This companion book to the series of five hour-long programs premiering on The Discovery Channel in January 1996 helps explain to the broadest range of readers how the country ...

Christopher Bennett argues that Yugoslavia's disintegration was not, contrary to accepted wisdom, the product of inherent and irrational ethnic animosities and centuries of ...

Includes material on the battles of Valmy, Assaye, Trafalgar, Austerlitz, Waterloo, Mexico City, Gettysburg, Sedan, Isandlwana, Geok Tepe, San Juan Hill, Omdurman, Tsushima ...

U.S. strategy in the Balkans and the Army s role there is examined. The author recommends continued U.S. involvement, consideration of a long-term American military presence in ...

Could we, should we, have prevented the break up of Yugoslavia? Can genocide be prevented or halted? The author examines the dire consequences of the rapid economic reforms ...

This book presents the findings of an international research initiative of over 160 leading historians, social scientists, and jurists that brings together in one volume key ...

This is a probing examination of the historical, cultural, and political dimensions of the crisis in Bosnia and the international efforts to resolve it. It provides a detailed ...