Product Description: The three volumes in The Cold War offer a unique event-by-event history of the full sweep of the Cold War, with up-to-date essays on key events between 1945 and 1991, a new introduction that surveys the origins and history of the Cold War, and a new epilogue which reviews post-1991 developments and assesses the legacy of the Cold War in the early twenty-first century...read more

Product Description: The three volumes in The Cold War offer a unique event-by-event history of the full sweep of the Cold War, with up-to-date essays on key events between 1945 and 1991, a new introduction that surveys the origins and history of the Cold War, and a new epilogue which reviews post-1991 developments and assesses the legacy of the Cold War in the early twenty-first century...read more

Product Description: The three volumes in The Cold War offer a unique event-by-event history of the full sweep of the Cold War, with up-to-date essays on key events between 1945 and 1991, a new introduction that surveys the origins and history of the Cold War, and a new epilogue which reviews post-1991 developments and assesses the legacy of the Cold War in the early twenty-first century...read more

A unique one-stop source for vital information on the background and history of human rights theory and practice in the international arena.

The 20th Century is the eighth installment in the revised and expanded Great Lives series, which provides in-depth critical, biographical essays from around the world. This brand new, ten-volume set offers more than 1,300 extensive biographies of major personages in world history from 1901-2000. Each essay ranges from 3 to 5 pages in length and displays standard ready-reference top matter offering easy access biographical information. The body of each essay is divided into three major sections: Early Life, Life's Work, and Significance. The set also includes several appendixes and indexes and a pronunication key.

Product Description: Salem Press' monumental Great Events from History series spans human history from ancient times to the present, worldwide. The culminating sets in this series, three sets of six volumes each, detail the significant events during the twentieth century...read more

Product Description: Salem's definitive 20th century historical reference continues with this title.Salem Press' monumental "Great Events from History" series spans human history from ancient times to the present, worldwide. "Great Events from History: The 20th Century, 1971-2000", a six-volume set, provides extended coverage of 1,083 major events between 1971 and 2000...read more

Product Description: This six-volume set contains 1112 essays on significant world events between 1941 and 1970. The events covered include the geopolitical events of the era - from World War II and the Holocaust to the formation of the United Nations and the start of the Cold War, from the Korean War to the war in Vietnam...read more

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Product Description: While the idea of human rights and humanitarian assistance has ancient roots―evidence can be seen in such examples as the Ten Commandments, the Bhagavad Gita, and the teachings of Confucius and Socrates―it wasn't until the 1800s that the first modern humanitarian and human rights organizations came to be...read more

Provides subject reviews, two full-length practice tests with answer explanations, and tips on strategies to help maximize performance.

Presents essays arranged in chronological order on key world events that occurred in such areas as politics, science, medicine, communications, literature, music, philosophy, and international affairs during the first forty years of the twentieth century.

Presents essays arranged in chronological order on key world events that occurred in such areas as politics, science, medicine, communications, literature, music, philosophy, and international affairs during the first forty years of the twentieth century.

Presents essays arranged in chronological order on key world events that occurred in such areas as politics, science, medicine, communications, literature, music, philosophy, and international affairs during the first forty years of the twentieth century.

Examines the fifty most critical issues debated in the history of the United Nations, including human rights issues, the Cold War, women's rights, Zionism, Apartheid, and regional conflicts. (view table of contents)

Product Description: For those who want to know more about organizations that provide assistance to refugees and disaster relief victims, the Dictionary is an ideal staring point. The timeline traces the history of refugee movements and disasters during the twentieth century...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: With over seventeen million refugees inhabiting the globe today, this book addresses this dramatic 20th century phenomenon and several of the issues it raises. Gorman examines how refugee situations arise and the way in which they are addressed by the various global actors: governments, U...read more

Product Description: This expert study shows how refugee aid and development enterprises should be linked in order to truly help the 16 million refugees today, the tens of millions of displaced persons, and the hundreds of millions affected by the presence of uprooted people...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This text/reader combines a systematic, issues orientated text with supplementary readings under which should give students a good understanding of basic concepts in international politics.