Social groups: religious groups and communities

This book, first published in 1982, is a systematic and detached analysis of the 60,000 British conscientious objectors in the Second World War, forming an examination of the relationship between the individual and the State in time of war.

Throughout history, the world's great religions have been profoundly shaped by their encounters with successive empires.

The brutal fighting between US Marines and Japanese infantry on the island of Guadalcanal in many ways came to typify the island-hopping war in the Pacific.

The first part of the book reflects the context of life within the totalitarian systems of Communism and Nazism.

How do ordinary Muslims deal with and influence the increasingly pervasive Islamic norms set by institutions of the state and religion?

This book is a primary source collection of 30 speeches of the Cold War from 1917 to 1991, representing a cross section of leaders on all sides of the conflict from North America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia.

This book examines the role of Europeans who settled in the Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 19th centuries and assumed Ottoman identity , be it by way of conversion to Islam and assimilating to the host society or by becoming loyal servants or subjects of the Ottoman state, identifying themselves as Ottomans, but retaining their faith.

This book examines French motivations behind the decolonisation of Tunisia and Morocco and the intra-Western Alliance relationships.

Rather than providing a global solution to the problem of abortion -to abort or not to abort-this volume sheds light on different but equally critical dimensions of abortion in global debate and practice.

Orthodox Churches, like most religious bodies, are inherently political: they seek to defend their core values and must engage in politics to do so, whether by promoting certain legislation or seeking to block other legislation.

Sheds new light on the relationship between tolerance and religion, concluding that local religious minorities are most likely to protect pluralism.

The Rebirth of Antisemitism in the 21st Century is about the rise of antizionism and antisemitism in the first two decades of the 21st century, with a focus on the UK.

This book is an important work in Holocaust literature and was originally published in Poland in 1967.

This book is an in-depth account of people's cultural and religious life in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Richard Evans' brilliant book unfolds perhaps the single most important story of the 20th century: how a stable and modern country in less than a single lifetime led Europe into moral, physical and cultural ruin and despair.

Few branches of the German armed forces were represented on so many fronts as the mountain infantrymen, or Gebirgstruppen.

Nominiert für den Opus Primum Nachwuchspreis 2012 der Volkswagenstiftung.

Roma Ben-Atar resisted until late in life the urging of her family to share the memories of her Nazi-era experiences.

This volume is part of a comprehensive effort by Professor Rummel to understand and place in historical perspective the entire subject of genocide and mass murder-what is herein called Democide.

A pictorial history of Hitler's fighter pilots that "e;will be of great interest to aircraft modelers and aviation historians alike"e; (AMPS Indianapolis).

In the Name of Elijah Muhammad tells the story of the Nation of Islam-its rise in northern inner-city ghettos during the Great Depression through its decline following the death of Elijah Muhammad in 1975 to its rejuvenation under the leadership of Louis Farrakhan.

This volume focuses on the impact of the Armenian Genocide on different academic disciplines at the crossroads of the centennial commemorations of the Genocide.

This examination of Hitler's stormtroopers provides vital insights into the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the establishment of the Nazi state.

Although the Enlightenment had seemed to bring an end to the widely held belief that Jews murdered Christian children for ritual purposes, charges of the so-called blood libel were surprisingly widespread in central and eastern Europe on either side of the turn to the twentieth century.

Ahmed El Shamsy''s The Canonization of Islamic Law is a detailed history of the birth of classical Islamic law.

A nuanced range of interdisciplinary perspectives on the role of emotions in moral and political reactions to mass violence.

The racism and antisemitism of Fascist Italy have often been described as 'mild', 'cultural', 'spiritual', and essentially non-violent, especially in comparison with the racial ideology of Nazi Germany.

African Americans' long campaign for "e;the right to fight"e; forced Harry Truman to issue his 1948 executive order calling for equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed forces.

Jamie Gilham collates the work of leading and emerging scholars of Islam in Britain, Christian-Muslim relations and Victorian Studies to offer fresh perspectives on Islam and Muslims in Victorian Britain.

Introducing innovative new research from international scholars working on Islamic fashion and its critics, Islamic Fashion and Anti-Fashion provides a global perspective on muslim dress practices.

"e;Through meticulous research in archives and crumbling ventilation shafts, Chatterton paints a picture of Britain in the Second World War that turns our popular narrative on its head.

The Routledge Handbook of Muslim-Jewish Relations invites readers to deepen their understanding of the historical, social, cultural, and political themes that impact modern-day perceptions of interfaith dialogue.

Here are some of the best of Churchill's letters, many of a more personal nature, written to a wide range of people, including his schoolmaster, his American grandmother and former President Eisenhower.

Social Palliation is a pioneering study on living and dying as articulated by first-generation Iranian and Ismaili Muslim communities in Canada.

A GRIPPING SURVIVOR STORY OF ONE FAMILY'S FLIGHT FROM BURMA DURING THE JAPANESE INVASION"e;As uplifting a testimonial to human courage as any to emerge from World War II.

This book explores everyday realities of young Muslim women in Britain, who are portrayed as antithetical to the British way of life in media and political discourse.

Die erste große, vielstimmige Erzählung über die Erfahrungen der Jüdinnen und Juden, die während des Nationalsozialismus aus dem Deutschen Reich ins besetzte Osteuropa deportiert wurden.

Following the death of her best friend since high school, a religion professor re-examines her own personal beliefs about god.

Formed in July 1943 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, the 16th Armored Division was the last U.

Perhaps the most famous soldier to fight in World War II was Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, who achieved immortality as the Desert Fox.

For the first time in naval warfare submarines played a major role in the war at sea in the years 1939–45, and this major reference book describes all the classes of vessel that were deployed by the eighteen combatant nations during those years.

There is a great deal of interest in bringing a better appreciation of ritual into religious studies classes, but many teachers are uncertain how to go about doing this.

The T-34 was the most influential tank design of World War 2.

How do I know what is true?

Understanding Political Islam retraces the human and intellectual development that led Francois Burgat to a very firm conviction: that the roots of the tensions that afflict the Western world's relationship with the Muslim world are political rather than ideological.