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  • Reclaiming the Personal

    Oral History in Post-Socialist Europe

    Edited by Natalia Khanenko-Friesen, Gelinada Grinchenko ...
    The first twenty-five years of life in post-socialist Europe have seen vast political, economic, and cultural changes, as societies that lived under communist rule struggle with the traumas of the past and the challenges of the future. In this context, oral history has acquired a unique role in understanding the politics of memory and the practice of history.Drawing on research conducted in ... Read more

    $58.39 USD

  • Traitors, Collaborators and Deserters in Contemporary European Politics of Memory

    Formulas of Betrayal

    Edited by Gelinada Grinchenko, Eleonora Narvselius ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This volume offers a multidisciplinary approach to shaping and imposition of “formulas for betrayal” as a result of changing memory politics in post-war Europe. The contributors, who specialize in history, sociology, anthropology, memory studies, media studies and cultural studies, discuss the exertion of political control over memory (including the selection, imposition, silencing or ideological ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

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  • Useful Enemies: When Waging Wars Is More Important Than Winning Them

    by David Keen ...
    There are currently between twenty and thirty civil wars worldwide, while at a global level the Cold War has been succeeded by a "war on drugs" and a "war on terror" that continues to rage a decade after 9/11. Why is this, when we know how destructive war is in both human and economic terms? Why do the efforts of aid organizations and international diplomats founder so often?In this important book ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Commemoration as Conflict

    Space, Memory and Identity in Peace Processes

    by S. McDowell, M. Braniff ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    McDowell and Braniff explore the relationship between commemoration and conflict in societies which have engaged in peace processes, attempting to unpack the ways in which the practices of memory and commemoration influence efforts to bring armed conflict to an end and whether it can even reactivate conflict as political circumstances change. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Maybe Esther

    A Family Story

    by Katja Petrowskaja ...
    The International BestsellerMaybe Esther is the inventive, unique, and extraordinarily moving debut memoir that pieces together the fascinating story of one woman's family across twentieth-century Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and Germany.Katja Petrowskaja wanted to create a kind of family tree, charting relatives who had scattered across multiple countries and continents. Her idea blossomed into this ... Read more

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  • War No More: The Case for Abolition

    by David Swanson ...
    This book presents what numerous reviewers have called the best existing argument for the abolition of war, demonstrating that war can be ended, war should be ended, war is not ending on its own, and that we must end war. ... Read more

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  • The Second World War on the Eastern Front

    by Lee Baker ...
    Series series Seminar Studies
    Russia's engagement with Germany on the Eastern Front during World War II was ferocious, unprecedented and bloody, costing millions of civilian and military lives. In this challenging new book, Lee Baker distinguishes myth from reality and deflates the idea that this war, while gargantuan in scale, was in essence a war like any other. ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Operation Valuable Fiend

    The CIA's First Paramilitary Strike Against the Iron Curtain

    by Albert Lulushi ...
    In 1949, a newly minted branch of the CIA (the precursor of today’s National Clandestine Service), flush with money and burning with determination to roll back the Iron Curtain, embarked on the first paramilitary operation in the history of the agency. They hatched an elaborate plan, coordinated with the British Secret Intelligence Service, to foment popular rebellion and detach Albania, the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Dilemmas of Statebuilding

    Confronting the contradictions of postwar peace operations

    Edited by Roland Paris, Timothy D. Sisk ...
    Series series Security and Governance
    This book explores the contradictions that emerge in international statebuilding efforts in war-torn societies.Since the end of the Cold War, more than 20 major peace operations have been deployed to countries emerging from internal conflicts. This book argues that international efforts to construct effective, legitimate governmental structures in these countries are necessary but fraught with ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Hitler's Followers (RLE Nazi Germany & Holocaust)

    Studies in the Sociology of the Nazi Movement

    by Detlef Muhlberger ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
    When originally published in 1991, this book was the first systematic, detailed evaluation of the social structure of the Nazi Party in several regions of Germany during its so-called Kampfzeit phase.Based on extensive archival material, much of it left untouched since the end of the war until Detlef Mühlberger uncovered it, the book demonstrates that the Nazi Party and its major auxiliaries, the ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • The Hidden Pope

    The Untold Story of a Lifelong Friendship That Changed the Relationship Between Catholics and Jews

    by Darcy O'Brien ...
    From a PEN/Hemingway Award–winning author: The true story of Pope John Paul II, his Jewish childhood friend, and a milestone in religious history.In October 1978, Karol Wojtyla, Polish Archbishop of Krakow, became Pope John Paul II, the first non-Italian pontiff in 455 years. He had a mission to improve the Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, Islam, and the Anglican Communion. Only days ... Read more

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  • World Cinema and Cultural Memory

    by I. Hedges ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Cinema has long played a crucial role in the way that societies represent themselves. Hedges discusses the role of cinema in creating cultural memory within a global perspective that spans five continents. The book's innovative approach and approachable style should transform the way that we think of film and its social effects. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD