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From Grand Estates to Grand Corruption - The battle over the possessions of Prince Albert of Thurn and Taxis in interwar Yugoslavia

When Yugoslavia was created in 1918, noble landowners still possessed vast parts of its territory especially in the northwestern half of ...

A History of Chile 1808-2018

"This new edition investigates the various reasons for Chileans spurning the Pinochet Constitution in favor of another system, and covers...

From the Volhynian Massacre to Operation Vistula - The Polish-Ukrainian Conflict 1943-1947

This is the first book available in English to comprehensively address the complicated subject of Polish-Ukrainian relations during and i...

The INF Treaty of 1987 - A Reappraisal

Der von Ronald Reagan und Michail Gorbatschow am 8. Dezember 1987 unterzeichnete »Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty«, kurz INF-Ver...

The Other October Revolution: Poland, 1956-57

The cautious expansion of freedoms in the sign of de-Stalinization is remembered in Poland as the "October Thaw of 1956". The renowned hi...

Britannien und Europa / Britain and Europe. - Entwicklungslinien und Zukunftsperspektiven vom Mittelalter bis in das 21. Jahrhundert / Developments and Future Prospects from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century.

Die vom 30. August bis zum 1. September 2018 im Coburger Stadtschloss Ehrenburg in Kooperation mit der Technischen Universität Chemnitz u...

Football and Fascism - The Politics of Popular Culture in Portugal

Football and Fascism. The Politics of Popular Culture in Portugal tells the hidden history of football and discusses its political, socia...

German History Unbound - From 1750 to the Present

"A polycentric German history that pointedly decenters the nation-state. It includes communities of Germans far beyond its borders, and i...

Die Ukraine zwischen Russland und der Europäischen Union.

»Ukraine between Russia and the European Union«: For centuries the Ukrainians tried to make their way as an independent nation. It was no...

Rebellion - The Shipyard Strikes in Poland and the Birth of Solidarnosc in August 1980

"Rebellion" is a fascinating, multi-threaded story about how revolutions unfold. The story begins when the communist authorities in Polan...

Equal Security - Europe and the SALT Process, 1969-1976

Superpower détente during the Nixon-Ford Administration led to the formation of an East-West regime aimed at conflict control and systemi...

The Withdrawal of Soviet Troops from East Central Europe - National Perspectives in Comparison

The withdrawal of Soviet troops is a so far largely unresearched process of international political and military reorganization after 198...

Inequality Knowledge - The Making of the Numbers about the Gap between Rich and Poor in Contemporary Britain

Poverty and inequality have pervaded British society to this day, but this has not always been self-evident to contemporaries - popular u...

Competitive Arms Control - Nixon, Kissinger, and SALT, 1969-1972

How did Richard Nixon, determined to compete for strategic nuclear advantage, become a successful arms controller? John D. Maurer highlig...

Diplomacy

Liebe und tu, was du willst? - Die "Pillenenzyklika" Humanae vitae von 1968 und ihre Folgen.

Archäologie der Kirchenkrise: Das Buch zur Enzyklika »Humanae vitae«, durch die Papst Paul VI. 1968 die Empfängnisverhütung durch die »Pi...

Operation Salam - László Almásy's Most Daring Mission in the Desert War

15. Mai 1942. Am Tag zuvor hätte die "Operation Salam" bereits in ihrer frühen Phase fast als Fehlschlag, gar in einer Katastrophe geende...

The Last Heroes of Leningrad - Coping strategies of Siege survivors in Soviet and post-Soviet society

Alexandra Wachter investigates how survivors of the Siege of Leningrad (1941-44) were able to come to terms with their memories in Soviet...

Partitioning Palestine - Legal Fundamentalism in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Law lies at the roots of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Jews sought a national home by 'Public Law' while Palestinians reject the proj...

British Civilization - An Introduction

Thoroughly updated and revised, the ninth-edition of the highly-regarded British Civilization: An Introduction continues to be the ideal ...

Contested Heritage - Jewish Cultural Property after 1945

In the wake of the Nazi regime's policies, European Jewish cultural property was dispersed, dislocated, and destroyed. Books, manuscripts...

The Big Three Allies and the European Resistance - Intelligence, Politics, and the Origins of the Cold War, 1939-1945

The first comparative and pan-European study of the Big Three's involvement in Resistance movements across wartime Europe. From Yugoslavi...

Crises in Authoritarian Regimes - Fragile Orders and Contested Power

Krisen offenbaren die Fragilität der Ordnung und fordern die Macht heraus. Wie gehen autoritäre Regime mit ihnen um? Welche Stärken und S...

Empty Mansions - The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Janet Maslin, The New York Times • St. Louis Post-Dispatch When P...

Investigating, Punishing, Agitating - Nazi Perpetrator Trials in the Eastern Bloc

Über die NS-Prozesse in Osteuropa in den 1960er Jahren und den Stellenwert des Holocaust darin Etwa 15 Jahre nach Kriegsende kam es in vi...

Placing Islam - Geographies of Connection in Twentieth-Century Istanbul

"Timur Hammond's reimagining of Eyüp is lively and erudite, bringing readers a fresh understanding of the spaces and tempos in Istanbul a...

The Last Card - Inside George W. Bush's Decision to Surge in Iraq

Jeffrey A. Engel is Director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University.

