The Age of Reform

The Age of Reform
Author: Richard Hofstadter
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2011-12-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0307809641

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author and preeminent historian comes a landmark in American political thought that examines the passion for progress and reform during 1890 to 1940. The Age of Reform searches out the moral and emotional motives of the reformers the myths and dreams in which they believed, and the realities with which they had to compromise.

Kings and Philosophers, 1689-1789

Kings and Philosophers, 1689-1789
Author: Leonard Krieger
Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton
Total Pages: 388
Release: 1970
Genre: Despotism
ISBN: 9780393099058

The one hundred years that preceded the French Revolution witnessed the rise of kings to unmatched power and influence in European affairs.

Nationalism and Territory

Nationalism and Territory
Author: George W. White
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780847698097

Why do nations come into conflict? What factors lead to the horrors of ethnic cleansing? This timely book offers clear-eyed answers to these questions by exploring how national identity is shaped by place, focusing especially on Serbia, Hungary, and Romania. Moving beyond studies of nationalism that consider only the economic and geostrategic value of territory, George W. White shows that the very core of national identity is intimately bound to specific places. Indeed, nations define themselves in terms of spaces that have historical, linguistic, and religious meaning, as Serbs have clearly demonstrated in Kosovo. These territories are concrete expressions of a nationAIs identity, both past and present. With his detailed analysis of the places that define national identity in Southeastern Europe, White convincingly shows why territorial disputes so often escalate into war.

Germany and the Modern World, 1880–1914

Germany and the Modern World, 1880–1914
Author: Mark Hewitson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 533
Release: 2018-07-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107039150

Re-assesses Germany's relationship with the wider world before 1914 by examining the connections between nationalism, transnationalism, imperialism and globalization.

Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792- 1914

Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792- 1914
Author: Geoffrey Wawro
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2002-01-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134611005

Combining original research with the latest scholarship Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792 - 1914 examines war and its aftermath from Napoleonic times to the outbreak of the First World War. Throughout, this fine book treats warfare as a social and political phenomenon no less than a military and technologial one, and includes discussions on: * The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars * Napoleon III and the militarization of Europe * Bismark, Molkte, and the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71 * new technologies and weapons * seapower, imperialism and naval warfare * the origins and outbreak of the First World War. For anyone studying, or with in interest in European warfare, this book details the evolution of land and naval warfare and highlights the swirling interplay of society, politics and military decision making.

The Transit of Venus Enterprise in Victorian Britain

The Transit of Venus Enterprise in Victorian Britain
Author: Jessica Ratcliff
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2016-09-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0822981858

In the nineteenth century, the British Government spent money measuring the distance between the earth and the sun using observations of the transit of Venus. This book presents a narrative of the two Victorian transit programmes. It draws out their cultural significance and explores the nature of "big science" in late-Victorian Britain.

Offense, Defense, and War

Offense, Defense, and War
Author: Michael E. Brown
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2004-10-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780262265270

An overview of offense-defense theory, which argues that the relative ease of offense and defense varies in international politics. Offense-defense theory argues that the relative ease of offense and defense varies in international politics. When the offense has the advantage, military conquest becomes easier and war is more likely; the opposite is true when the defense has the advantage. The balance between offense and defense depends on geography, technology, and other factors. This theory, and the body of related theories, has generated much debate and research over the past twenty-five years.This book presents a comprehensive overview of offense-defense theory. It includes contending views on the theory and some of the most recent attempts to refine and test it.