Ethics of Spying: A Reader for the Intelligence Professional, Volume 2 seeks to define an intelligence professional while utilizing various theoretical and practical perspectives. Prominent scholars e
This is the declassified, unabridged version of Anticipating Surprise: Analysis for Strategic Warning (2002, 2004), written in response to the Cold War. Grabo, who was an intelligence analyst from 194
The A to Z of Buddhism covers and clarifies Buddhist concepts, significant figures, movements, schools, places, activities, and periods. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bib
This book investigates one of the most successful liturgical reforms in Catholic history. Only a century ago, faithful, practicing Catholics received Holy Communion only once a year; now, among Americ
The A to Z of Homosexuality provides a comprehensive survey of same-sex relations from ancient China and Greece to the modern world. It covers the gay rights movement from its origins in 19th-century
The A to Z of Islam presents a concise overview of Islamic history, religion, philosophy, and political movements through a list of acronyms and abbreviations, a chronology, an introductory essay, a
The A to Z of Middle Eastern Intelligence addresses issues from ancient history and the Middle Ages through modern times, covering the decline of the Ottoman Empire, intelligence activity in the Midd
The A to Z of the Baptists relates the history of the Baptist Church through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important event
The A to Z of Ukraine introduces Ukraine to the reader through 700 entries on population, geography, economy, politics, and culture; descriptions of institutions, cultural monuments, political parties
"Recommended for most academic libraries ... a quick reference tool to those who need some general information or an overview."--- ARBA"A useful historical dictionary with a very good bibliography."
Although the Turks have been living in Anatolia for the last millennium, the country has undergone extensive Westernization since the end of the 18th century. Tradition has not arrested modernization
Denmark is the oldest monarchy in Europe. At different points in its history, the country's boundaries have encompassed England, Sweden, West Africa, India, and the West Indies. Despite its changing
From the construction of Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower to the fall of the Bastille and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, to Napoleon Bonaparte's defeat at Waterloo, to Albert Cam
The A to Z of Contemporary United Kingdom seeks to present the events, people, and trends of the last 28 years and to help explain the current state of the United Kingdom. Knowledge of this is vital t
The A to Z of Belgium relates the history of this country through a detailed chronology, an introduction, appendixes, a bibliography, and cross-referenced dictionary entries on some of the more signif
Few states have fought as hard or as long for establishment as the Republic of Bulgaria. Over the centuries, Bulgarians have created their own principalities, kingdoms, and republics only to have the
The A to Z of Belarus-through its chronology, introductory essays, appendixes, map, bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institut
The presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford encompassed some of the most turbulent and significant years of the 20th century. Nixon was elected near the end of a decade characte
The period of 1880 to 1929 is the richest theater era in American history, certainly in the number of plays produced and significant artists, as well as in the centrality of theater in the lives of A
Arnold, a prolific author of historical dictionaries, offers an overview of the wars that have rocked African countries since the end of World War II. The key players, events, politics, and other issu
