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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.

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The revolutionary war was not a "polite" conflict between orderly troops and gentlemanly officers. Civilians on the home front suffered considerably. This account depicts the ugly side of the War for Independence, where roving bands of robbers, known as banditti, plagued the countryside.

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In this exploration of the social and cultural landscape of late imperial Russia, the contributors attempt to transcend conventional Eurocentric notions, such as 'middle class' and 'bourgeoisie, ' in order to see the emergent social classes of educated Russia as their members saw them.

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"This book is a continuation of the narrative in Churchill-Roosevelt-Stalin"--Page v.

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In 1948, Wiliam Beveridge's last major report, "Voluntary Action", was published. In this little remembered work, Beveridge, the father of the welfare state, sought out the middle ground between the state and the market. This book intends to re-evaluate and reassess the ideas contained within "Voluntary Action".

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Argues that, between 1933 and '45, the US press failed to treat the destruction of European Jews as urgent news. Lipstadt shows how demand for "objectivity", cynicism of reporters and an atmosphere of isolationism influenced the news and policymakers who might have saved countless lives.

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Who were the Iron Age peoples of Europe Information about them comes from Greek and Roman writers - not from the native peoples themselves. This book examines the archeological evidence to understand how late prehistoric groups constructed and expressed their identities.