World History category: 14642 books
Empire
How Britain Made the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
Niall Ferguson's acclaimed bestseller on the highs and lows of Britain's empire
Once vast swathes of the globe were coloured imperial red and Britannia ruled not just the waves, but the prairies of America, the plains of Asia, the jungles of Africa and the deserts of Arabia. Just how did a...
Age of Assassins
A History of Conspiracy and Political Violence, 1865-1981
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
These were the crimes that were meant to change the world, and sometimes did. The book connects the killing of the Kennedys or the murder that sparked the First World War with less well-known stories, such as the Berlin shooting of an instigator of the Armenian genocide or the attack on an American...
Empires of Vision
A Reader
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Empires of Vision brings together pieces by some of the most influential scholars working at the intersection of visual culture studies and the history of European imperialism. The essays and excerpts focus on the paintings, maps, geographical surveys, postcards, photographs, and other media that...
Was Dropping the Atomic Bombs a Crime Against Humanity?
Insights from Harry S. Truman and Franklin D. Roosevelt
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Was there any true justification for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? To answer to this question, Master Ryuho Okawa conducted spiritual interviews with Harry S. Truman and Franklin D. Roosevelt, the two presidents who presided over the United States’ participation in World War II. Could...
Forge of Empires
Three Revolutionary Statesmen and the World They Made, 1861-1871
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2007
In the space of a single decade, three leaders liberated tens of millions of souls, remade their own vast countries, and altered forever the forms of national power:
Abraham Lincoln freed a subjugated race and transformed the American Republic.
Tsar Alexander II broke the chains of the serfs...
by Chris Pearce
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
Daylight saving time has been described as one of the most controversial issues in modern history. This encyclopedia of daylight saving time commemorates 100 years of the scheme since it was first introduced nationally in 1916 by European countries on both sides of World War I to save fuel.The...
by Scott S. F. Meaker
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
This is a short and Untold Stories of the Extraordinary World War II - Courage, Survival, Resistance and Rescue Mission.
As a guide to understanding the enormity of the impact of the war, there were more than 16 million Americans who served in World War II. There were 60 other countries also...
The War of the World
Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower
Astonishing in its scope and erudition, this is the magnum opus that Niall Ferguson's numerous acclaimed works have been leading up to. In it, he grapples with perhaps the most challenging questions of modern history:...
by Thomas C. Brennan
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012
What if Christianity had never existed? Would the world be a better place? Or would it be worse?Was Christianity really responsible for persecutions, wars and genocides?Was it responsible for the extermination of the native populations of North and South America?Was it responsible...
Forgotten Voices of D-Day
A Powerful New History of the Normandy Landings in the Words of Those Who Were There
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2010
6 June 1944: the day Allied forces crossed the Channel and began fighting their way into Nazi-occupied Northwest Europe. Initiated by airborne units and covered by air and naval bombardment, the Normandy landings were the most ambitious combined airborne and amphibious assault ever attempted. Their...
by Vicki Rutherford
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2012
Ships found drifting with no crew aboard. Lighthouse keepers haunted by the Grey Lady, searching for her lost babe. A wooden ship trapped in Arctic ice for 13 years traveling the Northwest Passage with a frozen crew. The ghosts of drowned sailors photographed swimming alongside a ship.
These...
by William Least Heat-Moon
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
A stirring tale of adventure and tragedy
"They brought balls of spun cotton and parrots and javelins and other little things that it would be tiresome to write down, and they gave everything for anything that was given to them. I was attentive and labored to find out if there was any gold."
With...
by Mark Sandle
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
The twentieth century cannot be properly understood unless we understand communism: its origins, growth, demise and legacy. This brief overview of the history of communism challenges us to think about its role in shaping the contemporary world.
This book shows how the modern communist movement...
The Lost Peace
Leadership in a Time of Horror and Hope, 1945-1953
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
"Robert Dallek brings to this majestic work a profound understanding of history, a deep engagement in foreign policy, and a lifetime of studying leadership. The story of what went wrong during the postwar period…has never been more intelligently explored." —Doris Kearns Goodwin, author...