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This rich and often dramatic study focuses on the eight sons of Tancred of Hauteville, especially Robert Guiscard, who has been called "the most dazzling military ruler between Julius Caesar and Napoleon, " and his youngest brother Roger, who conquered Sicily. It discusses how they expanded their lands throughout southern Italy and then took Sicily from its Muslim rulers. The brothers, often in conflict with each other, challenged both the pap...

This is the first biography of Captain Thomas Tingey, who was a key figure in the development of the early U.S. Navy. Having come to America after a short service in the Royal Navy, Tingey contributed importantly to the growth of the American Navy, but was then obliged to burn the Washington Navy Yard in 1814 to prevent it from falling into the hands of British invaders. This is at the same time a history of the first quarter-century of the Wa...

The Global Citizenship Commission was convened, under the leadership of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the auspices of NYU's Global Institute for Advanced Study, to re-examine the spirit and stirring words of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The result - this volume - offers a 21st-century commentary on the original document, furthering the work of human rights and illuminating the ideal of global citizenship. What do...

When anti-colonial revolts broke out in Spain's American colonies in the early 1800s, the United States were divided as to what position to take. Proximity and America's own anti-colonial ethos favoured sympathy with the rebel cause, yet US strategic interests during the tumultuous Napoleonic Wars dictated a policy of neutrality.

While the majority of scholarship on early Washington focuses on its political and physical development, in "Incidental Architect "Gordon S. Brown describes the intellectual and social scene of the late 1700s through the lives of a prominent couple whose cultural aspirations served as both model and mirror for the city's own."Incidental Architect "is a fascinating account of how the city's cultural and social institutions were shaped by its ea...

While the majority of scholarship on early Washington focuses on its political and physical development, in "Incidental Architect "Gordon S. Brown describes the intellectual and social scene of the late 1700s through the lives of a prominent couple whose cultural aspirations served as both model and mirror for the city's own."Incidental Architect "is a fascinating account of how the city's cultural and social institutions were shaped by its ea...

The story of an early American foreign policy crisis and its lasting effect on liberty and the Caribbean