Oxford University Press Usa: 518 books
Threshold of War : Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Entry into World War II
Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Entry into World War II
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1988
As the first comprehensive treatment of the American entry into World War II to appear in over thirty-five years Waldo Heinrichs' volume places American policy in a global context covering both the European and Asian diplomatic and military scenes with Roosevelt at the center. Telling a tale of ever-broadening...
by Robert Kolker
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
An updated and expanded version of this classic study of contemporary American film the new edition of A Cinema of Loneliness reassesses the landscape of American cinema over the past decade incorporating discussions of directors like Judd Apatow and David Fincher while offering assessments of the...
by Richard Crouter
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
A primer on the current "Niebuhr revival" of the political left and right, this book traces the significance of Reinhold Niebuhr's thought for secular as well as deeply Christian minds. Placed in the context of religious and cultural history, Niebuhr's theological views deepen and challenge...
Wartime : Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War
Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 1989
Winner of both the National Book Award for Arts and Letters and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism Paul Fussell's The Great War and Modern Memory was one of the most original and gripping volumes ever written about the First World War. Frank Kermode in The New York Times Book Review...
by Paul Fussell
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 1975
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 1975
The year 2000 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of The Great War and Modern Memory, winner of the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and recently named by the Modern Library one of the twentieth century's 100 Best Non-Fiction Books. Fussell's landmark...
Humble Apologetics : Defending the Faith Today
Defending the Faith Today
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2002
Is it still possible in an age of religious and cultural pluralism to engage in Christian apologetics? How can one urge one's faith on others when such a gesture is typically regarded with suspicion if not outright resentment? In Humble Apologetics John G. Stackhouse brings his wide experience as...
by Irving Bernstein
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 1996
The presidency of Lyndon Johnson was a pivotal moment in twentieth-century American history. From the decisive social programs of the Great Society to the triumph of the Civil and Voting Rights Acts to the catastrophe of the Vietnam War and domestic unrest it was an era of dramatic accomplishment and...
Death of a Generation:How the Assassinations of Diem and JFK Prolonged the Vietnam War
How the Assassinations of Diem and JFK Prolonged the Vietnam War
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2003
When John F. Kennedy was shot, millions were left to wonder how America, and the world, would have been different had he lived to fulfill the enormous promise of his presidency. For many historians and political observers, what Kennedy would and would not have done in Vietnam has been a source of...
Spirituality for the Skeptic : The Thoughtful Love of Life
The Thoughtful Love of Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2002
Is it possible to be spiritual and yet not believe in the supernatural? Can a person be spiritual without belonging to a religious group or organization? In this book philosopher Robert Solomon offers challenging answers to these questions as he explodes commonly held myths about what is means to...
by James Davison Hunter
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2010
The call to make the world a better place is inherent in the Christian belief and practice. But why have efforts to change the world by Christians so often failed or gone tragically awry? And how might Christians in the 21st century live in ways that have integrity with their traditions and are more...
by Paul Woodruff
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2001
Reverence is an ancient virtue dating back thousands of years. It survives among us in half-forgotten patterns of behavior and in the vestiges of old ceremonies. Yet, Paul Woodruff says, we have lost sight of reverence. Like an important engine part that has rusted over time, the idea of reverence has...
Storm over Texas:The Annexation Controversy and the Road to Civil War
The Annexation Controversy and the Road to Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
In the Spring of 1844, a fiery political conflict erupted over the admission of Texas into the Union, a hard-fought and bitter controversy that profoundly changed the course of American history. Indeed, as Joel Silbey argues in Storm Over Texas, the battle over Texas marked the crucial moment when...
Reunion and Reaction : The Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction
The Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 1991
Between the era of America's landmark antebellum compromises and that of the Compromise of 1877 a war had intervened destroying the integrity of the Southern system but failing to determine the New South's relation to the Union. While it did not restore the old order in the South or restore the South...
by John A. Ragosta
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2010
Before the American Revolution, no colony more assiduously protected its established church or more severely persecuted religious dissenters than Virginia. Both its politics and religion were dominated by an Anglican establishment, and dissenters from the established Church of England were subject to...