European History Books

New and Published Books

1. The Political History of European Integration

   The Hypocrisy of Democracy-Through-Market

   By Hagen Schulz-Forberg, Bo Stråth

   Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

   This book adopts a historical perspective to explore the tensions between the idea of a European democracy through a European market, and the observations that there are signs of increasing social disintegration, political extremism and populism in the wake of economic integration....

   Published January 8th 2012 by Routledge
2. Living in the City

   Urban Institutions in the Low Countries, 1200–2010

   Edited by L.A.C.J. (Leo) Lucassen, W.H. (Wim) Willems

   Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History

   The city is a place to find shelter, a market place, and an elevator for social mobility and success. But the city is also a place that frightens people and that can marginalize newcomers. Living in the City tries to understand what pulls people to the city since the High Middle Ages, focusing on...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
3. West Germans and the Nazi Legacy

   By Caroline Sharples

   Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History

   This book constitutes a new history of the complex memory cultures that persisted within post-war West Germany, examining the attitudes of ordinary people to the second wave of Nazi war crimes trials ushered in during the 1960s. It explores responses to the prospect of continuing investigations,...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
4. The Muslim Conquest of Iberia

   Medieval Arabic Narratives

   By Nicola Clarke

   Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

   Medieval Islamic society set great store by the transmission of history: to edify, argue legal points, explain present conditions, offer political and religious legitimacy, and entertain. Modern scholars, too, have had much to say about the usefulness of early Islamic history-writing, although this...

   Published December 15th 2011 by Routledge
5. Power and Policy in Putin’s Russia

   Edited by Richard Sakwa

   Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies

   The volume provides a retrospective analysis of Putin’s eight years as president between 2000 and 2008. An international group of leading specialists examine Putin’s leadership in an informed and balanced manner. The authors are drawn from Russia itself, as well as from Europe, America and...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
6. Baltic Biographies at Historical Crossroads

   Edited by Aili Aarelaid-Tart, Li Bennich-Björkman

   Series: Routledge/ESA Studies in European Societies

   This book brings together life stories from five generations of Balts, living through the diverse and recurring transformations of the twentieth century: occupations, war, independence, totalitarianism, and democratic rule and market economy. The twentieth century history of the Baltic...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
7. Anti-Submarine Warfare in World War I

   British Naval Aviation and the Defeat of the U-Boats

   By John Abbatiello

   Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

   Investigating the employment of British aircraft against German submarines during the final years of the First World War, this new book places anti-submarine campaigns from the air in the wider history of the First World War. The Royal Naval Air Service invested heavily in aircraft of all...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
8. Hitler

   Profile of a Dictator, 2nd Edition

   By Martyn Housden

   Hitler: Profile of a Dictator is a fascinating exploration of Hitler and his role in the Third Reich. The book unravels the complex historiographical debate surrounding this notorious figure by examining his personality, his ideas and the nature of his power.Hitler: Profile of a Dictator surveys...

   Published November 28th 2011 by Routledge
9. Staging the New Berlin

   Place Marketing and the Politics of Urban Reinvention Post-1989

   By Claire Colomb

   Series: Planning, History and Environment Series

   This book explores the politics of place marketing and the process of ‘urban reinvention’ in Berlin between 1989 and 2011. In the context of the dramatic socio-economic restructuring processes, changes in urban governance and physical transformation of the city following the Fall of the Wall, the ‘...

   Published November 20th 2011 by Routledge
10. Greece and the Cold War

    Front Line State, 1952-1967

    By Evanthis Hatzivassiliou

    Series: Cold War History

    This is the first study to present a comprehensive analysis of Greek foreign and internal policy during the Cold War, covering the key period from the country’s accession to NATO in 1952 until the imposition of the colonels’ dictatorship in 1967. Clearly divided into three parts: 1952-...

    Published November 15th 2011 by Routledge