World War II shaped the United States in profound ways, and this new book--the first in the Legacies of War series--explores one of the most significant changes

From the ashes of former Yugoslavia an independent Croatian state has arisen, the fulfillment, in the words of President Franjo Tudjman, of the Croats' "thousan

More than 140 years ago, Mark Twain observed that the Civil War had "uprooted institutions that were centuries old, changed the politics of a people, transforme

This second edition updates the account and follows Croatia's progress to democracy since the death of President Franjo Tudjman."--BOOK JACKET.

A concise new history of the United States revealing that crises -- not unlike those of the present day -- have determined our nation's course from the start In