Self-Determination

Richard Breitman and Allan J. Lichtman offer an intriguing portrait of a consummate politician struggling with opposing priorities under perilous conditions....

From the rise of Sargon of Akkad, who in the third millennium BCE ruled what is now Iraq and Syria, to the collapse of the great European empires in the twentieth century, the empire has been the dominant form of power in history....

Past and present civilizations failed and fail for many reasons, but the number-one predictor of a civilization’s survival is its sense of religion—or lack thereof....

The eminent historian John Keegan charts Churchill's career, following his steadfast leadership during the catastrophic events of World War II....

Standing at Armageddon is a comprehensive and lively historical account of America's shift from a rural and agrarian society to an urban and industrial society....

In 1979 the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith withdrew Hans Kung's missio canonica....

Prizewinning historian Nick Bunker shows us a polarized nation facing crises at home and abroad in this evocative portrait of a divided America at the dawn of the Cold War....

In the last winter of the Second World War, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin arrived in the Crimean resort of Yalta. Over eight days of bargaining, bombast, and intermittent bonhomie, they decided on the conduct of the final stages of the war....

At the time of his death, Ulysses S. Grant was the most famous person in America, considered by most citizens to be equal in stature to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln....

From Silk to Silicon tells the story of who these men and women were, what they did, how they did it, and how their achievements continue to shape our world today....

This magnificent volume offers fresh evaluations and sheds new light on Europe's most controversial and enigmatic general, politician, and statesman....

It is impossible to think of Russia today without thinking of Vladimir Putin. More than any other major national leader, he personifies his country in the eyes of the outside world, and dominates Western media coverage of it to an extraordinary extent....

Hailed as a "pithy and compelling account of an intensely relevant topic" ( Kirkus Reviews), this wide-ranging volume offers a superb account of a key moment in modern U.S. and world history....

Revolt is an eloquent and provocative challenge to the prevailing wisdom about the rise of nationalism and populism. With a vibrant and informed voice, Nadav Eyal illustrates how modern globalization is not sustainable....

Fred Kaplan looks past the 1960s to the year that really changed America....

Timothy Ferris makes a passionate case for science as the inspiration behind the rise of liberalism and democracy....

If we do not learn from the fates of past empires, the author suggests, our decline and fall are foreordained....

The history and evolution of land ownership is a fascinating chronicle in the history of civilization, offering unexpected insights about how various forms of democracy and capitalism developed....

In this magnificent synthesis of military, technological, and social history, William H. McNeill explores a whole millennium of human upheaval and traces the path....

The Fear and the Freedom is Keith Lowe's follow-up to Savage Continent. While that book painted a picture of Europe in all its horror as World War II was ending, The Fear and the Freedom looks at all that has happened since....