Caesar's Commentaries on the Wars is a translation of Julius Caesar's classic work documenting his various military campaigns, including analysis of strategy, tactics, and the political conditions of Rome at that time. This book presents Caesar's firsthand accounts of the wars he led, accompanied by modern interpretations and translations by Rex Warner. As one of the most important primary sour…
This book provides an analytical and deeply personal reflection on the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970). Written by Raph Uwechue, a prominent diplomat and public intellectual, the work examines the origins of the conflict, the political and ethnic tensions that fueled it, and the humanitarian crisis that followed. Uwechue calls for a realistic understanding of the war's causes and consequences,…
This book is a firsthand account of the political upheavals that led to the Nigerian Revolution and the subsequent Biafran War (1967–1970). Written by Major-General Alexander A. Madiebo, Commander of the Biafran Army, the work presents an insider’s perspective on the causes, strategies, and consequences of one of Africa’s most defining post-colonial conflicts. Madiebo recounts the militar…
From the first outbreak of hostilities in northern China in 1937 to the Japanese surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in 1945, this book recreates the decade of upheaval when China was caught in the grip of revolution and war and torn from its feudal past. The authors, Time-Life correspondents during the war years, report firsthand on the rise and fall of the Kuomintang nationalist government a…
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the world has plunged into crisis. What began as an attack on the West by Osama bin Laden has become a wrenching confrontation between Europe and America. Britain has found itself painfully split, because it stands with one foot across the Atlantic and the other across the Channel. The English, in particular, are divided politically between a Rig…
"The Year of Birmingham," 1963, was a cataclysmic turning point in America's long civil rights struggle. That spring, child demonstrators faced down police dogs and fire hoses in huge nonviolent marches for desegregation. A few months later, Ku Klux Klansmen retaliated by bombing the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and killing four young black girls. Diane McWhorter, journalist and daughter of …
Part 1: Zones Of Conflict Part 2: The Revivalist Revolution Part 3: Cultural Wars
To mark the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War's outbreak, Antony Beevor has written a completely updated and revised account of one of the most bitter and hard-fought wars of the twentieth century. With new material gleaned from the Russian archives and numerous other sources, this brisk and accessible book (Spain's #1 bestseller for twelve weeks), provides a balanced and penetrating pe…
Contents: 1. Internally displaced persons and refugees: Conceptual differences and similarities 2. The legal protection of internally displaced persons 3. The institutional framework of protection for the internally displaced etc.
A unique and very welcome addition to the literature on ethnic and civil wars. The book combines comprehensive, global coverage with a problem-solving focus and sophis ticated scholarly insights. Timely regional surveys are matched with timeless essays on fundamental issues of conflict prevention and management"-Professor Jack Snyder. Director. Institute of War and Peace Studies.