Surveys the bureaucratic mistakes--including poor weapons and strategic blunders--that marked America's entry into World War II, showing how these errors were o

Why do democracies win wars? This is a critical question in the study of international relations, as a traditional view--expressed most famously by Alexis de To

Studies all four branches of the Athenian armed forces to show how they helped make democratic Athens a superpower.

Scholars regard the March on Washington Movement (MOWM) as a forerunner of the postwar Civil Rights movement. Led by the charismatic A. Philip Randolph, MOWM sc

"Through a study of the mobilization of the Italian and British labor movements during World War I, this book explores whether war advances democracy. It explai