Dictionary of Wars

Provides brief information about more than 1700 wars campaigns, rebellions, mutinies, civil wars, revolts, and conquests, and includes a geographical index

History

KOHN, GEORGE C.

Americas

Anchor

Profiles various criminals throughout history and discusses their crimes

Dictionary of Culprits and Criminals

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Scarecrow Pr

This updated and enlarged reference book provides concise biographical accounts of more than 1,200 villainous persons who gained notoriety in the Western world during the last five hundred years. Intended for use by general adult readers, students, and scholars, the book presents valuable information about past and present lawbreakers and villains of all kinds―murderers, terrorists, robbers, assassins, gangsters, racketeers, spies, traitors, smugglers, forgers, impostors, pirates, gunfighters, prostitutes, pimps, cannibals, con artists, swindlers, conspirators, Western outlaws, war criminals, and many others. These offenders―male and female, young and old, rich and poor―committed transgressions that society was prepared to punish by process of law or custom at the time. Americans predominate, but many Europeans have been included. Entries, with cross references, are arranged alphabetically. There is an appendix classifying all entries according to "law-breaking occupational categories" (e.g., assassin, burglar, forger, gambler, murderer, spy, and so forth), as well as a general index and a selected bibliography. Crisply written and thoroughly readable.

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Scarecrow Press

Dictionary of Wars, highly praised in its first edition (1986), has now been published in a completely revised, updated, and expanded 2nd Edition. The Dictionary provides summaries of all notable wars from earliest recorded history to the present day. It affords the general reader and student with quick, useful, and accurate information - the who, where, when, what, why and how on the more than 1,800 recorded wars in human history from 2000 BC to the present. Completely updated, the Second Edition includes an additional 70 entries - on such major events as the Gulf War, the invasions of Panama and Haiti, and the Bosnian crisis.

Reference

Publisher

Recounts scandals involving deceit, bribery, sex, power-brokering, treason, espionage, murder, suicide, fraud, divorce cases, and famous trials

The Encyclopedia of American Scandal

FACTS ON FILE+

Identifies and explains the importance of significant historic treaties, laws, speeches, letters, court decisions, and other writings, from the Code of Hammurabi to Mao's "Little Red Book"

Dictionary of Historic Documents

World

An updated compendium contains detailed summaries of all notable wars from earliest recorded history to the present day, spanning some four thousand years.

Military

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Dictionary of Wars

Dictionary of Culprits and Criminals

Dictionary of Culprits and Criminals

Dictionary of Wars

The Encyclopedia of American Scandal

Dictionary of Historic Documents

Dictionary of Wars