State-of-the-art reinterpretations of the reasons for Japan's decision to surrender, by distinguished historians of differing national perspectives and differing views.

European and Japanese specialists on the USSR examine the major dimensions of perestroika which have a bearing on the close and complex interaction between Soviet domestic and ...

Russians from all walks of life joyously celebrated the end of Nicholas II’s monarchy, but one year later, amid widespread civil strife and lawlessness, a fearful citizenry ...

The February Revolution, Petrograd, 1917 is the most comprehensive book on the epic uprising that toppled the tsarist monarchy and ushered in the next stage of the Russian ...

"Chronicle of events leading up to the day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August, 1945, based in part on interviews with cabinet officers, military leaders and ...