"In HOME RULE Nandita Sharma examines the twentieth-century transition from a world system based on empires to one based on nations. The UN Charter of 1945 endorsed the rights of self-governance to peoples on their land. At the end of World War II many people were displaced or h…
"The last military officer to command an atomic mission, Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney has the unique distinction of having been an integral part of both the Hiroshima and the Nagasaki bombing runs."--Jacket.
"The last military officer to command an atomic mission, Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney has the unique distinction of having been an integral part of both the Hiroshima and the Nagasaki bombing runs."--Jacket.
"Hitler in the crosshairs is a ... chronicle of previously untold World War II events, including an uprising of German soldiers and citizens against the Nazi regime, an assassination attempt on Hitler in Munich, and the story of the dictator's golden gun"--Jacket.
"Hitler in the crosshairs is a ... chronicle of previously untold World War II events, including an uprising of German soldiers and citizens against the Nazi regime, an assassination attempt on Hitler in Munich, and the story of the dictator's golden gun"--Jacket.
Does Japan really matter anymore? The challenges of recent Japanese history have led some pundits and scholars to publicly wonder whether Japan's significance is starting to wane. The multidisciplinary essays that comprise Japan Since 1945 demonstrate its ongoing importance and …