What would be a good book on economic warfare? As in, for instance, the type of tactics employed during the 1930s by various countries to pressure others, and how such tactics work.

I have a question related to 18th century texts: Are there any books on the subject of pamphleteering, "letters" published in newspapers etc., in the English speaking world in the 1700s? Specifically the US, but I guess they would have been influenced by any English traditions.

I want to get a better understanding of text's produced and published during the American Revolutionary era, such as "Common Sense", "Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania" and "A Defense of the Constitutions of the United States".

Based on the review posted here the other day, went and got myself Stalin: Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 by Stephen Kotkin. Have about 2 weeks left here before I fly out, and am now debating whether I should start reading it tomorrow or focus more on some language study. Also found out that the next two volumes are to be published in 2016 and 2019, which seems like a long time to wait but if they are anywhere near the size of this book (900+ pages) it should be one of the most thorough and comprehensive biographies of Stalin to date.

History undergrad here. I'm writing a paper on Francis of Assisi, among other things, and want to discuss certain biblical passages. What version of the bible should I be using for this time period?

Finished Rise of American Democracy today. It did get better in the bitter end, but not by a great deal.

Would this be the right place to ask for opinions on citation management software? All the other Ph. D. students in my program have suggested I, y'know, get on that, but they all seem so confusing - particularly since most of them don't seem to have options for stuff like (medieval) manuscripts! I've had to hand-manage all my citations this semester and while it's doable it's becoming increasingly less convenient. Is there one particular program best suited to managing the aspiring Byzantinist's citation library?

And, on the theme of this semester's citations: What do historians think of Margaret Barker? I'm working with a professor who is 100% on board the Barker boat, and despite my initial reluctance (the Forms come from the Temple of Solomon? really??) I'm starting to think some of what she says is pretty thought-provoking. Are there any major red flags I should be seeing here, or is it really just Temple theology all the way down?

I finished reading Peter Ackroyd's The Tudors and overall I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was. While not a scholarly work by any means, and I'm no Tudor expert, he seems to do a decent enough job of summarizing the last 50 years or so of scholarship into a very readable and approachable book covering quite a large span of time. As works of popular history go it's one of the best I've read in a while.

I'm reading Hertha Krauss' "International Relief in Action" (1944) which is essentially meant as a handbook for organising relief after WWII. It features many case studies of relief action in Europe and a few from China etc. It's sadly a bit sparse on Germany which is what I'm particularly interested in but it's a very interesting collection of case studies written by and collated in this form by people directly affected by WWI and who were at least to an extend considering the effects of WWII. Any suggestions of good case studies of relief action in interwar Germany would always be appreciated.

Anyone no any good books on the history of Hawaii or Polynesia as a whole.

I'm currently working on two research projects:

1. The Economic Governance of the Islmaic State over its Territories

2. Examing the Efficacy of Sex Strikes as a Means of Changing Policies