Interdisciplinary studies

Gordon Mellor served as a navigator with RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War, and ETA is the firsthand account of a conflict that tests not only his initiative and resilience, but also the ability to survive amidst the extreme dangers of a Nazi occupied Europe.

70 years ago, on 7 June 1944, the British 7th Armored Division landed in Normandy, halfway through a wartime journey that had started in north Africa.

With the interest shown in "The Royal Corps of Signals: Unit History (1920-2001) and their Antecedents", it was decided to extend the work to include some of the principal Commonwealth Signal Corps, and to provide supplemental data regarding British Signals that has come to light since the original volume was published.

Despite the best efforts of a number of historians, many aspects of the ferocious struggle between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during the Second World War remain obscure or shrouded in myth.

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TRANS-MISSISSIPPI THEATER BOOK OF THE YEAR (BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS) – CIVIL WAR BOOKS AND AUTHORSThe Sand Creek battle (or massacre) occurred on November 29-30, 1864, a confrontation between Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians and Colorado volunteer soldiers.

This is the first book in the English language to offer an analysis of a conflict that, in so many ways, raised the curtain on the Great War.

One of the largest political protests in contemporary Korean history, the May 1980 Kwangju Uprising still exerts a profound, often contested, influence in Korean society.

This volume is the only collection of essays available in English on modern Swiss economy, society, and culture.

Marking the centennial of the founding of Columbia University's school of journalism, this candid history of the school's evolution is set against the backdrop of the ongoing debate over whether journalism can-or should-be taught in America's universities.

This compelling history brings to life the watershed year of 1948, when the United States reversed its long-standing position of political and military isolation from Europe and agreed to an "e;entangling alliance"e; with ten European nations.

From the New York Times's former Op-Ed art director, the true story of the world's first Op-Ed page, a public platform that prefigured the blogosphere.

A German commander's "e;very readable and thought-provoking"e; study of Operation Barbarossa (Military Review).

Offers a history of the Treaty of Lausanne, outlining the decade of war that preceded it and its enduring impact in the Middle East and beyond.

In this Element, the authors introduce and apply a framework for the linguistic analysis of fake news.

Despite 15 years of reform efforts, the incarceration rate in the United States remains unprecedentedly high.

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An authoritative overview of the continuities and changes in migration and globalization from the 1800s to the present day.

"e;The reader anxious or merely curious to know what it was like to flee under the threat of being shot or capture will experience it all here.

"e;The reader anxious or merely curious to know what it was like to flee under the threat of being shot or capture will experience it all here.

Jeremy Crang provides a compelling new history of women who served with the British armed forces during the Second World War.

The tactical abilities of small unit leaders were critical in winning the Battle of Britain and the many innovations and even experiments which they tried out during the active fighting merit examination.

In September 1944 the Western Allies mounted an audacious attempt to seize a crossing over the Rhine into Germany in a bid to end the Second World War quickly.

Africa is a 'theme park' for Western tourists to experience untouched wilderness, untamed nature, and truly 'authentic' cultures, where the hosts, too, are part of a discourse about the 'other' and ourselves, about wildness, danger and roots.

With systematic, thematic chapters, this volume demonstrates how law and gender co-produce gendered legal subjects.

Flight Lieutenant Thomas 'Tommy' Rose, a First World War fighter ace, was a pioneer of private flying.

Operation Nordwind was the last major German offensive of World War II on the Western Front.

Thomas Percy Gleave began his RAF career in 1930, three years later becoming a member of the RAF aerobatic team.

Rene Mouchotte was born on 21 August 1914, at Saint Mande, Paris.

Rene Mouchotte was born on 21 August 1914, at Saint Mande, Paris.

During the Second World War, the British movie industry produced a number of films concerning the war, all of which were, by necessity, heavily myth-laden and propagandised.

The dramatic history behind one of WWII's most powerful-and dangerous-planes, "e;spiced with many first-hand accounts, American and British"e; (Aeroplane).

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"e;Moral values"e; dominated the post-election headlines in 2004.

Young people in the Middle East (1529 years old) constitute about one-third of the region's population.

While traditionally powerful Western economies are treading water at best, beset by crises in banking, housing, and employment, industrial growth and economic development are exploding in China and India.

Nearly five million Muslims call France home, the vast majority from former French colonies in North Africa.

Turkey: A necessary ally in a troubled regionWith the new administration in office, it is not clear whether the U.

According to current polls, about 85 percent of Americans identify with some religious faith and more than 40 percent say they attend religious services at least once a week.

People who participate in debates about the causes and cures of poverty often speak from religious conviction.

Despite various reform efforts, Mexico has experienced economic stability but little growth.

Though it has been nearly a decade since the attacks of September 11, the threat of terrorism emanating from the Muslim world has not subsided.

Over the past twenty years, many low- and middle-income countries have experimented with health insurance options.

A multidisciplinary and timely presentation of digital communication and multimodal texts from the perspective of media linguistics.

A fascinating comparative history of the treatment of fallen airmen in Second World War Europe.

Explores the forces determining the trajectory of medical progress, bringing together scientific policy, economics, sociology and innovation.

Explores the forces determining the trajectory of medical progress, bringing together scientific policy, economics, sociology and innovation.

This Element uncovers the complex trade-offs faced by Multilateral Development Banks in development lending.

The North African campaign was one of the hardest fought episodes of the Second World War, yet the vital part played by the Italian Army - and in particular, its Folgore Parachute Division on behalf of the Axis Alliance - is frequently overlooked.