Contemporary History 1945-

This book is a comparative study of political ideas on democracy postwar Western Europe, arguing that until the end of the 1970s, political actors were deeply divided in their conceptions of democracy. In this way, the book traces the historical roots of the contemporary sentiment of democratic cris..

`This is an indispensable book for anyone who wishes to be able to discuss intelligently the reshaping of Europe after the war.' |I Times Higher Education Supplement..

An engaging and accessible guide to the origins of fascism, the main facets of the ideology, and the reality of fascist government around the world...

An engaging and accessible guide to the origins of fascism, the main facets of the ideology, and the reality of fascist government around the world...

As the fiftieth anniversary of 1968 approaches, this book reassesses the global causes, themes, forms, and legacies of that tumultuous period. While existing scholarship continues to largely concentrate on the US and Western Europe, this volume will focus on Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Easter..

This book provides an authoritative yet accessible analysis of the utility of maritime power and the role of navies by examining a series of case studies concentrating on the experience of the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf during..

This ground-breaking work has been fully updated in detailing the painting, sculpture and photography of gay or lesbian artists. Set in the context of current issues Cooper makes a vital con tribution to debates on art, gender and sexuality...

This ground-breaking work has been fully updated in detailing the painting, sculpture and photography of gay or lesbian artists. Set in the context of current issues Cooper makes a vital con tribution to debates on art, gender and sexuality...

What was it like to live through the Sixties?  The writers of these 27 memoirs offer the essence of life and youth in the period...

What was it like to live through the Sixties?  The writers of these 27 memoirs offer the essence of life and youth in the period...

The first comprehensive history of NATO in the 1960s, based on the systematic use of multinational archival evidence. This book is the result of a gathering of leading Cold War historians from both sides of the Atlantic, including Jeremi Suri, Erin Mahan, and Leopoldo Nuti...

An important revisionist study of China's recent past that takes into account the historical shape of the century, local perspectives on national history, and reflections on cultural history...