First serious examination of the curious demise of Reichsfuhrer SS Heinrich Himmler that also investigates an extraordinary web of secret deals and international intrigue.
In 1502, a decade of increasing tension between Muslims and Christians in Spain culminated in a royal decree that Muslims in Castile wanting to remain had to convert to Christianity.
Aaron Burr fells Alexander Hamilton in a duel in July, but Jefferson, caring little for either adversary or for disruptive partisan warfare, gives the event only limited notice.
'An intimate, insightful portrait of an extraordinarily private leader' WALTER ISAACSONFrom the bestselling author of Enemies of the PeopleAn intimate and deeply researched account of the extraordinary rise and political brilliance of the most powerful - and elusive - woman in the world.
This volume's 571 documents cover both Jefferson's opposition to restrictions on slavery in Missouri and his concession that "e;the boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
Here Christina Wolbrecht boldly demonstrates how the Republican and Democratic parties have helped transform, and have been transformed by, American public debate and policy on women's rights.
The definitive edition of Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death continues with Volume Two, which covers the period from 16 November 1809 to 11 August 1810.
This volume documents exhaustively for the first time Edmond Charles Genet's dramatic challenges to American neutrality and Jefferson's diplomatic and political responses.
Volume 18, covering part of the final session of the First Congress, shows Jefferson as Secretary of State continuing his effective collaboration with James Madison in seeking commercial reciprocity with Great Britain by threatening--and almost achieving--a retaliatory navigation bill.
To coincide with the Channel 4 series to be aired at the end of this year - David Starkey's 'Monarchy' charts the rise of the British monarchy from the War of the Roses, the English Civil War and the Georgians, right up until the present day monarchs of the 20th Century.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'I will recommend it to everyone' Alastair Campbell'World-renowned historian Laurence Rees lays out a past that is also eerily a cautionary tale for our future if we are not careful' Anthony Scaramucci'There are lots of moments when you can t help but have a shudder through the spine .
A provocative book that demystifies China's great democratic leap backward under Xi Jinping, revealing why the country's embrace of capitalism has given rise to hard authoritarianism, mass surveillance, and one-man rule instead of democracy as many in the West had hopedWhen China embarked on its transformative journey of modernization in 1979, many believed the country's turn toward capitalism would put its totalitarian past to rest and mark the birth of a democratic, open society.
Book DescriptionPresidents at War: Trump in Comparative PerspectiveFrom Eisenhower to the Second Trump AdministrationDr Naim Tahir Baig Presidents at War is the most systematically comparative scholarly treatment of Donald Trump's war policy yet produced.
How we can challenge social injusticewith data and humanityThe American legal system does not offer equal justice to all; we can see obvious racial disparities in sentencing, policing, and incarceration.
How we can challenge social injusticewith data and humanityThe American legal system does not offer equal justice to all; we can see obvious racial disparities in sentencing, policing, and incarceration.
The intellectual biography of a Victorian Liberal polymathJames Bryce (18381922) was a leading figure in Britain's Liberal Party and a distinguished historian, a versatile scholar-politician who moved seamlessly between academia and politics.
The 100 Days That Shook the WorldWhy Military Superiority Failed to Produce Decisive VictoryFor 100 days, the Middle East stood at the center of a confrontation that threatened to reshape the global balance of power.
Why elites always rule democraciesand why recognizing that reality can help us respond to the crisis of democracy todayA central paradox of democracies is that they are always ruled by elites.
Why elites always rule democraciesand why recognizing that reality can help us respond to the crisis of democracy todayA central paradox of democracies is that they are always ruled by elites.
A provocative book that demystifies China's great democratic leap backward under Xi Jinping, revealing why the country's embrace of capitalism has given rise to hard authoritarianism, mass surveillance, and one-man rule instead of democracy as many in the West had hopedWhen China embarked on its transformative journey of modernization in 1979, many believed the country's turn toward capitalism would put its totalitarian past to rest and mark the birth of a democratic, open society.
The Central ArgumentThe failures examined in this book — the discipline's inability to anticipate the Arab Spring of 2010–11, the nomination and election of Donald Trump in 2016, the Brexit referendum of June 2016, and Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 — are not four separate embarrassments.
Del 20 de noviembre de 1916 a la madrugada del 1º de febrero de 1917 se celebró en Querétaro el hecho más trascendente de la Revolución mexicana: el Congreso Constituyente que dio origen a la "Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.
