Routledge Studies in Modern History
1982, Lebanon and the Road to War: Decision-Making on the Road to War and During It
1st Edition
By Yigal Kipnis
July 20, 2026
On June 6, 1982, the Israeli Defence Forces entered Lebanon for what was billed as a relatively limited operation. In reality, the Lebanon War claimed many lives and undermined public trust in decision-makers. Through newly published archival documents, this book explores the events that led to the...
Building Europe in New York: From the Munich Conference to the European Coal and Steel Community (1938–1952)
1st Edition
By Enrico Ciappi
July 20, 2026
This book reappraises the origins of the European Union through the lens of the private experts who advised Western governments on war and peace throughout the 1940s, particularly the partnership between the so-called 'Father of Europe' Jean Monnet and the US think tank Council on Foreign Relations...
Catholics and Political Violence in the Twentieth Century: A Global History
1st Edition
By Lucia Ceci
July 20, 2026
Catholics and Political Violence in the Twentieth Century presents a historical reconstruction of the ways in which Catholics have justified the recourse to political violence during the twentieth century, a period marked by major wars, nationalisms, decolonization, ideological clashes, and ...
The Essential Speeches of the Cold War: A Primary Source Collection
1st Edition
By Sean Brennan
July 20, 2026
This book is a primary source collection of 30 speeches of the Cold War from 1917 to 1991, representing a cross section of leaders on all sides of the conflict from North America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia. As ideological conflict between superpowers returns to the world, it is more ...
Wealth Accumulation and Entrepreneurship in the Ottoman Empire, 18th to 20th Centuries
1st Edition
Edited
By Maria Christina Chatziioannou, Sophia Laiou
July 20, 2026
This book provides a significant contribution to our understanding of the Ottoman Empire’s economic history, particularly through its exploration of local entrepreneurship, which brings new perspectives to the economic dynamics of the region. This focus adds a valuable dimension to the broader ...
Institutional Bricolage, Property Rights, and Social Practices in the Colonial World
1st Edition
Edited
By José-Miguel Lana-Berasain
July 09, 2026
Emphasizing the emergence of new institutional realities from the encounter between colonizers and colonized people, this book highlights the capacity of indigenous communities, as well as settlers themselves, to shape and transform laws and legal figures originating in the metropolis. The chapters...
Eight Armies on the Gallipoli Peninsula
1st Edition
Edited
By Mesut Uyar
June 24, 2026
The Gallipoli campaign of the First World War seems to have been exhaustively studied by shelves of books and thousands of articles. This edited volume challenges this perception of completion, revealing extensive uncovered ground, misunderstandings and even complete neglect in the historiography. ...
Subcultures as Active Agents of the Post-Communist Transition in Eastern Europe: The Bulgarian Case
1st Edition
Edited
By Alexander Karakachanov
June 22, 2026
This edited volume explores the transformation of post-communist societies following the Bulgarian case in the period 1990s–2010s. By identifying, analysing, and typologizing the subcultural groups that became active agents of social change in Eastern Europe, the book brings forth an integrative ...
The Psychology of the Armenian Genocide
1st Edition
By George Green
June 22, 2026
This book examines the radicalization of beliefs, tactics, and oppression by a dominant governing group when faced with a subordinate group’s historic quest for basic human rights dating back for five centuries. A unique approach, an analysis of archival documents, including minutes of Turkish ...
Women Fighting Apartheid: Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) and the Black Sash, 1952–1962
1st Edition
By Monica G. Fernandes
June 08, 2026
Drawing on new interviews and previously underused archival material, this book explores women’s anti-apartheid activism in South Africa and within broader transnational networks from 1952 to 1962 through a comparison of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) and the Black Sash. Despite ...
Appearance and Identity Crisis in Modern Indian History: The Third Design (1857 A.D. – 2014 A.D.)
1st Edition
By Jeevan Jyoti Chakarawarti
May 22, 2026
Chakarawarti explores the history of Indian eunuchs from the Mughal empire’s fall following the mutiny of 1857 A.D. to the Supreme Court of India’s historic ruling in 2014 A.D. This book examines the social, political, economic, and religious aspects of Indian eunuchs’ lives, providing a true ...
The Political History of British Aviation 1909–1949: Technology in a Liberal Democracy
1st Edition
By Peter Ewer
May 22, 2026
Ewer examines how British politics shaped the development of aviation in the first half of the twentieth century. He challenges narratives of simple technological failure or national decline, showing instead that aviation outcomes were shaped by political institutions, policy traditions and ...