Old Is Gold

On April 12, 1945, Franklin Roosevelt died and Harry Truman took his place in the White House. Historians have been arguing ever since about the implications of this transition for American foreign policy in general and relations with the Soviet Union in particular. Was...

P. Roy Vagelos grew up during the Depression as a wise-cracking son of Greek immigrants. He left his family's small restaurant to become a doctor and went on to master three professions and become the Chief Executive Officer of the multinational pharmaceutical giant, Merck...

Beginning in 1963 and continuing through the late 1980s, a loose coterie of like-minded Canadian poets challenged the conventions of writing and poetic meaning by fusing their practice with strategies from visual art, sound art, sculpture, installation, and performance. They called it "borderblur." Borderblur...

The Depression of the 1930s was a defining period in New Zealand history. But one generation's reality is another's history. The desperate struggles experienced by many for work, food and shelter during the 1930s eventually gave way to the sunny postwar years, when the...

In this sweeping narrative, acclaimed political historian Lewis L. Gould chronicles over one hundred years of Senate history, from the Progressive Era to the war in Iraq. Over the course of the twentieth century, the most powerful legislative body in the world grappled with...

It took over 1000 pounds of photographic equipment hauled halfway across the continent by horse, boat, and sweat for John Wesley Powell's 1872 Expedition (including his photographer, John Hillers) to document the story of a people who should have never survived there in North...

It's hard to imagine today what a mess Key West was in 1970's. The recent closing of the Naval Base, the island's largest employer, had devastated the local economy. The city was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy and had applied to the state...

An overview of the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence (1848-1849) and details the struggle for national autonomy against the Habsburg Empire and Russian intervention.The story of the Hungarian revolution and war of independence of 1848-1849 is one of the most important series of...

Explores the evolution of the German military system post-Peace of Westphalia, detailing its development, role in Europe, and the unique defensive political culture of the German states.After the Peace of Westphalia, several German states developed a disciplined 'Military' that produced outstanding armies. Germany supplied...

This study describes and analyses the Swedish campaign in Muscovy of 1609-1610 and the Ingrian War of 1610-1617 between Sweden and Muscovy; both wars took place during Russia's 'Time of Troubles'. Faced with a serious threat from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Moscow entered into an...

Aerial reconnaissance during the Second World War in the Mediterranean has never been covered in this detail.During the Second World War, aerial reconnaissance in all its aspects - photographic, strategic, tactical and armed - played a leading role. The British, French, Americans, Germans and...

This is new research on a war with seldom published English accounts, detailing the military systems of Sweden and Denmark-Norway.The book describes and analyses the Kalmar War of 1611-1613 between Sweden and Denmark-Norway. Since Denmark controlled the Straits between the Baltic Sea and the...

'You have to die in Piedmont!' An old folk song, still played in the western Alps, tells of the French regiments that were coming from the Mongeneve Pass in order to attack a combined Austro-Sardinian force entrenched on the Assietta Plateau, 2,500 meters up...

The book describes and analyses the early modern Swedish army during the Thirty Years War after the death in 1632 of King Gustavus Adolphus. At this time, military operations were handled by field marshals under the overall command of the Swedish Chancellor, Axel Oxenstierna....

The Pittsburgh region, while well known for steelmaking, was likewise an important glass manufacturing center in this country's history. This book provides detailed accounts of the region's glassmakers from the first factory dating to 1795 through 1910. Glassmaking started out modestly with small glasshouses...

Fouad Ibrahim traces the evolution of Shi'ite opposition in Saudi Arabia since the 1979 Shi'ite uprisings, paying particular attention to the reform movement, which has succeeded in bringing issues of political and individual liberty to worldwide attention. Fouad Ibrahim is an editor of Saudi...

In the late 17th century, war was one of the most important of all the human professions, and for this reason generals of the period labored to acquire every bit of available knowledge, and from this went on to perfect the military art. These...

The world's first truly global conflict erupted in 1740 over the question as to who would rule the Holy Roman Empire, with Europe divided between those who supported the Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austria and those who endorsed the claim of Charles-Albert of Bavaria....

From the middle of the 16th century to the early years of the 18th century, cavalry experienced significant changes in doctrine, deployment, and the equipment it used. The Men-at-Arms, carrying lances and arranged in large formations, were replaced by more lightly-armed cavalrymen fighting with...

The Battle of Minden is justifiably celebrated by the British infantry and artillery regiments involved, but it was a close-run affair. Like a Brazen Wall echoes that celebration, but also sets a fresh balance: appropriately applauding, where due, the dash and élan of the...