Far-right political ideologies and movements

This Very Short Introduction offers a powerfully-written explanation of the war's complex origins and course, and explores its impact on a personal and international scale.

Few developments in the industrial era have had a greater impact on everyday social life than the explosion of the mass media and commercial entertainments, and none have exerted a more profound influence on the nature of modern politics.

'We were dumped at a roundabout with our labels on.

Barbed Wire Diplomacy examines how the United Kingdom government went about protecting the interests, lives and well-being of its prisoners of war (POWs) in Nazi Germany between 1939 and 1945.

Model Nazi tells the story of Arthur Greiser, the man who initiated the Final Solution in Nazi-occupied Poland.

James Hinton uses diaries kept by nine 'ordinary' people in wartime Britain to re-evaluate the social history of the Second World War, and to reflect on the twentieth-century making of the modern self.

Hindenburg reveals how a previously little-known general, whose career to normal retirement age had provided no real foretaste of his heroic status, became a national icon and living myth in Germany after the First World War, capturing the imagination of millions.

Fascism, Nazism, and Communism dominated the history of much of the twentieth century, yet comparatively little attention has focused on popular reactions to the regimes that sprang from these ideologies.

German policy in occupied France during the Second World War was in many ways a story of bitter internal conflict between the various German agencies in charge of the occupation.

The 1940s was probably the most dramatic and decisive decade of the 20th century.

This is the first serious analysis of the combat capability of the British army in the Second World War.

This is the sixth volume in the comprehensive and authoritative series, Germany and the Second World War.

The Nazis never won a majority in free elections, but soon after Hitler took power most people turned away from democracy and backed the Nazi regime.

This is the sixth volume in the comprehensive and authoritative series, Germany and the Second World War.

The dramatic story of Mussolini's fall from power in July 1943, illuminating both the causes and the consequences of this momentous event.

Barbed Wire Diplomacy examines how the United Kingdom government went about protecting the interests, lives and well-being of its prisoners of war (POWs) in Nazi Germany between 1939 and 1945.

Model Nazi tells the story of Arthur Greiser, the man who initiated the Final Solution in Nazi-occupied Poland.

'We were dumped at a roundabout with our labels on.

James Hinton uses diaries kept by nine 'ordinary' people in wartime Britain to re-evaluate the social history of the Second World War, and to reflect on the twentieth-century making of the modern self.

German policy in occupied France during the Second World War was in many ways a story of bitter internal conflict between the various German agencies in charge of the occupation.

Fascism, Nazism, and Communism dominated the history of much of the twentieth century, yet comparatively little attention has focused on popular reactions to the regimes that sprang from these ideologies.

Hindenburg reveals how a previously little-known general, whose career to normal retirement age had provided no real foretaste of his heroic status, became a national icon and living myth in Germany after the First World War, capturing the imagination of millions.

The Holocaust is frequently depicted in isolation by its historians.

Culture in Camouflage aims to remap the history of British war culture by insisting on the centrality and importance of the literature of the Second World War.

Few developments in the industrial era have had a greater impact on everyday social life than the explosion of the mass media and commercial entertainments, and none have exerted a more profound influence on the nature of modern politics.

The history of National Socialism as movement and regime remains one of the most compelling and intensively studied aspects of twentieth-century history, and one whose significance extends far beyond Germany or even Europe alone.

The trial of major Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg was a landmark event in the development of modern international law, and continues to be highly influential in our understanding of international criminal law and post-conflict justice.

When the Allies decided to try German war criminals at the end of World War II they were attempting not only to punish the guilty but also to create a record of what had happened in Europe.

The French call them 'the Dark Years'.

This is the first serious analysis of the combat capability of the British army in the Second World War.

The 1940s was probably the most dramatic and decisive decade of the 20th century.

A concise introduction to European history between 1914 and 1945, this series of succinct interpretations written by leading scholars offers a new introduction to the period.

Six decades after the defeat of National Socialism, commemoration and mourning are ongoing, open-ended projects in Germany and Austria, and continue to generate a steady stream of literature and film about the Nazi past that, while comparatively modest in volume, is often disproportionately influential in public debates.

The evil of the holocaust demands a radical rethink of the traditional Christian understanding of Judaism.

Irish neutrality during the Second World War presented Britain with significant challenges to its security.

The Macedonian Question - the struggle for control over a territory with historically ill-defined borders and conflicting national identities - is one of the most intractable problems in modern Balkan history.

Franklin Roosevelt's good neighbour policy, coming in the wake of decades of US intervention in Central America, and following a lengthy US military occupation of Nicaragua, marked a significant shift in US policy towards Latin America.

The twentieth century in Europe witnessed some of the most brutish episodes in history.

This book has three aims.

This Very Short Introduction offers a powerfully-written explanation of the war's complex origins and course, and explores its impact on a personal and international scale.

The dramatic story of Mussolini's fall from power in July 1943, illuminating both the causes and the consequences of this momentous event.

The associational life of middle-class women in twentieth-century England has been largely ignored by historians.

The Nazi regime was a regime of unparalleled destructiveness.

Many books have been written about the Second World War and the majority of them either concentrate on a particular battle, campaign or unit.

A Spitfire Named Connie is an exciting rollercoaster of a story.

During World War Two, death and violence permeated all aspects of the everyday lives of ordinary people in Eastern Europe.

During World War Two, death and violence permeated all aspects of the everyday lives of ordinary people in Eastern Europe.

Between the late 1880s and the onset of the Second World War, anti-slavery activism experienced a revival in Europe.

At age thirty in 1919, Adolf Hitler had no accomplishments.