Andrew Sinclair

Paradoxically perhaps the 1940s was a decade of cultural efflorescence. Writing, painting, theatre, cinema and dancing all thrived in this period. This book recreates the world of the 1940s with its encounters and characters, its conflicts and its discoveries, its hopes and its disillusions. Meer

a social history, comprehensive, detailed, documented, and well written.' Arthur Weinberg, Chicago Tribune'Here is a work of real social history, at once scholarly and entertaining, thoughtful, penetrating and analytical. Meer

The changing role and status of women in America from colonial times to the present, and the American woman's unrelenting struggle for complete equality with men are the major themes of this work. Meer

Great exponents of the art of equestrian warfare include, Alexander the Great, Hannibal, King Arthur, Saladin, the Knights of the Templar, the Reivers of the Scottish Borders, the Mongols, North American Indians, the Confederate forces during the American Civil War and the Boers. Meer