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Hay's Two Years In Kurdistan, Paul J. Rich Dec 2008

Hay's Two Years In Kurdistan, Paul J. Rich

Paul J. Rich

The British invasion during World War I of what is now Iraq has been a focus of a number of my books and a number of books that I have edited. My argument has been a simple one, that had American policy makers bothered to familiarize themselves with the abortive British incursion and the disasters that ensued, the American invasion of Iraq might have been tempered. Look before you leap.


Lydia Phillips And Mathew Carey, Paul J. Rich Dec 2008

Lydia Phillips And Mathew Carey, Paul J. Rich

Paul J. Rich

Mathew Carey was an important Philadelphia publisher in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Original work by myself and students produced some interesting evidence of his efforts to smuggle books into Mexico. This has been extended by investigations at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington, Massachusetts.


Publishing On Demand: Who Will Be The Gatekeepers?, Paul J. Rich Dec 2003

Publishing On Demand: Who Will Be The Gatekeepers?, Paul J. Rich

Paul J. Rich

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Masonry And Orangeism: More Fraternal And Less Vitrolic In A Changing Scene, Paul J. Rich Dec 2003

Masonry And Orangeism: More Fraternal And Less Vitrolic In A Changing Scene, Paul J. Rich

Paul J. Rich

The Orange Order has figured in Irish history and in the problems of Northern Ireland for two centuries. Although it has many Masonic affinities, it is an international movement (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, parts of Africa) with it sown distinct culture, and its rituals at times have supported a virulent Protestantism.