I imprint: 1291 books
by Suzanne Franks
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013
In many countries, the majority of high profile journalists and editors remain male. Although there have been considerable changes in the prospects for women working in the media in the past few decades, women are still noticeably in the minority in the top journalistic roles, despite making up the...
Berlin Rules
Europe and the German Way
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
In the second half of the twentieth century, Germany became the dominant political and economic power in Europe – and the arbiter of all important EU decisions. Yet Germany's leadership of the EU is geared principally to the defence of German national interests. Germany exercises power in order...
Trading with the Ottomans
The Levant Company in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Arguably, trade is the engine of history, and the acceleration in what you mightcall 'globalism' from the beginning of the last millennium has been driven by communities interacting with each other through commerce and exchange. The Ottoman empire was a trading partner for the rest of the world, and...
The African Union
Autocracy, Diplomacy and Peacebuilding in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2017
The African Union has been a major factor in establishing peace, security and development in Africa. Today, however, the intranational body is struggling in the midst of a perceived dissipating appetite for supporting continental institutions. Previously seen as the panacea to Africa's continuing...
Lorca, Buñuel, Dalí
Forbidden Pleasures and Connected Lives
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2009
Lorca, Buñuel and Dalí were, in their respective fields of poetry and theatre, cinema, and painting, three of the most maginative creative artists of the twentieth century, their impact felt far beyond the boundaries of their native Spain. But if individually they have been the subject of various...
The Ottoman Crisis in Western Anatolia
Turkey's Belle Epoque and the Transition to a Modern Nation State
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2016
Ottoman Turkey's coastal provinces in the early nineteenth century were economic powerhouses, teeming with innovation, wealth and energy – a legacy of the Ottoman's outward-looking and trade-orentated diplomacy. By the middle of the century, the wide-ranging and radical process of modernization...
Behind the Scenes at the Ballets Russes
Stories from a Silver Age
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
The Ballets Russes was perhaps the most iconic, yet at the same time mysterious, ballet company of the twentieth century. Inspired by the unique vision of their founder Sergei Diaghilev, the company gained a large international following. In the mid-twentieth century – during the tumultuous years...
The Secret World
Behind the Curtain of British Intelligence in World War II and the Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
During World War II, Britain enjoyed spectacular success in the secret war between hostile intelligence services, enabling a substantial and successful expansion of British counter-espionage which continued to grow in the Cold War era. Hugh Trevor-Roper's experiences working in the Secret Intelligence...
Stagecoach to Tombstone
The Filmgoers' Guide to the Great Westerns
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2007
The true story of the American West on film, through its shooting stars and the directors who shot them…
Howard Hughes explores the Western, running from John Ford's 'Stagecoach' to the revisionary 'Tombstone'. Writing with panache and fresh insight, he explores 27 key films, and draws on...
When Eagles Dared
The Filmgoers' History of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
When Eagles Dared is a salute to the men and women who participated in World War II and the filmmakers who have immortalised their stories on screen. It tells both the story of the historical events of this first truly 'world war' and of the films that have depicted these events - comparing the cinematic...
A Question of Security
The British Defence Review in an Age of Austerity
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2011
In an age of austerity and uncertainty, can Britain's security be assured - and its place in the world be maintained?
The publication of the British government's Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) in October 2010 provoked widespread and lively public debate. The review was long overdue:...
Riviera at War
World War II on the Côte d'Azur
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
During World War II three distinct forces opposed the Allies - Germany, Italy, and Japan. Few areas of the world experienced domination by more than a single one of these, but southeastern France – the region popularly known as the Riviera or Cote d'Azur - was one. Not only did inhabitants suffer...
What Next?
Britain's Future in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
2016 is a historic year for Britain as 40 years of uncertainty over Europe ends. After the referendum, what will be Britain's role in Europe and, indeed, the world? What next, indeed? Peter Wilding offers an arresting answer, plotting out a new course for Britain's troubled relationship with Europe....
A Quest for Global Peace
Rotblat and Ikeda on War, Ethics and the Nuclear Threat
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2006
In his autobiography, Bertrand Russell wrote of Joseph Rotblat that 'He can have few rivals in the courage and integrity and complete self-abnegation with which he has given up his own career (in which, however, he still remains eminent) to devote himself to combating the nuclear peril as well as...