In November 1944, the U.S. Navy fleet lay at anchor deep in the Pacific Ocean, when the oiler USS" Mississinewa" exploded. Japan's secret weapon, the "Kaiten"--a manned suicide submarine--had succeeded in its first mission.
The "Kaiten" was so secret that even Japanese naval commanders didn't k[...]
With a total population of some 500 million, the unified countries of modern Europe constitute the world's largest collection of successful capitalist democracies. Yet within it, there are distinct clusters of states, each with its own characteristics, historical allegiances and political processes.[...]
Supporting students across their entire module, this authoritative and widely respected text has been fully updated to include the most recent changes in the field and has expanded coverage of restorative justice, gender, and comparative issues[...]