Joseph M Boyce

The Second World War, and especially its origins, continue to dominate undergraduate syllabi. This volume of original essays by international experts covers all aspects of the field to provide a tightly edited textbook which, in its coverage and content, is ideal for students, scholars and general r...

Fully updated to take into account the most recent discoveries The Smithsonian Book of Mars offers a journey to the red planet, exploring its atmosphere, climate and remarkable geology with its canals and extraordinary topographic features including a volcano that towers fourteen miles above the pla...

  The role of the Missouri Confederate in the Civil War is too often typified as that of the Bushwhacker, guerrilla, or partisan ranger. Although these soldiers are certainly part of Missouri’s Confederate history, Missouri soldiers also fought for the South at Shiloh and Corinth, from Vicksburg to ...