The contributions in this collection deal with three of the most important themes of historical studies: the way history is or ought to be written, the nature of dictatorships and the nature of wars. The primary focus is on modern Europe and two defining experiences in the first half of the twentieth century: the two world wars and totalitarian dictatorships. This volume seeks to honour Professor Richard J. Overy, one of the great historians of his generation. Richard Overy has shaped our understanding of the main themes of this volume with the publication of over 20 books - most recently, The Morbid Age: Britain Between the Wars (2009), The Times Complete History of the World (2007), The Dictators: Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia (2004). In a substantial conversation that serves as an introduction, he reflects on some of the key issues of this book.
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'In his introductory remarks Overy argues that it is the job of the historian to think freely and critically about the past. Most of the authors of the essays in this collection have done just that.' -- English Historical Review
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Prof Claus-Christian Szejnmann is Professor of History in the Department of Politics, International Relations and European Studies at the University of Loughborough. He is the co-editor (together with Olaf Jensen) of The Holocaust in Contexts series (Palgrave).
Introduction; 1. History, Dictatorships and War; Part I: The Way History is or Ought to be Written; 2. Mapping the Twentieth Century; 3. Writers on a Mission; 4. Regional History, Nazism and the Holocaust; 5. Defining 'Human Security': Roads to War and Peace; Part II: The Nature of Dictatorships; 6. Comparing Napoleon's Leadership Style with the Dictators of the 20th Century; 7. The Making of German Policy towards British POWs; 8. Comparing Nazi and Stalinist Rule in the Borderlands of Eastern Europe; Part III: War; 9. Air Power and War; 10. Why the Allies Won the Air War, 1939-1945; 11. What Sustained and Motivated RAF Bomber Command Aircrew in the Battle of Berlin? Contrasting Perspectives; 12. The British Army as a Social Institution 1939-45; 13. 'Oh, you can't help feeling for them'. The British security forces and the Jews in Palestine, 1945-1948.
