2009-10-01,Patrick Major and Christopher R. Moran,"Spooked: Britain, Empire and Intelligence since 1945",Hardback,978-1-4438-1312-9,34.99,"In recent years the subject of intelligence has well and truly come out of the shadows. The terrorist attacks of 9/11 and 7/7, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, debates about domestic surveillance, secret detention and rendition have all brought unprecedented notoriety and exposure to the work of the intelligence services. In a media world, both the limitations and abuses of intelligence have never been more visible. Faced with the threat of militant jihadism, public expectations of intelligence have greatly increased, as have calls for more transparency about combatting this new menace.  

These essays draw together Britain's leading intelligence historians to present a fresh and original study of British secrecy since 1945. A combination of synoptic works and empirical case studies, drawing on recently declassified archival materials, the essays touch upon several historiographical concerns: the advantages and disadvantages of greater openness; the accuracy of media reporting on secret services; the representation of intelligence in popular culture; and the use and misuse of intelligence in the so-called ‘War on Terror’. A focal point of this volume is the role of intelligence in imperial contexts, especially during the period of decolonisation. The contributors include Richard Aldrich, Christopher Andrew, Philip Davies, Anthony Glees, Rob Johnson, Philip Murphy and Calder Walton.
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2010-06-01,Christi Scott Bartman,Lawfare: Use of the Definition of Aggressive War by the Soviet and Russian Federation Governments,Hardback,978-1-4438-2136-0,39.99,"One might ask why the Soviet Union so adamantly promoted the definition of aggression and aggressive war while, as many have noted, conducting military actions that appeared to violate the very definition they espoused in international treaties and conventions. Lawfare: Use of the Definition of Aggressive War by the Soviet and Russian Governments demonstrates that through the use of treaties the Soviet Union and Russian Federation practiced a program of “lawfare” long before the term became known. Lawfare, as applied in this work, is the manipulation or exploitation of the international legal system to supplement military and political objectives. This work is unique in that it not only traces the evolution of the definition of aggression and aggressive war from the Soviet and Russian Federation perspective, it looks at that progression both from the vantage point of leading edge legal legitimacy and its concurrent use as a means of lawfare to control other states legally, politically and equally as important, through the public media of propaganda.

","“Bartman sheds new light on the little-known efforts of the international community in the inter-war period to define and outlaw aggression both by states and by individual state officials. She demonstrates a significant Soviet role—a role that has often been overlooked in accounts by other writers—in the origin of the post-World War II Nuremberg trials and the crime of aggression that was formulated there. Writing with a sweep of history, Bartman puts international legal doctrine into historical context and argues persuasively that the Soviet government used, and at times misused, this doctrine as a weapon in the propaganda war with the West. Finally, she shows how the avid advocacy of norms on aggression came back to haunt the USSR, and after it even the Russian Federation, when they used armed force in dubious circumstances in neighboring states. A must read for anyone who follows international diplomacy and the history of warfare.”
—John B. Quigley, President’s Club Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University

""By approaching the international law in a historical setting and exposing how efficient this weapon can be in advancing one's own national interests concealed as high international principles of law, the book constitutes a novel approach on the subject and invites to the rethinking of our understanding of international diplomacy and international law.""

Silviu Miloiu, Valahian Journal of Historical Studies, Vol 14, Winter 2010

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2010-10-01,Anton Weiss-Wendt,Eradicating Differences: The Treatment of Minorities in Nazi-Dominated Europe,Hardback,978-1-4438-2368-5,39.99,"The eleven essays that comprise this book offer an integrated perspective on Nazi policies of mass murder. Drawing heavily on primary sources from European and American archives, the collection of essays provides novel interpretations of Nazi policies vis-à-vis ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities in the German-occupied territories, specifically Eastern Europe. The essays printed in this volume advance two main theses, drawing a line under the Functionalist-Intentionalist debate regarding the origins of Nazi genocide. In their dealing with the “lesser races,” the Nazis proved more flexible and less single-minded than has been conventionally believed. Faced with what they saw as a temporary military setback, the Nazis were willing to renegotiate their murderous policies, granting certain concessions to the minority groups otherwise slated for destruction. In the long run, however, the Nazis never abandoned the ideology of racial exclusiveness, which had contributed to their ultimate defeat. Another thesis concerns the complex ethno-political landscape of Eastern Europe that came under Nazi domination. German occupation authorities encouraged ethnic rivalries and grievances, which trace back to the Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires and beyond. Hobbesian war of all against all that had ensued made it easier for the Nazis to apply a divide-and-rule policy. It also provided a fertile ground for collaboration, specifically in the mass murder of Jews. The book will appear to both academic and non-academic audiences interested in the subjects as diverse as genocide, ethno-nationalism, and minority studies.

","“This collection of essays presents original research on Nazi imperial policies toward various non-Jewish minorities in Europe. Adding definition to the hitherto vague categories of the Holocaust’s ‘other victims’ and ‘collaborators,’ this important volume illuminates how the Nazi ideologies of anti-Semitism and racism translated into a nefarious practice of divide et impera. Nazi rule across Europe exacerbated and instigated conflicts among minorities, fanning the flames of the Holocaust and seeding interethnic strife that persists to this day ... Essential reading for those interested in the history of mass violence in twentieth century Europe.”
—Wendy Lower, author of Nazi Empire-Building and the Holocaust in Ukraine

“Scholarly and popular interest in the persecution and all-encompassing murder of the Jews by the Nazi regime and its allies—usually referred to as the Holocaust or Shoah—has inadvertently overshadowed the crimes committed during the Second World War against other minority groups. The essays assembled in this book redraw the attention to a plurality of victim groups, situating each case in its ideological, geopolitical, and social contexts and relating it to the persecution of the Jews. The book as a whole urges the reader to rethink the Nazi policies of mass murder, as suggested in the thought-provoking introduction. Although one may well suggest very different readings, the overall attempt and each essay in its own right constitute a valuable contribution that should be taken into account in any further discussion of the Holocaust.”
—Dan Michman, author of Holocaust Historiography: A Jewish Perspective: Conceptualizations, Terminology, Approaches and Fundamental Issues

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