Political ideologies and movements

The notion of a 'politics of religion' refers to the increasing role that religion plays in the politics of the contemporary world.

This book offers a systematic assessment of how International Relations scholars in mainland China and analysts at Chinese foreign policy think tanks influence the construction of China's national interest.

How did Roman poets create character?

Why it's wrong to single out religious liberty for special legal protectionsThis provocative book addresses one of the most enduring puzzles in political philosophy and constitutional theory-why is religion singled out for preferential treatment in both law and public discourse?

This book critically evaluates the rise of the far-right in Greece, detailing the legal context in which to understand both the emergence of Golden Dawn, the far-right's largest grouping, and the 2020 court decision, in which it was deemed to be a criminal organisation.

So many histories of the War in the Pacific focus on the Allied experience.

First published in 1979.

The End of Socialism explores the difficulties socialism faces and examines the extent to which its moral ideals can guide policy.

In a major biography of Blaise Pascal, James Connor explores both the intellectual giant whose theory of probability paved the way for modernity and the devout religious mystic who dared apply probability to faith.

A historical analysis of the contribution of Great Britain's public schools to the conduct of World War II.

In this gripping graphic novel, a Jewish journalist encounters an extension of the horrors of the Holocaust in North Africa.

A fresh appraisal of the nature and significance of the democratic left in the Global South.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Traditionen des Konservatismus" verfügbar.

This book is about the experiences of Jewish children who were members of armed partisan groups in Eastern Europe during World War II and the Holocaust.

An in-depth analysis of modern Islamic martyrdom and its various interpretations, positing martyrdom as a vital component of contemporary identity politics and power struggles.

Education for Democracy in England in World War II examines the educational discourse and involvement in wartime educational reforms of five important figures: Fred Clarke, R.

At the outbreak of World War II, the four key Capital German ships comprised the Bismarck, Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.

Most Americans believe that the Second World War ended because the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan forced it to surrender.

In 2013, when the state of Oklahoma erected a statue of the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the state capitol, a group calling themselves The Satanic Temple applied to erect a statue of Baphomet alongside the Judeo-Christian tablets.

To the surprise of many, the Dalai Lama recently declared that, 'I am a socialist'.

British state-supported Holocaust remembrance has dramatically grown in prominence since the 1990s.

The relationship of the United States and Great Britain has been the subject of numerous studies with a particular emphasis on the idea of a special relationship based on traditional common ties of language, history, and political affinity.

A fresh approach to the Battle of the Atlantic, told through the spectacular story of HG-76, a major turning point in the naval war.

';The best book by far on the Pacific War' (The New York Times Book Review), this classic one-volume history of World War II in the Pacific draws on declassified intelligence files; British, American, and Japanese archival material; and military memoirs to provide a stunning and complete history of the conflict.

Laura Sokolowsky's survey of psychoanalysis under Weimar and Nazism explores how the paradigm of a 'psychoanalysis for all' became untenable as the Nazis rose to power.

This interdisciplinary volume re-evaluates the interconnectedness of the Merovingian world with its Mediterranean surroundings.

Anarchism is by far the least broadly understood ideology and the least studied academically.

By the time of his death in 1904, critics, arts reformers, and government officials were near universal in their praise of Art Nouveau designer Emile Galle (1846-1904), whose works they described as the essence of French design.

This book is to emerge from the activities of Research Committee on Housing and Built Environment of International Sociological Association (ISA).

Dunes, sandstorms, freezing crags and searing heat; these are not the usual images of World War I.

Populist radical right (PRR) parties are questioning women's rights and sexual democracy.

Originally published in 1946, this volume, based on some of the evidence taken from captured German files and archives, discusses many questions concerning German policy and diplomatic manoeuvre during the Second World War.

During the 1940s Greece was torn apart twice, first by World War II and second by Civil War.

Led by Mona Kanwal Sheikh and Mark Juergensmeyer, nine authors journey into the worlds of unusual, sometimes violent religious groups.

The Thompson submachine gun, or Tommy gun developed an almost iconic status during the 20th century.

Islam on Campus explores how Islam is represented, perceived and lived within higher education in Britain.

The Being and Event trilogy is the philosophical basis of Alain Badiou's entire oeuvre.

This book provides a critical discussion on how different discourses of nationalism in the Turkish media construct contested concepts of New Turkey's identity, which has great importance for mapping modern Turkey's place in the world of nations.

Almost a century before the New Democratic Party rode the first “orange wave,” their predecessors imagined a movement that could rally Canadians against economic insecurity, win access to necessary services such as health care, and confront the threat of war.

Featuring specially commissioned artwork, gripping first-hand accounts and expert analysis, this engaging reassessment offers a glimpse of what it was like for Britain's Chindits to fight in the jungles and mountains of Burma at the height of World War II.

Jews and Armenians are often perceived as peoples with similar tragic historical experiences.

The Soviet Space Programme (1988) presents a comprehensive over-view of the Soviet space programme from its beginnings up to the end of the 1980s.

Suzanne Harris was born in Paris in 1919.

Entering service in 1931, the 9x19mm Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun saw extensive combat with Finnish troops during their fight against Soviet forces in 1939 44.

This exciting new textbook provides an accessible and lively introduction to international relations for students encountering the subject for the first time.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR IN THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS 2015Tim Bell was the original 'spin doctor'; the Chairman of Bell Pottinger public relations, and one of the best known figures in UK media communications.

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

British Tank Production and the War Economy, 1934-1945 explores the under-researched experiences of the British tank industry in the context of the pressures of war.