Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 books

Uditi Sen explores how partition refugees were used as agents of nation-building in post-colonial India. Utilising...  Read More >>

Library Editions reprints make available CAE originals in a new format. Great Britain had been responsible for the...  Read More >>

Studies the work of British film-maker and writer Patrick Keiller, German writer W. G. Sebald, and Welsh writer...  Read More >>

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"""I am awed by my destructive power. With a small squeeze of the gun trigger under my right index finger, I can...  Read More >>

Lauer shares a story of lawlessness happening in the middle of the Vietnam war zone in the 1960s and 1970s that...  Read More >>

"With the Silesian Bishop Hans-Joachim Fränkel, a church-leading figure comes into view, who only at first glance...  Read More >>

This study looks at the history of those institutions responsible for the expansion, regulation and maintenance...  Read More >>

Without the consent of the Soviet Union, German unity would not have been possible. And certainly not without Mikhail...  Read More >>

Starting from a german-German perspective, the collection looks at the specifics of Jewish life in divided Germany...  Read More >>

"Other countries - from Yellowstone to serengeti - had long since had their large national parks when Germany's...  Read More >>

"The nail-biting story of when the hardhats of downtown Manhattan beat scores of hippies bloody in May 1970, four...  Read More >>

A captivating account of an interracial jazz opera that took apartheid South Africa by storm and marked a turning...  Read More >>

"""I am awed by my destructive power. With a small squeeze of the gun trigger under my right index finger, I can...  Read More >>

The book is a biography of Benazir Bhutto, the first female Prime Minister of Pakistan.  Read More >>

Offers a portrait of Sean MacBride, Minister of External Affairs, during one of the most turbulent periods in Irish...  Read More >>

This is the first study of the British Women's Liberation Movement's relationship with class politics. It explores...  Read More >>

With the sudden Argentine invasion of the remote Falkland Islands on 2 April 1982 the United Kingdom found itself...  Read More >>

A highly original treatment of The Troubles in Northern Ireland 1969-2000. Through the experiences of ten very different...  Read More >>

War is hell is an understatement! Kenny knew something was wrong as his best friend tripped a wire. For a couple...  Read More >>

As a consequence of World War II, there were more than 100 million war veterans living in different regions of the...  Read More >>

This book analyses democratization and democracy in South Korea since 1960. The book starts with an analysis of...  Read More >>

In so doing, the book seeks to redefine the history of the European integration process not only as a less purely...  Read More >>

"If there ever was a time worthy of its own vernacular, it is the Vietnam Era. A generation split by peace and war...  Read More >>

The definitive account of the historic diplomatic agreement that provided a blueprint for ending the Cold WarThe...  Read More >>