Rethinking History, Dictatorship and War: New Approaches and Interpretations

Features a stellar collection of contributors, both established names and up and coming academics.

Introduction1. History, Dictatorships and War - Richard OveryPart I: The Way History is or Ought to be Written2. Mapping the Twentieth Century - Jeremy Black3. Writers on a Mission - Ulrike Ehret4. Regional History, Nazism and the Holocaust - Claus-Christian W. Szejnmann5. Defining 'Human Security': Roads to War and Peace - Patricia ClavinPart II: The Nature of Dictatorships6. Comparing Napoleon's Leadership Style with the Dictators of the 20th Century - Michael Rowe7. The Making of German Policy towards British POWs - Neville Wylie8. Comparing Nazi and Stalinist Rule in the Borderlands of Eastern Europe - Nick TerryPart III: War 9. Air Power and War - Sebastian Ritchie10. Why the Allies Won the Air War, 1939-1945 - Philip Sabin11. What Sustained and Motivated RAF Bomber Command Aircrew in the Battle of Berlin? Contrasting Perspectives - Nick Chapman12. The British Army as a Social Institution 1939-45 - Jeremy Crang13. 'Oh, you can't help feeling for them'. The British security forces and the Jews in Palestine, 1945-1948 - David Cesarani

'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.'

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).