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World History – Modern
ABC-CLIO
November 2024, 280pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-6808-5 $97.00, £72.00, €84,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-6809-2
LORI R. WEINTROB is professor of history and founding director of the Wagner College Holocaust Center. She is coauthor of a play related to the Holocaust and has published several books and articles.
COMING SOON
Documents of the Holocaust
LORI R. WEINTROB
The Holocaust was one of the most significant events of the 20th century. As survivors of that tragedy continue to leave us, it is more important than ever to preserve their testimony and experiences. Through a wide range of primary source documents, this book gives readers first-hand accounts of the Holocaust from different perspectives.
An introduction provides a historical overview of the Holocaust and its lasting significance. A chronology then highlights key events related to the Holocaust. The chapters that follow, each on a different broad topic, present primary source documents related to the Holocaust. These documents are drawn from survivor testimony, newspaper accounts, diaries, speeches, and other sources, and they reflect the perspectives of victims, perpetrators, bystanders, and resisters. Each document is accompanied by an introductory headnote and followed by suggestions for further reading. The book closes with a bibliography of important resources for further study.
FEATURES
• An introduction overviews the historical background and significance of the Holocaust • A chronology highlights key events related to the Holocaust • A wide range of primary source documents provides first-hand accounts of different aspects of the Holocaust • Introductory headnotes accompanying each document provide important contextual information • Suggestions for further reading point users to additional sources of information
ABC-CLIO
April 2023, 237pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-6745-3 $63.00, £47.00, €55,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-6746-0
BRIAN JEFFREY MAXSON is professor of history at East Tennessee State University.
COMING SOON
Early Modern Europe
Facts and Fictions
BRIAN JEFFREY MAXSON
Many myths about early modern Europe originated in the 19th and 20th centuries and continue to appear today across popular media. In recent years, such popular documentaries and television shows as Game of Thrones have tended to reinforce what we think we know about the world during the early modern period.
Early modern Europe birthed the modern world—just not in the way we think it did. This installment in the Facts and Fictions series utilizes primary sources to interrogate popular beliefs about early modern Europe and reveal the true story behind such movements and events as the Scientific Revolution, the Crusades, and the European witch hunts. Focusing on how perceptions of these events have shifted and evolved through history, this book is an excellent resource for students of this period as well as general readers interested in understanding what really happened during this time.
FEATURES
• Provides readers with an introduction to early modern Europe • Dispels common assumptions about the past • Encourages readers to approach historical information based upon questions, evidence, and interpretations • Includes a wide array of primary sources illustrating various myths and misconceptions
COMING SOON
U.S. Presidents during Wartime
A History of Leadership
SEAN N. KALIC AND ETHAN S. RAFUSE
ABC-CLIO
June 2023, 400pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-6598-5 $97.00, £72.00, €84,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-6599-2
From the Revolutionary War to the war in Afghanistan, the United States has had no shortage of conflicts on both domestic and world stages. All provide insight into the values of the presidents who led the nation through them.
FEATURES
• Primary documents offer insight into the values and perspectives of presidents during wartime • Chronologies in each entry ensure complete context of the president’s involvement in war • Entries offer in-depth yet easy-tounderstand analysis of both the conflicts and presidential actions • Intuitive organization aids the reader in making connections across conflicts and time periods
ETHAN S. RAFUSE, PhD, is professor of military history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. SEAN N. KALIC, PhD, is a professor of military history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.
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Modern African Conflicts
An Encyclopedia of Civil Wars, Revolutions, and Terrorism
TIMOTHY J. STAPLETON, EDITOR
ABC-CLIO
June 2022, 401pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-6969-3 $97.00, £72.00, €84,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-6970-9
Vikings
An Encyclopedia of Conflict, Invasions, and Raids
TRISTAN MUELLER-VOLLMER AND KIRSTEN WOLF
ABC-CLIO
March 2022, 313pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-7729-2 $97.00, £72.00, €84,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7730-8
An essential resource for students or general readers interested in postcolonial Africa, this encyclopedia provides coverage of different regions, countries, wars, battles, factions, leaders, and foreign powers.
FEATURES
• Includes more than 150 entries on various individuals, events, movements, and organizations • Presents further reading sources at the end of each entry in order to further aid readers in their study of the topic • Offers a chronology of the events discussed throughout the encyclopedia • Features contributions from key scholars in the fields of African history and military studies
TIMOTHY J. STAPLETON is professor of African history at the University of Calgary and has taught at Rhodes University and the University of Fort Hare in South Africa. For three centuries, the Vikings changed the political world of northern and western Europe. This encyclopedia explores exactly how they did it in a highly readable and informative resource volume.
FEATURES
• Features four introductory essays covering such topics as Viking weaponry, home life, and exploration • Includes sidebars that present excerpts from Viking poetry as well as personal accounts from historical figures who witnessed Viking military engagements • Provides easy access to details about individual warlords, specific battles, and specific raids
TRISTAN MUELLER-VOLLMER, PhD, is a runic specialist and independent researcher in Scandinavian studies.
KIRSTEN WOLF, PhD, is Birgit Baldwin Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she teaches Old Norse and Scandinavian linguistics.
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American Indian Wars
The Essential Reference Guide
JUSTIN D. MURPHY, EDITOR
ABC-CLIO
January 2022, 326pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-7509-0 $97.00, £72.00, €84,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7510-6
—Library Journal, April 1, 2022
Providing an indispensable overview of the American Indian Wars, this book focuses on Native American tribes and warriors and their varying responses to the onslaught of European colonists and American settlers in the centuries following contact.
FEATURES
• Provides readers with a broad overview of American Indian
Wars, focusing on Native American perspectives
JUSTIN D. MURPHY is dean of the school of arts and sciences and professor of history at Oakland City University.
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The Holocaust
The Essential Reference Guide
PAUL R. BARTROP AND EVE E. GRIMM
ABC-CLIO
May 2022, 329pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-7778-0 $97.00, £72.00, €84,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7779-7
This volume provides an indispensable resource for anyone studying the Holocaust. The reference entries are enhanced by documents and other tools that make this volume a vital contribution to Holocaust research.
FEATURES
• Comprehensively examines all angles of the Holocaust within one easily readable volume written by experts • Includes primary documents, with appropriate introductions, to set the historical and contemporary contexts for the entries • Contains useful chronologies of the events surrounding the Holocaust • Provides a number of contextualizing essays on various facets of the
Holocaust, which precede the reference entries themselves
PAUL R. BARTROP, PhD, is a multiaward-winning Holocaust and genocide scholar. EVE E. GRIMM was formerly a senior adviser to the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University.
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Cambodian Genocide
The Essential Reference Guide
PAUL R. BARTROP, EDITOR
ABC-CLIO
February 2022, 232pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-7653-0 $97.00, £72.00, €84,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7654-7
This important reference work offers students a comprehensive overview of the Cambodian Genocide, with more than 90 in-depth articles by leading scholars on an array of topics and themes, supplemented by key primary source documents.
FEATURES
• Provides profiles of the main leaders involved in the Cambodian Genocide of 1975–1979 and beyond • Considers the various strategies adopted by members of the international community in trying to address the issues created by the Pol
Pot regime • Includes entries written by leading international authorities gathered from around the world • Provides a number of contextualizing essays on various facets of the
Cambodian Genocide • Contains useful chronologies of the events surrounding the Cambodian
Genocide
PAUL R. BARTROP, PhD, is a multiaward winning Holocaust and genocide scholar.
