The Unlimited Power of Russia
This book explores Russia’s historical pursuit of great power status, from the imperial period to the Putin era. It analyzes key themes—including foreign policy, military power, and energy policies—to provide a framework for understanding Russia’s international role.
A Historical Quest Through the Japanese Capital
This guide to Japanese history explores how Tokyo developed into a megalopolis and how modernization changed the lives of the Japanese people. It serves as an introduction and travel guide to the historical settings behind the high-tech landscape of modern Tokyo.
This book presents a history of public relations in the American government. Unlike in business, government PR is driven by a democratic obligation for transparency. It emerged in the Progressive era, evolved under FDR, and continues to adapt to new media and technologies.
The Creole Jesuits in Nueva España in 1767
In 1767, King Carlos III expelled the Jesuits from all Spanish territories. Exiled to Italy, the majority of Jesuits in the Americas were American-born. This study focuses on the Jesuits of New Spain, exploring their organization, identity, and architectural legacy.
This study probes the Russian approach to urban warfare from 1991-2020. It explores the evolution of Russian military doctrine in response to new strategic challenges and analyses the efficacy of its ‘New Generation Approach’ in contemporary urban battlespaces.
A Brief History of Philosophy and Science
This book traces the relationship between science and philosophy from the Ancient Greeks to the Enlightenment. The Age of Technology followed, alienating us from nature and thought. With science now threatening our world, can philosophy help us understand our place in it?
This book examines five models of ancient civilization in the Near East and Mediterranean. It explores the dynamics of their development, the structure of civilizations, cultural transformation through space and time, and the specifics of their unique artistic thinking.
Public Health, Mental Health and Human Rights
This book analyzes a project to build culture-sensitive mental health services in Northern Iraq, a region impacted by war and genocide. Focusing on the Yazidi minority, it reviews the challenges encountered and solutions developed, providing guidelines for similar projects.
The Memoirs of Resi Weglein, a Holocaust Survivor
In the Theresienstadt camp, nurse Resi Weglein tended to the dying while fighting for her own life. Her astounding memoir is a rare eyewitness testimony to the Holocaust and a powerful testament to preserving one’s humanity in the face of unimaginable horror.
With contributions from academics, legal practitioners and diplomats, this book offers a fresh, multidisciplinary perspective on the Entente Cordiale in post-Brexit Britain. It explores the Entente’s origin, what it means today, and what it might mean tomorrow.
Police records from 18th-century Paris lay bare the intimate tragedies behind hundreds of suicides. Through suicide notes and witness accounts, these dossiers reveal not only private despair but a society’s shifting view of self-destruction—from a crime to a sign of insanity.
Australia’s Naval Alliances
Australia has long relied on powerful allies for naval defence. Once assured of the Royal Navy’s protection, everything changed in 1941 when that promise was not honoured. Australia then formed an alliance with the United States. But alliances can be fragile.
Narrative Criminology
This guide on narrative criminology shows how academia and entertainment can blend. For true crime creators and criminology students, it is an insider’s guide to crafting compelling, responsible narratives that educate and entertain without lowering academic standards.
The Treaty of Versailles and The Carthaginian Peace
This book reconsiders the Treaty of Versailles against Keynes’ verdict of a ‘Carthaginian peace’. This powerful myth is contrasted with the reality of the Conference: a hard-won compromise. It highlights the mythology of Germany’s ‘destruction’ by a ‘Diktat’ of Versailles.
This book penetrates the myths of Roman history, narrating its epic story from the founding of the Republic, through civil wars, to the rise of the Empire. One lesson is learned: Liberty is too valuable to be forsaken for the safety of “bread and circuses.”
This volume examines England’s pioneering computer efforts from the 1950s to the 1970s. Discover innovative concepts like time-sharing and multiprogramming, and learn how LEO I, the first business computer, arose not from a tech company or academia, but from a Tea Shoppe!
My Life as A Forensic Sociologist
A forensic sociologist involved in criminal trials, Dr. Erickson acts as an expert witness for the defence or prosecution. This is the real-life story of her involvement with violent crime, visiting scenes in the dead of night to uncover discoveries for her testimony.
The definitive study of Newman’s theology of the church. Drawing on his essays and 20,000 lesser-known letters, Miller reveals Newman’s advocacy for involving the laity—a vision that champions Pope Francis’s call for a more inclusive, synod-like church.
This book links the personal lives and public actions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and two ambassadors. Their friendly relations turned to bitter enmity over how to confront a rising Nazi Germany, a fascinating tale of egos, intrigue, and lives ending as Greek tragedies.
The Politics of Civil Society in Africa
This book chronicles how civil society confronts challenges facing Africa, from democracy and human rights to climate change. As state power fails the world’s youngest population, this book makes a clarion call for a more activist civil society to shape the continent’s future.