Efterkrigstidens historia under 1900-talet: ca 1945 – ca 2000

Mississippi is a unique case study as a result of its long-standing defiance of federal civil rights legislation and the fact that nearly half its population was black and …

After being sworn in as president, Richard Nixon told the assembled crowd that ';government will listen. ... Those who have been left out, we will try to bring in.' But that same …

A counter-revisionist examination of JFK and his administration, Promises Kept presents a policy history of major domestic legislative efforts between 1961 and 1963. Bernstein …

What happened to the people who remained in the former South Vietnam after the war ended in April 1975? Few of us know.The war-weary United States had turned its attention away …

Although it was then perceived as a far-off and inconclusive engagement, the Korean War was a highly consequential and deeply destructive conflict. American forces dropped 635,000 …

In the first major study of the Royal Canadian Navy's contribution to foreign policy, Nicholas Tracy takes a comprehensive look at the paradox that Canada faces in participating in …

Over the past several years, Ken Wharton, himself a former soldier, has been prolific in his coverage of the Troubles, which spread their tentacles far from the streets, and fields …

As the first historical study of East Germany‘s sepulchral culture, this book explores the complex cultural responses to death since the Second World War. Topics include the …

"e;Quaint, meditative and sometimes dreamy, blankets will take you straight back to your first kiss."e;-The GuardianBlankets is the story of a young man coming of age and …

Before the discovery of oil in the late 1960s, Oman was one of the poorest countries in the world, with only six kilometers of paved roads and one hospital. By the late 1970s, all …