Manès Sperber, translated by Constantine Fitzgibbon

Sperber's great fiction trilogy spans the period from 1931 through the rise of Hitler and the struggles of international Communism to the early postwar era. It traces the lives of intellectuals, partisans, Communists, and ex-Communists during those turbulent, desperate, and heartbreaking years. This second novel in the series is one of brooding self-analysis and remorse, an account of some  More >

Mark Hamilton Lytle

Understanding US initiatives in Iran from 1941 to 1953 provides insight into much broader areas of American foreign policy: the tension between military and political strategists during World War II, relations with the Soviet Union and Great Britain, the formulation of postwar national security policies, the continuities and discontinuities of diplomacy in three successive presidential  More >

John Baylis, Ken Booth, John Garnett, and Phil Williams

In this thoroughly revised and enlarged edition of a widely acclaimed work, four experts consider the planning and implementation of military and nonmilitary strategy. This second volume describes teh characteristics and development of the military policies of the major powers since 1945.  More >

André Boucourechliev, translated by Martin Cooper

Thoroughly documented and consistently original, Boucourechliev's text is an indispensable source for understanding and appreciating Igor Stravinsky's work.  More >

Hélène Carrère D'Encausse, translated by George Holoch

Published in 1987, the author of this book synthesizes in this work a vast array of research in an analysis of the background and current dynamics of the relationship at the time between the Soviet Union and its East European dependencies.  More >

Louis W. Goodman

Transnational corporations, today's giant firms, have assets in virtually all of the world's developing nations, yet these assets account for only a small share o the firms' economic activities. As a result, decisions that often have enormous consequences for the small nations involved may be of only marginal importance to corporate managers. Louis W. Goodman addresses this  More >

Samad Behrangi, translated by Mary Hegland and Eric Hooglund

Behrangi offers five children’s stories that are notable for their realism and social significance. In keeping with his desire to combat ignorance and bridge the cultural gap between the rural poor and wealthy city dwellers and land owners, his stories do not shield children from knowledge about the pain and cruelty of life. Rather, they pay homage to the lives of the poor, who despite their  More >

Jack W. Hopkins, editor

In the years since its original publication, Latin America: Perspectives on a Region has gained recognition as a well-written, comprehensive introductory text with an interdisciplinary approach to a politically volatile, culturally rich area. The six chapters in the book's first two sections lay a historical groundwork, covering environmental and social systems, pre-Colombian cultures and  More >

Hilary Tham

This is the volume that first presented Hilary Tham's unique voice to the world literary scene. Described vividly and compassionately, Tham's colorful cast of characters includes a Cantonese grandfather who repaired ships under water, but now refuses to go into the sea; a strong-willed grandmother with bound feet but an unbounded mind; and a mother who arranges a marriage between her  More >

Haim Gerber

Elaborating on Barrington Moore's theory of the agrarian origins of civilization, Gerber traces the effects of the Ottoman socioagrarian structure on political formation and revolution in the modern Middle East.  More >