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In an analysis of Britain's policy towards Palestine in the post-mandatory era, the author examines the circumstances which led to the formulation of Britain's policy - the partition of mandatory Palestine between Israel and Jordan - and the stages of its implementation.

A collection of essays focused largely on the 19th century when alternative medicine as opposed to orthodox medicine was not accepted as "professional". Historians in this book explore the dissent which arose in various local and national contexts.

It analyses the profound changes which took place during the First Republic, the Nazi occupation, postwar liberation and communist rule, including both the Stalinist years, the Prague Spring of 1968 and the subsequent period of normalization to 1988.

The Elusive Quest for European Security provides a detailed overview of the various attempts to incorporate a security and defence role in the European integration process.

This book examines the role and place of the intellectual in twentieth-century French society.

This pioneering book reveals how nationalism in Ninteenth-century Greece helped women to develop an alternative vision of female politics, history, and citizenship. Shedding new light on women's ideas and beliefs the author brings to life the story of the ideas that formed our societies and individual identities.

Based largely upon unpublished sources, Omer Bartov's study looks closely at the background of the German army on the Eastern Front during the Second World War.

This comparative study of early 20th century French and British schools of political pluralism surveys contemporary thinkers, and studies national traditions of political thought and the relationships between state, groups and individuals in democratic societies.

An exploration of themes pursued by T.H. Rigby, such as the personal versus the institutional, legitimacy, and the collapse of a mono-organizational society.

Over seven chapters the book shows how international communication has been shaped by the structure of international political power and how these means of global communication have in turn been strategic tools for the exercise of international political power.

Tropical forests are disappearing at an unaltered pace, giving way to alternative land uses. Following a survey of different deforestation definitions, theories and empirical evidence, a case-study of Ecuador provides a versatile historical picture of factors affecting forest loss throughout different periods, regions and ecosystems.

Centering its study around three explanatory variables - actors, institutions and ideas - this book argues that Russia's hybrid institutional environment reduces the competition of policy ideas, both at the stage of policy elaboration by the community of state and non-state policy experts, and also at the stage of policy adoption by parliament.

This is a rich yet succinct account of an underexplored story: the consequences of the Great War for the region which ignited it.

This volume examines the challenges of governance in the North American Arctic. It examines the institutions of Alaska, the Canadian Far North, and Greenland developed within distinctive federal systems and how they are evolving to address contemporary issues of security, environmental protection, indigenous rights, and economic development.

This book is intended chiefly to analyze the implications for Latin America of the recent transformations of the world economy in three fields: financial and monetary relations; trade in primary products and trade in manufactured products; and industrialisation. Particular attention is given to the analysis of alternative external policies which the Latin American countries can apply in order to cope with the problems or take advantage of the opportunities that have appeared in each of the three fields mentioned. The possibilities of cooperation among Latin American and Third World countries with the aim of setting up a new economic order are especially emphasised.

This edited collection of essays describes the main broad streams of Asian migration and their wide geographical spread, both in terms of migrants' origins and their destinations.

Controversy surrounds the construction of postwar European institutions. Did West European states simply respond to American pressure and Cold-War politics? Topics covered include British and French officials, European integration and military policies;

Drawing on a tripartite taxonomy first suggested by the so-called English School of International Relations of a Hobbesian tradition of power politics, a Grotian tradition of concern with the rules that govern relations between states;

This is the second collection of the well established Antonius Lectures given at St. Antony's College, Oxford. A wide ranging and unusual collection of stimulating essays of great interest to all involved with the Arab world.

The Russian Nuclear Shield from Stalin to Yeltsan makes extensive use of Soviet and Russian sources to provide the first full analysis of Moscow's ballistic missile defense policy from its origins to the most recent post-Soviet developments.

Religion and science were fundamental aspects of Eastern European communist political culture from the very beginning, and remained in uneasy tension across the region over the decades.

Interprets the Ecuadorian transition to civilian rule following a prolonged period of military dictatorship (1972-79), and assesses the difficulties posed by efforts to consolidate democracy during the decade that followed. It focuses on civilian opposition to the policies of the regime.

An in-depth study of the process of descision-making, in both an empirical and theoretical context, within the iron and steel industry in Turkey, with respect to the planning, development and implementation of major construction projects.

Twelve international economists analyze every government since Peron's first presidency, including the latest military administrations. The years 1958-74 are examined in a new light and the postscript refers to President Alfonsin's changing economic strategy in his first years of government.

A report on the activities of the Komintern in the Isthmus in a crucial period of time. Cerdas-Cruz discusses the debates, reports and resolutions adopted by that organization on such issues as the revolution and its character, and the Party and its nature.

In the author's opinion, commercial relations between China and Britain in the 1950s determined subsequent economic relations between the countries more than is commonly recognized. This book examines how trade was effected by the revolution and the crises surrounding the Korean war.

Explaining the origins of Thailand's hostile policies towards the People's Republic of China, this book discusses the factors, international and domestic, which influenced Thai leaders' perceptions that the PRC posed a threat to Thailand. It also analyzes the ways Thailand responded to this threat.

In this text, 12 authors discuss the extent to which detente between the superpowers has been reflected in Asia. The roles of the United States, the Soviet Union and China are considered, together with the situation prevailing in those countries which have been the object of superpower rivalry.

This important book is the first in-depth history of the Rhodesian railway system. Covering the period 1888-1947, when the Rhodesian railway system was privately owned by Cecil Rhode''s British South Africa Company, this book uses the Rhodesian railway system as a prism through which it refracts many dimensions of the imperial experience in central and southern Africa, ranging from the impulses underpinning the regional ambitions of Rhodes himself to the origins of black worker protest in the Rhodesias.