American History

A war against Iraq will spur radical changes in the way the country is governed, how its people live and its relationships to its neighbours and to the West. This text depicts the evolution of Iraq under Saddam Hussein, and describes its possible future...

Historians often view early modern Ireland as a testing ground for subsequent British colonial adventures further afield. McGrath argues against this passive view, suggesting that Ireland played an enthusiastic role in the establishment and expansion of the first British Empire. He focuses on two ke..

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This book sets out the main political, economic and social developments in Ireland since the 1922 treaty. It explains the troubles in their context and examines the underlying tensions which led to prolonged violence after relative civil peace...

Ireland in the Age of Revolution, 1760–1805, Part I, Volume 1..

Ireland in the Age of Revolution, 1760–1805, Part I, Volume 2..

Ireland in the Age of Revolution, 1760–1805, Part I, Volume 3..

Ireland in the Age of Revolution, 1760–1805, Part II, Volume 4..

Ireland in the Age of Revolution, 1760–1805, Part II, Volume 5..

Ireland in the Age of Revolution, 1760–1805, Part II, Volume 6..

This fully revised and updated second edition of Islamic Fundamentalism since 1945 analyzes the roots and emergence of Islamic movements in the modern world and the main thinkers that inspired them.This book provides an authoritative account of the causes and diversity of Islamic fundamentalism, a m..

The acrimonious dispute over British policy towards refugees from the Nazi regime has scarcely died down even in the new millennium. This is an account of a largely unexplored and still highly controversial episode in 20th-century history...