David Downing

This book gives an overview of twenty-one key events that helped shape the War on Terror including Al-Qaeda's declaration of war, 9/11, the arrival of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, and the Bali, Madrid, and London bombings.

Discusses what resistance the Jews put up before to the Holocaust and persecution by the Nazi party, including hiding, uprisings, formal military and underground groups, and sabotage.

Looks at the years between the time the Nazi party took power and the beginning of World War II, specifically regarding the persecution of Jews and their emigration from Germany at this time.

Introduces the key characteristics and proponents of capitalism, tracing its development from its origins to the twenty-first century, and looking at how capitalism affects the lives of people who live under the system.

"It is 1913, and those who follow the news closely can see the world is teetering on the brink of war. Jack McColl, a Scottish car salesman with an uncanny ear for languages, has always hoped to make a job for himself as a spy. As his sales calls take him from city to great city--Hong Kong to Shanghai to San Francisco to New York--he moonlights collecting intelligence for His Majesty's Navy, but British espionage is in its infancy and Jack has nothing...

Spring 1915. As the Great War burns its way across Europe, Jack McColl, a spy for His Majesty's Navy, is stationed in India, charged with defending the Empire against Bengali terrorists and their German allies. In England, meanwhile, suffragette journalist Caitlin Hanley begins the business of rebuilding her life after the execution of her brother, an Irish republican sympathizer whose plot Jack McColl--Caitlin's ex-lover--had foiled. The war is changing...