With sharp intellect and warm humor, Lionel Morrison tells the story of the struggle for freedom in South Africa and beyond, revealing the intimate experience of grand geopolitical shiftsApartheid in South Africa was arbitrary and ferocious-its end is widely celebrated.
The Oxford Handbook of Dutch Politics provides a comprehensive longitudinal overview of the state of the art of academic research on the Dutch political system: its origins and historical development, its key institutions, main fault lines, pivotal processes, and key public policy dynamics.
The Oxford Handbook of Dutch Politics provides a comprehensive longitudinal overview of the state of the art of academic research on the Dutch political system: its origins and historical development, its key institutions, main fault lines, pivotal processes, and key public policy dynamics.
From the award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author of Churchill and Napoleon the Great, the dramatic story of the team of rivals who propelled the rise and fall of history's greatest warrior.
Do we live in basically orderly societies that occasionally erupt into violent conflict, or do we fail to perceive the constancy of violence and disorder in our societies?
The incredible true story of how Wilmot Collins fled his war-torn African homeland to make a new home in America, becoming a community activist, a political leader, and an inspiration for hope in a time of rising anti-immigration sentiment.
One of the most influential leaders in the civil rights movement, Robert Parris Moses was essential in making Mississippi a central battleground state in the fight for voting rights.
The incredible true story of how Wilmot Collins fled his war-torn African homeland to make a new home in America, becoming a community activist, a political leader, and an inspiration for hope in a time of rising anti-immigration sentiment.
A 30th anniversary edition of the posthumously published autobiography of Senator Everett Dirksennow including never-before-seen photos documenting Dirksen's life and career.
Known today as the other speaker at Gettysburg, Edward Everett had a distinguished and illustrative career at every level of American politics from the 1820s through the Civil War.
Known today as the other speaker at Gettysburg, Edward Everett had a distinguished and illustrative career at every level of American politics from the 1820s through the Civil War.
Do we live in basically orderly societies that occasionally erupt into violent conflict, or do we fail to perceive the constancy of violence and disorder in our societies?
One of the most influential leaders in the civil rights movement, Robert Parris Moses was essential in making Mississippi a central battleground state in the fight for voting rights.
A 30th anniversary edition of the posthumously published autobiography of Senator Everett Dirksennow including never-before-seen photos documenting Dirksen's life and career.
'Thoroughly researched and extremely readable' THE TIMES'Fascinating, gripping, revelatory' KATE WILLIAMS'An epic and clever history' GARETH RUSSELL'I know no rival to this book in its presentation of a major dynasty in English history' DIARMAID MACCULLOCHTHOMAS MADE ENGLAND.
Seit Jahrzehnten fuhren Sozialwissenschaftler und politisch interessierte Zeitgenossen einen Streit um die Typologie des Franco-Regimes in Spanien (1936/1939-1975).
The first full biography of the controversial and complex First Lady Julia Gardiner Tyleran unjustly scandalized New Yorker, the second wife to President John Tyler, and a savvy and consequential political figure in the age of the Civil War.
The first full biography of the controversial and complex First Lady Julia Gardiner Tyleran unjustly scandalized New Yorker, the second wife to President John Tyler, and a savvy and consequential political figure in the age of the Civil War.
The unheard voice of Sean Lemass - 22 hours of lost interviews reveal the private thoughts of Ireland's most transformative taoiseachLemass never left any papers or an autobiography.
Born in Trinidad, Eric Williams (191181) founded the Republic of Trinidad and Tobagos first modern political party in 1956, led the country to independence from the British culminating in 1962, and became the nations first prime minister.
Many Americans remember Senator Sam Ervin (18961985) as the affable, Bible-quoting, old country lawyer who chaired the Senate Watergate hearings in 1973.
