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Our large and well-respected history list includes, amongst others, impressive titles such as History in Practice, The World Since 1945, The Nazi Dictatorship, Mussolini and A History of Germany 1815-1990 which is currently in its fourth edition.

Publishing across a broad spectrum of subject areas our list is set to go from strength-to-strength over the forthcoming months.

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Crises of Empire
Decolonisation and Europe's Imperial Nation States, 1918-1975
Martin Thomas, Bob Moore and L. J. Butler

This book provides you with a comparative and unique insight into the collapse of all of Europe's Empires from the perspective of both the colonisers and the colonised.

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State and Society
A Social and Political History of Britain 1870-2008, Third Edition
Martin Pugh

This new edition continues to provide the reader with a thorough grounding in modern Britain, and is now even more up-to-date with coverage and commentary on Tony Blair's premiership, including the Iraq war, civil liberties and National Identity.

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Gorbachev
Man of the Twentieth Century?
Mark Sandle

Few people have shaped the contemporary world as Mikhail Gorbachev did between 1985 and 1991. As well as offering a series of challenging and detailed interpretations of Gorbachev in and out of power, Gorbachev: Man of the Twentieth Century? sheds light on the nature of political leadership, the problems of historical reputation, the reliability of sources and the essence and meaning of the twentieth century itself.

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