Political ideologies and movements

In der Endphase des Zweiten Weltkrieges entstand die "Oder-Neiße-Linie", die heutige deutsch-polnische Grenze.

This book explains why the American public thinks of itself as conservative, but supports liberal positions on specific policy matters.

In 2004, Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was brutally murdered on a busy Amsterdam street.

Before the Civil Rights movement, southern liberal journalists played a crucial role in shaping southern thought on race and racism.

British philosopher Michael Oakeshott is widely considered as one of a key conservative thinkers of the 20th century.

In the opening days of World War II, a joint U.

The US armed forces pioneered amphibious warfare in the Pacific and by the time of the D-day landings they had perfected the special equipment and tactics necessary for this extraordinarily difficult and risky form of warfare.

Unstable universalities, available for the first time in paperback, examines the theme of universality and its place in radical political theory.

This revised edition of Mike Chappell's original Men-at-Arms 138 represents nearly 20 years' new research.

Hawaii, 7th December 1941, shortly before 8 in the morning: Japanese torpedo bombers launch a surprise attack on the US Pacific fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor.

This book brings together diverse sets of standpoints on liberalism in an era of growing skepticism and distrust regarding liberal institutions.

This book elaborates on the social and cultural phenomenon of national schools during the nineteenth century, via the less studied field of sculpture and using Belgium as a case study.

Activists in Transition examines the relationship between social movements and democratization in Indonesia.

Richard Overy zeichnet ein umfassendes, neues Bild des Zweiten Weltkriegs – als das letzte Aufbäumen des Imperialismus.

America-Lite (where we all live) is just like America, only turned into an amusement park or a video game or a supersized Pinkberry, where the past and future are blank and there is only a big NOW.

The book deals with a topic of great contemporary significance.

"e;I remember reading We Die Alone in 1970 and I could never forget it.

Decision-making in the European Union before and after the Lisbon Treaty aims to assess what the changes the Treaty of Lisbon envisaged and whether these ambitions have materialised since the Treaty entered into force.

This book provides an intriguing and realistic account of the struggle for the possession of Malta during World War II.

"e;This is an insightful book that will please anyone interested in midcentury American history and politics.

In this book, aviation expert Chris Thomas - inspired to research Typhoons by his own father, who flew numerous raids in a Typhoon during World War 2 - extols the great importance of the Typhoon wings in the ultimate Allied victory in Europe.

Civilians into soldiers is an examination of body cultures in the British Army during the Second World War.

The prominence and variety of global movements of resistance indicates that the idea of politics as governance is contested.

Against the Personification of Democracy offers a new theory of political subjectivity that puts the dilemma of desire into the forefront.

Compared to Casablanca by the Washington Post, The Freedom Line is a page-turning story of a group of resistance workers who secreted downed Allied fighter pilots through France and into safety in Spain during World War II—perfect for fans of Apple TV's Masters of the Air.

A comprehensive and dramatic re-telling of the Guadalcanal and Solomons naval campaign the daring Allied offensive to protect Australia and the South Pacific from Japanese invasion.

The Routledge Handbook of Self-Determination and Secession explores the various debates surrounding the issues of self-determination and secession, and the legal, political, and normative implications they give rise to.

When the Cold War ended in 1989, American hopes for a new world order were quickly disappointed.

The author, Igor’ Sdvizhkov, takes a close look at the attempt by the Briansk Front’s Operational Group Chibisov to collapse the northern shoulder of the German drive to the Caucasus - north-west of Voronezh - in July 1942.

The Ethics of Survival in Contemporary Literature and Culture delves into the complex problems involved in all attempts to survive.

¿Por qué y cómo surgió en la historia moderna la voluntad de perseguir a los responsables del inicio de un conflicto bélico y de las atrocidades subsiguientes?

Wie man dem Aufstieg des Populismus vor der Bundestagswahl 2025 begegnet: Marcel Lewandowsky beschreibt die Methoden der Populisten, analysiert ihre Strategie – und zeigt erfolgreiche Gegenstrategien.

This compelling and convincing study represents the culmination of the authors' several decades of research on the pivotal role played by elites in the success or failure of political regimes.

A provocative new history of liberalism that also provides a road map for today's liberalsFreedom from Fear offers a striking new account of the dominant political and social theory of our time: liberalism.

Religion in Rebellions, Revolutions, and Social Movements demonstrates that, while religion is often a social force that maintains, if not legitimates, the sociopolitical order, it is also a decisive factor in economic, social, and political conflict.

This book examines the philosophical thought of the young Walter Benjamin and its development in his later work.

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Based on a detailed examination of specific aspects of Nazi propaganda, this book (originally published in 1983) enhances the understanding of National Socialism by revealing both its power and its limitations.

Die erste vollständige Edition eines der erschütterndsten Dokumente der NS-Herrschaft.

Stalinism, that particularly brutal phase of the Communist experience, came to an end in most of Europe with the death of Stalin in 1953.

A groundbreaking study of the foundations of nationalism, exposing its antiquity, strong links with ethnicity and roots in human nature.

The first history of the Soviet home front experience during World War II and of the civilians who bore the burden of total war and played a critical role in the global victory over fascism.

Der Band setzt sich mit der "Harmonischen Gesellschaft" auseinander, dem neuen ideologischen Konzept der Parteiführung der Kommunistischen Partei Chinas, um den Wandel Chinas zu forcieren und die eigene Herrschaft zu festigen.

There are many Indian thinkers who have contributed a great deal to the political thought of the country.

This is the first comparative volume available on multinational federations, bringing together an international range of experts on federalism.

Psychoanalysis in the Age of Totalitarianism provides rich new insights into the history of political thought and clinical knowledge.

Marked for DeathFanatics, terrorists, and appeasers have tried everything to silence Geert Wilders, Europes most controversial Member of Parliamentfrom putting him on trial to putting a price on his head.

A Companion to the First World War brings together an international team of distinguished historians who provide a series of original and thought-provoking essays on one of the most devastating events in modern history.