Exploring the intricate origins and disastrous outcomes of the First World War, this companion offers a comprehensive overview of its impact on Europe and beyond. It delves into the cultural climate, military campaigns, and peace efforts, as well as the varied experiences on the home fronts. Enhanced by explanatory maps, the book serves as an informative resource that clarifies the complex issues surrounding this pivotal event, highlighting its lasting legacy that set the stage for the Second World War.
A Traveller’s History of Greece provides a concise and authoritative narrative from the country’s earliest begin- nings down to the present day. Its combination of easy reference and good writing makes it an ideal compaion for any tourist or student of Greek culture. A unique title that manages to cover the many facets of Greece and does not just concentrate on its classical past - anyone travelling to Greece for a holiday will find this invaluable. It covers in a clear manner the classical era, the conflict with Persia, the conquest by the Romans, the Byzantine age and the occupation by the Turks; the struggle for independence and the turbulence of the late twentieth century, right up to the sometimes trou- bled economic waters of the twenty-first. This history will help visitors to make sense of modern Greece against the background of its heritage. A gazet- teer, cross-referenced to the main text, highlights the importance of sites, towns and battlefields and details of ancient battles. A chronology lists the significant dates from the Bronze Age to now. Illustrated with maps and line drawings.
Imaginary Friendship is the first in-depth study of the onset of the American Revolution through the prism of friendship, focusing on future US president John Adams and leading Loyalist Jonathan Sewall. The book is part biography, revealing how they shaped each other's progress, and part political history, exploring their intriguing dangerous quest to clean up colonial politics. Literary history examines the personal dimension of discourse, resolving how Adams's presumption of Sewall's authorship of the Loyalist tracts Massachusettensis influenced his own magnum opus, Novanglus. The mystery is not why Adams presumed Sewall was his adversary in 1775 but why he was impelled to answer him.
