Power Sharing and Power Relations After Civil War (Hartzell Caroline A.)(Pevná vazba)

Power Sharing and Power Relations After Civil War (Hartzell Caroline A.)(Pevná vazba)

There are numerous studies on the role of power-sharing agreements in the maintenance of peace in post-conflict states. Less explored, however, is the impact of power sharing on the quality of the peace. This volume provides a rich new analytical approach to understanding how power sharing actually

Caution and Cooperation: The American Civil War in British-American Relations (Myers Phillip E.)(Pevná vazba)

A provocative reinterpretation of Civil War-era diplomacy Click here to read a review from The British Scholar 'Phillip E. Myers's Caution and Cooperation places Anglo-American relations during the Civil War within the broader context of the whole nineteenth century, arguing convincingly for the

The Civil War: A Concise History (Masur Louis P.)(Pevná vazba)

One hundred and fifty years after the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter, the Civil War still captures the American imagination, and its reverberations can still be felt throughout America's social and political landscape. Louis P. Masur's The Civil War: A Concise History offers a masterful and

A South Carolina Upcountry Saga: The Civil War Letters of Barham Bobo Foster and His Family, 1860-1863 (Kennedy A. Gibert)(Pevná vazba)

Hope, sacrifice, and restoration: throughout the American Civil War and its aftermath, the Foster family endured all of these in no small measure. Drawing from dozens of public and privately owned letters, A. Gibert Kennedy recounts the story of his great-great-grandfather and his family in A South

Public Relations and the Power of Creativity: Strategic Opportunities, Innovation and Critical Challenges (Bowman Sarah)(Pevná vazba)

The Meanest and 'Damnest' Job: Being the Civil War Exploits and Civilian Accomplishments of Colonel Edmund Winchester Rucker During and After the War (Rucker Michael P.)(Pevná vazba)

Most Civil War histories focus on the performance of top-level generals. However, it was the individual officers below them who actually led the troops to enact the orders. Some of these were remarkably effective. One such officer was Edmund Winchester Rucker. He was a force to be reckoned with,

The China-U.S. Trade War and Future Economic Relations (Lau Lawrence J.)(Pevná vazba)

Secrets of the U.S. Civil War (Leboutillier Linda)(Pevná vazba)

The U.S. Civil War was a war that changed the face, body, and heart of the United States forever. Secrets of the U.S. Civil War reveals little-known stories of the people, weapons, and battles that have affected the maps on our walls and the allegiances in our

Rome, Blood and Power: Reform, Murder and Popular Politics in the Late Republic 70-27 BC (Sampson Gareth C.)(Pevná vazba)

Following the First Civil War the Roman Republic was able to rebuild itself and restore stability. Yet the problems which had plagued the previous seventy years of the Republic, of political reform being met with violence and bloodshed, had not been resolved and once again resumed. Men such as

Technologies of International Relations: Continuity and Change (Kaltofen Carolin)(Pevná vazba)

This book examines the role of technology in the core voices for International Relations theory and how this has shaped the contemporary thinking of 'IR' across some of the discipline's major texts. Through an interview format between different generations of IR scholars, the conversations of the

Improve Your Word Power: Test and Build Your Vocabulary (Taggart Caroline)(Pevná vazba)

Put your vocabulary skills to the test with this witty and engaging book. Improve Your Word Power is primarily a collection of multiple-choice challenges in which the reader is asked to decide which definition of a given word is correct. But it's actually so much more than that. Each topic is

American Civil War Visual Encyclopedia (DK)(Pevná vazba)

Federal Fiscal Relations in India: Imperatives for Restructuring (Sarma J. V. M.)(Pevná vazba)

Federal fiscal management involves the sharing and distribution of financial and economic powers among different layers of government, and restructuring of public finances, among others. Countries such as India, that adopted the federal form of government, have guidelines in their Constitutions for

The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship (Willis Deborah)(Pevná vazba)

A stunning collection of stoic portraits and intimate ephemera from the lives of Black Civil War soldiers Though both the Union and Confederate armies excluded African American men from their initial calls to arms, many of the men who eventually served were black. Simultaneously, photography

Watercress (Wang Andrea)(Pevná vazba)

Caldecott Medal WinnerNewbery Honor BookAPALA Award Winner A story about the power of sharing memories--including the painful ones--and the way our heritage stays with and shapes us, even when we don't see it. New England Book Award WinnerA New York Times Best Children's Book of the YearA Boston

Twilight of the Merkel Era: Power and Politics in Germany After the 2017 Bundestag Election (Langenbacher Eric)(Pevná vazba)

South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War (Baumgartner Alice L.)(Pevná vazba)

A brilliant and surprising account of the coming of the American Civil War, showing the crucial role of slaves who escaped to Mexico. The Underground Railroad to the North promised salvation to many American slaves before the Civil War. But thousands of people in the south-central United States

Public Relations, Society and the Generative Power of History (Somerville Ian)(Paperback)

Public Relations, Society and the Generative Power of History examines how histories are used to explore how the past is constructed from the present, how the present is always historical, and how both past and present can power imagined futures.Divided into three distinct parts, the book uses

Short History of The American Civil War (DK)(Pevná vazba)

His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope (Meacham Jon)(Pevná vazba)

An intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights icon and longtime U.S. congressman John Lewis, linking his life to the painful quest for justice in America from the 1950s to the present--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Soul of America John Lewis, who at age twenty-five marched in

Pippo and Clara (Rosie Diana)(Pevná vazba)

A country torn apart by war. Two siblings divided by fate. Italy, 1938. Mussolini is in power and war is not far away . . . Clara and Pippo are just children: quiet, thoughtful Clara is the older sister; Pippo, the younger brother, is forever chatting. The family has only recently arrived in the

Whispers of War (Kelly Julia)(Pevná vazba)

A moving story of the power of friendship, the cost of war and the strength of love. Perfect for fans of The Lilac Girls, A Woman of War and The Secret

The U.S. Civil War: A Very Short Introduction (Masur Louis P.)(Paperback)

More than one hundred and fifty years after the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter, the Civil War still captures the American imagination, and its reverberations can still be felt throughout America's social and political landscape. Louis P. Masur's The U.S. Civil War: A Very Short Introduction

The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine (Cockburn Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

Why Does America Go to War? In the last decades, America has gone to war as supposed defenders of democracy. The War on Terror was waged to protect the west from the dangers of Islamists. US Solders are stationed in over 800 locations across the world to act as the righteous arbiters of the rule of