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Of all the castles constructed by Western Europeans during the Middle Ages, none have caught the public imagination so much as Crusader castles.

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The Teutonic Knights were the most warlike of the religious orders, and this is reflected in the architecture they left behind. This work tells the history of spectacular fortresses from their inception through to their eventual decline and fall.

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Founded in the late 12th century, the order of the Teutonic Knights was to play a major role during the crusades, both in the Holy Land and Northern Europe. This work studies the stone fortifications built by the order in their attempts to pacify and convert Livonia.

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Presents various aspects of warfare during the period of the crusades within the cultures most directly involved. This volume looks at Christian and in a few cases "pagan" armies whose actions or mere existence in sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia, had a bearing upon military, political and economic relations between Christendom and Islam.

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Focuses on those non-Christian cultures which were most directly involved in the Crusades. This volume presents aspects of warfare and the historical, cultural and economic background of the Islamic military during a much neglected period.

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"CSS Alabama Vs USS Kearsarge: Cherbourg 1864".

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Written by some of the best-known independent scholars, citizen journalists, cyber-activists, and bloggers living in Cuba today, this book presents a critical, complete, and unbiased overview of contemporary Cuba.

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This portrait of the 20th century's wiliest political survivor and his fiefdom tells of the shattered families and warring personalities that lie at the heart of the 43-year standoff between Miami and Havana.

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This timely book provides a balanced and deeply knowledgeable introduction to Cuba since 1492. Tracing the islands history over 500 years, the authors provide a focused overview of Cubas long struggle for independencefrom Spain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and today from the pressures of global forces.

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This timely book provides a balanced and deeply knowledgeable introduction to Cuba since 1492. Tracing the islands history over 500 years, the authors provide a focused overview of Cubas long struggle for independencefrom Spain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and today from the pressures of global forces.

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This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the 1970s in Cuba that challenges the prevailing interpretation of the revolution as simply a period of Sovietization. Drawing from multidisciplinary perspectives, this book demonstrates that the decade was a time of intense transformation that proved pivotal to the development of the revolution.

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This fascinating work provides an enlightening guided tour of the island of Cuba's historical, political, economic, and sociocultural development from the pre-Columbian period to the present.

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A study of Cuba which examines its history and revolutionary transformation through the evolution of ideology and myth.

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A study of Cuba which examines its history and revolutionary transformation through the evolution of ideology and myth.

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On January 1, 1984, Cuba celebrated the 25th anniversary of its revolution. In this volume a number of well-known scholars in the field offer an assessment of Cuba's achievments, lessons, problems, and innovative solutions over this period.

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This book explores the unique health-based approach that has been employed in Cuba to dramatically change attitudes and policies regarding sexual diversity since 1959.

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Cubism was the most influential artistic movement that emerged in the twentieth century. With over 100 illustrations this fascinating book recounts the history of cubism and discusses how principal writings, from the likes of Apollinaire to Rosalind Krauss, have shaped its importance over the years. -- .

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A study of the final demise of the Jacobite cause on Culloden Moor in 1746. It demonstrates that the British, and the Duke of Cumberland in particular, had a very pro-active role in the battle - not merely staving off defeat, but seizing victory with a series of well co-ordinated counterattacks.

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Demonstrates that speculation and capital, the commodity, the crowd, traffic, and the street, often thought to be historically specific to nineteenth-century urban culture, were in fact already at work in early modern London and Paris. This title challenges the notion of a rupture between premodern and modern societies.

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