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Towards the Abyss - Ukraine from Maidan to War

Ukrainian politics, the Russian invasion and the escalating crisis of the post-Soviet world

The Picnic - An Escape to Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain

A gripping reconstruction of the escape to freedom of hundreds of East Germans in the summer of 1989 and its momentous, world-changing af...

British Society and Its Three Crises - From 1970s Globalisation, to the Financial Crash of 2007-8 and the Onset of Brexit in 2016

Britain experienced continual crises from the 1970s to Brexit in 2016. This innovative and comprehensive study pays special attention to ...

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 'Utterly b...

Young Elizabeth - Princess. Prisoner. Queen.

The first fully comprehensive biography of the young Elizabeth I in over twenty years, drawing on a rich variety of primary sources from ...

Das Deutsche Kulturwerk Europäischen Geistes (1950-1996) - Porträt eines völkischen Kulturvereins und seiner Schriften

Der Kulturverein "Deutsches Kulturwerk Europäischen Geistes" war zeitweise die zweitgrößte rechtsextreme Gruppierung der Bundesrepublik n...

Holocaust Memory and the Cold War - Remembering across the Iron Curtain

The Western understanding of the West as the democratic "Free World" and the East as totalitarian and repressive continues to impact how ...

Walter Rodney - Black Power and Revolution

Walter Rodney (1942-1980) was an intellectual, an activist, and a revolutionary who fought for a better future in many different contexts...

The England No One Cares about - Lyrics from Suburbia

An exploration of the much-derided English suburbs through rap music. There are many different Englands. From the much-romanticized rolli...

Science and Diplomacy - The Max Planck Society in International Politics (1945-2000)

Science diplomacy has recently been seen as a beacon of hope in tackling the global challenges of international politics. And the Max Pla...

Equality and Representation - Social and Political Engagement of Roma in Communist Czechoslovakia 1948-1968

This book challenges the notion of Roma as mere victims of human rights violations in 20th century Europe and as another collective victi...

A Companion to Political Institutions in Poland, 1944-1989

This book presents to researchers and advanced students the essential knowledge about Polish political institutions when the country was ...

Visual Friendlies, Tally Target: How Close Air Support in the War on Terror Changed the Way America Made War - Volume 1 - Invasions

How Forward Air Controllers and Close Air Support fundamentally changed the American war machine in the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.

The U-2 Over the Soviet Union - America's Famous Cold War Spy Plane from a Soviet Perspective

On 1 May 1960, a traditional military parade was held in Moscow. What stood it out from the previous ones, however, was the number of mis...

Hierarchies - The Max Planck Society in Gender Trouble

The Max Planck Society (MPG), one of the most successful research institutions worldwide, serves as a prime example of the German science...

Flying Through the Ranks - The Extraordinary Experiences of Airmen to Air Marshals from the Cold War to the Gulf

The inspiration for this brilliant anthology is the 'I Learnt About Flying from That' articles that first appeared in the RAF Flight Safe...

Fighting the Taliban - The Memoirs of an Afghan Army Commander

Following the defeat of the Taliban in 2001 Amir joined the Afghan Army becoming an officer. For the next five or so years he is involved...

Pride and Fall - The British Army in Afghanistan, 2001-2014

A detailed new account of the British military campaign in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014, based on the experiences of those who served.

Us Battle Tanks 1946-2025

A comprehensive and detailed illustrated examination of the development and combat performance of US battle tanks from the end of World W...

Female Security Operative - One Woman's Career During the Iraq War

In the gripping memoir Female Security Operative, the author takes the reader on a trailblazing journey of chaos through her life in the ...

Shadows of Tyranny - Defending Democracy in an Age of Dictatorship

In response to right-wing extremism in the United States and around the world, Ken McGoogan offers lessons from history by looking back a...

Our Enemies Will Vanish - The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence

"Yaroslav Trofimov, the Ukrainian chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, offers an eyewitness account of Russia...

The Martyrdom of Ahmad Shawkat

Michael Goldfarb's translator and guide when covering the Second Gulf War for NPR in 2003 was Ahmad Shawkat, an Iraqi Kurd who longed for...

Indochina Hand - Tales of a CIA Case Officer

An insight into a career in the CIA in Southeast Asia.

Searching for My Slave Roots

This book will be an exploration of an untold chapter in both Black and British history, seen through Malik's own investigation into his ...

From the Ashes - Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire

"Our era is one of significant and substantial loss, yet we barely have time to acknowledge it. The losses range from the personal grief ...

