The civil rights movement's most prominent leaders, Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) and Malcolm X (1925-1965), represent two wings of the revolt against racism: nonviolent resistance and revolution "by any means necessary." This volume presents the two leaders' relationship to the civil rights m[...]
How did Hitler and his generals manage the swift conquest of France, considering that the French and their allies were superior in every measurable dimension and considering the German's own scepticism about their chances? This book interprets Germany's lightning attack that swept the Wehrmacht to P[...]
These are the first three volumes of the complete transcription of declassified US presidential recordings, annotated by a group of scholars. These volumes cover July-October 1962, revealing Kennedy and top advisers negotiating such events as US covert action in Brazil, racial unrest at the Universi[...]
In essays that illuminate not only the recent past but shortcomings in today's intelligence assessments, sixteen experts show how prospective antagonists appraised each other prior to the World Wars. This cautionary tale, warns that intelligence agencies can do certain things very well--but other th[...]