Military History

Protestant pastors and Catholic priests served as chaplains in Hitler's military. What role did Christian chaplains play in Nazi crimes? Drawing on a wide array of sources this book offers insight into how Christian clergy served the cause of genocide, sometimes eagerly, sometimes reluctantly, even unknowingly, but always loyally.

"In one hundred and twenty pages this book provides a compelling account of the shaping of the modern Middle East, and the critical part played in that process by the Ottoman Empire, even as it fell apart. It offers a mine of background information for anyone wishing to understand the current scene. Thirty-four well-chosen documents, mainly culled from the archives, buttress and illuminate the story." -Jonathan Schneer, Georgia Institute of Technology, author of The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of Arab-Israeli Conflict

This book investigates the framing of the terrorist threat in France from 2015 to 2020 as an 'exceptional' challenge which requires a 'special' public security response.

A major new account of appeasement and the question of whether the Second World War could have been prevented. G. C. Peden provides a comparative analysis of Chamberlain and Churchill's view on foreign policy, how best to deter Germany and explores what deterrence and appeasement meant in the context of the 1930s.