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William L. Richter
From Richard Lawrence to John Wilkes Booth to John Hinckley, Jr., Americans have preferred their presidential assassins, whether failed or successful, to be more or less crazy. Seemingly, this absolves…
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William L Richter
One of the most pivotal, shocking, and defining events in American history, the assassination of President Lincoln, remains a constant source of fascination and divisive opinions. In this extensively researched…
What if John Wilkes Booth were tried for assassinating Abraham Lincoln? Fleeing south after shooting President Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth was cornered in a barn in Virginia and mortally wounded…
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An encyclopedia of the pre-Civil War South, emphasizing how the section influenced the colonial and national history of the United States. The dictionary section treats important persons, legislation, political issues…
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Numerous cross-referenced entries on prominent individuals, including Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Robert E. Lee, and Abraham Lincoln, as well as others on policies of the…
William L Richter,J E Smith
The Last Shot is a compilation of ten essays that deal with subjects and unsolved mysteries surrounding the Civil War. The most controversial is the notion of whether the North…
Explores the interconnection between geopolitical context and the ways this context frames our knowledge about Asia, highlighting previously neglected cause-effect relations.
Aims to delve into the ethical problems of twenty-first century public administration. This book seeks to offer both the depth demanded by graduate courses in administrative ethics and the accessibility…
Paul W. Kroll
A Student’s Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese is the long-desired Chinese - English reference work for all those reading texts dating from the Warring States period through the Tang…
This book focuses on the ways in which major contemporary scholars approach political thought and writing from Plato to the present.
