in late antiquity, Attila's peerless Hunnic empire stretched from the Ural mountains to the Rhine river. This book examines how Attila was able to sweep across Europe, the tactics and innovations he employed and the major battles he faced.

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An exploration of the largely unknown world of household auctions in Georgian England, arguing their importance in supplying various consumer goods to households at all levels of society.

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When Hitler announced that the result of the war in Europe would be 'the complete annihilation of the Jews', he did so in 1942, not only in public, but before an enormous crowd in Berlin.

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The events of the Great War intensified the relationship between the British Empire and Australia; the legacy can still be felt today. This volume explores both the immediate and long-term consequences of the war on this complex relationship, looking in particular at identity, history, gender, propaganda, economics and nationalism.

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The full story of Australia's democracy from one of our leading historians.

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Presents humorous and horrifying stories from across Australia of the deprivations and hardships borne by a generation of Australians. These oral histories provide a picture of family life during the poverty-stricken period in Australian history.

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Focusing on the policy of the Hapsburg Monarchy toward the Ottoman Empire during the whole of the eighteenth century, Karl A. Roider maintains that it was in the early part of that century when Austria first faced the twin problems of Ottoman decline and Russian expansion into southeastern Europe. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legac

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The author describes the relationship of the powers regarding the Austrian problem beginning with the Austro-German Customs Union project of 1931, continuing with the July Putsch of 1934, the Abyssian conflict, and the Spanish Civil War, and concludes his account with the take-over by Germany in 1938.

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The Austrian Army fought Napoleon in more major campaigns and battles than any other, either alone or as part of successive Allied coalitions. This book examines the multi-national character of the army - including many French, German, Yugoslavian, Hungarian and even Anglo-Irish exiles.

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An account of a forgotten air-war at the breakdown of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It tells the heroic tale of the pilots who achieved a great deal, despite the poor standard of the machines they flew. The text combines historical insights with knowledge of early warplanes.

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