Bøger af R. J. Q. Adams

The goal of British governments in the interwar period was balance among the European great powers. This text examines the policy of appeasement - so frequently praised as realistic and statesmanlike in its day and commonly condemned as wrong-headed and even wicked in ours.

In this illuminating biography of Bonar Law, the first in 40 years, the author refutes the hard-faced and shadowy image that has long represented him both as a politician and as a man.

This is a compact, accessible, general history of the greater European world in the first half of the last century. It features close study of politics, society, culture, and gender issues. The book also includes an analysis of the two great wars that dominated the period, and discussion of the world that they made.