Potsdam Conference 1945 - Shaping the World

A View into the book you can find under "http://verlag.sandstein.de/reader/98-547_PotsdamerKonferenz-engl" The Potsdam Conference marked-...

Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

Paperback edition of this highly regarded biography of Deng Xiaoping and his impact on the modern world.

Keir Starmer - The Biography

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Required reading for anyone who has an interest in who governs Britain' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL 'This will be the ...

Greece 1947-1967 - From Civil War to the Putsch on April 21, 1967

Greece 1947-1967 brings together contributions by Heinz A. Richter on the history of Greece from the time of the civil war to the coup d'...

Eight Years in Kosovo - A personal account of the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX)

The European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) was launched in 2008 as the largest civilian mission under the Common Security a...

Africa on the Move - Shifting Identities, Histories, Boundaries

Africa is on the move. New geopolitical constellations have prompted individuals and groups to escape war, authoritarian regimes, environ...

Turkey - A Modern History

This revised edition builds upon and updates its twin themes of Turkey's continuing incorporation into the capitalist world and the moder...

Faith and Power - Religion and Politics in the Middle East

Short collection of previously unpublished in English works by the doyen of Middle Eastern history.

Another Country - Jewish in the GDR

Between Anti-Fascist Society, Socialist Utopia and Lived Jewishness: What did it mean to be Jewish in the GDR? After the Shoah, many Jews...

The Russo-Ukrainian War - The Return of History

Despite repeated warnings from the White House, Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world. Why did Putin start the ...

MI6 - The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949

'Reads like the script for a Bond film' Mail on Sunday A groundbreaking book, this unprecedented study is the authoritative account of th...

Postwar - A History of Europe Since 1945

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award One of the New York Times' Ten Best Boo...

Life on the Run - One Family's Search for Peace in War-torn Ukraine

Driven from Ukraine by Russia in 2022, author Sergey Maidukov and his family joined millions of refugees trying to piece together their l...

Audrey Hepburn - The Illustrated World of a Style Icon

Elegantly enclosed by a hardback cover and ribbon, Megan's beautiful illustrations follow Hepburn through three distinct chapters: her ea...

Speeches That Changed the World

From calls to arms to demands for peace, and from cries of freedom to words of inspiration, this stirring anthology captures the voices o...

At Canaan's Edge - America in the King Years, 1965-68

The final volume of Branch's magisterial history of the Civil Rights movement is a powerful rendering of Martin Luther King Jr.'s final y...

How to Lose a War - The Story of America's Intervention in Afghanistan

An incisive, authoritative account of the West’s failures in Afghanistan, from 9/11 to the fall of Kabul

Goodbye, Eastern Europe - An Intimate History of a Divided Land

"In light of Russia's aggressive 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Goodbye, Eastern Europe is a crucial, elucidative read, a sweeping epic chroni...

Ghost Wars - The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invas ion to September 10, 2001

Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize From the award-winning and bestselling author of Directorate S, the explosive first-hand account of Ame...

The World Is Flat 3.0 - A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (Further Updated and Expanded)

A New Edition of the Phenomenal #1 Bestseller "One mark of a great book is that it makes you see things in a new way, and Mr. Friedman ce...

Beyond the Wall - East Germany, 1949-1990

AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES * SUNDAY TIMES * TELEGRAPH * SPECTATOR * PROSPECT * IRISH IN...

When China Rules the World - The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World

Martin Jacques' groundbreaking book overturns conventional thinking about the ascendancy of China, showing how its impact will not just b...

Black GI Children in Post-World War II Europe

This volume addresses an issue that was until recently taboo: children fathered by Black American GIs who were stationed in Europe during...

Conversations with Myself

"[Nelson Mandela] has done so much to change his country, and the world, that it is hard to imagine the history of the last several decad...

The End of the History and the Last Man

Fukuyama's profound inquiry leads the reader to the question of whether humanity will eventually reach a stable state in which it is at l...

Chasing The Light - How I Fought My Way into Hollywood - From the 1960s to Platoon

*** "I loved it. An amazing book." - Louis Theroux "A rip-roaring read. It left me breathless." - Chris Evans, Virgin Radio Breakfast Sho...

Gorbachev - His Life and Times

' ... deeply penetrating history and engrossing psychological study.' Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs Magazine From the Pulitzer Prize-wi...

Enver Hoxha - The Iron Fist of Albania

Stalinism, that particularly brutal phase of communism, came to an end in most of Eastern Europe with the death of Josef Stalin in 1953 o...

No Room for Small Dreams - Courage, Imagination, and the Making of Modern Israel

No Room for Small Dreams is the remarkable autobiography of President Shimon Peres. In this inspiring account, Peres explores the challen...

Human Rights, Trade and Diplomacy in the Greek-German Relaltions, 1967-1974

In 1967, a coup in Greece brought the military to power. Numerous relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and Greece existed du...

The Fifth Act - America's End in Afghanistan

“The American betrayal of Afghanistan took twenty years. Elliot Ackerman, a participant and witness, tells the story with unsparing hones...

Until We Are Free - My Fight for Human Rights in Iran

Born in 1947, Shirin Ebadi trained in law, obtained a doctorate from Tehran University and served as a judge from March 1969 - the first ...

Eleanor Roosevelt: The Early Years - Volume 1. - 1884-1933

The first volume in the life of America's greatest First Lady, a woman who changed the lives of millions (Washington Post). Eleanor Ro...