Revolutionary 90

"Fascinating . . . full of insight and a perceptive portrait of Lenin's single-mindedness and his relentless, all-consuming drive towards revolution in Russia." ー The Guardian Combining Young Lenin……続きを見る

"Frequent insights, stimulating historical comparisons, and command of the data relating to Cuba's economic and social performance." ー Foreign Affairs Uncritically lauded by the left and impulsivel……続きを見る

The Revolutionary War historian provides "a comprehensive and accessible guide" to the vital influence France had on America's path to independence ( Publishers Weekly). French support for United St……続きを見る

The classic study of resistance to Tsarist Russian colonialism, the genocide that followed, and its connection to the Bolshevik Revolution. In 1916, Tzar Nicholas II began drafting Russian subjects ……続きを見る

This journalist's portrait of life in Iran just after the Revolution is "a book of great economy and power [with] a supreme sense of the absurd" ( New Republic). Iran, 1980: the revolutionaries have……続きを見る

The original rebels: "Brings into clear focus events and identities of ordinary people who should share the historic limelight with the Founding Fathers." ー Publishers Weekly According to the tradi……続きを見る

The history of a dictatorship's demiseーand the many power struggles that followed on the rocky road to democracy in early twentieth-century Mexico. The Mexican Revolution is one of the most importa……続きを見る

This concise history of guerilla warfare presents profiles in combat courage from George Washington to Simón Bolívar, Mao Zedong, and beyond. The concept of guerrilla warfare is centuries old, with ……続きを見る

The classic account of the Russian Revolution by an American journalist who witnessed it firsthand. John Reed, an American writer for a socialist magazine, was in Petrograd when the Bolsheviks seize……続きを見る

A political and military analysis of this conflict in southern Africa with maps, photos, and a new introduction assessing its long aftermath. A half century after the Universal Declaration of Indepe……続きを見る

This study of the armed wing of the African National Congress also "contributes significantly to scholarship on liberation movements more broadly."ーGary Baines, author of South Africa's Border War ……続きを見る

A Texas historian presents a vividly detailed account of the 1835–36 battle for independence, shining new light on the experiences of Tejano rebels. In the 1820s and '30s, thousands of settlers from……続きを見る

A British historian recounts the armed, violent Chinese insurrection near the end of the Qing dynasty at the dawn of the 20th century. The Boxers were a fanatical secret organization who were incite……続きを見る

" 100 pages of text and 184 historical news photographs . . . This is the Mexican Revolution in its drama, its complexity, its incompleteness." ー Bertram D. Wolfe The Mexican Revolution began in 19……続きを見る

In 1799, the murder of a young woman caused a terrific stir in the city of New York. The victim was Gulielma Sands who, on December 22, left the boardinghouse where she lived, never to return. Her b……続きを見る

An in-depth look at how the Irish Free State was born, from a variety of perspectives. In the aftermath of the First World War, a political revolution took place in what was then the United Kingdom.……続きを見る

"Parker has used recently declassified American materials and interviews . . . to reconstruct the steps that led to the creation of Operation Brother Sam." ー The American Historical Review When the……続きを見る

A strinking account of the impact of the French Revolution in Paris, across the French countryside, and around the globe The French Revolution has fascinated, perplexed, and inspired for more than t……続きを見る

The award–winning author of Brandywine examines a pivotal but overlooked battle of the American Revolution's Philadelphia Campaign. Today, Germantown is a busy Philadelphia neighborhood. On October ……続きを見る

This study sheds light on the brave men who fought with Simon de Montfort in the 13th century English civil warーand continued the fight after his death. The Montfortian civil wars lasted from 1259 ……続きを見る

"The seven years with which this book concerns itself . . . must be thoroughly examined if one is to have a grasp of modern Mexican history." ー Military History of Texas and the Southwest The years……続きを見る

A historian and intelligence expert explores intrigue, betrayal, and spying in Stuart England after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. King James II was the Catholic king of a Protestant nation. Thoug……続きを見る

First published in 1955, A History of the Scottish Miners recounts the peculiar circumstances of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and the laws that placed the miners under conditions unique……続きを見る

In "St. Domingo, its Revolution and its Hero, Toussaint Louverture," Charles Wyllys Elliott embarks on a profound exploration of the Haitian Revolution through the life of its most significant figur……続きを見る

The epic of American expansion has had many chroniclers. Romance is wedded to heroism and rich achievement crowned high endeavor. In this present volume is woven the golden thread of that romantic a……続きを見る

The Iranian People's Fada'i Guerrillas have received little dedicated scholarly investigation in the shadow of the Iranian Revolution. This unique collection combines scholarly analysis of the movem……続きを見る

Quando, tra il 1823 e il 1827, fu pubblicata la "Storia della Rivoluzione Francese", l’opera riscosse un immediato successo, portando il giovane Adolphe Thiers alla ribalta del mondo accademico e po……続きを見る

"The Republic was dying on its feet because its social basis had ceased to exist. This fact expressed itself in continuous political crises and convulsions in the capital, party strife, revolutions ……続きを見る

This is one of the most important source books of American history. General Heath's memoirs, which were originally published in 1798, are of direct value to the student of the war of the Revolution,……続きを見る

Ordinary Life in the USSR (215 pages, over 300 photos)tells the story of Harvey and Alice Richards amazing trip to the Soviet Union in the summer of 1961. Their goal was to document the social safet……続きを見る