Emmanuel Gerard and Bruce Kuklick reveal a tangled web of international politics in which many people—black and white, well-meaning or ruthless, African, European, and American—bear responsibility for this crime.

This highly illustrated volume serves as an ideal introduction to the rich history of the Low Countries for students and the generally interested reader alike.

Presents a thirteen-volume reference guide to the geography, history, economy, government, culture and daily life of countries in Europe.

This revised second edition differs from the first edition in a number of significant ways. Each chapter has been rewritten and many of them substantially revised.

. . . If you could read only one book to understand generals and GIs and what their different wars were like this is the book.

Bringing to life the shambolic upbringing that The Guardian describes as, "the odd, ugly, excremental poetry of their grubby lives," The Misfortunates "can be unexpectedly tender as well as uncomfortably funny . . . this novel continually ...

The information-packed volumes in this series provide comprehensive overviews of each nation's people, geography, history, government, economy, and culture while taking readers on a voyage of discovery to far-away lands.

Are we really motivated by ideals such as freedom, equality, and justice? In fact these are only distractions useful to the state, which demands conscience of us but is itself above all moral constraints, seeking only power.

The definitive study. . . . A learned, lively, and highly readable book, now the essential introduction to the subject.--Choice