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"An interconnected history of the regions surrounding the Bay of Bengal in the 19th and 20th centuries, weaving together themes of migration, diaspora, ethnicity, religion, culture and the emergence of nationalist politics and state policies"--

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This is the first in-depth account of the later years of David Ben-Gurion (18861973), Israels first Prime Minister and founding father. Based on his personal archives and interviews with his intimate friends and family, the book provides an examination of the decisive moments in the annals of Zionism through the lens of Ben-Gurions world view.

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By the time of Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th president of the United States, he had already developed an ambitious foreign policy vision. By his own account, he sought to bend the arc of history toward greater justice, freedom, and peace; within a year he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, largely for that promise.

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Critical exploration of Camp Livingston through the experiences of two families

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This intriguing biography recounts the life of the legendary Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, revealing his true role in the development of Las Vegas and debunking some of the common myths about his notoriety.

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After an introduction on relevant theory and methodology and the background for American historical writing, nine chronological chapters trace Lossing's career from an impoverished youth in rural New York through a thirty-year sojourn in New York City and later periods of voluminous writing.

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Sokol places Bentham in his historical context, locating his thought within the late eighteenth-century debates on legal, political, philosophical and literary considerations of marriage. >

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Jeremy Bentham's law of marriage is firmly based on the principle of utility, which claims that all human actions are governed by a wish to gain pleasure and avoid pain, and on the proposition that men and women are equal. This title considers Bentham's attitude to the reform of marriage law and plans for the social reform of marriage.

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By mid-April 1945, Hitler's Third Reich was staring into the abyss. Despite fanatical resistance and close-quarter fighting, the Red Banner was raised over the Reichstag and Berlin; Hitler had committed suicide the same day. Berlin surrendered unconditionally and Germany surrendered to the Allies on 7 May - the war in Europe was at an end.

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Expatriates posing as detached yet patriotic American commentators, and using the news-of-the-day voice of the stereotypical radio announcer, sought to turn U.S. opinion against the British and achieve the political objectives of their media-savvy employer--master propagandist Paul Josef Goebbels.

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What is the real purpose of Soviet pressure on Berlin Why has it been the scene of crisis after crisis ever since the Declaration of 1945 Mander reviews the events in Berlin over the past 17 years to illuminate the many faces of this intractable situation.

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This authoritative study analyzes the development of the modern research university through the original new model institution at the University of Berlin. It examines the circumstances of its rise, the scope of its influence, and the challenges that will face university systems based on this model in the twenty-first century.

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An examination of the relationship between the Western powers and the Soviet Union with regard to Berlin, from WW II to the 1971 Four Power Agreement, ending with an assessment of its implications for the future.

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The complex story of the rise and fall of the colored class in Jamaican politics is examined in this important contribution to the history of the Caribbean.

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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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Based on the author's thesis (doctoral--Columbia University).

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This work provides a welcome antidote to some of the distortions and biases which the two dominant schools of Anglo-American philosophical thinking, logical positivism and ordinary language analysis have introduced into the philosophy of history in the past three or four decades. In particular, it challenges two powerful stereotypes: that philosoph

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A fresh look at ancient Middle Eastern and Roman history that will be invaluable for students and scholars of ancient history, post-biblical Jewish history and of Christian origins.

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In Between Slavery and Freedom, Julie Winch explores the complex world of those people of African birth or descent who occupied the borderlands between slavery and freedom in the 350 years from the founding of the first European colonies in what is today the United States to the start of the Civil War.