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Cahill continues his study of civilizations, begun in "How the Irish Saved Civilization" (DC15036), with an extended look at the…
Torah. He shows how events therein, especially the Jews' belief in one God and their ability to look at reality in a whole new way, influenced civilization. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1998.
Examines the concepts of secular nationalism and modernity as conceived by Arab intellectuals of Beirut, Baghdad, Damascus, and Cairo. Provides…
insights into the Middle East from Arabic sources: fiction, poetry, memoirs, and political commentaries. c1998.
Based on a series of lectures presented at Yale, a survey of China's influence on the West from 1253 to…
the 1980s. Citing diplomatic reports, letters, plays, films, poetry, and novels, Spence argues that the Western view of China has been shaped by the observations of outsiders rather than the words of the Chinese people themselves. 1998.
Researched and compiled by the staff of ABC News, this chronicle of the twentieth century charts changes in popular attitudes…
in the United States and describes key events in other countries as they affected the American worldview. Personal interviews and a series of story-filled essays provide a "coherent picture of a remarkable time." Bestseller. 1998.
Traces the history of Russia as a nation and an empire up to the year 1917. Asserts that the economic…
and political processes of state building impeded the development of a sense of national identity and cohesiveness among the Russian people. 1997.
Chronicles the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, when the world's two superpowers came to the brink of nuclear war. Using Russian…
archives opened in the 1990s, this account traces and analyzes events surrounding a confrontation that was, in the authors' view, the most serious of the Cold War. 1997.
Two geophysicists present the results of years of international research that sought historical data from the mid-sixth millennium B.C. to…
confirm biblical and mythical accounts of a great flood. They explore linguistic, archaeological, and other evidence of an inundation around the Black Sea and hypothesize that a diaspora followed. 1998.
Biography of Daniel Boone's youngest son, who followed in his father's footsteps as a frontiersman. Nathan worked as trapper and…
hunter, a surveyor, and a soldier, eventually settling in Missouri with a family of fourteen children. He was instrumental in the removal of tribes to the Indian Territory that enabled settlement of the plains by pioneers. 1998.
An expose of financial collaboration between Swiss bankers and officials in Nazi Germany during World War II. Alleges that in…
return for looted gold and other wealth, Swiss banks helped fund the German war effort and then blocked Holocaust survivors' efforts to claim their assets. c1997.
History of a disputed area in southeastern Europe that was once part of Yugoslavia. Both Serbs and Albanians contest the…
region known as Kosovo, based on historical records and mythology. Explores the impacts of Ottoman expansion in Europe, the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, national developments in 1912, World War II, and the years of Marshal Tito's rule until 1980. 1998.
Traces the history of the three-hundred-year Mughal dynasty in northern India. Describes the Mughals' arrival in the fifteenth century led…
by Babur, who conquered and remained to rule. Examines the development of Islam during the interchange of cultures, as the Mughals interacted with the local Hindu traditions. For junior and senior high readers. 1998.
Two thousand years in the history of Germany, from the time of the Roman Empire until the fall of the…
Berlin Wall. Describes efforts to forge common bonds among diverse peoples and to instill national pride. Concludes with speculation about the future of the reunited country. 1998. Uniform title: Kleine deutsche Geschichte.
A military and diplomatic account of the 1898 Spanish-American War, which established the United States as a global power and…
marked the beginning of "the American century," in the author's view. Chronicles events leading up to the conflict and describes land and sea battles of the war. 1998.
An analysis of fifty years of historical research concerning Adolf Hitler. Discusses various theories that scholars have pursued in their…
efforts to discover the dictator's true nature. Suggests that the existence of evil provides a logical starting point for an explanation of Hitler's actions. 1998.
Two Middle East historians reexamine nineteenth-century politics of the area to refute the popular "clash of civilizations" interpretation. Instead, they…
perceive a pattern of pragmatic cooperation and conflict between the Middle East and the West. To substantiate their claims, they cite examples of rulers using European powers. 1999.
An introduction to three major societies that sprung up on the coast of the Mediterranean. In addition to the classical…
histories, traces early Egyptian civilization from 3200 B.C. through the fall of the Roman Empire in A.D. 600. Depicts the ancient cultures in terms of their art, philosophies, religions, politics, and architectures. Portrays major historical figures. 1996.
Describes Constantinople, once capital of the Ottoman Empire, as an international centre with power and influence that extended across political,…
cultural, social, and religious boundaries. Observes that the metropolis now known as Istanbul has also been called the "city of saints," "refuge of the universe," and "eye of the world." 1998.
Examines the history of Jerusalem, emphasizing the twentieth century. Asserts that the city is more than just a physical location;…
it has an emotional and symbolic importance within Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Assesses the interaction of religion and politics in the city's past and present but finds no facile solution to the problems of the future. c1996.
Describes the Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, Virginia, in 1863. It was during this campaign that Stonewall Jackson was accidentally shot…
by his own troops while riding night inspection. Robert E. Lee later pressed northward toward Pennsylvania after this hollow victory where over 30,000 men were killed, wounded, or missing. 1996.
Traces humanity's struggle to create a workable calendar from the earliest Stone Age markings to twentieth-century atomic clock accuracy. Discusses…
the concepts of time, numbers, and fixing dates in various world civilizations with emphasis on European developments. 1998.