What began in 1918 with the church bells of victory and the hopes of Versailles ended a year later with the appearance of Adolf Hitler and the beginnings of his fateful and fatal role.
Berolino 1945: hē ptōsē tēs Chitlerikēs Germanias
Provides an historical account exposing the true extent of sexual violence in Germany at the end of the World War Two. Discussion in recent years of the rape of German women committed at the end of the war has focused almost exclusively on the crimes committed by Soviet soldiers…
The soldiers who occupied Germany after the Second World War were not only liberators: they also brought with them a new threat, as women throughout the country became victims of sexual violence. In this disturbing and carefully researched book, the historian Miriam Gebhardt rev…
Ending civil wars
by King, Charles, International Institute for Strategic Studies
fromAdelphi papers
"International observers frequently attribute the vicious and prolonged nature of civil wars to the irrational beliefs of the combatants or the irreconcilable goals at the base of the conflict. A visceral devotion to kith and kin and the indivisibility of resources and territory…