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“spyros a sofos”

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  • Nation and Identity in Contemporary Europe

    Edited by Brian Jenkins, Spyros A. Sofos ...
    The resilience of nationalism in contemporary Europe may seem paradoxical at a time when the nation state is widely seen as being 'in decline'. The contributors of this book see the resurgence of nationalism as symptomatic of the quest for identity and meaning in the complex modern world. Challenged from above by the supranational imperatives of globalism and from below by the complex pluralism of ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • Dark Continent

    Europe's Twentieth Century

    by Mark Mazower ...
    An unflinching and intelligent alternative history of the twentieth century that provides a provocative vision of Europe's past, present, and future."[A] splendid book." —The New York Times Book ReviewDark Continent provides an alternative history of the twentieth century, one in which the triumph of democracy was anything but a forgone conclusion and fascism and communism provided rival political ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Russia Against the Rest

    The Post-Cold War Crisis of World Order

    by Richard Sakwa ...
    In this book Richard Sakwa provides a new analysis of the end of the Cold War and the subsequent failure to create a comprehensive and inclusive peace order in Europe. The end of the Cold War did not create a sustainable peace system. Instead, for a quarter of a century a 'cold peace' reflected the tension between cooperative and competitive behaviour. None of the fundamental problems of European ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Fascism: A Very Short Introduction

    by Kevin Passmore ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    What is fascism? Is it revolutionary? Or is it reactionary? This book argues that it is both: fascism unleashes violence against the left and ethnic minorities, but also condemns the bourgeoisie for its 'softness'. Kevin Passmore opens his book with a series of 'scenes from fascist life' - a secret meeting of the Romanian Iron Guard; Mussolini meeting the king of Italy; a rally of Hungarian ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of the History of Nationalism

    Edited by John Breuilly ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of the History of Nationalism comprises thirty six essays by an international team of leading scholars, providing a global coverage of the history of nationalism in its different aspects - ideas, sentiments, and politics. Every chapter takes the form of an interpretative essay which, by a combination of thematic focus, comparison, and regional perspective, enables the reader to ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Communism

    by Mark Sandle ...
    Series series Short Histories of Big Ideas
    The twentieth century cannot be properly understood unless we understand communism: its origins, growth, demise and legacy. This brief overview of the history of communism challenges us to think about its role in shaping the contemporary world.This book shows how the modern communist movement emerged out of radical millenarian movements of the Middle Ages and the English Civil War, becoming a mass ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right

    by Peter Davies, Derek Lynch ...
    Series series Routledge Companions to History
    The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right is 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. In a clear and simple manner, this book illustrates the main features of the subject using chronologies, maps, glossaries and biographies of key individuals.As well as the key examples of Hitler's ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Forging Democracy

    The History of the Left in Europe, 1850-2000

    by Geoff Eley ...
    Neither given nor granted, democracy requires conflict, often violent confrontations, and challenges to the established political order. In Europe, Geoff Eley convincingly shows, democracy did not evolve orgainically out of a natural consensus, the achievement of prosperity, or the negative cement of the Cold War. Rather, it was painstakingly crafted, continually expanded, and doggedly defended by ... Read more

    $97.99 USD

  • Goodbye to All That?

    The Story of Europe Since 1945

    by Dan Stone ...
    In the decade after 1945, as the Cold War freeze set in, a new Europe slowly began to emerge from the ruins of the Second World War, based on a broad rejection of the fascist past that had so scarred the continent's recent history. In the East, this new consensus was enforced by Soviet-imposed Communist regimes. In the West, the process was less coercive, amounting more to a consensus of silence. ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of European History, 1914-1945

    Edited by Nicholas Doumanis ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The period spanning the two World Wars was unquestionably the most catastrophic in Europe's history. Despite such undeniably progressive developments as the radical expansion of women's suffrage and rising health standards, the era was dominated by political violence and chronic instability. Its symbols were Verdun, Guernica, and Auschwitz. By the end of this dark period, tens of millions of ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Europe and the End of the Cold War

    A Reappraisal

    Edited by Frederic Bozo, Marie-Pierre Rey, N. Piers Ludlow, Leopoldo Nuti ...
    Series series Cold War History
    This book seeks to reassess the role of Europe in the end of the Cold War and the process of German unification.Much of the existing literature on the end of the Cold War has focused primarily on the role of the superpowers and on that of the US in particular. This edited volume seeks to re-direct the focus towards the role of European actors and the importance of European processes, most notably ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of the History of Communism

    Edited by S. A. Smith ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The impact of Communism on the twentieth century was massive, equal to that of the two world wars. Until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, historians knew relatively little about the secretive world of communist states and parties. Since then, the opening of state, party, and diplomatic archives of the former Eastern Bloc has released a flood of new documentation. The thirty-five essays in ... Read more

    $44.99 USD