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The Dirty Secret of Early Modern Capitalism
This book shows how the Dutch accumulation of great wealth was closely linked to their involvement in warfare. By charting Dutch activity across the globe, it explores Dutch …
International Rivalry and Secret Diplomacy in East Asia, 1896-1950
East Asia was a major focus of struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War of 1945 to 1991, with multiple "hot" and "cold" conflicts in China, …
Gate of Mercy: Family Secrets and the History of Modern Israel
What would you do if your brother turned out to be your enemy? Gate of Mercy takes its readers into the heart of the Israeli-Arab conflict, bringing the history of modern Israel to …
Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World
'Stands in the absolute first rank of books about the resistance in World War II. If you wish to read about a man more courageous and honourable than Jan Karski, I would have no …
The CIA's Secret War in Tibet
Defiance against Chinese oppression has been a defining characteristic of Tibetan life for more than four decades, symbolized most visibly by the much revered Dalai Lama. But the …
Secret Messages
The author provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact of decoded radio messages (signals intelligence) upon American foreign policy and strategy from 1930 to 1945. He presents …
The Hermetic Arcanum: The Secret Work of the Hermetic Philosophy
Hotbed: Bohemian Greenwich Village and the Secret Club That Sparked Modern Feminism
The dazzling story of the Greenwich Village feminists who blazed the trail for the movement's most radical ideasOn a Saturday in New York City in 1912, around the wooden tables of …
Secrets of the Modern World
Hoover’s Secret War against Axis Spies
The world was at war, America precariously poised on the sidelines. But already a second secret war was well underway. While he fought on the home front to consolidate the FBI’s …