World History category: 14642 books
Warlords
An Extraordinary Re-creation of World War II through the Eyes and Minds of Hitler, Churchill, Roosev
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2007
With innovative style and thorough scholarship, Warlords tells the story of World War II through the eyes and minds of its four great leaders-Adolf Hitler, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. While their nations battled in the field, these warlords of the twentieth century waged...
by Archie Brown
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2009
“A work of considerable delicacy and nuance….Brown has crafted a readable and judicious account of Communist history…that is both controversial and commonsensical.”
—Salon.com
“Ranging wisely and lucidly across the decades and around the world, this is a splendid book.”
—William...
Wrestling with Democracy
Voting Systems as Politics in the 20th Century West
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Though sharing broadly similar processes of economic and political development from the mid-to-late nineteenth century onward, western countries have diverged greatly in their choice of voting systems: most of Europe shifted to proportional voting around the First World War, while Anglo-American countries...
The Savage Wars Of Peace
Small Wars And The Rise Of American Power
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
"Anyone who wants to understand why America has permanently entered a new era in international relations must read [this book].... Vividly written and thoroughly researched." --Los Angeles Times
America's "small wars," "imperial war," or, as the Pentagon now terms them, "low-intensity conflicts,"...
The International Human Rights Movement
A History
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2012
During the past several decades, the international human rights movement has had a crucial hand in the struggle against totalitarian regimes, cruelties in wars, and crimes against humanity. Today, it grapples with the war against terror and subsequent abuses of government power. In The International...
by Heather Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Few forces are more powerful than a group of people united by a common cause. Collective objectives, known as movements, have been known to radically alter the course of human history. This book traces an array of important political and social movements from their inception to their apex, with plentiful side discussions of notable proponents.
MAFIA - VOL. 2 THE ANALYSIS OF THE SICILIAN ORGANIZED CRIME
The Analysis of the Sicilian Organized Crime
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2015
Caterina Bartoldi, lived several years in Sicily, she has become a Mafia specialist. In this fascinating book, she takes us from Sicily to the United States and in many other countries, she tells us about this part of History, which is very often confidential, mysterious and difficult to understand....
Global Muckraking
100 Years of Investigative Journalism from Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Crusading journalists from Sinclair Lewis to Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein have played a central role in American politics: checking abuses of power, revealing corporate misdeeds, and exposing government corruption. Muckraking journalism is part and parcel of American democracy. But how many people...
by Andy Dailey
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
A new book for Paper 1, Prescribed Subject 3: The Move to Global War
The renowned IB Diploma History series, combining compelling narratives with academic rigor.
An authoritative and engaging narrative, with the widest variety of sources at this level, helping students to develop their knowledge and...
The Age of the Horse
An Equine Journey Through Human History
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
A “superb” account of the enduring connection between humans and horses—“Full of the sort of details that get edited out of more traditional histories” (The Economist).
Fifty-six million years ago, the earliest equid walked the earth—and beginning with the first-known horse-keepers...
Salt
Grain of Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2001
For the sake of salt, Rome created a system of remuneration (from which we get the word "salary"), nomads domesticated the camel, the Low Countries revolted against their Spanish oppressors, and Gandhi marched against the tyranny of the British. Through the ages, salt has conferred status,...
The Foundation
A Great American Secret; How Private Wealth is Changing the World
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2007
Private foundations have been the dynamo of social change since their invention at the beginning of the last century. Yet just over 10 percent of the public knows they even exist; and for those who are aware of them, as well as even those who seek grants from them, their internal workings remain a...
by Sue Minter
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 1996
Founded in 1673 by the Society of Apothecaries, the Chelsea Physic Garden led the world for over 300 years in the research and classification of new plants. Sue Minter examines its history and many notable achievements.
Fools, Martyrs, Traitors
The Story of Martyrdom in the Western World
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012
In this engrossing exploration of martyrdom, Lacey Baldwin Smith takes us on a riveting journey through history as he examines one of the most baffling characteristics of the human species: its willingness to die to sanctify a deity, to defend a cause, or simply to prove a point. In telling the stories...