Modern (20th C)
A Textbook of European History
This short work opens in 1815, at the close of a period of twenty-five years of almost continuous war. The Congress of Vienna assembled to c…
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interview…
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Sea-Power in the Pacific
During the three decades preceding the Pacific War, the United States placed no small amount of effort in gaming out what a such a conflict …
Tragedy in Dedham
The Sacco and Vanzetti trial was one of the most divisive events of 1920's America. As Russell writes, " If one was middle class and Re…
Sowjet-Rußland im Umbau
Sammlung von Aufsätzen über die gesellschaftlichen Verhältnisse im jungen Sowjet-Rußland. Der Autor bereiste als Journa…
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled
This volume deals with a series of journeys taken with a dog team over the winter trails in the interior of Alaska. The title might have cla…
France, Spain and the Rif
The Guerra del Rif—the Rif War. 1921 to 1926. It was the slogging bloody 5-year long climax of Spain’s effort to secure dominion over a terr…
Cape Coddities
A message from the past from a former Cape Cod resident who delves in all things that make Cape Cod special. From explaining the adventures …
This Giddy Globe
A geography of the world at the time, told with a wit and humor unusual in non-fiction and historical texts while staying true to the subjec…
By Desert Ways to Baghdad
Every age witnesses the birth of some great soul. Sometimes events bring these people to the attention of the world. More often than not, th…
Imperialism and World Politics
Moon’s Iᴍᴘᴇʀɪᴀʟɪsᴍ ᴀɴᴅ Wᴏʀʟᴅ Pᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄs is perhaps the best-known work of the Columbia University professor and political scientist; It was pu…
Our Air Force
William (Billy) Mitchell was a U.S. Army officer who, during World War I, came to command all U.S. Army air operations in France. He became …
Greece and the Allies
The author delves into Greece's dealings leading up to, during, and after WWI. We witness, through unbiased eyes, Greece's government (the M…
Soldat im Prager Korps
Kisch dokumentiert in seinen autobiografischen Aufzeichnungen schonungslos den soldatischen Alltag während des österreichisch-serb…
America's Retreat from Victory
Senator Joseph McCarthy examines the life of General George Catlett Marshall, particularly his role in government beginning in 1945 as Unite…
In a Syrian Saddle
A travelogue that chronicles the author's journey through Syria on horseback, considered one of the author's most notable works. Each chapte…
A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium
The author was an American diplomat, the Secretary of the American Legation in Brussels, at the beginning of World War I in 1914. This book …
Versailles
World War 1 ended with the Paris Peace Conference (January 1919 to January 1920), which in turn resulted in the signing of five peace treati…
World's War Events
World's War Events is a 3-volume history of World War I, assembled in 1919 from articles contributed by "statesmen, commanders, histori…
The Burston Rebellion
The early 20th century in Great Britain saw a seismic shift in political awareness especially amongst the working classes. This led to a sig…