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The 30 Years' War (1618-48) and the Second Defenestration of Prague

Professor Wilson will examine the causes, conduct and consequences of the Thirty Years’ War, Europe’s most destructive conflict prior to the two 20th-century world wars.

The USSR in the Cold War Years

After Stalin’s death in 1953, successive leaders tried to find ways to revitalise the Soviet regime and rethink its promises to the Soviet people. Life within a system no longer based on terror and intense industrial transformation offered citizens strange alternatives.

Training in Violence: An Essay in Military Hazing

How have the British and American armed forces been taught to fight and kill in conflicts from 1914 to the present? What role have psychology and technology played in military training?

China: Art, War and Salvation, 1933-1949

After the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921, many artists and intellectuals in China saw the overthrow of ‘tradition’ as the means to rescue the nation from poverty and backwardness.

The Fate of the October Revolution under Stalin

When Lenin died in 1924, he had effected a temporary...

Hotting up: Meeting the Challenges of Climate Change in the Twenty-first Century

Human-induced climate change is the greatest threat encountered by humanity. What is the latest evidence about what is happening to the global climate? What environment might our children face in 2100? What strategies might we use to make a difference?

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The 30 Years' War (1618-48) and the Second Defenestration of Prague

The USSR in the Cold War Years

Training in Violence: An Essay in Military Hazing

China: Art, War and Salvation, 1933-1949

The Fate of the October Revolution under Stalin

Hotting up: Meeting the Challenges of Climate Change in the Twenty-first Century

The Iraq War, 2003

‘The Four Chaplains’: The Judeo-Christian Norm in America

Discovering Evil: The Moral Shock of Concentration Camps for American Soldiers

The Falklands War, 1982

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