Written in a lively and accessible style by leading scholars from eleven countries this is the first global book to provide a thorough examination of the urban challenges now facing city leaders and m...
Comprehensive and accessible, this title offers a clear and original framework for studying the important issues in colonial American history. It provides students with more than 60 essential document...
In American history, "Reconstruction" is the term applied to the period 1862-1877, when the United States sought to bring order from the tremendous changes wrought by the Civil War. The Encyclopedia i...
This accessible and stimulating revision from renowned security scholar Donald Snow examines the United States' national security situation today and what policies the U.S. should adopt to confront it...
This volume addresses the central theme of adjusting the United Nations system in light of, firstly, the broadening definition of security, secondly, a perceived shift from modernity to post-modernity...
This is an exciting time for those involved in the care of patients with back pain. Generally, the goal in treating back pain patients is to reduce pain and increase function. Traditionally in spine s...
America's current involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan has drawn the attention of policymakers, military analysts, and the general public to the lessons of the counterinsurgency era of the 1950s and 19...
The C-47 units of the USAAF were an integral part of some of the most dramatic episodes of the European war: the airborne assaults in North Africa, Sicily, Normandy, southern France, Operation Market ...