Lost Kingdom

Lost Kingdom
Author: Serhii Plokhy
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 470
Release: 2017-10-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0465097391

From a preeminent scholar of Eastern Europe and the prizewinning author of Chernobyl, the essential history of Russian imperialism. In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimea and attempted to seize a portion of Ukraine -- only the latest iteration of a centuries-long effort to expand Russian boundaries and create a pan-Russian nation. In Lost Kingdom, award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy argues that we can only understand the confluence of Russian imperialism and nationalism today by delving into the nation's history. Spanning over 500 years, from the end of the Mongol rule to the present day, Plokhy shows how leaders from Ivan the Terrible to Joseph Stalin to Vladimir Putin exploited existing forms of identity, warfare, and territorial expansion to achieve imperial supremacy. An authoritative and masterful account of Russian nationalism, Lost Kingdom chronicles the story behind Russia's belligerent empire-building quest.

Empire of the Stars

Empire of the Stars
Author: Arthur I. Miller
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780618341511

A history of the idea of "black holes" explores the tumultuous debate over the existence of this now well-accepted phenomenon, focusing particular attention on Indian scientist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.

Quest for Empire

Quest for Empire
Author: Klaus J. Hansen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1974
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

"A Bison book."Reprint of the 1970 ed. published by Michigan State University Press, East Lansing; with new pref. by the author. Bibliography: p. 214-220.

Quest for Economic Empire

Quest for Economic Empire
Author: Volker Rolf Berghahn
Publisher: Campus Verlag
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781571810274

German unification evoked ambivalent reactions outside its borders: it revived disquietingmemories of attempts by German big business during the two world wars to build an economic empire in Europe in conjunction with the military and the government bureaucracy. But thereare also high hopes that German finance and industry will serve as the engine of reconstruction in eastern Europe, just as it played this role in the postwar unification of western Europe.

St. Louis and Empire

St. Louis and Empire
Author: Henry W Berger
Publisher: SIU Press
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2015-04-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 0809333953

From its eighteenth-century French fur trade origins to post-Cold War business dealings with Latin America and Asia, the city has never neglected nor been ignored by the world outside its borders. In this pioneering study, Henry W. Berger analyzes St. Louis's imperial engagement from its founding in 1764 to the present day, revealing the intersection of local political, cultural, and economic interests in foreign affairs.

Learning Empire

Learning Empire
Author: Erik Grimmer-Solem
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 669
Release: 2019-09-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108483828

The First World War marked the end point of a process of German globalization that began in the 1870s. Learning Empire looks at German worldwide entanglements to recast how we interpret German imperialism, the origins of the First World War, and the rise of Nazism.

Witnessing Their Faith

Witnessing Their Faith
Author: Jay Alan Sekulow
Publisher: Sheed & Ward
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2007-12-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 146167543X

When it was ratified in 1791, the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States sought to protect against two distinct types of government actions that interfere with religious liberty: the establishment of a national religion and interference with individual rights to practice religion. Since that time, no question has so bedeviled the U.S. Supreme Court as finding the best way to interpret and apply the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. In this unique and timely book, Jay Sekulow examines not only the key cases and their historical context that have shaped the law concerning church-state relations, but also, for the first time, the impact of the religious faith and practices of Supreme Court Justices who have ruled in each case. Covering cases from the teaching of religion in public schools and the use of federal funds for parochial schools to today's debates about the Pledge of Allegiance and public displays of the Ten Commandments, Witnessing Their Faith is essential reading for anyone interested in the history and future of religious freedom in America.

The Quest

The Quest
Author: Karlissa J.
Publisher: Word Alive Press
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2016-11-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1486613330

The Refiner's Fire

The Refiner's Fire
Author: John L. Brooke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 448
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521565646

This 1995 book presents an alternative and comprehensive understanding of the roots of Mormon religion.