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Hardcover. Examines the role of the masses in the collapse of the East German regime and state in 1989 in the northern district of Schwerin. The study shows the extent to which citizens of the GDR dictatorship were instrumental in their state's demise. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333800980
- ISBN
- 9780333800980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.06
€ 127.06
Hardcover. Since it gained independance in 1956, Sudan has spent much of the following period embroiled in bitter civil war. This book provides a thorough chronicle of events in Sudan since Independance, drawing on first-hand interviews. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333801475
- ISBN
- 9780333801475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardback. This is a study of the struggle for power between two totalitarian dictatorships in the north of Europe (Germany and Russia) and the battle for survival of a small nation caught between them (Finland). Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 73. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333801499
- ISBN
- 9780333801499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 204.88
€ 204.88
Paperback. This exploration of the full diversity of the Italian Antimafia draws on primary sources and interviews to provide the first complete analysis of social, political and grassroots efforts since 1992. This fascinating study looks at Antimafia initiatives within the context of international initiatives against organized crime. Num Pages: 257 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JKVF; JKVM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333801581
- ISBN
- 9780333801581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.37
€ 71.37
Hardcover. In his study of a leading Russian literary journal during the last decade of Soviet power, Simon Cosgrove argues that Russian nationalism was an important ideological element in Soviet political life, consisting of two opposing tendencies. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPN; DSBH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFN; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333802038
- ISBN
- 9780333802038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Hardcover. In its specially commissioned 14 chapters, this book discusses a range of issues around the theme of male spirituality in the 19th century, drawing from history, cultural studies, art history and literary criticism. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; HRC; JFC; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333802533
- ISBN
- 9780333802533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
Hardcover. These essays submit one of the most momentous events in English history - the execution of King Charles I - to rigorous scholarship, and contextualize it in the light of historiography at the beginning of the 21st century, not least regarding relations between the three kingdoms of Britain. Editor(s): Peacey, Jason. Num Pages: 306 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333802595
- ISBN
- 9780333802595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.21
€ 128.21
Hardcover. Following the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807, a group of politicians began to agitate for reform of England's "bloody code" of criminal statutes. This examines the politics and propaganda of criminal law reform from 1808 to the Whig succession to power in 1830. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HRC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333803882
- ISBN
- 9780333803882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. The command and control of military operations is a difficult art. "The Challenges of High Command" explores British ideas of how this should be done and, with the guidance of leading military historians, looks at the practicalities of British experience in World Wars I and II and later wars. Editor(s): Sheffield, G. D.; Till, Geoffrey. Series: Cormorant Security Studies Series. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333804384
- ISBN
- 9780333804384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardcover. The Lewinsky scandal provided President Clinton with a stern challenge to his political credibility in 1998-99. Robert Busby explains how and why Clinton survived the most serious Constitutional crisis since Watergate. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333912508
- ISBN
- 9780333912508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.95
€ 127.95
hardcover. Using the European Defence Community (EDC) as a case study, this book examines the competing and often conflicting view of the British and American governments towards European integration in the early 1950s. The ECD finally collapsed in 1954 and was succeeded by the Western European Union. Series: Cold War History. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333913192
- ISBN
- 9780333913192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.95
€ 127.95
Hardback. This text examines how, as the relative importance of British interests steadily eclipsed those of India throughout the region, Indian sub imperial impulses clashed with the relentlessly advancing metropole. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333914755
- ISBN
- 9780333914755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.46
€ 205.46
The Makers of British Foreign Policy. From Pitt to Thatcher.
. Ed(S): Otte, Thomas G.; Ashton, Nigel
Hardback. The essays brought together in this collection provide assessments of the course of British foreign policy from the "Glorious Revolution" to the Treaty of Maastricht in 1991. The book offers a challenge to many traditional assumptions about Britain's decline and the issue of "Europe". Editor(s): Otte, Thomas G.; Ashton, Nigel. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JPHL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333915790
- ISBN
- 9780333915790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Hardback. The issue of alcohol has never been far from British politics. Drawing upon a wide range of primary sources, John Greenaway uses the complex politics of the issue to shed light upon the changing political system and to test various theories of the policymaking process. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFM; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333917824
- ISBN
- 9780333917824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09
Hardcover. After fascism's defeat in 1945, Britain did not co-operate with Franco's Spanish opponents to end his dictatorship. This study demonstrates how divisions in the Spanish opposition were one factor, but argues that Britain's strategic and commercial interests in Spain also acted as a disincentive. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DSE; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHX; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333917961
- ISBN
- 9780333917961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
Hardback. This book is an innovative appraisal of Edwardian Liberalism and the 1905-15 Liberal governments. Making extensive use of new archival research the volume identifies the major concerns of Liberals in the first two decades of the twentieth century and explores how policy-making was related to conflicting definitions of Liberal ideology. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333917985
- ISBN
- 9780333917985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Paperback. This study examines the evolution and significance of the parading tradition in Ireland. Since 1995, confrontations over parades have existed side by side with the Northern Ireland peace process. The book traces the parading tradition from the 17th century to the present. Editor(s): Fraser, T. G. Series: Ethnic and Intercommunity Conflict Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3J; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333918364
- ISBN
- 9780333918364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. During the course of the Twentieth Century, nineteen men and one woman - from Robert Cecil, Third Marquis of Salisbury to Tony Blair - have occupied the post of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Num Pages: 399 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 399
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333918395
- ISBN
- 9780333918395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.99
€ 128.99
Hardcover. In the early postwar era, Britain enjoyed a very close economic relationship with Australia and New Zealand through their common membership of the Sterling Area and the Commonwealth Preference Area. This book examines the breakdown of this relationship in the 1950 and 1960s. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1MB; HBJM; HBLW; KCL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333919415
- ISBN
- 9780333919415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.81
€ 128.81
Hardcover. In 1936 a group of Chinese communists were released from jail after a humiliating renunciation of communism. Pamela Lubell uncovers the history of these communists, known as the Sixty-one, and in doing so produces an account of the tensions within the Chinese Communist Party. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333919552
- ISBN
- 9780333919552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333919835
- ISBN
- 9780333919835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.95
€ 205.95
Paperback. Almost a decade after the opening of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of the GDR, and the end of the Cold War, this book analyzes the way united Germany has tackled the many unforeseen problems, and highlights Germany's slow adjustment to the new realities. Editor(s): Larres, Klaus. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; 3JM; HBJD; JPH; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333919996
- ISBN
- 9780333919996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.11
€ 58.11
Hardback. Without ignoring the roles played by Rhodesia and South Africa in Mozambique's civil war, the author guides the reader through Frelimo's early days and describes the pattern of internal dissent, persecution and physical elimination of members and opponents that remained the organization's hallmark. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3; HBW; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333920015
- ISBN
- 9780333920015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.80
€ 194.80
Hardcover. Explores the formation of the British state and national identity from 1603-1820 by examining the definitions of sovereignty and allegiance presented in treason trials. The king's person remained central to national identity and the state until republican challenges forced prosecutors in treason trials to innovate and redefine sovereign authority. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333920343
- ISBN
- 9780333920343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.70
€ 127.70