The North Korea Nuclear Crisis, 1992-2002
A landmark US-DPRK deal was meant to stop a nuclear North Korea. It failed. Why? A key negotiator who was in the room reveals the inside story from his 28 secret, contemporaneous notebooks.
Britain’s Flirtation with the Socialist Imaginary
In 1945, Winston Churchill won the war and was promptly thrown out of office. What followed was a revolutionary period in British history. This book traces the origins of this transformation to explain the new society that emerged and the enduring problems Britain still faces.
Edmund Roberts of New Hampshire
Edmund Roberts negotiated America’s first treaties with Asian powers. Appointed by President Jackson, he secured deals with Siam and Oman. Yet he was also a secret slave trader and illegal merchant who nearly sabotaged his own historic mission through his reckless greed.
Sparks From Spartacus
Who was the real Spartacus? To the ancient elite, he was a dangerous rogue. To later ages, a noble, tragic hero. For the first time, this richly illustrated book presents his continuous story from ancient sources, revealing the man behind the myth and his lasting legacy.
Alec Nelson and British Athletics prior to World War II
The life of coach Alec Nelson explores the hypocrisy of British athletics in the Chariots of Fire era. Though necessary for success, professional coaches were kept in their place by elite athletes, exposing the class-based antagonism at the heart of the sport.
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.
Managing Mass Education, and the Rise of Modern and Financial Management
This book reveals the unrecognized link between modern management and mass education. It explores how the charismatic teacher Joseph Lancaster’s plan for mass education enabled the industrial revolutions and the parallel growth of financial management worldwide.
Empires and Nations from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century
Scholars analyze the relationship between multinational empires and the idea of the nation from the 18th to the 20th century. Topics include the birth of nation-states, colonialism, the Great War, the Cold War, and concepts of identity and sovereignty.
Macedonia
These books cover the entire period of Macedonia’s written history, from the Temenid kingdom to the insecure, new Macedonian Republic, adopting a wide view of Macedonia as a geographical entity that extends outwards from the Macedonian Republic into all its neighbours.
This three-volume manual provides information on 262 species of southern African decapods, providing updates to their taxonomy, and ecological and fisheries information. It is arranged systematically, progressing from the earliest forms to the most derived and advanced forms.
This book uses geometry as the cornerstone for visualization. Through linguistic deduction, discover innovative solutions for aesthetic design that can be transformed into mathematical equations. Each chapter is written independently and may be read in any order.
Go beyond surface analysis to the root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This book explores territorial disputes, identity struggles, and external influences, providing a nuanced understanding of the core issues and potential paths toward reconciliation.
Alexandria’s Library attracted scholars whose study of its scrolls led to outstanding contributions in science, literature, and philosophy. This book recalls the city’s rise and the incredible series of wars and intrigues that brought about its inexorable decline.
A History of the Western Sahara Conflict
The conflict in Western Sahara has endured for decades, yet remains little known. This expansive history explores the region, from early empires to the colonial legacy and Cold War intrigues that ignited the war, providing an overview up to the 1991 UN ceasefire.
In 18th-century China, Jesuits defied a papal ban on Chinese Rites. Teodorico Pedrini was sent to enforce orthodoxy. To silence him, they imprisoned him, bringing him near death. His writings reveal their plot and cast a new perspective on the proscription of Christianity.
This book challenges standard accounts of the Cold War’s origins. It focuses on imperial rivalries between Britain, the US, and the Soviet Union, evaluating the responsibilities of all three for the breakdown of wartime cooperation. Uniquely, it treats Britain’s role as crucial.
This book demythologises the Hitlerjugend Division. Using an innovative social psychology approach, it provides insights into the psychological mechanisms that facilitated their moral disengagement, culminating in the division’s unparalleled combat motivation and war crimes.
Book Three of the Corpus Tibullianum
This commentary on [Tibullus] 3 presents a text, translation, and a detailed argument for a single author. It shows how one anonymous poet composed the whole work by impersonating different characters, from Lygdamus and Sulpicia to Tibullus himself.
Imperial Japan’s Allied Prisoners of War in the South Pacific
On the South Pacific island of New Britain, Imperial Japan imprisoned over 10,000 Allied soldiers and civilians. More than half died. What motivated such inhumane treatment? This book traces the genesis of Bushido and surveys prisoners’ recollections to find the answer.
A Traditionalist History of the Great War, Book II
Combining Sacred Geography and Sea Power, this book offers a Traditionalist perspective on the choices facing the Ten Great Powers on the eve of the Great War. It shows the world of 1914 on its own terms, free from the projections of contemporary historiography.