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To the Gate of Hell
Until seriously wounded on the Eastern Front in August 1944, Armin Böttger experienced the horrors of the Second World War from the perspective of a panzer radio operator. In his …
Ethnic Conflict and International Politics: Explaining Diffusion and Escalation
Ethnic conflict has become one of the most prominent and bloody forms of violence in the world today. From the former Yugoslavia and Soviet Union to Africa, Asia, and Latin …
The Red Rose and the White
If Richard III had not charged to his death at Bosworth, how different might the history of Britain have been?Beginning in 1453 and ending in 1487, The Red Rose and the White …
Political Economy and Grand Strategy
This book examines traditional balance of power theory from a political-economic perspective, using historical examples, to draw out distinctions between the liberal and realist …
River Basins and International Relations
This book argues that river basins represent a particular structural setting in international relations with the potential for generating a dynamic of cooperation among the …
Preemption, Prevention and Proliferation
How do international systems deal with the threat and use of weapons of war? In this sophisticated yet accessible analysis, a leading strategic analyst takes readers deep into …
Sacrifice, Captivity and Escape
Sacrifice, Captivity and Escape is an exceptional story. Peter Jackson was young and recently married when he was drafted into the army at the start of World War II. He had no …
Just War and Christian Traditions
This much-needed anthology contains historically informed insights and analysis about Christian just war thinking and its application to contemporary conflicts. Recent Christian …
Pontefract and Castleford in the Great War
By the end of 1914, 15,000 Yorkshire miners had volunteered for the army, with around 1,000 from a single Castleford pit. Over the next four years these courageous men would write …
History of the Conquest of Peru
History of the Conquest of Peru (1959) contains a detailed analysis of the political, religious and social organisation of the Incas prior to the arrival of the Spanish colonisers, …
North American Strategic Defense in the 21st Century:
The protection of the homeland is the top priority for U.S. national security strategy. Strategic defense, however, has been an overlooked dimension in the vast literature on the …
History of the German KEK and Fokkerstaffels
This is the first time that the history of the German Kampfeinsitzer Kommandos, better known as KEKs and the Fokkerstaffels, have been gathered in a book. The KEKs were the …