This collection of studies examines the quest for a new European order and the interconnections between domestic and foreign policy during the 1920s and 1930s. It collates different national perspectives in a single volume and asks searching questions about the consequences of the decisions made during the period under examination.
Empire Ascendant by Cees Heere
Empire Ascendant examines how officials and commentators across the British imperial system wrestled with the implications of Japan's unique status as an Asian power in an international order dominated by European colonial empires.
Ottoman War and Peace, Virginia Askan
The articles compiled in Ottoman War and Peace. Studies in Honor of Virginia H. Aksan, honor the prolific career of a foremost scholar of the Ottoman Empire, and engage in redefining the boundaries of Ottoman historiography.
Tegen de Terreur by Beatrice de Graaf
Beatrice de Graaf seeks to uncover what happened after Napoleon was finally defeated in 1815 and how did the European continent calm down?
The First Age of Industrial Globalization by Maartje Abbenhuis
This book offers an accessible and lively survey of the global history of the age of industrialization and globalization that arose in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars and collapsed in the maelstrom of the First World War.
Writing the History of Nationalism by Eric Storm & Stefan Berger
Eric Storm and Stefan Berger explore what inationalism is and how we can study it from a historical perspective.
Securing Europe after Napoleon by Beatrice de Graaf, Ido de Haan and Brian Vick
Ozan Ozavci offers the first genealogical analysis of western interventionism in the Levant whilst freeing the Eastern Question from the monopoly of Great Power politics
Becoming Hitler by Thomas Weber
Thomas Weber examines Adolf Hitler’s time in Munich between 1918 and 1926, the years when Hitler shed his awkward, feckless persona and transformed himself into a savvy opportunistic political operator who saw himself as Germany’s messiah.
Sovereignty and Status in East Asian International Relations by Seo-Hyun Park
Park argues that the idea of status seeking has remained embedded in the concept of sovereign autonomy and endures through distinct and alternative security frames that continue to inform contemporary strategic debates in East Asia.
Colonial Soldiers in Europe, 1914-1945 by Eric Storm
Eric Storm explores the experience of coming into contact with European society and culture as it relates to the returning soldiers from 1914-1945.
