Författare: Thomsett Michael C. Thomsett

From the very inception of the United States, few issues have been so divisive and defining as American slavery. Even as the U.S. was founded on principles of liberty, independence and freedom, slave …

Noted lexicographer Thomsett here dissects more than 1, 400 terms, a buttula to zither, with clarity and precision; 383 high quality original illustrations render concepts that make verbal explanatio …

History is replete with pronouncements on war. Some reflect on man’s warlike nature ("We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth"-Homer); others deal with the practical strategi …