Herring - History 1

Between 1940 and 1945, Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) carried out sabotage and organised resistance across occupied Europe. Over 5 years, SOE sent over 500 agents into Norway to carry ……続きを見る

Paper & Paper Making, Ancient and Modern by Richard Herring is a comprehensive exploration of the history, science, and art of papermaking from its earliest origins to the technological advancements……続きを見る

Broadly speaking, the traditionally conceptualized mid-twentieth-century Civil Rights Movement and the newer #BlackLivesMatter Movement possess some similar qualities. They both represent dynamic, c……続きを見る

In the summer of 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson faced an agonizing decision. On June 7, General William Westmoreland had come to him with a "bombshell" request to more than double the number of e……続きを見る

**The first English-language biography of Henri Bergson, the French philosopher who defined individual creativity and transformed twentieth-century thoughtーa “fascinating biography and magnificent ……続きを見る

"[A] compelling analysis . . . A solid addition to our understanding of the Vietnam War and a president." ー Publishers Weekly The Vietnam War remains a divisive memory for Americansーpartisans on ……続きを見る

In "Paper & Paper Making: Ancient and Modern," Richard Herring intricately weaves a historical narrative that traces the evolution of paper from its ancient origins to contemporary production method……続きを見る

PALESTINIA - THE NEW HOMELAND FOR THE PALESTINIANS every palestinian and every palestinian supporter who believes in a peaceful and prosperous future for all palestinians should read this book. to l……続きを見る

The Cherokees’ “Trail of Tears” and the forced migration of other Southern tribes during the 1830s and 1840s were the most notorious consequences of Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal policy. Less well……続きを見る

In his last years as president of the United States, an embattled George Washington yearned for a time when his nation would have "the strength of a Giant and there will be none who can make us afra……続きを見る

Praised in the New York Times Book Review for its "Herculean power of synthesis," George C. Herring's 2008 From Colony to Superpower has won wide acclaim from critics and readers alike. Years of Per……続きを見る

In this engaging new visual history showcasing Macon's African Americans, vintage photographs illuminate the contributions and achievements of black citizens who have lived and worked in the heart o……続きを見る

Most of the Indians whose names we remember were warriorsーTecumseh, Black Hawk, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Geronimoーmen who led their people in a desperate defense of their lands and their way of ……続きを見る

The Three Graces of Val-Kill changes the way we think about Eleanor Roosevelt. Emily Wilson examines what she calls the most formative period in Roosevelt’s life, from 1922 to 1936, when she cultiva……続きを見る

In 1587 Sir Walter Raleigh planted a colony on Roanoke Island in what was known then as "Virginia". The colony of over 100 men, women and children disappeared. Or did they? This book traces the prob……続きを見る

The Oxford History of the United States is the most respected multi-volume history of our nation in print. The series includes three Pulitzer Prize-winners, a New York Times bestseller, and winners ……続きを見る

From its inception what came to be known as the Oxford Movement was always intended to be more than just an abstruse dialogue about the theoretical nature of Anglicanism. Instead, it was meant to sp……続きを見る

This is the story of a revolution--the factors influencing management's decision to sell, the extent of the sales, procedures followed in the various sales, psychological effects upon the worker, ef……続きを見る

Smithville's reputation is that of a railroad town, yet it offers an even richer history. Fertile land and the Colorado River attracted pioneers with energy, dreams, and a hunger to build. After Tho……続きを見る

The Oxford History of the United States is the most respected multi-volume history of our nation in print. The series includes three Pulitzer Prize-winners, a New York Times bestseller, and winners ……続きを見る

In the fall of 2011, a small protest camp in downtown Manhattan exploded into a global uprising, sparked in part by the violent overreactions of the police. An unofficial record of this movement, Oc……続きを見る

These studies concentrate on preventing the use of weapons of mass destruction. A common argument runs through all of the papers: that, while complacency must be avoided, much of the post-Cold War f……続きを見る

This interdisciplinary study of competing representations of the Virgin Mary examines how anxieties about religious and gender identities intersected to create public controversies that, whilst oste……続きを見る

This book argues that guilt, shame, and remorse, associated with a history of substance abuse, explain why a minority of Islamist extremists carried out suicide terrorism in Europe between 2001 and ……続きを見る

In 1500 CE, the Inca empire covered most of South America's Andean region. The empire's leaders first met Europeans on November 15, 1532, when a large Inca army confronted Francisco Pizarro's band o……続きを見る

In a gripping memoir that reads like a spy novel, one man recounts his personal experience with Operation Phoenix, the program created to destroy the Vietcong’s shadow government, which thrived in t……続きを見る

A historical text about a fascinating period in Indian history, written for the keen amateur historian. 続きを見る