The Caribbean before Columbus is a new synthesis of the region's insular history. It combines the results of the authors' 55 years of archaeological research on almost every island in the three archipelagoes with that of their numerous colleagues and collaborators. The presentation operates on multiple scales: temporal, spatial, local, regional, environmental, social, and political.

In addition, individual sites are used to highlight specific issues. For the first time, the complete histories...

A History of the Muslim World to 1750 traces the development of Islamic civilization from the career of the Prophet Muhammad to the mid-eighteenth century. Encompassing a wide range of significant events within the period, its coverage includes the creation of the Dar al-Islam (the territory ruled by Muslims), the fragmentation of society into various religious and political groups including the Shi'ites and Sunnis, the series of catastrophes in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries that threa...

Op 5 september 1786 stuurde stadhouder Willem V van Oranje-Nassau achthonderd man troepen naar de opstandige stadjes Hattem en Elburg. De inwoners waren in verzet gekomen tegen de in hun ogen tirannieke macht van Willem V en diens aanhangers. De gebeurtenissen in Gelderland vormden de opmaat tot de burgeroorlog die in mei 1787 in alle hevigheid in de provincie Utrecht losbarstte en vier maanden later zijn dieptepunt bereikte toen een Pruisische interventiemacht van 20.000 man de Republiek bin...

The terrorist attacks that have been haunting European capitals show us that counterterrorism is necessary and essential in modern day society. The intelligence services and other organisations active in the field of counterterrorism are faced on a daily basis with the question of how extensive and intrusive their actions can be. What are the limits? Which actions are ethical? And most importantly: how do the professionals themselves deal with these - often complex - dilemmas? In Ethics of Co...