Books by Jeremy Smith

A real-life story about a little boy who had his innocence stolen from him, who was abused, neglected and brutalized by his own family and local employer and with a life-changing disability was crucified by a corrupted and collusive Queensland Government system who punished him for pure honesty.

This study explores relations between Britain and Ireland during the late-19th and early-20th century. The text provides the background to the unfolding and dramatic events in both Northern Ireland and in Britain as the United Kingdom moves towards a federal constitutional structure.

A comprehensive study of George Clooney's work through the lens of ten of his most iconic roles

Red Nations offers an illuminating and informative overview of how the non-Russian republics of the Soviet Union experienced communist rule. It surveys the series of historical events that contributed to the break-up of the Soviet Union and evaluates their continuing resonance across post-soviet states today. Drawing from the latest research, Professor Smith offers comprehensive coverage of the revolutionary years, the early Soviet policies of developing nations, Stalin's purges and deportations of small nationalities, and the rise of independence movements. Through a single, unified narrative, this book illustrates how, in the post-Stalin period, many of the features of the modern nation state emerged. Both scholars and students will find this an indispensable contribution to the history of the dissolution of the USSR, the reconstruction of post-Soviet society, and its impact on non-Russian citizens from the years of the Russian Revolution through to the present day.

Considering what type of conflict it is in Ireland and how it fits into wider British and European patterns, this text places events in context by looking at historical roots across the centuries. It attempts to untangle the mixed ideas that sustain identities and traditions.

Through his analysis of selected major developments in the history of English, Jeremy Smith argues that the history of the language can only be understood from a dynamic perspective. The reader is provided with a synthesis of recent developments in English historical linguistics.

In 1991, Communist rule in the Soviet Union came to an end after 84 years, and the world's largest state, one of the two global superpowers, broke up into fifteen independent countries. Few had predicted such an outcome when Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union six years before.