In 1940, France fell to the Nazis and almost immediately the German army began a campaign of pillaging one of the assets the French hold most dear: their wine. Like others in the Fr ...more on ebook "Wine and War..."

How was the Holocaust possible? How did it unfold? What is its legacy? The study of human history offers no more urgent questions. In the course of this landmark work, Robert Wistrich brings ...more on ebook "Hitler and the Holocaust..."

Remaking the Conquering Heroes shows that American policymakers and Army officers had to confront and take control over a lawless U.S. military in the aftermath o ...more on ebook "Remaking the Conquering Heroes: The..."

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In the mid-summer of 1989 the German Democratic Republic-- known as the GDR or east Germany--was an autocratic state led by an entrenched Communist Party. A loyal member of the Warsaw Pact, ...more on ebook "The Imperfect Union: Constitutional..."

This book offers a compelling and comprehensive account of what happened to the KGB when the Soviet Union collapsed and the world's most powerful and dangerous secret police organization was ...more on ebook "Spies Without Cloaks: The KGB's Suc..."

Can european thought be dislodged from the center of the practice of history in a non-european place? What problems arise when we translate cultural practices into the categories of social s ...more on ebook "Provincializing Europe: Postcolonia..."

Here is the whole sweep of the Soviet experiment, as told by its last steward. Drawing on his own experience, rich archival material, and a keen sense of history and politics, Mikhail Gorbac ...more on ebook "Gorbachev: On My Country and the Wo..."