(Paperback)

When the Berlin Wall came down and the two Germanies were reunited, culture was held up to be one of the keys to national unity. Ironically, however Cooke argues it is the realm of culture that, at times, has most clearly demonstrated the continued divisions between East and West.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

This book deals with the communication of power of the viceregal court of Spanish Naples in the seventeenth-century, showing how various forms of media affect politics, culture, and society -- .

(Paperback)

Synopsis coming soon.......

(Hardback)

Presents a collection of articles by Antoine Prost. This book covers: an account of war memorials; the troubled history of commemorating the Algerian war; republican representations of war and peace; and, discourse and social conflict in republican France. It offers an understanding of the history of nineteenth and twentieth century France.

(Paperback)

Presents a collection of articles by Antoine Prost. This book covers: an account of war memorials; the troubled history of commemorating the Algerian war; republican representations of war and peace; and, discourse and social conflict in republican France. It offers an understanding of the history of nineteenth and twentieth century France.

(Paperback)

The rescue of imprisoned Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from atop the Gran Sasso plateau was one of the most dramatic special forces operations in military history. The Germans, led by SS Haupsturmfuhrer Otto Skorzeny, launched a daring Glider-borne assault, which surprised the Italian guards and secured Mussolini without a shot being fired.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Discusses secondary historical literature dealing with World War I, with essays organized by country or region and chapters dealing with topics such as the war at sea, air war, the mobilization of industry, and new military technology.

(Hardback)

Sicker examines the early stages of the process by which Palestine, an obscure and relatively miniscule backwater of the Ottoman Empire, became a critical factor in the history and convoluted politics of the modern Middle East.

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

This text provides an analysis of individual national historiographies on resistance movements in Western Europe in World War II. It discusses the debates they have engendered and their relationship to more general discussions of the occupation and postwar reconstruction of the countries concerned.

(Paperback)

This text provides an analysis of individual national historiographies on resistance movements in Western Europe in World War II. It discusses the debates they have engendered and their relationship to more general discussions of the occupation and postwar reconstruction of the countries concerned.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

"Resist we must, resist we will--and as this volume powerfully reminds us, in so doing we are acting on the deepest American instincts."--Bill McKibben, author of Radio Free Vermont: A Fable of Resistance.stance.

(Hardback)

The contributions in this volume analyze the cultural narratives of Tibetan exiles from the 1950s to the present.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Nineteenth-century European thought, especially in Germany, was increasingly dominated by a historicist impulse to situate every event, person, or text in its particular context. This title examines the backlash against historicism, focusing on four Jewish thinkers, Hermann Cohen, Franz Rosenzweig, Leo Strauss, and Isaac Breuer.

(Paperback)

Resisting History examines the unexpected origins of our modern notion of the subconscious. Written in a fresh and entertaining style, this concise volume argues that this fundamental tenet of psychological thought derives from the attempts of theologians, historians and psychologists to contain supernatural experience. -- .