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Conventional Deterrence is a book about the origins of war. Why do nations faced with the prospect of large-scale conventional war opt for or against an offensive strategy? John... Læs mere
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Drawing on his extensive fieldwork in living oral traditions, Albert Bates Lord here concentrates on the epic singers and their art as manifested in texts or performance.
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Empire and Belonging in the Eurasian Borderlands engages with the evolving historiography around the concept of belonging in the Russian and Ottoman... Læs mere
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This study of drinking provides insights into changes and continuities in everyday life among St Petersburg's revolutionary... Læs mere
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What causes war? How can military conflicts best be prevented? In this book, Stephen Van Evera frames five conditions that increase the risk of interstate war.
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Set in Pre-WWI northern Michigan, this tale follows the lives of two complex women dealing with familial issues. This title chronicles the lives of two women - Luella and Kachina - who, like the orbit of the sun and the moon both attract and repel each other.
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Like the male heroes of epic poetry, Helen of Troy has been immortalized, but not for deeds of strength and honor; she is remembered as the beautiful woman who disgraced herself and betrayed her family and state. Norman Austin here surveys...
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The large number of Jews living in Polish lands had lived as a separate estate from the Poles until the mid-nineteenth century.... Læs mere
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Nancy Zafris is a critically acclaimed writer because of the highly distinctive, piercing intelligence that underlies her works. Her gifts accumulate in a vision that somehow... Læs mere
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Calling into question the common assumption that the Middle Ages produced no secondary epics, Ann W. Astell here revises a key chapter in literary history. She examines the connections between the Book of Job and Boethius' s Consolation of Philosophy...
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The Fate of the New Man traces the dramatic changes in the representation of the Soviet man in the... Læs mere
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In The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Jeremy Yellen exposes the history, politics, and intrigue that characterized the... Læs mere