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What is unique about this volume is that is explores the history of historical studies through the prism of 'scholarly personae' (models of virtue, embodying how to be a historian). It offers a stimulating new perspective on the unity, or disunity, of historical scholarship as it existed in nineteenth- and twentieth-century. -- .

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Dr. Richard A. Sauers has drawn upon his many years of Civil War research experience to produce this handy guide to both traditional and electronic sources that will aid in almost any Civil War project.

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Genocide - the destruction of an ethnic, racial or religious group - is the ultimate crime against humanity. This study assesses the ways of preventing this crime. Topics include international law, humanitarian intervention, early warning measures, and the effectiveness of preventative measures.

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Highlights some of the important documentary evidence available to the family historians researching Irish ancestry. This title offers researchers what is available locally and online.

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Panama was created by a group of Wall Street investors in Room 1162 of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. This meeting brought down the French Republic, the Columbian government and shook the almost invincible Teddy Roosevelt and gave birth to American imperialism in Latin America.

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This provocative book seeks to answer a most crucial-and embarrassing-question concerning the U.S. military: why the United States is so often stymied in military confrontations with seemingly weaker opponents, despite its "superpower" status.

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Provides a close-up look at pivotal battles--ranging from Agincourt and Waterloo to Gettysburg and Austerlitz--and profiles great military commanders as it examines thirteen key rules of battle that have determined victory or defeat from ancient times to the present day.

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A sweeping condemnation of the decline of American culture since the 1970s by one of America's leading conservative writers.

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A pioneering investigation into the practices and methodologies used in the search for and exhumation of dead bodies resulting from mass violence. -- .

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Throughout the 1990s, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) faced challenges posed by the genocide of Rwandan Tutsis and a succession of outbreaks of political violence in Rwanda and in its neighbours. This book recounts the experiences of the MSF teams working in the field. -- .

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Throughout the 1990s, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) faced challenges posed by the genocide of Rwandan Tutsis and a succession of outbreaks of political violence in Rwanda and in its neighbours. This book recounts the experiences of the MSF teams working in the field. -- .

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This book offers fresh perspectives on the history of humanitarianism and its impact on domestic and international politics in the era of the Great War.

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Leading experts in Anglophone humanitarianism across some three hundred examine the relationship between humanitarianism, empire, postcolonialism, transnational and global human rights in and beyond the British World.

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Leading experts in Anglophone humanitarianism across some three hundred examine the relationship between humanitarianism, empire, postcolonialism, transnational and global human rights in and beyond the British World.

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An examination of border decomposition, re-creation and destruction in twentieth-century Hungary. It shows the evolution of a single set of borders over a century in response to a range of internal and external forces in a regional and global context. It illuminates the complexities, opportunities, and problems that face a small state.

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An examination of Cold War Hungary and how its leader, Janos Kadar, gave deference to Moscow in order to improve the quality of life in Hungary.

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"S. C. Gwynne's Hymns of the Republic addresses the period from Ulysses S. Grant's appointment as general of all Union armies in March 1864 to the surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox a year later."--

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Important trends in contemporary intellectual life celebrate difference, divisiveness, and distinction. Speculative writing increasingly highlights "hermeneutic gaps" between human beings, their histories, and their hopes. In this book Karl Morrison identifies an alternative to this disruption. He explores for the first time the entire legacy of th