World History category: 14642 books
by A.H.M. Jones
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
This celebrated account of the decline of the ancient world describes the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the emergence of the new medieval European order.
The Illusion Of Victory
America In World War I
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
In this sweeping historical canvas, Thomas Fleming undertakes nothing less than a drastic revision of our experience in World War I. He reveals how the British and French duped Wilson into thinking the war was as good as won, and there would be no need to send an army overseas. He describes a harried...
by B. H. Liddell Hart
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
T. E. Shaw, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, was one of the most romantic, heroic, and enigmatic figures of his day. The subject of myth and hagiography, he was equally accomplished in several fields--as archaeologist, diplomat, writer, and soldier--and he worked throughout World War I and after...
Failed States
Realities, Risks, and Responses
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012
The issue of state failure is both overly sensationalized and under-appreciated in popular discourse. In the West, failed states are too readily associated with terrorist activities. Likewise, publications such as the Failed States Index greatly exaggerate the number of countries with extreme political...
by Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
A must-read for history enthusiasts, academic know-it-alls and bathroom buffs everywhere!
History repeats itself as Uncle John once again takes the plunge into the past! For our big number-two, we dug ever deeper into our bottomless vaults to bring you more of history’s most colorful characters,...
Dictator's Handbook
a practical manual for the aspiring tyrant
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
Ever wonder if the world's tyrants are using the same instruction manual? They are, and here it is. Getting to power, destroying your enemies, suppressing uprisings, stealing elections, and making a fortune are all covered in this 320 page volume, with extensive footnotes and a full bibliography....
North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea
Essays on Daily Life in North Korea
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2007
The Kim dynasty has ruled North Korea for over 60 years. Most of that period has found the country suffering under mature Stalinism characterized by manipulation, brutality and tight social control. Nevertheless, some citizens of Kim Jong Il's regime manage to transcend his tyranny in their daily...
Old Dominion, New Commonwealth
A History of Virginia, 1607–2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2008
"On the morning of 26 April 1607, three small ships carrying 143 Englishmen arrived off the Virginia coast of North America, having spent four months at sea.... All hoped for financial success and perhaps a little adventure; as it turned out, their tiny settlement eventually would evolve from...
Who Hates Whom
Well-Armed Fanatics, Intractable Conflicts, and Various Things Blowing Up A Woefully Incomplete Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2007
The daily news gives you events but rarely context. So what do al-Qaeda, North Korea, and Iran really want? Which faction is which in Iraq and who’s arming whom? What’s the deal with Somalia, Darfur, and Kashmir? Fatah, Hamas, and Hezbollah?
Finally, here’s Who Hates Whom—a handy, often...
by Diego Olstein
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
The book brings together many recent trends in writing history under a common framework: thinking history globally. By thinking history globally, the book explains, applies, and exemplifies the four basic strategies of analysis, the big C's: comparing, connecting, conceptualizing, and contextualizing, using twelve different branches of history.
Lies, Damned Lies and History
A Catalogue of Historical Errors and Misunderstandings
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2010
This collection takes the reader on a journey, century-by-century, showing how the truth that is usually taken for granted is a far cry from the facts. Amusing anecdotes and little-known facts travels through history, while teasing cross-references show how obscure events are linked. This is not a...
The Great Arab Conquests
How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2007
Today's Arab world was created at breathtaking speed. In just over one hundred years following the death of Mohammed in 632, Arabs had subjugated a territory with an east-west expanse greater than the Roman Empire, and they did it in about one-half the time. By the mid-eighth century, Arab armies...
Islamic Civilization in Thirty Lives
The First 1,000 Years
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Religious thinkers, political leaders, lawmakers, writers, and philosophers have shaped the 1,400-year-long development of the world's second-largest religion. But who were these people? What do we know of their lives and the ways in which they influenced their societies?
In Islamic Civilization...
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist of the 19th century, a master of realistic novels, that represent panoramic survey of English manners and human frailties.The picture of contemporary life made William Makepeace Thackeray noted as the only possible rival of Charles Dickens. “The...