Encounters in World History: Sources and Themes from the Global Past, Volume One - Softcover

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Thomas Sanders received his doctorate in Russian history from Stanford University. He has taught at a variety of colleges and universities, including Stanford, Georgia Southern, the University of Dayton, Oberlin College, and since 1990 at the US Naval Academy. His most recent book is a collaborative translation and commentary entitled Against the Mountains: Qarakhi's Shining Swords and Tolstoy's Hadji Murat Depict Russian-Muslim Conflict in the Caucasus, (Routledge-Curzon, 2004). He has just begun a biography of the Soviet composer Vladimir Shainskii. He lives in Maryland with his wife, daughter, son, dog and rabbit.

Stephen Morillo grew up in New Orleans, then received his AB from Harvard and his DPhil from Oxford. After spending several years as a cartoonist, he has since taught at Loyola (New Orleans), the University of Georgia, and since 1989 at Wabash College, with a year at Hawai’i Pacific University as their NEH Distinguished Visiting Professor in 2003-04. He is the author of several books and numerous articles on various combinations of medieval, military and global history, and continues to draw cartoons and paint. He lives in Indiana with his wife, three children, and two cats.