“This compact, meaty volume ought to be on the reading list of every candidate for national office in November's elections. In an age of cant and baloney, Andrew Bacevich offers a bracing slap of reality. The Limits of Power is gracefully written and easy to read . . . chockablock with provocative ideas and stern judgments. Bacevich's brand of intellectual assuredness is rare in today's public debates. Many of our talking heads and commentators are cocksure, of course, but few combine confidence with knowledge and deep thought the way Bacevich does here. His big argument is elegant and powerful.”—The Washington Post

"One of the best books on this complicated conflict."—Good Book Guide

"No reader can walk away from this [book] without understanding, and being moved by, the tremendous accomplishments of these women."—Geeta Sharma-Jensen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"The author displays extensive knowledge and sound judgment of the policies of nations whose histories are so rich and complex that many historians could spend a lifetime of study before uttering the kind of sensible pronouncements that Ball repeatedly makes . . . [A] valuable contribution to the Cold War corpus, as a reference text, as a possible course textbook, and as a model for all bold enough to write about international history."—Canadian Journal of History

"[The authors] have sorted out the fruits of this wave of feminism—intended and unintended, media mess and truth—for a new generation. With wit and honesty, Manifesta shows us the building blocks of the future of this longest revolution."—Gloria Steinem

This new book presents a bold and wide-ranging account of international affairs between 1945-1991, from the end of the Second World War to the close of the Cold War. It deals with the Cold War and Detente, with decolonization and the Third World, and with the development of international organizations.

This insightful study explores the proposition that the idea of European unity makes sense when there is more that unites Europe than divides it, and then asks when that has been true during the past hundred years and provides the historical context necessary to fully understand the complexity surrounding the European Union.

"In A Nation Among Nations: America's Place in World History, New York University Professor Thomas Bender sets out to break our dependency on this comforting paradigm by challenging us to reimagine the development of the United States as but 'one history among histories' and to relocate our national history within 'an interdependent world' . . . [This book is] a sophisticated polemic combining intellectual precision with moral passion, written for a general audience in lively prose that is neither condescending nor arcane. Bender does not pretend to write an exhaustive history of the United States but rather whets our appetite with tastes of his global and spatial revisionism . . . If you are tired of learning about this country's past through a prism of nationalist myopia and relish a good argument, this is the book for you . . . You will never  again think about 'American history' in the same provincial way."—Tony Platt, San Francisco Chronicle

Fighting Techniques of the Early Modern World describes the combat techniques of soldiers in Europe and North America from 1500 to 1763. The book explores the unique tactics required to win battles in an era where the musket increasingly came to dominate the battlefield, and demonstrates how little has changed in some respects of the art of war.

German national identity has been constructed over the course of more than three centuries. This book examines the diverse and contested definitions of "Germaness" and covers the struggles between the democratic and non-democratic divisions, the role of foreigners and the impact of war on national identity. This comprehensive resource is a fundamental reappraisal of Germany's history from the fresh perspective of the post-Communist, reunified Germany.