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  • Alexander I

    The Tsar Who Defeated Napoleon

    by Marie-Pierre Rey ...
    Translated by Susan Emanuel ...
    Series series NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
    Alexander I was a ruler with high aspirations for the people of Russia. Cosseted as a young grand duke by Catherine the Great, he ascended to the throne in 1801 after the brutal assassination of his father. In this magisterial biography, Marie-Pierre Rey illuminates the complex forces that shaped Alexander's tumultuous reign and sheds brilliant new light on the handsome ruler known to his people ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Visions of the End of the Cold War in Europe, 1945-1990

    Edited by Frédéric Bozo, Marie-Pierre Rey, N. Piers Ludlow, Bernd Rother ...
    Series Book 11 - Studies in Contemporary European History
    Exploring the visions of the end of the Cold War that have been put forth since its inception until its actual ending, this volume brings to the fore the reflections, programmes, and strategies that were intended to call into question the bipolar system and replace it with alternative approaches or concepts. These visions were associated not only with prominent individuals, organized groups and ... Read more

    $26.59 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

    $65.99 USD

  • Globalizing de Gaulle

    International Perspectives on French Foreign Policies, 1958–1969

    by Jeffrey James Byrne, Carolyn Davidson, James Ellison, Joaquín Fermandois, Carine Germond, Gadi Heimann, Mark Kramer, Guia Migani, Marie-Pierre Rey, Yuko Torikata, Qiang Zhai, Piers Ludlow ...
    Series series The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series
    French President Charles de Gaulle (1958-1969) has consistently fascinated contemporaries and historians. His vision-conceived out of national interest-of uniting Europe under French leadership and overcoming the Cold War still remains relevant and appealing. De Gaulle's towering personality and his challenge to US hegemony in the Cold War have inspired a vast number of political biographies and ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

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    The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War

    by Nicholas Mulder ...
    The first international history of the emergence of economic sanctions during the interwar period and the legacy of this developmentEconomic sanctions dominate the landscape of world politics today. First developed in the early twentieth century as a way of exploiting the flows of globalization to defend liberal internationalism, their appeal is that they function as an alternative to war. This ... Read more

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  • Out of Ashes

    A New History of Europe in the Twentieth Century

    by Konrad H. Jarausch, Konrad H. Jarausch ...
    A sweeping history of twentieth-century Europe that examines its unprecedented destruction—and abiding promiseA sweeping history of twentieth-century Europe, Out of Ashes tells the story of an era of unparalleled violence and barbarity yet also of humanity, prosperity, and promise.Konrad Jarausch describes how the European nations emerged from the nineteenth century with high hopes for continued ... Read more

    $21.59 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

    $41.39 USD

  • Europe, Cold War and Coexistence, 1955-1965

    Edited by WILFRED LOTH ...
    Series series Cold War History
    This title examines the role of the Europeans in the Cold War during the 'Khrushchev Era'. It was a period marked by the struggle for a regulated co-existence in a world of blocs, an initial arrangement to find a temporary arrangement failed due to German desires to quickly overcome the status quo. It was only when the danger of an unintended nuclear war was demonstrated through the crises over ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • The Cold War and After

    History, Theory, and the Logic of International Politics

    by Marc Trachtenberg ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
    A new way of looking at international relations from a leading expert in the fieldWhat makes for war or for a stable international system? Are there general principles that should govern foreign policy? In The Cold War and After, Marc Trachtenberg, a leading historian of international relations, explores how historical work can throw light on these questions. The essays in this book deal with ... Read more

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  • NATO and the Warsaw Pact

    Intrabloc Conflicts

    Edited by Heiss, S. Victor Papacosma ...
    Essays on Cold War tensions within NATO and the Warsaw PactThere is no shortage of literature addressing the workings, influence, and importance of NATO and the Warsaw Pact individually or how the two blocs faced off during the decades of the Cold War. However, little has been written about the various intrabloc tensions that plagued both alliances during the Cold War or about how those tensions ... Read more

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  • Europe Contested

    From the Kaiser to Brexit

    by Harold James ...
    Series series Longman History of Modern Europe
    Europe Contested analyses the failures and achievements of an astonishing era of economic advance and political chaos, from the First World War up to the present day.Beginning with the Great War, the book goes on to examine connections between the self-destruction of liberal democracy, market economics, and the international political and security framework in the interwar period. It then ... Read more

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  • Postwar

    A History of Europe Since 1945

    by Tony Judt ...
    **Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award • One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century“Impressive . . . Mr. Judt writes with enormous authority.” —The Wall Street Journal“Magisterial . . . It is, without a doubt, the most comprehensive, authoritative, and yes, readable postwar history.” —The Boston Globe**Almost a ... Read more

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