Post-World War One Plebiscites and Their Legacies - Exploring the Right of Self-Determination

Plebiscites, or referendums, are epitomes of direct democracy and the right of self-determination. While direct democracy has always been...

Memorium Nürnberger Prozesse / Memorium Nurenberg Trials - Saal 600. Ein Ort der Weltgeschichte / Courtroom 600. A site of world history

Dieses Buch fasst wesentliche Inhalte unserer Dauerausstellung zusammen und lässt Sie unsere Medieninstallation aus dem Saal 600 im Pocke...

Ghibliotheque - The Unofficial Guide to the Movies of Studio Ghibli

Based on the Ghibliotheque podcast, which leafs through the library of films from the world's greatest animation studio, Studio Ghibli, t...

Supremacy - AI, ChatGPT and the Race that will Change the World

The astonishing, behind-the-scenes story of the race to perfect the greatest invention in human history, artificial intelligence, and the...

Twenty Years - Hope, War, and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation

"A group portrait of young Afghans who came of age during the two decades following 9/11"--

Archetypes of Sex - Unmasking Algae's Innocence, the Nathanael Pringsheim Revolution

Algae have played a crucial role in shaping our planet's atmosphere, as they transform CO 2 into the oxygen we breathe. They contribute t...

Hard Broke - Asymmetric Warfare, Great Power Competition, and Institutional Paralysis

How conventional forces can adapt to fully address the problem of IEDs and IED-facilitated asymmetric warfare.

Irony in International Politics

Examines the use of ironic language among political leaders in international politics.

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...

The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War: Volume 3, Endings and Aftermaths

Volume III examines the latter stages of the Vietnam War and its legacies long after it ended. Essential reading for students and scholar...

The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War: Volume 1, Origins

Volume I explores when, how, and why the Vietnam War began. Essential reading for students and scholars of the Vietnam War, US foreign re...

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...

Catherine, the Princess of Wales - The Biography

DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND THE HEADLINES, THE REVELATORY ROYAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEARFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author and Royal cor...

The Ukrainian Night - An Intimate History of Revolution

A vivid and intimate account of the Ukrainian Revolution, the rare moment when the political became the existential

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 ...

The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War: Volume 2, Escalation and Stalemate

Volume II examines the escalation of the Vietnam War and its development into a violent stalemate in the years between 1963 and 1968. Ess...

Riverine and Helicopter Warfare in the Vietnam War

The watery, heavily vegetated marshlands of the Mekong Delta served as a formidable natural defense for Viet Cong units in the region, an...

Dream Car - Malcolm Bricklin's Fantastic SV1 and the End of Industrial Modernity

Dream Car is the tale of entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin’s sporty, sexy Safety Vehicle-1, a legendary failure in automotive history yet one...

Occupation - Russian Rule in South-Eastern Ukraine

A disturbing account of how Russia is seeking to remake occupied Ukraine in its own image, once and for all.

Out of Paper - Drawing, Environment, and the Body in 1960s America

A dynamic look at how artists used paper to radically redefine the relationship between the body and its surroundings, and to propose new...

To Catch a Spy - How the spycatcher affair brought MI5 in from the cold

The Spycatcher affair remains one of the most intriguing moments in the history of British intelligence and a pivotal point in the public...

Media, Dissidence and the War in Ukraine

This volume examines the global media coverage of the armed conflict in Ukraine, focusing on the marginalization of dissident perspective...

Killing Thatcher - The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown

The Sunday Times Bestseller A Sunday TimesHistory Book of the Year 2023 A Spectator Book of the Year 2023 The Irish Times No.1 Bestseller

Canada and Eastern Europe, 1945-1991 - Meeting in the Middle

9 Troop in the Falklands - A Royal Marine Fighting Troop in 1982

This is an adventure story about Royal Marine Commandos going to war during the Falklands War of 1982\. Myth and legend. War is an odd t...

The 21st Century in 100 Games

The 21st Century in 100 Games is an interactive public history of the contemporary world. It creates a ludological retelling of the 21st ...

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...

The Future of Geography

Spy satellites orbiting the Moon. Space metals worth billions. Humans on Mars within our lifetimes. This isn't science fiction. It's a...

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...

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...

The Berlin Wall - Division of a City

It was Sunday 13th August, 1961. At 1.11 a.m. the East Berlin radio service interrupted their "Night-time Melodies" for a special announc...

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...

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 ...