Maria Bucur, "The Nation’s Gratitude: World War I and Citizenship Rights in Interwar Romania" (Routledge, 2022)
A pioneering work for the history of veterans’ rights in Romania, Maria Bucur's book The Nation’s Gratitude: World War I and Citizenship Rights in Interwar Romania (Routledge, 2022) brings into focus ...
4 Mars 20221h 13min
Boyd van Dijk, "Preparing for War: the Making of the 1949 Geneva Conventions" (Oxford UP, 2022)
The 1949 Geneva Conventions are the most important rules for armed conflict ever formulated. To this day they continue to shape contemporary debates about regulating warfare, but their history is ofte...
1 Mars 20221h 6min
Joseph J. Krulder, "The Execution of Admiral John Byng As a Microhistory of Eighteenth-Century Britain" (Routledge, 2021)
Admiral John Byng’s execution for failing to “do his utmost” to relieve the British garrison on Minorca in 1756 is remembered today mainly for Voltaire’s quip about the Royal Navy’s use of Byng’s deat...
1 Mars 20221h 2min
Mark Edele, "Stalinism at War: The Soviet Union in World War II" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
Stalinism at War: The Soviet Union in World War II (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021) tells the epic story of the Soviet Union in World War Two. Starting with Soviet involvement in the war in Asia and endi...
1 Mars 202243min
Devin O. Pendas, "Democracy, Nazi Trials and Transitional Justice in Germany, 1945–1950" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
In his new book, Democracy, Nazi Trials, and Transitional Justice in Germany, 1945-1950 (Cambridge University Press, 2020), Dr. Devin O. Pendas examines how German courts conducted Nazi trials in the ...
28 Feb 202251min
Michelle Gordon, "Extreme Violence and the ‘British Way’: Colonial Warfare in Perak, Sierra Leone and Sudan" (Bloomsbury, 2020)
Analysing three cases of British colonial violence that occurred in the latter half of the 19th century, this book argues that all three share commonalities, including the role of racial prejudices in...
25 Feb 202257min
Anjali Kaushlesh Dayal, "Incredible Commitments: How UN Peacekeeping Failures Shape Peace Processes" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
Why do warring parties turn to United Nations peacekeeping and peacemaking even when they think it will fail? In Incredible Commitments: How UN Peacekeeping Failures Shape Peace Processes (Cambridge ...
24 Feb 202252min
Robert K. Sutton, "Nazis on the Potomac: The Top-Secret Intelligence Operation that Helped Win World War II" (Casemate, 2022)
Robert K. Sutton's Nazis on the Potomac: The Top-Secret Intelligence Operation that Helped Win World War II (Casemate, 2022) is the first full account of the crucial work done at Fort Hunt, Virginia d...
23 Feb 20221h 4min
