An examination of the controversial predictions of Nostradamus - did he predict 9/11? The end of the world?

The book contains documents highlighting the uprising in Iaroslavl the 6th - 21st of July, 1918 in one of the most dramatic events of the Russian Civil War. Most of the materials where previously classified and were not available to researchers before the 1990s. Many of these documents are published here for the first time.

The subject of this book is the history, organization and structure of the army of the Eastern Roman Empire (or Early Byzantium). Of particular interest are the time of great conquests during the reign of Emperor Justinian I (527-565). During his reign, he attempted to reconquer the lost Western half of the Roman Empire: establishing control of the Visigoths in the Iberian Peninsula, the...

The book, a collection of scholarly articles, edited by Russia's leading demographer, is the first major demographic history of Russia in the 20th century. The articles are based on a vast statistical database and the books offers many tables and graphs.

The authors of this book examine the historic period of the late 1980s and early 1990s, which saw the Communist regimes of Central and SE Europe being overthrown.

1956 is the middle of the Soviet era. Thirty-four years separate it from the creation of the USSR, thirty-four - from its collapse. The history of 1956 itself, even taken out of historical context, is plot-wise complete - it begins with the 20th Congress, ends with the resolution on the fight against the enemy's tail; begins with the liberation of the camps, ends with the appearance of new...

Published in the series 'Unofficial History of Russia,' this book covers the period of Russian history from 1825-1870. The author weaves many different sources into a rich and original interpretation of Russia. The critical years in this book see both a consolidation of political power and the first real attempts at reform.

Before the advent of US military and political power in the Persian/Arabian Gulf region, this role was filled by England. In fact, many of these states were either under British protectorate status after WW I or were created by the British.