The Second World War in the West
The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures
The Making of the West offers a geographically and culturally expansive conception of the West that prepares students to understand today’s globalized...
South Korea (Modern World Nations)
The Korean Peninsula has been known by two names to the Western world. Traditionally it was the “Land of the Morning Calm.” Lying at the eastern edge...
Operation Nordwind 1945: Hitler's last offensive in the West (Osprey Campaign 223)
Operation Nordwind is one of the lesser known campaigns of World War II yet one of the more intriguing. Largely overshadowed by the Battle of the Bulg...
Why the West Rules - For Now: The Patterns of History and What They Reveal about the Future. Ian Morris
There are two broad schools of thought on why the West rules. Proponents of 'Long-Term Lock-In' theories such as Jared Diamond suggest that from time...
The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World
Islamic peoples account for one fifth of the world's population and yet there is widespread misunderstanding in the West of what Islam really is. Fran...