Product Description: Japan’s unusual position in the realm of international politics encapsulates a three-fold juxtaposition: both in and out of Asia, both occupied by and a close ally of the United States, and both a key trade partner and a strategic rival of China...read more

Product Description: Japan’s unusual position in the realm of international politics encapsulates a three-fold juxtaposition: both in and out of Asia, both occupied by and a close ally of the United States, and both a key trade partner and a strategic rival of China...read more

The papacy of Pius XII (1939-1958) has been a source of near-constant criticism and debate since his death, particularly because of his alleged silence during the Holocaust. Paul O'Shea examines his little-studied pre-papal life to demonstrate that Pius was neither an anti-Semitic villain nor a 'lamb without stain.'

Product Description: Divorce became possible in the Republic of Ireland for the first time in February 1997, under new legislation. This straightforward guide explains how the law works and how it ties in with previous legislation concerning separation and nullity (civil and Church), and covers the history of divorce in Ireland, the options, civil nullity, judicial separation, mediation, barring, remarriage in church, and the tax, property, custody, inheritance and other implications of divorce, separation and nullity...read more