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Child Survivors of the Holocaust in Greece
A historical investigation of children's memory of the Holocaust in Greece illustrates that age, generation and geographical background shaped postwar Jewish identities. The …
In Rommel's Backyard
Alastair Timpson belonged to that generation of young men who were propelled straight from public school into the maelstrom of the Second World War. Inured as they had become from …
Journal of the C.I.V. in South Africa
Strengthening Peace in Post-Civil War States
Among the more frequent and most devastating of conflicts, civil wars - from Yugoslavia to Congo - frequently reignite and even spill over into the international sphere. Given the …
Spies, Scouts, and Secrets in the Gettysburg Campaign
"e;A fascinating book, and the most detailed account you will find about intelligence operations during the Gettysburg campaign."e; -Dr. Vince Houghton, Historian/Curator, …
1914 The First World War at Sea in photographs
The arms race that led to the First World War started in 1897 at the Spithead Naval Review, when Kaiser Wilhelm saw the might of Britain's Navy. He wanted to equal or better the …
Contract Workers, Risk, and the War in Iraq
In 2003, just before the start of the US invasion of Iraq, military planners predicted that the mission's success would depend on using diverse sources for their workforce. While …
Militarisation of Peacekeeping in the Twenty-First Century
Since the end of the last century, UN peacekeeping has undergone a fundamental and largely unexamined change. Peacekeeping operations, long expected to use force only in …
Total Defence Forces in the Twenty-First Century
Total defence, as a concept, combines and extends military and civil defence: in a state of war or emergency, all social institutions mobilize to defend the state. Total defence …
Antiques Roadshow: World War I in 100 Family Treasures
To mark the centenary of the start of World War I, the Antiques Roadshow team filmed a series of specials at the Somme, where the public brought in their family's war memorabilia …
States, Secessionists and De Facto Control after Separatist Wars
This book investigates how states and secessionists seek to resolve questions of de facto control in the aftermath of secessionist wars.This work presents a study of the …
Women in the Second World War
As the world became embroiled in the second global conflagration in just over two decades, the women of Britain once more answered the call of duty. Many of the first volunteers …