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An examination of how history has shaped the identity of the Middle East.

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Bringing together leading historians, this volume offers a vital and timely reassessment of Munich Crisis of 1938 from the point of view of the politicians, the people, and public opinion. It takes into account the profound social, cultural, and psychological effects of the crisis, hitherto neglected aspects of this clash between democracy and dictatorship.

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Where did the idea to eliminate European Jewry originate This guide explores the origins of German hopes for the elimination of Europe's Jews, tracing the history of this idea from it's Biblical roots and expression throughout German history.

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An analysis of the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King and the events surrounding it. The text covers the official investigation, the role of James Earl Ray and the question of conspiracy and offers a revisionist interpretation of the case demonstrating that it remains unsolved.

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A picture of Australia's major river, the Murray. The focus is on shifts and changes: the heyday of the riverboats and their transformation into a tourist attraction; the decline of the Murray cod; the alteration of flow patterns and species; and the changing fortunes of the river towns.

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Ali Pasha of Ioannina (1750-1822), the Ottoman-appointed governor of the northern mainland of Greece, was a towering figure in Ottoman, Greek, and European history. Based on an array of literatures, paintings, and musical scores, this is the first English-language critical biography about him in recent decades. K. E. Fleming shows that the British

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On 16 March 1968, two US infantry companies entered a Vietnamese village and, in the course of a single morning, killed over 400 of its unarmed, unresisting inhabitants. This book examines the response of American society to the massacre, and its ambiguous place in American national memory. -- .

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This history of Britain since 1945 confronts two themes that have dominated British consciousness during the post-war era: the myth of decline and the pervasiveness of American influence.

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Offers an analysis, which contrasts the myths with the actual history of Europe's transformation between the fourth and ninth centuries - the period of grand migrations that nationalists hold dear.

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This study analyzes Barton Stone and Alexander Campbell. It brings new evidence to the debate regarding their influence on the branches of Christianity that emerged from Stone-Campbell Movement and argues that Stone wasnt a viable leader in his own movement.

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The second in a series of four volumes which study the motives, methods and repercussions of the Napoleonic Wars. Covering the years 1808 to 1812, this work explores the invasion of Russia and the long retreat following it, as well as Napoleon's first defeat at the hands of Archduke Charles.

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The third in four volumes providing a complete history of the Napoleonic wars. This title covers the long-drawn-out campaigns of the Spanish peninsula. It introduces Wellington to the action, shows the British army at its moment of glory and details the battles of Salamanca and Vittoria.

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Covers Napoleon's gradual fall from power, beginning in spring 1813, when Napoleon prepared to face Russia and Prussia again. He achieved victories, but Austria then joined the allies. Napoleon retreated across the Rhine, to claim victory again, but with Paris threatened, he abdicated.

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Founded in 1900, the National Civic Federation (NCF), a broad-based, nongovernmental social and policy reform organization, emerged throughout the Progressive Era as one of the nation's most powerful policy research and lobbying groups.

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Einhorn, a rhetorical scholar, explores the rich history of the Native American oral tradition, focusing on stories, orations, prayers, and songs.

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This work tells the story of the first white native-born Australians and their struggle for recognition. Against the odds of contempt, landlessness, lack of education and the stain of convictism, they fought back and shaped Australia.

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