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Interpretations of American History, 6th Ed, Vol.
This collection of essays on American history reflects recent scholarship. Contributors new to this edition include Gary Nash, Arthur Schlesinger, Richard P. McCormick, Gerda Lerner, Ellen C. DuBois, Vicki L. Ruiz, Nathan I. Huggins, John Lewis Gaddis, Paul Kennedy and Kevin P. Philips. Edited by Gerald N. Grob and George Athan Billias.
American Constitutionalism Heard Round the World, 1776-1989
George Athan Billias traces the spread of American constitutionalism, from the time of the American Revolution to the conclusion of the Cold War.
American Constitutionalism Abroad
This is a compilation of articles by historians, international law experts, and political scientists on the influence of American constitutionalism in various regions of the world at different times and within different contexts. The ideals and ideas expressed in the U.S. Constitution have dramatically influenced different peoples and different lands over the past 200 years. The authors analyze how the documents, procedures, and institutions that came into being between 1776 and 1791 were received and perceived by constitution makers in other countries and show how American constitutionalism spread throughout the world over time. ISBN 0-313-26757-X: $39.95.
George Washington's Generals And Opponents
America's victory came as a surprise to many people. How did untrained American generals, essentially military amateurs at the outbreak of war, and their ragged, half-starved troops manage to defeat British professionals? To what extent did the quality of British military leadership affect the outcome? Was the American success due to the British commanders' incompetence and faulty strategy, or were timing and opportunity more responsible for Washington and his colleagues' achievement? This book provides superbly balanced portraits of the British and American leadership. Renowned historians have contributed concise, remarkably informative, and authoritative essays on generals of both sides. T...
General John Glover and His Marblehead Mariners
Story of the Revolutionary War general and his fighting fishermen, whose amphibious exploits included ferrying Washington's forces across the Delaware.
American Constitutionalism Heard Round the World, 1776-1989
Winner of the 2010 Book Award from the New England Historical Association American constitutionalism represents this country's greatest gift to human freedom, yet its story remains largely untold. For over two hundred years, its ideals, ideas, and institutions influenced different peoples in different lands at different times. American constitutionalism and the revolutionary republican documents on which it is based affected countless countries by helping them develop their own constitutional democracies. Western constitutionalism--of which America was a part along with Britain and France--reached a major turning point in global history in 1989, when the forces of democracy exceeded the forc...
American Constitutionalism Heard Round the World, 1776-1989
Winner of the 2010 Book Award from the New England Historical Association American constitutionalism represents this country’s greatest gift to human freedom, yet its story remains largely untold. For over two hundred years, its ideals, ideas, and institutions influenced different peoples in different lands at different times. American constitutionalism and the revolutionary republican documents on which it is based affected countless countries by helping them develop their own constitutional democracies. Western constitutionalism—of which America was a part along with Britain and France—reached a major turning point in global history in 1989, when the forces of democracy exceeded the ...
