The Return of Great Power Rivalry: Democracy Versus Autocracy from the Ancient World to the U.S. and China, Hardcover - Matthew Kroenig

The United States of America has been the most powerful country in the world for over seventy years, but recently the U.S. National Security Strate...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Matthew (Professor in the Department of Government, Professor in the Department of Government, Geo...

From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture...

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World's Worst Military Disasters examines some of the worst battle defeats in military history from ancient times through to the present day, inclu...

Drawing on examples from the ancient world to the two world wars, from the conquest of the Americas to Muslim Central Asia, this collection of essa...

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World's Worst Historical Disasters examines some of the most significant natural and man-made disasters in world history, from plagues, earthquakes...

This fascinating three-thousand-year history of the census traces the making of the modern survey and explores its political power in the age of bi...

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The two most famous men in ancient history, in one book.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Simon ElliottIllustration(s): 12 black and white...

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An eloquent exploration of the public's exclusion from political participation.Publisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Dan HindNumber of pages: 256Publica...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Matthew KroenigFor decades, the reigning scholarly wisdom about nuclear weapons policy has been that the United States only...

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Return to My Trees charts Matthew Yeoman's attempt to walk more than 300 miles through the ancient forest of Wales and tells the stories of the pla...

Reducere. Wounds and disease were as devastating on the battlefields of the ancient world as they are today. In an age of bloody combat, how did physicians a...

Dozens of maps provide a clear geography of great events, while timelines give the reader an ongoing sense of the passage of years and cultural int...

A close examination of the competing influences of the West and Russia over the fate of democracy in Georgia and other former Soviet bloc nationsPu...

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In this second edition, Ancient Rome presents an extensive range of material, from the early Republic to the death of Augustus, with two new chapte...

Jingdezhen to the World: The Lurie Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Late Ming Dynasty, Hardcover

Naval warfare is the unsung hero of ancient Greek military history, often overshadowed by the more glorified land battles. Owen Rees looks to redre...

Publisher: Glorian PublishingAuthor(s): Samael Aun WeorNumber of pages: 184Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 139 x 571 x 16Cover type: Paperback / ...

From the Treaty of Versailles to the 2018 centenary and beyond, the history of the First World War has been continually written and rewritten, stud...

Barbarians are back. These small, highly mobile, and stateless groups are no longer confined to the pages of history; they are a contemporary reali...

The power of the court to overturn a law or decree--called judicial review--is a critical feature of modern democracies. Contemporary American judg...

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DescriptionA panoramic survey of China's rise and resilience through war and rebellion, disease and famine, that rewrites China's history for a new...

Draws on a lifetime of research and thought to recreate the story of how a civilization which began with handfuls of semi-itinerant fishermen settl...

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