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11. The Cuban Missile Crisis

    The Threshold of Nuclear War

    By Alice George

    Series: Critical Moments in American History

    For thirteen days in October of 1962, a truly perilous flirtation with nuclear war developed between the United States and USSR, as the superpowers argued over the installation of Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba. Launched by rash judgment and concluded through circumspect leadership, the Cuban...

    Published March 19th 2013 by Routledge
12. The Communist Quest for National Legitimacy in Europe, 1918-1989

    Edited by Martin Mevius

    Series: Association for the Study of Nationalities

    There are two popular myths concerning the relationship between communism and nationalism. The first is that nationalism and communism are wholly antagonistic and mutually exclusive. The second is the assertion that in communist Eastern Europe nationalism was oppressed before 1989, to emerge...

    Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
13. A Social History of Twentieth-Century Europe

    By Béla Tomka

    A Social History of Twentieth-Century Europe offers a systematic overview on major aspects of social life, including population, family and households, social inequalities and mobility, the welfare state, work, consumption and leisure, social cleavages in politics, urbanization as well as education...

    Published March 12th 2013 by Routledge
14. Khrushchev in the Kremlin

    Policy and Government in the Soviet Union, 1953–64

    Edited by Jeremy Smith, Melanie Ilic

    Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

    This book presents a new picture of the politics, economics and process of government in the Soviet Union under the leadership of Nikita Khrushchev. Based in large part on original research in recently declassified archive collections, the book examines the full complexity of government, including...

    Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge
15. 1948 and 1968 – Dramatic Milestones in Czech and Slovak History

    Edited by Laura Cashman

    Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies

    This volume has been published to coincide with the anniversaries of two significant milestones in Czech and Slovak history – the establishment of communist rule in 1948 and the Prague Spring of 1968 – and in anticipation of the 20th anniversary of the 1989 ‘Velvet Revolution’. Given the ultimate...

    Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
16. "An Empire of Ideals"

    The Chimeric Imagination of Ronald Reagan

    By Justin D. Garrison

    Series: Routledge Research in American Politics and Governance

    Justin D. Garrison provides an original and groundbreaking analysis of Ronald Reagan’s imagination as it was expressed mainly in his presidential speeches. He argues that the predominant strain of Reagan’s imagination is "chimeric," that is, imbued with a high degree of optimism, romantic...

    Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
17. History, Memory, and State-Sponsored Violence

    Time and Justice

    By Berber Bevernage

    Series: Routledge Approaches to History

    Modern historiography embraces the notion that time is irreversible, implying that the past should be imagined as something ‘absent’ or ‘distant.’ Victims of historical injustice, however, in contrast, often claim that the past got ‘stuck’ in the present and that it retains a haunting presence....

    Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
18. Reassessing Cold War Europe

    Edited by Sari Autio-Sarasmo, Katalin Miklóssy

    Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe

    This book presents a comprehensive reassessment of Europe in the Cold War period, 1945-91. Contrary to popular belief, it shows that relations between East and West were based not only on confrontation and mutual distrust, but also on collaboration. The authors reveal that - despite opposing...

    Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
19. North Africa’s Arab Spring

    Edited by George Joffé

    This book addresses issues surrounding the evolution of the Arab Spring in North Africa. After a general introduction and explanation of the events on a region-wide basis, it turns to examine aspects of each of the countries concerned. The role of the Muslim Brotherhood during the Nasser regime and...

    Published February 11th 2013 by Routledge
20. Abandoned Japanese in Postwar Manchuria

    The Lives of War Orphans and Wives in Two Countries

    By Yeeshan Chan

    Series: Japan Anthropology Workshop Series

    This book relates the experiences of the zanryu-hojin - the Japanese civilians, mostly women and children, who were abandoned in Manchuria after the end of the Second World War when Japan’s puppet state in Manchuria ended, and when most Japanese who has been based there returned to Japan. Many...

    Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge