I had wanted to write a book about Australia in the twenty first century so as to write about the Australia I liked, or perhaps wanted. I hoped, too, that Australia would be more successful in the next century than it had managed to be in this one. The twentieth century had been America's, not just in the sense that the United States became a dominanta power during it but because the style of t…
Benazir Bhutto is the daughter of Pakistan's former Prime Minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was executed by General Mohammed Zia ul-Haq in 1979. The leadership of the Pakistan People's Party. the largest and most powerful mass-based group in the country, had been passed on to her and her mother, Begum Bhutto, two years earlier, following her father's arrest. Benazir subsequently spent the bett…
This book contains a wealth of knowledge and experience of Dr. Jose Paciano Laurel as a teacher, lawyer, member of parliament, legal expert, political leader and statesman, he took lessons that are very relevant to our current national problems so that more people should know about them
After a lifetime of study of Lincoln and his times, Carl Sandburg has now distilled the essence of his monumental six-volume bi- ography for this new definitive one- volume work. Taking advantage of all the new material that has become available in recent years, he has written the long- promised one-volume Life of Lincoln which will become standard in its field.
This book discusses historical inspiration and historical chronology records seen from a historical perspective and connected to facts
As longtime head of french intelligence, Count de Marenches served as the confidant and adviser to the world's most powerfull men
At century's end is a powerfull collection of essays and interviews by thirty of the world's top thinkers and leaders, providing insight on the course of the world at the end of the twentieth century. Never ponderous nor heavy, the writing is concise, informative, and thought-provoking, giving perspectives from many regions of the globe.
This book contains the history of Lisbon and its travels. There is a description of Portugal Lisbon travel when traveling as well as what is in Lisbon
The Islamic world stretches from North America to Shoutheast Asia and includes some forty independent states in which Muslims constitute a majority of the population.
This highly dramatic, consistently en- grossing political and personal biography explains why and how Fidel Castro, in ruling Cuba, has remained in power longer than almost any other world leader. Peter Bourne, a psychiatrist and expert in U.S./Caribbean relations, analyzes the psychological and political forces that drive Castro. He explains how Fidel, the illegitimate son of a Spanish immigra…