The first full-length study of same-sex love in any period of Russian or Soviet history, "Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia" investigates the private worlds of sexual dissidents during the pivotal decades before and after the 1917 Bolshevik R...

For sale in CIS only! This is a first hand account of the first successful expedition to the South Pole, written by the leader Roald Amundsen. It constructs the character of the expedition and provides insight into Amundsen's philosophy of explorati...

For sale in CIS only! With Croatia now an independent state, this text traces the history of the region and its people. It is divided into: sections on the early medieval Croatian state; the periods of union with Hungary and with Austria; incorporat...

As Jews throughout Europe faced Nazi persecution, Jewish women-wives, daughters, mothers-encountered special problems and had particular vulnerabilities. This is the first book of original scholarship devoted to women in the Holocaust. Testimonies of...

This classic book examines the role of leading scholars – philosophers, historians, and scientists – in Hitler's rise to power and eventual war of extermination against the Jews. Written in 1946 by one of the greatest scholars of European Jewish hist...

"Deaf History Unveiled" features 16 essays, including work of Harlan Lane, Renate Fischer, Margret Winzer, William McCagg, and other noted historians in this field. Readers will discover the new themes driving Deaf history, including a telling compar...

For sale in CIS only! Michael Llewellyn-Smith sets the Greek occupation of Smyrna and the war in Anatolia against the background of Greece's "Great Idea" and of great power rivalries in the Near East. He traces the origins of the Greek statesman Ele...

This is an illustrated introduction to the collections of political papers – the private papers of politicians, public servants, journalists and others active during the last 150 years – which constitute an essential source for the study of modern Br...

For sale in CIS only! This concise history of Bosnia-Hercegovina is designed for the non-specialist reader who seeks to understand the historical background of the Bosnian conflict that erupted in 1992 in the wake of Serbian and Croatian agression....

Through unparalleled historical detective work, noted scholars Walter Laqueur and Richard Breitman reveal the inspiring tale of Eduard Schulte, the Breslau business leader who risked his life to gather information about such Nazi activities as the re...