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This AZ encyclopedia is a one-stop resource for understanding the history and evolution of the national anthem in American politics, culture, and mythology, as well as controversies surrounding its emergence as a lightning rod for political protests and statements.

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Engaging survey of Americas greatest political thinkers and innovators

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Americas Road to Jerusalem examines the role of the Six-Day War in American Protestant politics and culture. The author argues that the conflict shifted the balance of power between Evangelicals and Modernists, eventually culminating in the Trump Administrations 2017 recognition of Jerusalem as Israels capital.

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In the third volume of America: The Last Best Hope, Bennett explores America's recent and momentous history: the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of global Communism; sweeping changes in political and popular culture; the war on terror and the election of America's first African American president.

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The Japanese High Command realised that the loss of Okinawa would give the Americans a base for the invasion of Japan. In the air battles leading up to the invasion of Okinawa, the Japanese lost more than 7000 aircraft. In the course of the fighting, 67 Navy, 21 Marine, and three USAAF pilots became aces.

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An exploration of the American aces of World War I. It examines their fantastic exploits, carried out in borrowed aircraft, and charts the combat careers of the likes of Eddie Rickenbacker and "balloon buster" Frank Luke Jr. It covers US squadrons attached to both the British and French.

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Written from the perspective of ordinary people, this book traces the history of agriculture in the United States from early colonists until today. The first concise history of American agriculture in 25 years, the author focuses attention on recent developments such as the de...

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Investigates the fascinating story of the role played by Xenophon's "Anabasis" in American military and political culture from the Mexican War to the invasion of Iraq.

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This book examines US State Departments Middle East area experts during the Cold War, known as Arabists or Middle East hands, showing how their backgrounds and education differed crucially from that of their predecessors. This study focuses on these individuals transformative role in US foreign relations from the Eisenhower through the Ford administrations.

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Shawn Michelle Smith offers an account of how photography and the sciences of biological racialism joined forces in the nineteenth century to offer an idea of what Americans look like - or "should" look like.

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American Christian Support for Israel covers the first five Arab-Israeli wars and discusses Israels security concerns and why countless American Christians enthusiastically sided with Israel. While most liberal Christian leaders were critical of Israels relations with Arabs, conservative Christians became Israels best friends.

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American Christian Support for Israel covers the first five Arab-Israeli wars and discusses Israels security concerns and why countless American Christians enthusiastically sided with Israel. While most liberal Christian leaders were critical of Israels relations with Arabs, conservative Christians became Israels best friends.

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This book examines the role and influence of American Christians in fostering the emigration of Soviet Jews and ending the cultural and religious discrimination against them. It contributes to an understanding of the complexities and nuances of interreligious affairs between Christians and Jews and of human rights in the 1970s and 1980s.

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This work tells the strange story of almost a hundred United States citizens who were transported to Van Diemen's land in 1839-40. These exiles endured years of harsh treatment before they were eventually pardoned. Not being British subjects, their transportation was almost certainly illegal.

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This is the fourth volume in the illustrated "Men-At-Arms" series to be devoted to the armies of the American Civil War. Discussed in this book is the role of the State Troops, and their weapons, equipment and uniforms.

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An illustrated analysis of the heavy artillery of the American Civil War, detailing the development and usage of the guns and including contemporary reports of the guns in action. It features eight pages of colour artwork showing guns such as the famed Parrott Rifle and Columbiad.

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This title outlines the careers and characters - and illustrates the appearance, in their authentic uniforms - of famous Confederate commanders who fought in the Eastern theatre of operations, Lee, Garland, Stuart, Pendleton, Blair and nearly 20 more.