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Forthcoming Books

  1. Genocide since 1945

    By Philip Spencer

    Series: The Making of the Contemporary World

    In 1948 the United Nations passed the Genocide Convention. The international community was now obligated to prevent or halt what had hitherto, in Winston Churchill’s words, been a "crime without a name", and to punish the perpetrators. Since then, however, genocide has recurred repeatedly. Millions...

    To Be Published June 20th 2012 by Routledge

  2. British Student Activism in the Long Sixties

    By Caroline Hoefferle

    Series: Routledge Studies in Modern British History

    Based on empirical evidence derived from university and national archives across the country and interviews with participants, British Student Activism in the Long Sixties reconstructs the world of university students in the 1960s and 1970s. Student accounts are placed within the context of a wide...

    To Be Published July 17th 2012 by Routledge

  3. Race, Remembering, and Jim Crow’s Teachers

    By Hilton Kelly

    Series: Studies in African American History and Culture

    This book explores a profoundly negative narrative about legally segregated schools in the United States being "inherently inferior" compared to their white counterparts. However, there are overwhelmingly positive counter-memories of these schools as "good and valued" among former students,...

    To Be Published July 18th 2012 by Routledge

  4. Truth and Reconciliation in the Republic of Korea

    Between the Present and Future of the Korean Wars

    Edited by Jae-Jung Suh

    Series: Critical Asian Studies

    The Korean War is multiple wars. Not only is it a war that began on 25 June 1950, but it is also a conflict that is rooted in Korea's colonial experiences, postcolonial desires and frustrations, and interventions and partitions imposed by outside forces. In South Korea, the war is a site of...

    To Be Published July 23rd 2012 by Routledge

  5. The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    Political Trauma and American Memory

    By Alice George

    Series: Critical Moments in American History

    On November 22nd, 1963 the assassination of President John F. Kennedy set into motion a series of events that irrevocably changed American politics and culture. The media frenzy spawned by the controversy surrounding the death of JFK has since given way to a powerful public memory that continues to...

    To Be Published July 29th 2012 by Routledge

  6. North Africa’s Arab Spring

    Edited by George Joffé

    This book addresses issues surrounding the evolution of the Arab Spring in North Africa. After a general introduction and explanation of the events on a region-wide basis, it turns to examine aspects of each of the countries concerned. The role of the Muslim Brotherhood during the Nasser regime and...

    To Be Published August 2nd 2012 by Routledge

  7. Turkish Foreign Policy since 1774

    3rd Edition

    By William Hale

    This revised and updated version of William Hale’s Turkish Foreign Policy 1774-2000 offers a comprehensive and analytical survey of Turkish foreign policy since the last quarter of the eighteenth century, when the Turks’ relations with the rest of the world entered their most critical phase. In...

    To Be Published August 13th 2012 by Routledge

  8. Freedom to Serve

    Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services

    By Jon Taylor

    Series: Critical Moments in American History

    On the eve of America’s entry into World War II, African American leaders pushed for inclusion in the war effort and, after the war, they mounted a concerted effort to integrate the armed services. Harry S. Truman’s decision to issue Executive Order 9981 in 1948, which resulted in the integration...

    To Be Published September 2nd 2012 by Routledge

  9. Unburied Memories: The Politics of Bodies of Sacred Defense Martyrs in Iran

    Edited by Pedram Khosronejad, Benjamin Zyla

    Today, almost a generation has passed since the Iran–Iraq war and the memory of it is set to diminish with each passing generation. The following questions emerge. Can we say that the gradual disappearance of war’s memory means that, increasingly, Iranians will see the Iran–Iraq war solely as an...

    To Be Published September 11th 2012 by Routledge

  10. Groundswell

    Grassroots Feminist Activism in Postwar America

    By Stephanie Gilmore

    Groundswell: Grassroots Feminist Activism in Postwar America offers an essential perspective on the post-1960 movement for women’s equality and liberation. Tracing the histories of feminist activism, through the National Organization of Women (NOW) chapters in three different locations: Memphis,...

    To Be Published September 23rd 2012 by Routledge