personally, I think the books of Jonah and Nahum are dealing with the rise and fall of Assyria through prophecies on the city of Ninveh which is the capital of Assyria (this would be an example of synecdoche).
and the rise and fall of Assyria is another way of talking about the exile of the ten tribes of Israel during the reign of Hosea the son of Elah in the northern kingdom of Israel and Hezekiah in the Southern kingdom and the return of the ten tribes during the reign of Josiah of the southern kingdom.
All of which is well described in the book of Kings and Isaiah
I'm in the process of writing a blog post about this...but I've been in the process for the last 3 months or so...
Unfortunately I have to run, but it's been a pleasure.