BOOKS
Hillary Clinton’s Race for the White House: Gender Politics and the Media on the Campaign TrailRegina G. Lawrence and Melody Rose Senator Hillary Clinton won 18 million votes in 2008—nearly twice that of any presidential contender in recent history—yet she failed to secure the Democratic nomination. In this compelling look at Clinton’s historic candidacy, Regina Lawrence and Melody Rose explore how she came so close to breaking the ultimate glass ceiling in US politics, why she fell short, and what her More > | ![]() |
Histories of the Modern Middle East: New DirectionsIsrael Gershoni, Hakan Erdem, and Ursula Wokock, editors Reflecting cutting-edge scholarship and covering more than two centuries of change, this seminal collection represents key trends in the historiography of the modern Middle East. The authors each combine a methodological theme with concrete, original research, relating theoretical issues to the actual writing of history. Their topics range from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to globalization, More > | ![]() |
History of Africa, Volume 1: 1840-1914Michael Tidy, with Donald Leeming A comprehensive historical survey of the whole continent of Africa, this book incorporates the latest research and analysis in the field of African history, as well as material previously accessible only in regional histories and specialized monographs. More > | ![]() |
History, Memory, and Politics in Postwar JapanIokibe Kaoru, Komiya Kazuo, Hosoya Yūichi, Miyagi Taizō, and the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research’s Political and Diplomatic Review Project, editors Memories can be shared—or contested. Japan and Korea, just one case in point, share centuries of intertwined history, the nature of which continues to be disputed, particularly with regard to World War II. The authors of History, Memory, and Politics in Postwar Japan explore Japan's historical narratives, and their impact on both domestic politics and diplomatic relations, as they More > | ![]() |
Hitler Attacks Pearl Harbor: Why the United States Declared War on GermanyRichard F. Hill In the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S. politicians, policymakers, and citizens focused their desire for retribution not on the obvious target, Japan, but on Hitler's Germany. Richard Hill challenges a major point of conventional wisdom on U.S.-Axis relations to explain why the U.S. held Hitler responsible for the Japanese action—and why Hitler's December 11 declaration More > | ![]() |
Hitler’s Death Camps: The Sanity of MadnessKonnilyn G. Feig "Why does a Gentile with a strong Lutheran background put her mind and heart into the Holocaust for twenty long years?... Unless I confront, I betray those who suffered so dreadfully." Thus Konnilyn Feig begins her riveting study of the Nazi concentration camps and the people and system that maintained them. Based on two decades of study, including multiple visits to all nineteen of More > | ![]() |
Hobo Jungle: A Homeless Community in ParadiseMichele Wakin For many decades and for many reasons, people who are homeless have chosen to live in camps or other makeshift settings, even when shelters are available. Is this an act of resistance? Of self-preservation? Or are they simply too addicted, too mentally ill, or too criminal to adapt to the rules and regulations of shelter life? To address these questions, Michele Wakin explores the evolution of More > | ![]() |
Hollow Bodies: Institutional Responses to Sex Trafficking in Armenia, Bosnia, and IndiaSusan Dewey Susan Dewey draws on her field research in Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and India—where she spoke with actors ranging from bar workers in Bombay to US embassy employees in Armenia to senior officials at international NGOs—to shed light on the trade in women’s bodies and efforts to stop it. In her rich ethnographic study, she focuses on the structural flaws in place that allow, More > | ![]() |
Homeland Security Intelligence: Where We Are, How We Got Here, What Lies AheadWesley R. Moy and Kacper T. Gradoń What is the role of intelligence in the homeland security enterprise? How have its practice and function evolved since the creation of the Department of Homeland Security more than two decades ago? What accounts for the changes? As they address these questions, the authors of this comprehensive volume investigate the critical issues that remain unresolved and consider what lies ahead. More > | ![]() |
Hong Kong, 1997: The Politics of TransitionEnbao Wang Thoroughly researched and well documented, this accessible book looks at the past, present, and future of Hong Kong. Wang examines China's policy toward the Hong Kong transition in general—including the "one country, two systems" formula, the 1984 Sino-British agreement, and the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR)—and also addresses two More > | ![]() |