Oxford University Press

Acclaimed historian Emory Thomas highlights the delusions that dominated each side's thinking at the beginning of the Civil War....

The Rise and Decline of the American "e;Empire"e; explores the rapidly growing        literature on the rise and fall of the United States. The author argues that after        1945 the US has definitely been the most dominant power the world has seen and that        it has successfully met the challenges from, first, the Soviet Union and,...

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The sweeping dramatic narrative of how a young colony won victory in the American Revolution....

The collapse of Austria-Hungary in 1918 left all Austrians in a state of        political, social, and economic turmoil, but Jews in particular found their lives        shaken to the core. Although Jews' former comfort zone suddenly disappeared, the        dissolution of the Dual Monarchy also created plenty of room for innovation and        change...