Making Peace in an Age of War: Emperor Ferdinand III (1608–1657) by Mark Hengerer (Central European Studies) Requirements: .ePUB reader, 7 mbOverview: This English-language translation of Mark Hengerer’s Kaiser Ferdinand III: 1608–1657 Eine Biographie is based on an analysis of the weekly reports sent by the papal nuncio’s office to the Vatican. These reports give […]
3,000 Years of War and Peace in the Maya Lowlands: Identity, Politics, and Violence (Routledge Archaeology of the Ancient Americas) edited by Geoffrey E. BraswellRequirements: .PDF reader, 22 MBOverview: 3,000 Years of War and Peace in the Maya Lowlands presents the cutting-edge research of 25 authors in the fields of archaeology, biological anthropology, art history, […]
Captain Cook’s War and Peace: The Royal Navy Years 1755-1768 by John RobsonRequirements: .ePUB reader, 17 MBOverview: The author of two critically acclaimed books on Captain Cook, John Robson has now turned his attention to the decade leading up to Cook’s famous 1768 expedition to the Pacific. This new book investigates why Cook was chosen […]
The Causes of War and the Spread of Peace: But Will War Rebound? by Azar GatRequirements: .PDF reader, 5.4mbOverview: Azar Gat sets out to resolve one of the age-old questions of human existence: why people fight A marked shift in the balance between these options has occurred since the onset of the industrial age. Rather […]
Urbanizing China in War and Peace: The Case of Wuxi County by Toby LincolnRequirements: .PDF reader, 4 MBOverview: Urbanizing China in War and Peace rewrites the history of rural-urban relations in the first half of the twentieth century by arguing that urbanization is a total societal transformation and as important a factor as revolution, nationalism, […]