Phillips Charles, Axelrod Alan. Encyclopedia of Wars

ABC-Clio, 2002 - 771 p. ISBN10: 2276073459 ISBN13: 9781576073452 (eng) This encyclopedia of war in the air documents the entire history of aerial combat - from the primitive biplanes of World War I to the sophisticated stealth fighters of the 21st century. More than 100 scholars and experts - many with personal combat experience - offer researched articles on the famous aces, designers, battles, air campaigns, weapons and flying machines of air...

ABC-Clio Inc., 1998 - 370 p. Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology presents over 1,400 comprehensive A–Z entries of the myths and legends of ancient Greece and Rome. The entries are cross-referenced where appropriate, and an extensive bibliography is provided. Entries include Heracles and Alexander the Great, and geographical features such as the islands of the Blessed and Dardanelles. An unusual feature of this dictionary is the inclusion of as...

New York, London: Routledge, 2005. - 546 p. ISBN 0-415-94052-4 (hb: alk. paper) Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia presents the multiple facets of life in Ireland before and after the Anglo-Norman invasion of 1169, from the sixth to the sixteenth century. It provides reliable, scholarly information for the student, scholar, or general reader who wishes to learn more about this vivid period of history. The medieval period in Ireland was rich in cul...

New Edition. Publisher: Facts On File, Inc., New York, 2005. 698 pages. Language: English. Fully updated and revised with more than 50 percent new material, Encyclopedia of Censorship, New Edition presents a full range of information about the history and evolution of censorship and its role in society today. Covering all forms of expression from the past to the present, from the office of the censor in ancient Rome to the Internet in the comput...

Publisher: Facts on File, 2006. 594 pages. This A-to-Z encyclopaedia examines the entire history of crimes against humanity, during both wartime and peacetime. With more than 450 entries, the encyclopaedia covers a wide range of relevant topics: human rights, war criminals, trials of war crimes, examples of genocide, international organizations and international law concerning war crimes, and many more. Also included is a primary resources secti...

Publisher: ABC-CLIO, Inc., USA, 2008. 277 pages. Language: English. This encyclopedia is about relations between India and Pakistan from 1947 to today, and it endeavors to trace and account for the principal vicissitudes in these relations in their several dimensions — political, military, economic, and cultural. It does not purport to be a detailed account of all aspects of India and/or Pakistan in these years, but it does make occasional refer...

Those who enjoy contemplating, reading about, and studying the past are accustomed to thinking of history in terms of people and events. Scholars, writers,and historians understand that these people and events are reconstructions rather than realities and that such reconstructions are based most often on documents of one kind or another. Certainly, few historical documents are of greater moment than treaties, the instruments through which tribes,...

Routledge, 2004 - 1912 p. 3-Volume Product Description: Covering the entire continent from Morocco, Libya, and Egypt in the north to the Cape of Good Hope in the south, and the surrounding islands from Cape Verde in the west to Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles in the east, the Encyclopedia of African History is a new A-Z reference resource on the history of the entire African continent. With entries ranging from the earliest evolution of h...

ABC-CLIO, 2002. - 1231 pages. Three volumes. 1,500 entries. 2,500 years of history. Seven seas. It all adds up to Naval Warfare: An International Encyclopedia, the most authoritative, comprehensive, and accessible reference work on the subject of combat at sea. Spencer C. Tucker, editor of the award winning Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War, turns his expertise in military history to the greatest war story of them all — humanity's centuries-old qu...

Spencer C. Tucker. The Encyclopedia of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO, 2009. - 1042 p. Preface The conflict with Spain in 1898 was the first U.S. war with a foreign power since the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848. The Spanish-American War was, of course, about much more than freeing Cuba and the explosion of the battleship Maine. What Secretary of State John Hay called "a...