A wide-reaching analysis of post-World War II U.S. policy in Lebanon posits that the politics of oil and pipelines figured far more significantly in U.S. relations with Lebanon than previously believed. By reevaluating U.S.-Lebanese relations within the context of America's coll…
"World War I created the state of Yugoslavia in 1918 and, in a series of wars, starting in 1991, Yugoslavia was replaced by several new and smaller states. The victors had always presented these wars as wars of national liberation: each war was fought for the sacred cause of nat…
The Civil War and Reconstruction diaries of a Louisiana planter's daughter.
"The Civil War and World War II stand as the two great cataclysms of American history. Now, In War Comes Again, eleven eminent historians - all veterans of the Second World War - offer an illuminating comparison of these two epic events in our national life."--Jacket
* The first direct comparison of America's participation in its two most significant wars - the Civil War and World War II; A group of prominent historians provide an illuminating comparison of the two wars in a number of central areas.
An account of Jesse James' life during the Civil War and how it directly affected him in his future life as a famous American outlaw.
Early in the Civil War, Louisiana's Confederate government sanctioned a militia unit of black troops, the Louisiana Native Guards. Intended as a response to demands from members of New Orleans' substantial free black population that they be permitted to participate in the defens…
Early in the Civil War, Louisiana's Confederate government sanctioned a militia unit of black troops, the Louisiana Native Guards. Intended as a response to demands from members of New Orleans' substantial free black population that they be permitted to participate in the defens…
"This book analyses the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in the context of the conflict in Darfur, using detailed empirical evidence. The volume traces Darfur's evolution from forgotten conflict to a major global cause back to obscurity. The emergence of a far-reaching internatio…
The diary of a Croatian girl whose world collapses, when war breaks out. Filipovic begins her diary in autumn 1991 as a contented 10-year-old. Soon the bombs start falling; her friends are killed by shrapnel or snipers' bullets; her family's country house burns down, and they su…
Two modern cases of genocide and extermination began in Southeast Asia in the same year. Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, and Indonesian forces occupied East Timor from 1975 to 1999. This book examines the horrific consequences of Cambodian communis…
Reporting War and Conflict brings together history, theory and practice to explore the issues and obstacles involved in the reporting of contemporary war and conflict. The book examines the radical changes taking place in the working practices and day-to-day routines of war jour…
This book is the first study of displaced Mozambican men, women, and children2014from refugees and asylum seekers to liberation leaders, students, and migrant workers2014during the war for independence from Portugal (1964-1974). ?Throughout the war, two distinct communities of M…
