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Online-Ressource (289 p)
ISBN:
9781441107107
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The contributions in this collection deal with three of the most important themes of historical studies: the way history is or ought to be written, the nature of dictatorships and the nature of wars. The primary focus is on modern Europe and two defining experiences in the first half of the twentieth century: the two world wars and totalitarian dictatorships. This volume seeks to honour Professor Richard J. Overy, one of the great historians of his generation. Richard Overy has shaped our understanding of the main themes of this volume with the publication of over 20 books - most recently, The
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Contents; Foreword; Notes on Contributors; 1 History, Dictatorship and War: A Conversation with Richard J. Overy; Part I: The Way History is or Ought to be Written; 2 Mapping the World: Richard Overy and The Times Atlas of World History; 3 Martin Spahn, Hilaire Belloc and the Rise of Fascism: Fellow Travellers of a New 'Political Religion'?; 4 Regional History, Nazism and the Holocaust; 5 Defining Human Security: Roads to War and Peace, 1918-45; Part II: The Nature of Dictatorship; 6 Napoleon's France: A Forerunner of Europe's Twentieth-Century Dictatorships?
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7 Captured by the Nazis: 'Reciprocity' and 'National Conservatism' in German Policy towards British POWs8 How Soviet was Russian Society under Nazi Occupation?; Part III: War; 9 Why the Allies Won the Air War, 1939-45; 10 Bearing the Load: A Fresh Approach to Bomber Command; 11 The British Army as a Social Institution, 1939-45; 12 The British Security Forces and the Jews in Palestine, 1945-48; 13 Air Power Lessons Learnt and Not Learnt: The Royal Air Force and the Gulf War, 1990-91; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441168368
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441107107
Additional Edition:
Print version Rethinking History, Dictatorship and War : New Approaches and Interpretations
Language:
English
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