This book examines the Conservative party's responses to the problems of fascism from 1935 - 1940. Crowson provides the historical context for the foreign policy of the period and examines the historiography of the Conservative party. He offers a new perspective on its policies and the reaction of its various elements to the deepening international crisis.
This book examines the Conservative party's responses to the problems of fascism from 1935 - 1940. Crowson provides the historical context for the...
Hitler's seizure of power in January 1933, in the eyes of some historians, was the culmination of an unstoppable march. Yet the final months of the Weimar Republic saw the Nazis sliding into ever deeper trouble. In particular, the Sturmabteilung or SA - activist heart of the Nazi movement was showing signs of breakage. The stormtroopers who filled its ranks increasingly angered with party leadership, swerved from the party agenda, and fell to dispute and violence at odds with Hitler's cultivated image as herald of a new order. Stormtroopers and Crisis in the Nazi Movement casts fresh light on...
Hitler's seizure of power in January 1933, in the eyes of some historians, was the culmination of an unstoppable march. Yet the final months of the We...
Racial Theories in Fascist Italy examines the role played by race and racism in the development of Italian identity during the fascist period. The book examines the struggle between Mussolini, the fascist hierarchy, scientists and others in formulating a racial persona that would gain wide acceptance in Italy.
Racial Theories in Fascist Italy examines the role played by race and racism in the development of Italian identity during the fascist period. The boo...
In "Trials of Irish History," Evi Gkotzaridis brings her original insights into theory and philosophy to bear upon the controversial question of revision in Irish history. In an incisive restaging of the passionate joust that took place between revisionists and traditionalists in the shadow of the 'Troubles' the book prises open conflicting intellectual notions about the function of history in a divided society. This Irish "Kulturkampf "is compared with similar discussions in Germany and France in order to identify and magnify the strengths, weaknesses and temptations hidden in the arguments...
In "Trials of Irish History," Evi Gkotzaridis brings her original insights into theory and philosophy to bear upon the controversial question of revis...
Much has been written about the origins of the great push which led Europe to colonise sub-Saharan Africa at the end of the nineteenth century. This book provides a new perspective on this controversial subject by focussing on Europe and a range of empire-building states, Germany, France, Italy and Portugal. The essays in this volume consider economic themes in addition to the political and cultural aspects of the transition from commerce to colonies. Unlike other texts on the subject, this refreshing new volume redresses many imbalances, by: considering of a number of empire building states,...
Much has been written about the origins of the great push which led Europe to colonise sub-Saharan Africa at the end of the nineteenth century. This b...
Contains chapters on theatre and opera, architecture and urban planning, the medieval revival and the rediscovery of the Etruscan and Roman past. This book analyses Italians' changing relationship to their nation state and the monarchy, the conflicts betwe
Contains chapters on theatre and opera, architecture and urban planning, the medieval revival and the rediscovery of the Etruscan and Roman past. This...
The revival of Nazi war crime trials by the start of the 1960s appeared to usher in a new era of West German reflection, soul-searching and critical confrontation with the murderous legacy of the Third Reich. For the first time, the Holocaust began to assume a central position within the public historical consciousness. War crime trials were accompanied by a new wave of commemorative activities, an outpouring of survivor testimony, novels and historical research, as well as cultural representations of the Nazi era in terms of films, plays and television series. West Germans and the Nazi...
The revival of Nazi war crime trials by the start of the 1960s appeared to usher in a new era of West German reflection, soul-searching and critical c...
In the 1930s, the Nazi government began a program of killing individuals with disabilities. Eventually six killing centres were established - and an estimated 10,000 people killed by nurses. This book offers a startling historical analysis of the ways in which nurses were involved in the success of the 'euthanasia' program.
In the 1930s, the Nazi government began a program of killing individuals with disabilities. Eventually six killing centres were established - and an e...
