Beneath the Dust of Time: A History of the Names of Peoples and Places
Jacques R Pauwels, born in Belgium but a Canadian citizen, is both a historian and political scientist, and the author of several books and articles.  His best known publication is 'The myth of the Good War: The USA in World War II' (also available in Dutch, French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations).  He currently devotes most of his time to organizing cultural and educational tours to sites of significant historical importance all over the world, and has personally visited the vast majority of the hundreds of places mentioned in 'Beneath the Dust of Time'.