Let's take a closer look at several books from the History (HIS) section. The history section consists of more than 120 volumes covering not only the history of peoples and places, but everything from midwifery
to war.
With regard to war and the current concern over terrorism, a recent arrival to the history section may be of interest. In "Intelligence in War: knowledge of the Enemy from Napoleon to Al-Qaeda",
military historian, John Keegan, “…offers us nothing short of a new history of war through the prism of intelligence…” Also in the history section is Keegan’s highly acclaimed "A History of Warfare".
In The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama by Thomas Laird, the author - a journalist for Time, Asiaweek, and Newsweek, “…brings his meetings with the Dalai Lama to life in a rich, vibrant
historical narrative that outlines the essence of thousands of years of civilization, myth and spirituality…”
An Intellectual History of Modern China edited by Merle Goldman and Leo Wu-Fan Lee “…synthesizes three decades of the best work on modern Chinese intellectual history and points the way for future scholars to
broadened studies of culture and consciousness.”
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